Good riddance. I always listened to Scott and Todd in the morning and I was sad when Scott left. They were so funny. I especially loved the Dead Star in an Envelope. The things they said and did was so funny. Was a faithful listener for years until Scott left. He seemed awkward. Even hearing them today back together reminiscing with phone scams and contests had me laughing like I did back then.
Nobody was allowed to touch my radio! I actually won tickets to their studio to see Chris Doughtry and met everyone there! It was so awesome! I will miss them so much! Love you guys! I am so sad! I always enjoyed this station. This station changed its music with the changing times.
Always a fun station to listen too. I enjoy the morning program while driving to work. I really will miss this station. I pray that this crew can stay together somehow. They all compliment each other. This is horrible news. I follow Anne and Jayde on Facebook and will continue to do so in hopes that the crew will remain together.
This was one amazing morning show. Carolina was bad enough so good ridden of her. So many great comments, memories here.
You had legendary Pat St. When they started tweaking format, changing call letters, I departed. Commercial free, great format, good signal. Other than that, I m done with commercial music FM Stations, and there promise of more great music after 10 minutes of commercials. PLJ had a hellava run and second to none, back in the day. Great memories!!!!!!
So very disappointing. All these things helped get me and many, many others through our days. I will be hoping to find you all on the airwaves again SOON!!! They are almost like family. They are the only ones that could get me on the road an hour and a half earlier than I used to go out once I got a job further from home. It got me out the door every day and I laughed and cried when I listened.
I came back home and started listening again. Moved away for a job and moved back when I had my son and the only station I listened to was PLJ once home. I was listening to PLJ while sitting on Rt. I worked in a huge world headquarters that was one of the first tenants in the World Trade Center before building our office in NJ. When route 80 slowed to a crawl while the terror attack played out I heard it first on PLJ and called work who heard it first from me.
It helped to have a familiar voice on the radio. I wish there could be a different ending to this story. I will listen every morning until the end. I will be the one crying in my car on route 80 that day.
Much love to Todd, Jayde, Annie and Monk. I hope you all end up together at a station near me who appreciates what they have. You guys are the best. My heart is broken for you all and for all of us. Aileen, I too am devastated about PLJ and the team going off the air.
I have listened to the for years and came to like them even more after Scott Shannon left and Annie and Jayde came on board. I love blown off and all the crazy contests Monk would come up with.
I always tried to call in but could never get through. I never had a buzzer go off on my alarm. I even went out and bought a Walkman so I could listen to them on the train on my way to work and stream then in on my laptop when I got to the office. It is also sad that they only play music now after am but I will continue to listen every morning until the very end and hope they get to have one more Summer Blast Off at Jenkins.
I never made it to one but always wanted to go. If they have one, I will be there this year to say good-bye in person. I hope they get picked up by another station so I can continue my morning ritual.
My heart too is broken for them and I wish them all the best. Oh and I forgot Johnny too! I will miss this station very much.
I liked Blown Off too but my gut feeling is much of it was phony. I am betting on many of the real people were actually low level actors or comedians, just like the Dating Game in the 60s were comedians and not just everyday people.
I could almost predict how most of the reactions would go and so many of them were so far fetched. But, I still listened. What a wonderful send off you just gave. Funny how on air personalities help us get through life. They actually do become a part of your family to an extent. Good luck Todd, Jayde, Annie and Monk. I know you will all do well as you go on to the next phase of your careers. Going to miss them in the mornings!
I am truly so sad about this news. I have such good memories. I wish Todd, Jayde, Annie and Monk the best. I will miss my ride to work buddies. All the best to all of you. I am so sad. It is devastating to me. I am going to miss them all. And He Loves you! Radio, as it turns out, is a fantastic tool for the enterprise.
Anybody who ties into that one can be taught to believe, ummm…anything! I am so sad to hear Todd, Jayde, Monk and Annie will be no more. May they end up somewhere in the area so we can all listen again. There is no way I want to listen to christian music on the way to work. Very sad. Contstant format changes and dumbing down annoy listeners.
I listen to NPR or college stations for music. My music tastes vary. There used to be different genres of music on FM. There are some listenable stations in small markets. I stream stations from the internet. A lot of young people are turning to YouTube and other services for music. I remember listening to WNCN the night they flipped. It was a surprise.
I enjoy classical and rock. At the time there was 2 fulltime classical stations. Now WQXR is all that is left. Their signal goes as far as Brooklyn then it gets lost. It is impossible to find good tuners. FM radio is obsolete. It was like Dr. Every institution is vulnerable to decline, no matter how great.
Collins found that great companies often fall in five stages:. EMF always has money to buy more stations, because they ask their listeners to send in a monthly pledge to keep the programming on the air.
Very disingenuous on their part, since they use the elimination of the main studio rule — and routinely got waivers of it before the rule was canned — to lower their operating costs to the electric bill at the transmitters.
