What Happened To Bladerunner on KATT 100.5

[winnard]

I got Sirius satellite radio around Christmas time and haven't listened to any local stations in 5 months now. The other day I turn on The KATT and Bladerunner is gone, nobody will tell me what happened to him, and that Sisco idiot is on The Katt now. Anyone know where he went?


winnard

[Czar Soonerov]

http://www.myspace.com/bladerunnerradio


January 28th, 2007 Citadel Communications fires Bladerunner in an effort to save money with "downsizing".

[Jerk]

94.7 should hire him.

He probably hates clearchannel tho

[saucysoonergal]

He surely wasn't the brightest light on the tree, nice voice, but only slightly smarter than a box of rocks.

[IronSooner]

I remember him on the KATT back in the early 90's. Then he disappeared for a while and came back at the end of the decade or so. Not sure I ever found out what happened that time. I figured he just ****ed of the wrong people or something. One more reason not to listen to the KATT now...

[soonerbrat]

he rambled too much and what he said wasn't funny or interesting.

[ucosooner]

94.7 would never hire him. They like him about as much as I do, which isn't much. The first time he left KATT he went to New York to do Satellite radio. KATT offered him more money, plus I don't think he enjoyed Sat. as much, so he came back. I was happy to see him get shown the door.

[the_ouskull]

He's got a future in phone sex for pretty much as long as he's able to talk. Other than that...

the_ouskull

[StoopTroup]

Chic DJ's ramble all the time...

[critical_phil]

I remember him on the KATT back in the early 90's. Then he disappeared for a while and came back at the end of the decade or so. Not sure I ever found out what happened that time.


iirc, he took a job in the ATL. rumor has it that, when he was fired there, he locked himself in the booth and repeatedly played Ode to Tipper Gore on the air until security forcibly removed him.


i also know a girl that said he passed out at 31 flavors last night.

[bluedogok]

I remember years ago hearing Bladerunner on The Eagle in Dallas on weekends when he was on the KATT weekdays.

I quit listening to the KATT around 1998, their all of their DJ schtick got old especially that of Rick & Brad and Jake Daniels. Too many Howard Stern wanna-bes out there, and he ain't good either. Just one more sign of how bad corporate radio can be.

I miss the old KATT and 96X, if I am going to listen to corporate radio, it might as well not be half commercials, that is why I have Sirius now.

[Scott D]

am I the only one that thinks if ClearChannel really wanted to downsize, they wouldn't carry 3 stations with the same format in every market? :D

[ucosooner]

am I the only one that thinks if ClearChannel really wanted to downsize, they wouldn't carry 3 stations with the same format in every market? :D


Citadel owns the KATT.



I'm just sayin'.

[soonerbrat]

clear channel is stupid..they just flipped their classic rock station in dallas...right before their ratings came out...highest ratings in years

[Scott D]

Citadel owns the KATT.



I'm just sayin'.

that's ok, I was just going off of the myspace quote.

Citadel isn't much better than ClearChannel though.

[Scott D]

clear channel is stupid..they just flipped their classic rock station in dallas...right before their ratings came out...highest ratings in years

nobody wants to hear classic rock. they want 10 stations of the same pop/urban music format in every city ;)

[Petro-Sooner]

I've been listening to a lot of 97.3 Jack FM. No DJ's. Play a lot of new and classic stuff. The stuff you wont hear on most radios stations.

[Scott D]

ClearChannel will be knocking on it's door within 5 years.

[royalfan5]

ClearChannel will be knocking on it's door within 5 years.
Depends on what kind of shape ClearChannel is in though. They have pulled out of a bunch of markets completely.

[TheUnnamedSooner]

he was a tard. they just need to play music and shut the hell up.

[Scott D]

Depends on what kind of shape ClearChannel is in though. They have pulled out of a bunch of markets completely.

their market consolidation plan wasn't working to maximum efficiency for those markets ;)

[royalfan5]

their market consolidation plan wasn't working to maximum efficiency for those markets ;)
Which is why they got bought out by private equity. But it's nice to not have any Clear Channel stations in Nebraska anymore.

