Rick Emerson has posted the lyrics to Radio, Radio on his site ... with no other comment

bad bad sign

Uh oh...

Or, could it mean something else? Moving to the FM side maybe?

11:00am will hopefully enlighten us.

Any word on this?

Nothing came of it today on the show.

He works for CBS, its only a matter of time before he gets fired.

will be new host on KUFO-mornings

And your source radioboy25???

Given the critical tone of the lyrics to "Radio, Radio," I suspect that Emerson is trying to foreshadow that bad things are on the horizon. I don't think that moving to KUFO is likely in Mr. Emerson's future.

Well I have to agree with Alfredo on that note. With all of the shakeups lately, and of course with the ever shrinking budget of almost ANY company you could EVER think of, I highly doubt a switch is in the horizon. I do however wish Rick the Best and ONLY the BEST. He is one of the few who made my old job in Portland enjoyable. And for that I wish him GOOD things. LONG LIVE RICK EMERSON!

Rick announced right before the show ended today that today's Leykis show (which has been in repeats for the last couple weeks, of course) airs its final broadcast today, and taking its place on Monday @ 3PM is the Mike O'Meara Show, followed by Phil Hendrie.

Good...I'll have a reason for continuing to listen after Rick now. Although, in my opinion, Mike O'Meara isn't as good a show as it was with long-time partner Don (Don & Mike Show), who retired, it's still a much better listen than Leykis was.

Another odd posting at Rick Emerson's site:

"Be listening Monday, March 9th at 11am."

Tim Riley has the same message on his web site.

Perhaps OUR GOD is returning to the program...or perhaps there are bad times ahead.

Somebody will need to listen and report... I can't get an AM signal inside the steel box where I work! (that's why I am hoping for a FM talker...)

starting show with a little bit of dead air and now a quote from Woody Allen's Radio days

is KUFO going talk ???

now we are hearing Ramones "Rock and Roll Radio" and now the speech from Independence Day ... "In less than an hour"

I fear the end is near

KUFO needs a morning show. KCMD is the Rick Emerson show and little else. Perfect match.

Talk about drama... I am hanging on for each post....

come on Rick .... SAY IT !!!

Edust1958
You can get it online also: http://www.970.am/

Local radio man Rick Emerson, who currently talks about all things pop culture, obsessive-compulsive, bacon and Battlestar Galactica from 11 am to 3 pm on Portland's AM 970 The Talker, is taking over KUFO 101 FM's prime morning show slot (5-9 am) starting this Thursday. He'll replace the Adam Carolla Show.

http://wweek.com/wwire/?p=23267

5-9 crap !!!!!

Warner...
At work we are not allowed to consume bandwidth with streaming of any kind unless pre-authorized... something about business purpose... LOL

from Willamette Week

And the Rick Emerson Army rejoices.

Local radio man Rick Emerson, who currently talks about all things pop culture, obsessive-compulsive, bacon and Battlestar Galactica from 11 am to 3 pm on Portland's AM 970 The Talker, is taking over KUFO 101 FM's prime morning show slot (5-9 am) starting this Thursday. He'll replace the Adam Carolla Show. No loss there.

According to CBS Radio marketing honcho Susan Reynolds, the Rick Emerson Show is sliding over to its sister station KUFO, which shares a downtown Portland studio with 970 AM, with its team intact—including producer Sarah X. Dylan and whipping boy Ritchie Bristol. Even better, the show will reunite Emerson and producer Sarah X. Dylan with their beloved longtime newsman Tim Riley, who was laid off from CBS Radio last December. The layoff prompted Emerson to launch a "Laid off Journalists" program on his 970 AM show, that invited unemployed media types to read the news on his show each day.

Emerson's show, filled with Rick's free association diatribes and heaps of love for all things nerdy, has long been a cult favorite obsession among Portlanders—the show even boasts its own "Army" of local fans. No doubt the morning drive time slot will only up the recruitment numbers.

5-9? WTF...

Not that I really care since I listen on podcast, but it seems like Rick and co wouldn't take very well to that slot.

Ha! See my post up above.

I worry a bit though, Rick and Co. didn't really enjoy the early slot once before...

But, that was a crappy situation.

5:00am IS pretty early.

5am is HELL !!!!

So what happens to 970 now? Oldies? Dark?

In fact, let's think about this.

Rick's "army" is comprised of who? Younger folks, folks who go out at night, or stay up late playing first person shooter games online, or work at night maybe, eh? Will they be able to move over to this new slot with Rick? OR, will he now cultivate a new audience, while retaining some of the old?

You pros weigh in here please with your perspective.

Not a pro, but a large portion of his audience is said to be delivery types, who probably start at the crack of dawn.

I can imagine the KUFO morning drive crowd not taking well to the Emerson 'style'.

TIM RILEY IS BACK ON THE AIR !!!!!!

God damn does it sound good to hear Tim Riley again.


And I called it.

