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Posted: Sun Mar 30th, 2008 11:22 am |
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Who did the most to help victims of Hurricane Katrina? According to a new study, it was the company socialist love to hate.
http://www.nationalpost.com/story-printer.html?id=b65bd77e-511f-4e00-88a7-a53a2a5ea4ca
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techpuppy
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Posted: Wed Apr 2nd, 2008 07:51 pm |
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It seems that if Wal-Mart was so interested in helping victims of the storms they could have let managers unlock the doors rather than using bulldozers, etc. to gain entrance. "Oh sure help people if necessary, but you'll pretty well have to break and enter to do so."
After this long it seems more of a public relations brag to take emotional advantage of what happened rather than showing any pre-planning of help.
Even if true is it really noteworthy that the largest retailer in the country would have the most resources?
And, since this is a radio forum, did anyone else see the usefulness of a LPFM immediately after Katrina. It was about the only station on the air and is credited with saving many lives, telling the public about needed resources and basically being there when there was no one else for accurate information. Score one for the power of radio!
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Posted: Thu Apr 3rd, 2008 01:28 pm |
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Ref: Wal-Mart...I understand the lure of the giant stores and the fact that their prices are usually less than others, and much of their merchandise now comes from China. (Sam Walton who was a big supporter of "Buy American" will be turning over in this grave). One also must not forget that Wal-Mart put hundreds of local pharmacy's, hardware stores, paint stores, auto stores, nursery's, etc. out of business all across America and in many ways has done more to harm small town America than any other company.
PS...Sam Walton, the founder and I graduated from the same HS, many years apart, in Columbia MO
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Posted: Thu Apr 3rd, 2008 02:32 pm |
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XGM wrote: One also must not forget that Wal-Mart put hundreds of local pharmacy's, hardware stores, paint stores, auto stores, nursery's, etc. out of business all across America and in many ways has done more to harm small town America than any other company.
Nope. Small town America has done more to hurt Small town America. That's the free market at work. Wal-Mart did nothing other than open its doors - the people of those towns were the ones that put the hardware stores, paint stores, pharmacies, etc. out of business.
Oh, and a lot of those smaller shops are still thriving because they learned not to try competing with Wal-Mart on price point - compete on customer service. Wal-Mart's customer service is wretched, at best, so if you want to carve out a niche, make going to your store a pleasant experience. That's why, despite a dismal local economy, the town where I was born still has independent pharmacies, hardware stores, etc.
Wal-Mart didn't do a thing. Blame the local shoppers for running the "little men" out of business.
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Posted: Thu Apr 3rd, 2008 03:43 pm |
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| You are right in that "shoppers" are ultimately the reason. Just like they say buy American but don't because the China product is a couple of bucks cheaper. I will give Wal Mart credit on customer service..they are much better than say Target. I haven't been in the Target store for 5 years because of the horrible customer service I got 5 years ago.
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| The Wal Mart, Walgreens,McDonalds ect. has derailed small towns. As well as Corporate. Heartless corporate ruins everything and cookie cuts the way business work. We the consumer become cows or robots. Look at what ruined radio and tv. Corporate buyouts. First thing you see is minimum wage employees and non thinkers. The breadwinner that has been there 25+ years is dumped. Look no further then KTTS for turning 500 years of experience and making 25 years combined experience the norm. Look no further then the luxury car bigshots that come and go. The first idiot of Journal blew up the news,crakerbarrel and the sounds of KTTS News Weather sports And the well known Tornado Warning tone. ( You knew that was coming) The you tube story Morris put on was so accurate in how serious News and information was presented. I can remember the second hand hitting the 12 at the absolute top of the hour before the news had to come on not a second before or a second after but right at the breath of the top of the hour filler music was played till the NBC or CBS tone and then dramatic intro. Gas stations had uniformed personnel that checked your car and aired your tires and cleaned the windshield. We had Cotters RX. Evans Drug and many local owned dime and penny stores that all had the same employees for 40 years. And those employees were taken care of as well as their families. How corporate greed has ruined America. Look at the cheap trash junk we buy now. A southwestern Bell phone was made to last. The junk we get today is made to trash. We truly lived the good life in the 50,s 60,s and 70,s. So good that kids these days all watch old tv shows and listen to 60,s-80,s music. A whole lost generation because of corporate blunders. Corporate is heartless and brainless. If you are corporate enjoy the short ride in the mafia style luxury because life is short in big corporate. Wal Mart started with cheap prices and then cheap labor. Now we must press one for English. A certain bank downtown speaks more Spanish then English now. Willow Brook leaving may be a good thing for those of us wanting to keep using English in Springfield.
