Tuesday, May 04, 2010

Ferguson Is A Mover And A Shaker

Contrary to the claims being made by Thaddeus and his supporters, KWAM 990 is on the map like never before. The whole thing revolves around the advertisers. Their stock just went up a bit. Now they have accounts like "Icon Collision Services" and "Lexus Of Memphis"as opposed to "E.H. Ford Mortuary", and "Dales Hot Foods" when they pay. KWAM sounded almost like WREC 600. After almost three years they finally got a screener.

Ben Ferguson is a station managers dream.That success is what I dislike about him though. Over half his show is taken up with commercials. Between Ben overtalking the callers and commercials you don't have to monitor much of what he says. He hosts a caller driven show. Ben said he no longer wanted to constantly be dealing with contract negotiations. The only way he can do that is by having his salary depend on the station's profits. The station went from collecting $3000 a wk. to paying an undisclosed amount. Ferguson is a mover and shaker.