[Scott D]

in Detroit, the sports station at least takes potshots at their ClearChannel "overlords". The local talent on at least 3 of the FM stations here have gotten more aggressive in their stances against the programming. I have a feeling that Clear Channel's backlash is going to be major when it's whipped up in enough markets by their underlings.

[ucosooner]

I would much rather work for Clear Channel than anyone else. Better benefits, etc. I used to be anti-CC, but having friends work for them, and interning for them makes me realize it's not so bad. They do have a lot of stations that sound alike, but so does every other media conglomerate out there. They take what works and use it everywhere else. Beside the KATT beating the Buzz in the ratings, CC has the highest ratings in OKC. Am I biased, yeah a little, but CC isn't so bad, plus they do play more music and less commercials than anyone.

I'm just sayin'.

[1stTimeCaller]

CC doesn't beat Citadel or Tyler Media in ratings. Do they?

What channels does CC have the highest ratings with?

[Scott D]

I would much rather work for Clear Channel than anyone else. Better benefits, etc. I used to be anti-CC, but having friends work for them, and interning for them makes me realize it's not so bad. They do have a lot of stations that sound alike, but so does every other media conglomerate out there. They take what works and use it everywhere else. Beside the KATT beating the Buzz in the ratings, CC has the highest ratings in OKC. Am I biased, yeah a little, but CC isn't so bad, plus they do play more music and less commercials than anyone.

I'm just sayin'.

must be a luck matter. the CC stations here probably fit 20 minutes of songs in with 15 minutes of innane bumbling known as being a dj, and 25 minutes of commercials.

[RacerX]

nobody wants to hear classic rock. they want 10 stations of the same pop/urban music format in every city ;)

Wrong.

10 stations of Tejano, you damn yankee.

[Rhino]

CC doesn't beat Citadel or Tyler Media in ratings. Do they?

What channels does CC have the highest ratings with? In Oklahoma City? It's Clear Channel & Renda mostly. Citadel and Tyler usually battle for third.

Here's the winter Arbitron ratings (http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DetailsPage.aspx?MID=188&RY=2007&RQ=1&MP=0&OTHER=2&MN=Oklahoma%20City&MS=OK&MR=48&12P=1075700&UP=5/8/2007&SU=CM&BPER=9.7&HPER=&OPER=&NSD=6/14/2007&CE=0) that came out last week:

Rank Station Sh. Prv. Format Owner
1. KTST-FM 101.9 7.1 6.9 Country Clear Channel
2. KOMA-FM 92.5 6.7 5.2 Classic hits Renda
3. KMGL-FM 104.1 5.7 6.1 Adult contemp. Renda
3. KKNG-FM 93.3 5.7 5.9 Country Tyler
5. KATT-FM 100.5 5.4 4.3 Rock Citadel
5. KTOK-AM 1000 5.4 4.8 News/talk Clear Channel
5. KJYO-FM 102.7 5.4 6.0 Contemp. hits Clear Channel
8. KXXY-FM 96.1 5.0 4.8 Country Clear Channel
9. KRXO-FM 107.7 4.7 5.7 Classic rock Renda
10. KTUZ-FM 106.7 4.1 3.5 Regional Mexican Tyler
11. WWLS-FM 97.9, AM 640 4.0 4.5 Sports talk Citadel
12. KYIS-FM 98.9 3.9 4.5 Adult contemp. Citadel
13. KQOB-FM 96.9 2.7 3.9 Classic rock a-Citadel
14. KKWD-FM 104.9 2.6 3.0 Contemp. hits Citadel
15. KVSP-FM 103.5 2.5 3.5 Hip-hop Perry
16. KHBZ-FM 94.7 2.2 1.8 Alternative rock Clear Channel
17. KOKC-AM 1520 1.4 1.2 News/talk Renda
18. KINB-FM-105.3 1.2 0.5 Regional Mexican Citadel
19. KRMP-AM 1140 1.1 1.6 Urban Perry
19. KOJK-FM 97.3 1.1 0.7 Adult contemp. Tyler
21. KWCO-FM 105.5 0.6 0.0 Classic hits Kenny
22. WKY- AM 930 0.5 0.6 Regional Mexican Citadel

[OUDoc]

Regional Mexican? :confused:

[SoonerBorn68]

WWLS left out of the top 10 by a non English speaking station. :D

[Dio]

Jack ain't exactly burning it up, are they?

