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New Jimmy Valentine Flashfax (Jan 13, 2009)Jimmy Valentine Flashfax (Jan 13)Subscribe to his new mailing list from that page. A few people let Jimmy know that they did not approve to be on Roger Hedgecock's mailing list and asked to be taken off of it. Roger's mailers include a note that asks if you want to continue receiving the newsletters (now called the Roger Report and not Flashfax). No word if he plans to unsubscribe if you don't respond within a time frame. As an editor of SDN, I'm not taking sides on the Roger/Jimmy cold war. I don't have the full story on how the original Flashfax mailing list came to be and who's the rightful owner of the mailing list. Some of his published complaints state that it's Jimmy's list and not Roger's list. Roger insists that the mailing list was meant for his radio talk show. My take is that the mailing list is a collaborative effort by both people, and Jimmy should have been allowed to save all of the e-mail addresses before Roger changed some passwords to prevent Jimmy from using it again. What do you think of this, readers? If you want to be a part of Jimmy's mailing list, e-mail Jimmy at kogojimmyv@gmail.com If you want to continue receiving Roger Report mailing list, or not, respond to his e-mail by following the subscribe or unsubscribe instructions. Reviewing Local Talk (Jan 13, 2009)On a personal review of Roger's national show, it sounded like the show has lost its local edge and it sounds just too polished, too professional, and too national. Roger is still one of the better talkers of the radio scene, though, like all of the other talkers, there are topics that I don't agree with Roger on, so he's no different than, say, the more entertaining Tom Leykis, whose on opposite him nationwide.It's funny to think that in the last month of December, Roger was local and Tom was nationwide on weekdays, then on Saturdays, Roger was nationwide and Tom was local (in Los Angeles). I don't see much of an overlap between the audiences of Roger and Tom since Roger is mostly geared towards an AARP age demographic and is for the most part sane and safe. Tom on the other hand is of the AARP age (52), but his show is geared towards the younger demographic, and is for the most part informative and wacky. This is like Lawrence Welk going opposite Eight is Enough on Saturday nights in 1981. Almost no competetion with each other. Roger will give Michael Savage, another right-wing wacko talker, hell, but can Roger beat Michael in the ratings? It's too bad that San Diego hardly has a lineup of local talkers compared to a few years ago because the radio economy is tanking. It's too expensive to hire local talent and cheaper to take in a syndicated show. Ratings are just not enough to support the likes of Mark Larson, Stacy Taylor, Dave and Jeff, Dangerous Dick and Skibba, and others that have come and gone from the local scene. With Roger Hedgecock officially no longer local, the post-morning slots are filled with mostly syndicated talk, brokered programming, and satellite-fed music. The only daypart left where it's mostly local talk is the morning shift with the likes of Chip Franklin, Jeff and Jer, Dave Shelly and Chainsaw, Mikey, Rick Roberts, AJ, Monique and The Man, and others dominating the scene. Z90, ESPN, XTRA 1360, and KCBQ have syndicated morning shows. AM 1700 now has CNN news instead of Larson. Rumor has it that morning show teams could be cut as much as half to save on expenses. How long will it be before the last bastion of local talk, the morning drive, is replaced with out of market talent? Could AJ be replaced by Ryan Seacrest?
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