ROTH'S FREE FALLING - Down by 75%

[TikiGod]

February 28, 2006 -- DOWN BY 75 PERCENT
THE loss of Howard Stern was devastating to all-talk Free FM (92.3), according to preliminary — and unofficial — January ratings released yesterday.

While no replacement for the powerhouse shock jock was expected to retain his No. 1 ratings, ex-rocker David Lee Roth shed a whopping three-fourths of Stern's swan-song December audience, according to unofficial monthly "extrapolations" from interim Arbitron quarterly ratings.

Whereas Stern was top dog as usual in December, Roth ranked 18th in January, between Don Imus — who also lost listeners — and Spanish-language WADO.

Roth, who debuted Jan. 3 after Stern departed for Sirius Satellite Radio, attracted an estimated 63,000 listeners in January (during an "average quarter-hour") vs. Stern's more than quarter-million (277,000) in December.

[Polk High]

well if he was around where Imus is I'd say that's not bad. Remeber we're not trying to replace stern.

To put some persepective into this imagine if Stern took over for DLR in VH or in Dave's band, do you think any of us would approve or the world would say howard was a good replacement????

Imus has been around for years and his home station is the wildly popular WFAN in NY a station that most sports fans love in the NY/NJ area, in fact its the only AM station I can name anywhere so Imus has that market for him. There are a ton of the FM stations out there w/ ratings below DLR's
Agree or disagree?

[il_es_douche]

Polk is right. Stern would make a terrible lead singer in a rock band. That's why he shouldn't try it! Just as Roth was foolish to attempt his own show. It is fucking disastrous!

[bueno bob]

Can we please start, like, 59 more threads about how bad the radio show is? Please? I don't think the 82 that have shown up over the last month and a half in main have actually done the topic justice yet...

Fuckwits.

[Polk High]

i think the show is good, he's certainly as entertaining as imus

[bantonelli]

Originally posted by Polk High
well if he was around where Imus is I'd say that's not bad. Remeber we're not trying to replace stern.

To put some persepective into this imagine if Stern took over for DLR in VH or in Dave's band, do you think any of us would approve or the world would say howard was a good replacement????

Imus has been around for years and his home station is the wildly popular WFAN in NY a station that most sports fans love in the NY/NJ area, in fact its the only AM station I can name anywhere so Imus has that market for him. There are a ton of the FM stations out there w/ ratings below DLR's
Agree or disagree?

Totally Agree. Adam Carolla's numbers were below Roth's for the Los Angeles market when LA's FreeFM lost Stern.

There is a market for every type of personality and as D-RO continues to tweek his schtick.

[ben halen]

Originally posted by bantonelli
Totally Agree. Adam Carolla's numbers were below Roth's for the Los Angeles market when LA's FreeFM lost Stern.

There is a market for every type of personality and as D-RO continues to tweek his schtick.

Exactly. Those ratings were for January and I think he's improved a lot over the last month.

[Plexi Head]

Originally posted by bueno bob
Can we please start, like, 59 more threads about how bad the radio show is? Please? I don't think the 82 that have shown up over the last month and a half in main have actually done the topic justice yet...

Fuckwits.

Only a Fuckwit would actually read a thread that offended them, then post a reply. No one forced you to read said thread. Heres an anger management tip; if the topic pisses you off don't read it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bru87tr]

those numbers dont mean shit. if anyone is at fault for nymbers going down for one its obvious alot of stern followers, followed stern. duh ?

for another...... the numbers are gonna be in the negative with stern listeners leaving. how is roth gonna attract new listeners that will actually make a difference in numbers ? it wont. hes gonna get the left overs. people that have been listening to roth have been for years. there is no new audience. not new enough to make the numbers jump out at ya!


there is nobody better out there who can beat stern at what he does. there is nobody better to replace him than Roth, if there were Roth wouldnt have won the seat. infinity fucked up, not Roth! they let stern go and now they regret it. dumb ass's!


its unfair to compare roth to stern. stern has a following and roth is new. I say Roth is a success! you cant consider stern in this equation.