I think there are two valid questions...

1. about Rick in the a.m. drive... will his audience follow... and

2. without Rick what keeps 970am going? Rick made listening to that terrible signal when I was in the car or at home tolerable... without Rick that button setting is going to disappear fast.

Powerslacker: not only did you call it .... but you called good news

a double win

Edust1958:

1. I think they will be able to adapt and grow their audience

2. DOA, I hope

Without Rick there, the station will likely be emitting smooth jazz or country classics starting on Friday....

maybe Imus will replace the Emerson show at 11am

Powerslacker, with all due respect, my post proposing the possible move to FM was posted last Weds.

Tadc- Good point about the delivery folks.

Warner: With even more due respect: I heard John Locke announce this back in 1954 on the island

Good point Warner. I missed that earlier in the thread.

I'm very rarely right about anything, so I need all the props I can get!

So now i'm going to have to figure out how to rearrange my morning radio listening habits.

Rick has a lot of great things going for him that should attract new listeners. I suspect the members of his existing midday audience that sleep in mornings will continue to do that, but the rest will sample the new location.

Smart, funny, topical, quick-witted, supportive of his fellow team members, transparent with his audience and always willing to "read the day" and react to it rather than storm ahead with prepared material.

I'm really glad to see they were able to get Tim Riley back on board. Congrats to all.

So.. what about the podcast? It better still be available, one way or other...

The Schnitt Show..

Remember that name.

I'm VERY happy for Rick and his team.

I thought about recording my auto's crappy reception from his 970 show to document how much of a fan I have to be to tolerate that much static to hear every other word ( and to document my lack of knowledge of how to increase the clarity of said signal...ahem ) and send it to him.

But this is better.

And Fever, I will remember that name. Should I put it in a long-term memory folder or a short-term folder? When can I expect to hear it again? And where? And what is it? Is Schnitt a person, place or thing?

Schnitt is a right-wing radio talker. Rumour has been he's coming to PDX airwaves. I'd be surprised if it's on 970, but anythings possible I guess.

Although Fever hasn't been right about anything so far...

Dennis Miller..Republican..show on AM970.

Enough said.

I hope that 970 keeps its existing format because they carry Phil Hendrie! I am wondering, however, what the programming strategy will be now that Emerson is no longer the program director of that station. Out here in Hillsboro, nighttime reception of 970 is decent, although the signal seems a bit weak for being 5000 watts (see the thread "Coverage of KCMD, KPDQ-AM, and other hilltop AM stations" for the discussion on this).

I have such trouble picking up 970 that I completely forgot that it's where Emerson's show aired. I haven't been able to tune in since his days on 1080 KOTK. I'll be glad to hear him on a real signal.

told you so. mornings-ufo

I think someone already took credit for telling us so.

Better luck next time.

It was announced in 1954 that Rick Emerson was moving to KUFO? Let's ponder that for a moment.

Semoochie - it simply a matter of turning the frozen donkey wheel and making the island move in time .... of course it probably makes more sense if you watch Lost

Here's the R&R announcement:

--------------------Emerson Moves To FM In Portland--------------------

By Keith Berman

Rick Emerson, enjoyed in middays on CBS Radio talk KCMD-AM/Portland, Ore., is heading to the wonderful world of mornings -- and stereo -- as he packs up and heads across the hall to mornings on rocker KUFO. Emerson, along with news guy Tim Riley, producer/co-host Sarah X. Dylan and Ritchie Bristol, will plug the gap created when Adam Carolla's show ended.

The crew, along with what the press release describes as "an extended family of media-saturated, caffeine-filled, minutiae-obsessed completists," will begin doing their business on KUFO on Thursday, March 12.

"When I first moved to Portland, all I heard was, 'You gotta listen to Rick Emerson,'" says KUFO OM/PD Chris Patyk. "A year later, I was telling my friends, 'You gotta listen to Rick Emerson.' It's my sincerest hope that all of Portland will soon be saying the same thing."
______________________________________________________________

Here's All Access with their take:

------------The Rick Emerson Show Heads To KUFO Mornings------------

CBS Active Rock KUFO/PORTLAND, OR names THE RICK EMERSON SHOW as its new morning-drive program, starting THURSDAY, MARCH 12th, 5-9a. He replaces the recently defeunct ADAM COROLLA SHOW. A fixture on the PORTLAND radio airwaves for the last decade, RICK has most recently been hosting the midday show at sister News/Talk/Sports KCMD-A. The move to KUFO will reunite EMERSON with producer and co-host SARA X. DYLAN and newsman TIM RILEY.

