Is Blink going down the dumper?

[ResinIII]

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Ratings drop into the drink at Blink



Sunday, June 01, 2003


BY CLAUDIA PERRY
Star-Ledger Staff

If you blinked, you might have missed it. And you probably did. It's been more than month since WNEW (102.7 FM) debuted the "Blink" concept of blending music, gossip and entertainment news, and it's not exactly racking up listeners. The guys in charge at Infinity, the station's parent company, aren't saying much, but their actions are coming through loud and clear.

Steve Kingston took the reins at Blink a couple of weeks back as operations manager. Kingston was program director at WXRK "K-Rock" (92.3 FM), which is also part of the area Infinity group that includes WFAN (660 AM), WINS (1010 AM) and WCBS (101.1 FM and 880 AM). Kingston was replaced at K-Rock by Robert Cross, who programmed KROQ in Los Angeles. Howard Stern, who is on WXRK, has complained about the move on the air, saying he's not sure Cross understands New York. (But Stern's complaining likely is part of his continuing anti-management shtick -- he's also said he'll hang it up when his contract expires in two years.)




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[Marye]

Ha! Ha!!! {{Forrrest Gump voice}} and that's all I've got to say about that..{{ Forrest Gump voice}}

[YOUR MOMS BOX]

After a splashy, high-priced debut, Blink seems to be going nowhere fast. More than a month after flipping the switch, it still has no live deejays middays, evenings and most of the weekend. The live air staff so far consists of Chris Booker and Linda Lopez in the mornings, Todd Newton live from Beverly Hills in the afternoon, and former MTV host Matt Pinfield on Saturday afternoon.

The eclectic music mix has not delivered a large audience. Although Blink debuted at the end of the last ratings book with a .5 Arbitron rating, that number included the previous months when the station played a contemporary hit format with no deejays. The latest Arbitron trend has the station at .4 , which is behind WBBR (1130 AM), a business news station with a spotty signal.

:D :D :biggrinfl :biggrinfl :) The latest Arbitron trend has the station at .4

[Ollie Obvious]

I can just hear ant doing celine dion....

The SS WNEW will have no SUUUUUURRRRVIVOOOORRRSSSS!!!!!

[Marye]

Originally posted by Ollie Obvious
I can just hear ant doing celine dion....

The SS WNEW will have no SUUUUUURRRRVIVOOOORRRSSSS!!!!!


Good one!:biggrinfl

[FOFOLINA]

That station sucks so bad it brings tears to your eyes.
I forbid to even listen to it. now I fucking listen to WPLJ *Sigh*
But it plays 80's music so I guess that is ok.. So it goes from listening to O&A on SU to some fucking 80's music. Dear god I need talk radio bad.

[RandomNY]

I guess their AD campaign is working. BLINK and you will MISS IT because it's going to be gone in a BLINK of you EYE>


NNIIICCCCEEE I HOPE INFINITY LOSES A TON OF MONEY ON THIS STUPID IDEA.

[YOUR MOMS BOX]

at this rate maybe they will just put opie and anthony on wnew again so they can get some ratings

a .4 is pathetic

[Balloonknot Joe]

I told you guys a month ago...............its " Stink 102.7".

Balloonknot Joe

[fcuknu]

Originally posted by Balloonknot Joe
I told you guys a month ago...............its " Stink 102.7".

Balloonknot Joe
elbow to the ribs

[bluecell]

Infinity is definitely hurting. WXTM saw a drop in ratings after they lost O&A. The only thing saving them is the fact that they're the only real "modern rock" radio station in Cleveland. Oh well.

[Joe Orthex]

Personal opinion here, but I have seen those "blink" posters on the back of NY busses. And I have to say I don't blink, my first reaction is to put my truck in High gear and just RAM the bus right up blinks ass and just yell "Blink This you Motha ******" That damn pink sign just reminds me why I don't listen to radio any more.


Edited cause I misspeeled a word or 2.

[bassist_guy]

Hey Bluecell, at least wxtm wised up. Have you heard the morning show with Rover? There has been some pretty kick ass cringe moments lately. I actually had to turn off my radio listening to that show during the pick up the MILF segment.

It's much more gooder.

[robification]

the idea of blink was interesting... very different... i wasnt sure if it would make it or not... after listening to it, i decided it sounds like a station on an identity crisis... 70's disco mixed with light music... and mix in a little eminem and sum 41 with a bunch of r&b... makes me think of a 99 cent store... a whole bunch of assorted crap with nothing useful. it wont last long if it keep going the same way