[bru87tr]

Across the continent, in Los Angeles, Adam Carolla's show attracted a paltry 0.7 share in January, making KLSX the lowest-rated full-signal commercial FM in the market during morning drive for the month.


BTW: so much for people saying carolla is better than Roth...lol

[EEASCURLY]

These critics can all kiss my hairy bean-bag. Kimme a fuckin' break. First of all, Stern had years and years to build up his empire. I personally never liked him or his show. . .he is so monotone and boring I can't stand it. Second, most of his fans would have blasted anyone taking his spot on Free radio.. . no matter who they are. I thought Dave's show has been picking up steam. . .although I'm a big fan so I may be a little biased. These critics have been chomping at the bit to blast Dave. .. they just love to report when ratings go down. . .it must make their little penis's swell to a whopping 1.34 inches.

[bantonelli]

Originally posted by bru87tr
those numbers dont mean shit. if anyone is at fault for nymbers going down for one its obvious alot of stern followers, followed stern. duh ?

for another...... the numbers are gonna be in the negative with stern listeners leaving. how is roth gonna attract new listeners that will actually make a difference in numbers ? it wont. hes gonna get the left overs. people that have been listening to roth have been for years. there is no new audience. not new enough to make the numbers jump out at ya!


there is nobody better out there who can beat stern at what he does. there is nobody better to replace him than Roth, if there were Roth wouldnt have won the seat. infinity fucked up, not Roth! they let stern go and now they regret it. dumb ass's!


its unfair to compare roth to stern. stern has a following and roth is new. I say Roth is a success! you cant consider stern in this equation.

My words and thoughts.....EXACTLY!!!

[bueno bob]

Originally posted by Plexi Head
Only a Fuckwit would actually read a thread that offended them, then post a reply.

Only a fuckwit would take offense at the fact that I did so.

No one forced you to read said thread.

No, they didn't. On the same coin, nobody forced you to complain about me doing so, either, but if you want to, that's pretty much your fucking perogitive, isn't it?

So don't fucking try to deny me mine, shithead. I would say that Tiki has the perogitive of starting thread #5,409,684 of the same pointless bullshit, but since it affects bandwidth, I actually have ground to stand on.

It's already been established that you either like David's show or you don't, period. Nobody's going to convince anyone that "It Sucks" by posting more negative reviews or more crap about falling ratings. That's already been established, as well. People either listen to it or they don't, and so what?

Nothing new to see here...

Heres an anger management tip; if the topic pisses you off don't read it!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's one for you - don't care about what I do so much and you'll find yourself less pissed off by what I do.

OK then?

[bueno bob]

Point I'm trying to make is, I think it's kinda pointless to start numerous threads about what amounts to being the same thing...

"________ says Dave's show is failing"

"A source at __________ says Dave's ratings are low"

"____________ doesn't like Dave's show"

"Dave's ratings are lower than __________"

"According to ___________, Dave's show sucks dick"

etc etc...

At the end of the day, it just seems kinda pointless to me to have 59 threads that amount to being the same thing, really...instead of reading through all of them and gleaning the same basic information (which is that Dave's rating are slipping and, surprise suprise, you'll just have to decide for yourself whether or not you like the program and whether or not you'll choose to listen to it), it would be easier to just put negative reviews or discussions about slipping ratings (with or without sources) into one particular thread...

To boot, it's really depressing to go into main and see an overwhelming majority of topics being negative...makes me think Three Lock Rock's been on a rampage...

lmao

[Matt White]

How aboot some threads on how Sateliete radio is LOSING money...even with Hop-a-long Howie on board?

How his audience DIDN'T make the move to satelite with him...

And for that matter...JOIN A FUCKIN' HOWARD STERN BOARD YA CUNTS