Clinton Grybas is forgotten?
We should rename the thread for fun - Talking Asterisk.
This is most interesting, thanks, I was wondering. Its shareholding in PNW a legacy of the canny thinking of Tony Bell, his board and Graham Mott. Always irritated them they couldn’t own 4 AM stations in Melb, by keeping under the control limit of 15% but above 10%, they had the final say should there be any full takeover, much the same that Solly Lew held onto a 10%+ stake of Country Road for the right price from its majority shareholder, Woolies SA.
This is Hutchy’s personality & life.
To let Cathy Thomas go is one of their larger blunders. Along with Jay Mueller, she brings the experience required from stations that know management and resourcing. Like Graham Mott before her, the role was muted by the board and their insistence at meddling in the day to day management of the station.
Hutchy should likewise keep out and the only hiring and firing changes him and the board make is that of those who should be doing that day to day.
They’re not doing that, they’re fiddling away and the result most likely won’t be pretty.
And why wasn’t he tasked to read bulletins for Classic Rock. Running the pre recorded national news bulletin in AM/PM drive is a waste when it could be done locally.
Where do they go between Oct - Mar?
This is interesting. A big problem that a lot of new talk content shows have - you can plan your first week to the nth degree, it’ll sound great, but has your audience found you by that first week and what do you have to keep backing it up week after week?
Quite often, you can put in a lot more effort in organising that first week, but it’s really weeks 4 - 13 that you really need to consider to retain and keep attracting audience. The first three months.