"No show has built more of a following on PORTLAND radio over the last decade than THE RICK EMERSON SHOW." commented KUFO OM CHRIS PATYK. “RICK's fresh and irreverent approach to broadcasting fits perfectly on KUFO and screams live and local. I'm proud to have RICK, SARAH and TIM on our team." Patyk continued, "When I first moved to PORTLAND, all I heard was, ‘You gotta listen to RICK EMERSON.’ A year later I was telling my friends, ‘You gotta listen to RICK EMERSON.’ It's my sincerest hope that all of PORTLAND will soon be saying the same thing.”
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-------------Rick Emerson Moves to Morning Shift at KUFO--------------

by Kristi Turnquist, The Oregonian
Monday March 09, 2009, 11:13 AM

Big news, radio fans! Rick Emerson is making the leap from midday on KCMD-AM to the morning drive-time slot at sister station KUFO-FM. "The Rick Emerson Show" will start airing from 5 a.m.-9 a.m. this Thursday. Emerson's quick-witted savvy and pop culture obsessions have won him a devoted following of fellow pop culture geeks. The dawn patrol show also brings back newsman Tim Riley, rejoining Emerson and producer/co-host Sarah X. Dylan. To celebrate, KUFO has posted a series of funny videos on its site.

For what ever reason Rick has produced a bunch of spots taking shots at 94/7.

I guess he figures this is his main competition.

His produced bits are also making fun of Charlie Fm.

With the changes in Los Angeles last week and New York this week, you have to wonder if CBS doesn't plan a company wide run at CHR!

" For what ever reason Rick has produced a bunch of spots taking shots at 94/7."

Really? That kinda surprises me. I mean, I get why it's a strategy employed by some. I wouldn't have expected it for this show though. I don't know why. I just didn't see that coming from Rick.

I've been listening and only heard a couple different spots. But not any that take shots at 94/7 . What's the gist of those spots?

> told you so. mornings-ufo

There have been several anonymous posters on this board, past and present, who have made predictions that have turned out to be right. However, I am not inclined to take the predictions seriously due those posters' choosing to remain anonymous. It is nothing personal; it is just that when some unknown person comes on here, makes a prediction, and then says, "Trust me. I have my sources," I do not believe that I can, in good conscience, take that prediction seriously because I do not know who the person is or what his (or her) true motives are.

Trust me, I know, as an inside source told me, that Craig Walker is coming back to K103!

So why isnt Rick taking shots at the Playhouse? Scared since they are in the same building?

If you watch all of the "Rules in Action" spots Rick made, you'll see he's not taking shots at any one particular station - he's taking shots at all of them, and at radio programming SOP over the past decade or so.

He is basically talking about being in Oregon for ten years yet still having a British accent.

Also something about alternative djs not having a last name.

Seems like an odd choice of an attack. That station doesnt even have a real morning show. Or charlie. focus your attention on those clowns on 105

This will fail. Epic fail. Rick is losing half his audience because of the early hours.

I cant listen live cause of my job. I know he got alot of emails saying the same thing.

So why isnt Rick taking shots at the Playhouse? Scared since they are in the same building?

Thats actually a good point! I'm curious to see if the Playhouse plays some prank stunts on The Rick Emerson show.

You know they will! LOL!

How does the playhouse compete with KUFO? Active Rock and Hip Hop aren't exactly competing formats. KNRK, on the other hand... that makes perfect sense.

KNRK is no longer a rock station REASON. They are more of a AAA station. KUFO is a rock station! Two different formats, two different demos!

Triple A has a rock base. KINK is AAA. KNRK is more of an Alternative station with a back library.

Yes, the average listener would still call 94.7 KNRK a "rock" station, since many rock artists are still being played. KNRK is programmed to fill the gap between KUFO and KINK.

another prediction from an anonymous poster...

Emerson went to UFO so now that 970 is an empty shell CBS can sell it to Salem who bailed out of their deal with Entercom for 910.

pure baseless speculation on my part.

> Emerson went to UFO so now that 970 is an empty shell CBS can sell it to Salem

I hope that doesn't happen because that would be terrible! Phil Hendrie would once again be "homeless" on the Portland dial.

It was just stated on the Rick Emerson show that, temporarily, the new KUFO show will be replayed in the 11-3 slot on KCMD.

Great!!! Since I don't get up until 8 a.m.

Could they be bringing back KUFO-AM?

One thing I haven't heard anyone say yet is if Rick is still PD of 970. I wonder if he is/isn't has anything to do with what happens.

Wouldn't surprise me at all if something's up for 970 after seeing what's on their website right now:
http://970.am/

Could they be bringing back KUFO-AM?
"Extreme Talk 970," or the AM/FM simulcast?

Or, maybe: "Here comes another 40 minutes of Beat Music–on KUFO Portland–970 The Beat!"

Rick has passed the duty of PD @ 970 to Chris Patyk, PD @ KUFO, because, as Rick stated, he intends to concentrate fully on his new endeavor.

I got to hear the live show this morning, and I have mixed feelings. The show sounds a little more fast-paced and 'professional', but I don't think I care for the seemingly-larger commercial load, and all the music.

The Beat goes on. May 18.

Like I said in other threads....
In May!