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Posted: Mon May 5th, 2008 11:53 pm |
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Wal-Mart expands low-price drug program
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/ap_on_bi_ge/wal_mart_prescription_program
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Respect the history of radio
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Posted: Tue May 6th, 2008 02:51 am |
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The first idiot of Journal blew up the news,crakerbarrel and the sounds of KTTS News Weather sports And the well known Tornado Warning tone. ( You knew that was coming)
How are they doing in the ratings?
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Posted: Thu May 8th, 2008 11:30 pm |
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| KTTS is number one in the ratings and will likely remain there. They are doing the basic elements listeners desire the most based on research. We are likely to see KTTS embrace the older listener more than it did in the early JBG take over because they are the ones who will be around for a while. Older defined as 35-plus. Going for the younger demos doesn't make sense in this order of change in radio.
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Posted: Fri May 9th, 2008 12:45 am |
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| My point exactly -- but still many people on this board can't get over the changes they have made.
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Posted: Fri May 9th, 2008 02:15 pm |
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| Of coarse they are # 1 in the ratings. They are still the only ones doing any respectful news coverage and the ONLY station that has severe weather coverage. BUT. its all waterd down for instance not giving county by county watches. " a Tornado Watch is in effect for most of us or south of I-44. And if you are driving in from S.E Missouri I.E Howell,Shannon,and you can pick up the radio ranch from there and about Camden County coming from Jeff City. You are in the no zone. Some of the young uns on the board think being # 1 is all it takes. They used to be #1 with double the #'s and Double the revenue. The younger group is cheap and lazy.
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Posted: Mon May 12th, 2008 11:55 am |
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So if you didn't work for Curt Brown or the mighty KTTS you are cheap and lazy? I would imagine that of those of us who wish we were young have no idea what kind of pressure today's youngesters face.
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Posted: Mon May 12th, 2008 01:11 pm |
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I don't blame today's "young" workers at all for today's Radio being in the state it's in. The ownership is to blame. The "human touch and feel" is missing from most stations today because owners are focused totally on profit...this month, not next year. Cut services here and there, automate, no news, no real person to answer the phone when it rings during business hours, no promotion of your station except on your own air (preaching to the choir)...I could go on and on, but you get the picture.
My suggestions to improve your ratings and therefore your profits (down the road, maybe not next week) are as follows:
1) Promote your station off of your own air...TV, Billboards, Newspaper, tee shirts, public service signs (aka Garage Sale type), internet, even sky writing...lots of ways to promote besides to the listeners you already have.
2) Have a real live, local, person on the air, they can comment on local events and up to the minute happenings in your town. Have your jocks make as many public appearances as possible...for money of course.
3) Never use a recorded phone answer machine during business hours...always a live person.
4) Have management involved in the community...i.e. Chamber of Commerce, Better Business Bureau, Red Cross...etc.
5) News & Weather...I know this is a tough one, because it is very expensive, but to have a real top notch station, it needs to happen
If you can't do those things, try to be happy being a "juke box" playing 10 in a row there on the Big K!!!
Again I say, it's not the young people, although many young folks, have never experienced real Customer Service, because it doesn't exsist anywhere, anymore. It's the anxious owners who are trying to make a profit, one more week.
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Posted: Mon May 12th, 2008 05:25 pm |
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I just think there are more stations trying to do that than what a lot of people on this board believe. There are also a lot of stations who have decided that they are going to make their living with music and not news and those stations have listeners to.
Curt -- you were very successful with KT and what you and your team did probably will never happen again -- but there are other ways outside of the old KT way to have a successful radio station and it is funny to me when those who worship you as the radio messiah don't get it.
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Posted: Mon May 12th, 2008 06:29 pm |
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King Curt oh King Curt to the theme King Tut. The point is Radio was serious and Fun. KTTS,KWTO,KWFC,and KGBX all had News and information. I think the "auto pilot" radio station is not only pathetic but dangerous. How many did not get the warning Saturday are dead because of it. Brandon and Dave Snider do a great job but Ron tries to out do them and the weather service and just makes everyone fell a little uncomfortable. Brandon has the Magic of Tom Dye and Fred Miller. Tom Trten is a calming and knowledgeable one also,Along with Jack Elliot. Saturday night the radio ranch did as good as they ever have Don is exceptional and has a good staff. Of course needs the real warning tone !! Automation is not a good thing. Why do you think kids hate radio now? But if you let them hear a you tube of how it used to be they love it. Kids are not able to reach out to real people now days. Could Columbine been prevented if we had good radio and real jocks? Think about that for a moment.
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