[1stTimeCaller]

In Oklahoma City? It's Clear Channel & Renda mostly. Citadel and Tyler usually battle for third.

Here's the winter Arbitron ratings (http://www.radioandrecords.com/RRRatings/DetailsPage.aspx?MID=188&RY=2007&RQ=1&MP=0&OTHER=2&MN=Oklahoma%20City&MS=OK&MR=48&12P=1075700&UP=5/8/2007&SU=CM&BPER=9.7&HPER=&OPER=&NSD=6/14/2007&CE=0) that came out last week:

Rank Station Sh. Prv. Format Owner
1. KTST-FM 101.9 7.1 6.9 Country Clear Channel
2. KOMA-FM 92.5 6.7 5.2 Classic hits Renda
3. KMGL-FM 104.1 5.7 6.1 Adult contemp. Renda
3. KKNG-FM 93.3 5.7 5.9 Country Tyler
5. KATT-FM 100.5 5.4 4.3 Rock Citadel
5. KTOK-AM 1000 5.4 4.8 News/talk Clear Channel
5. KJYO-FM 102.7 5.4 6.0 Contemp. hits Clear Channel
8. KXXY-FM 96.1 5.0 4.8 Country Clear Channel
9. KRXO-FM 107.7 4.7 5.7 Classic rock Renda
10. KTUZ-FM 106.7 4.1 3.5 Regional Mexican Tyler
11. WWLS-FM 97.9, AM 640 4.0 4.5 Sports talk Citadel
12. KYIS-FM 98.9 3.9 4.5 Adult contemp. Citadel
13. KQOB-FM 96.9 2.7 3.9 Classic rock a-Citadel
14. KKWD-FM 104.9 2.6 3.0 Contemp. hits Citadel
15. KVSP-FM 103.5 2.5 3.5 Hip-hop Perry
16. KHBZ-FM 94.7 2.2 1.8 Alternative rock Clear Channel
17. KOKC-AM 1520 1.4 1.2 News/talk Renda
18. KINB-FM-105.3 1.2 0.5 Regional Mexican Citadel
19. KRMP-AM 1140 1.1 1.6 Urban Perry
19. KOJK-FM 97.3 1.1 0.7 Adult contemp. Tyler
21. KWCO-FM 105.5 0.6 0.0 Classic hits Kenny
22. WKY- AM 930 0.5 0.6 Regional Mexican Citadel

Thanks! I thought a few years ago that KKNG was kicking the dog poop out of KTST and 96.1. IIRC, KTST was at the bottom of the country formats. Whoever took over there must be doing a great job.

[Boarder]

WWLS left out of the top 10 by a non English speaking station. :D
Oui!

[Mjcpr]

Oui!

How do you say 'The Truck Stops Here' in Spanish?

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

El Camino 'erts' aqui.

[BigRedJed]

Acabo de vomitar un poquito en la boca.

[OUDoc]

Acabo de vomitar un poquito en la boca.
I want to vomit on your small flower?

[BigRedJed]

Well, it's supposed to say "I threw up a little bit in my mouth," but my Spanish is apparently not so caliente.

[ucosooner]

must be a luck matter. the CC stations here probably fit 20 minutes of songs in with 15 minutes of innane bumbling known as being a dj, and 25 minutes of commercials.


They should only be playing six minutes of commercials an hour. They have a company policy of less is more. 3 stopsets with 2 minute commercial breaks. A lot of companies play 3 or 4 stopsets with 3 minutes of commercials. As far as DJ bumbling, I was always taught that less is more. Backsell a song, talk about the band, or maybe an upcoming event, frontsell the next song, then done. I like to hear about bands and what's going on and all, but I learned something taking some business classes, KISS. Keep It Simple Stupid. They don't teach that too much at American Broadcasting School. Infact they don't teach too much of anything. Anyways, if you talk over 1 minute that's way too long.