I always thought He could speak directly to anyone that He wanted to. Adding these stations will undoubtedly increase their intake of donations and I wonder how many can actually afford their monthly tithe so they can overpay for the next big signal, ensuring that no commercial broadcaster can outbid them. I have a few ideas that could be written into the Rules that, coupled with a sunset to the grandfathering of their existing stations, would cut them down to size.
Probably the saddest thing about people giving money to the hucksters at EMF is that this money, if given instead to a local church, might have actually helped someone. Does EMF operate hospitals, schools, homeless shelters, or soup kitchens? No, they are just buying more and more radio stations, spreading like cancer across this country while filling the airwaves with their obnoxious, banal programming.
Todd lost ownership and creative control after Scott left. Collectively, they were annoying, childish, mean, and Todd became nothing more than a babysitter. If station had replaced Jade, Annie and Monk with real talent, I believe the station would have survived. Jayde yes, but Annie is great, I hope Todd finds work at another ny station, maybe connect again with Scott Shannon. Except for Annie, my thoughts exactly.
Sad but NOT surprised. Todd is extremely talented. Jayde always out. I would have been fired from my job. Monk immature. Annie very surprised she was on the air. I hope Todd is picked up soon on another nearby station. I remember going in to the station with Willie B.
Goode from 10pm-2am. The station was electric. The 3 years he was there, they were 1. Then he went to Z and they became 1 again. The entire PLJ staff was red hot and really knew how to be a personality without annoying the listening audience. Who the hell can relate to that? I plan to rock my air-shifts till the very end.
So proud to be part of the legacy! I am so sad to hear of the sale. WPLJ has been a mainstay for me since I was a kid. I thought that when they got rid of that blowhard Shannon it was on its way back to number one. The morning crew is what got me through many many mornings of a long commute and left a smile on my face. Scott Shannon was losing it and I had no patience for him on my way into work.
Todd and the crew are funny as anything! I love the morning show too. I will miss hearing Todd, Monk, Jayde and Annie…so sad…. Those words from Gary Berkowitz resonate completely!! Radio is full of people who are now forced to multi-task, and therefore run the risk of losing focus. The folks running the better NFL Football teams have it right. There can only be one head coach-and ya need a good quarterback.
Because of the difficulty in focusing, more stations than ever are drifting in a sea of mediocrity. I feel bad for the people who work at WPLJ. The EMF people are the maggots who are feeding on its rotting corpse. Completely agree. Disgusting, low life maggots who are worse than drug dealers. This is terrible news. They broadcast from like Pennsylvania or Ohio. We were in shock. Everyone lost their jobs.
They also dropped a morning host, Jack Diamond, for a short period, but then brought him back. It has to do with money. Willing buyer, willing seller.
You get the same situation with any other station, and it will happen, regardless of programming. It will be interesting to see what happens to the Cox stations when they sell. Everybody is quick to have their expert opinion about what happened, but yes look at WRQX. Different situation entirely, same result. Everybody always thinks they can do it better. Truly obnoxious. They had commercial-free summer, which was pretty mind-blowing at the time.
I also remember hearing a commercial for a Yes concert at Madison Square Garden. My parents drove us to the show. Many years later I started working in radio. Sad to hear WPLJ lost their way. They had some terrific jocks and turned me and my younger brother onto so many great musicians. I know. Like all free-form rockers, WABC-FM sounded a little like a college station with commercials, although it simulcast the AM station during some dayparts.
It was also automated during some off-peak dayparts, using a Gates automation system. It had an entire rack of processing equipment. I was one of those TV people over forty years ago. Originally, like at least virtually all FM stations with the same calls as their AM sister stations, the former simulcast the latter for the entire day.
Apart from the all-news format during the newspaper strike, it was classical music hosted by the then legendary Milton Cross. What happens when they leave?
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Interesting handle you have for an atheist. I was sitting at my desk balling. I wholeheartedly agree with everything you wrote. Sums up my feelings too. Holy money. I feel exactly the same as you. The best days of WPLJ was from I could not have said it better. Well said especially prefer to listen to Todd too. Good for you. That is the right attitude. I totally agree with you. Keep Rockin Skywalker. Ditto, Skywalker — head held high! You will be sorely missed. The real cause of this sale?
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Lady Diana spoke about meeting Cher and the friendship that came from that early introduction. You look back 48, 49 years of wonderful music, great DJs, incredible personalities and all of a sudden bye-bye.
I never worked with anyone funnier than him in my entire career. The two aired a phone call from Debbie Gibson, who listened to PLJ growing up and went on to success as a recording artist.
Kerr then spoke of Fink, who was there from the beginning. Current PD Dave Labrozzi took the mic toward the tail end of the 5pm hour.
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