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by Drew Cage
Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:01 am
Forum: General Music Chat
Topic: What do You want n Ft. Wayne Radio?
Replies: 102
Views: 39691

The_Dude wrote:Get rid of the horrible, horrible, HORRIBLE morning shows. They're all played out. Play some damn music. I don't want to hear you guess how big a chick's rack is.
I Hate to tell you but those are usually the highest rated part of the day so most people don't share your sentiment
by Drew Cage
Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:28 am
Forum: General Music Chat
Topic: What do You want n Ft. Wayne Radio?
Replies: 102
Views: 39691

What set of criteria would an unsigned band's song have to meet to get consideration for regular (or even irregular) rotation? I'm not in a position to give a definate answer to this, seeing as how I'm not the boss. From what I've seen, it has to do with quality of the song, does it fit with our fo...
by Drew Cage
Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:11 am
Forum: General Music Chat
Topic: What do You want n Ft. Wayne Radio?
Replies: 102
Views: 39691

I have never worked in radio so I maybe way off base,but if a band is worth their salt and have good songs it should not mater if they are signed to a major label or not give them a shot. If you get no responce then drop them. If a band had success getting spins then WBYR could bost we found them a...
by Drew Cage
Wed Dec 20, 2006 9:54 am
Forum: General Music Chat
Topic: What do You want n Ft. Wayne Radio?
Replies: 102
Views: 39691

I don't take any of this as an attack on me or my station. My whole point of this was to see what people wanted and see if there were any original ideas to be had in here, but I found what I expected with the same complaints that we as a company have addressed and can't do anything about. What I tri...
by Drew Cage
Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:33 am
Forum: General Music Chat
Topic: What do You want n Ft. Wayne Radio?
Replies: 102
Views: 39691

ok, here we go. When it comes to the amount of times we play a song like "crazy b*tch" we let people vote on if the song is getting tired or not. Its called "The Music Advisory Panel" http://989thebear.com/PROGRAMS/MusicAdvisoryPanel/tabid/63/Default.aspx That will take you right to it, what it does...
by Drew Cage
Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:31 am
Forum: General Music Chat
Topic: What do You want n Ft. Wayne Radio?
Replies: 102
Views: 39691

What do You want n Ft. Wayne Radio?

I'm asking seriously, what do you want? I work for "The Bear" and since we are the only "active" rock station still in town we understand some of the responsibilities that we have, we are slowly trying to diversify our playlist and not be AC/DC Metallica all the time, its a slow process because that...
by Drew Cage
Sat Jun 10, 2006 6:28 pm
Forum: Local Band Chat
Topic: Anyone Intrested in Playing the The Bear's Keg & Eggs Pa
Replies: 0
Views: 2549

Anyone Intrested in Playing the The Bear's Keg & Eggs Pa

The TNT Motning Show On 98.9 The Bear has a 3rd shifter party once a month and we are looking for bands to play. Its always a packed house and a great way to get your band's name on a 50,000 Watt behemoth of a rock station. Any interested bands or anyone with questions please feel free to e-mail me ...