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KOIN - Salamone is gone! |
| Message Name: |
Portland? |
| Date Posted: |
05/22/2005 |
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I'll have for the new owner, or GM or ND -- The first person who comes in here and really wants to win. My suggestion will be to steal some of the management team from KGW. We're not going to get the ND but the Asst ND used to work at KOIN and the EP has big market experience and really knows how to put on a good newscast. Both have been there for a long time and helped make KGW what it is today. It will take a good day-to-day management team to turns things around at KOIN -- not just another ND who wants to fire talent and change slogans. |
| Message: |
Well having seen all the stations in Portland, none of them have anything to crow about. That number doesn't mean a damn thing. None of them are that great. KGW has the most toys, but didn't impress with what it covers. Watching KOIN you'd think you lived in Detroit or something with all the fricking crime. Give me a break, cover REAL news. KATU isn't any better, of course they've been stripped down to bare bones and well, you just can't do your job when you don't have the people can you? The FOX is a classic FOX. If it bleeds or is the least bit sensational, they make a big deal about it. What KOIN needs to do is forget the flash crap and bring in a very experienced leadership team. Get people from Minneapolis, places like that market where they tend to do the long form stuff. Portland isn't a high crime city, and neither are the people that watch TV there.
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