Oct 14, 2009 -- 8:17AM, Sue wrote:

In my opinion, Lori and Julia should be the first ones to go.  I would rather listen to 830 than their drivel.  It's bad enough when the show is airing in real time.....then there are the endless replays.  I listen to 107.1 from 6:45 am until 3 pm.  Then I switch to something else, so I don't have to put up with them.  I realize that everyone has their own tastes, but Kevin respected her audience and her shows were pertinent, informative, and fun, without being absurd and insulting my intelligence.  Best of luck, Kevin.  Sorry to 'see' you go.  I'm sure it won't be long before the powers that be realize they've made a HUGE mistake.

AMEN!!!!  you said it perfectly!!

Well, that about puts the nail in the coffin for me.  So long, FM107; it's been real.

Im shocked! One of the reasons I have listened to 107 for all these years is the heart and soul of the station and its programing, In firing Kevyn you have acted like all the faceless big business jerks that we the people are so tired of. We have to live that stuff and the time in the car with your original "starters" have always been my favorite. A lot of your programming is loud talking with little content except with your original shows.. Perez Hilton is not what we want. Kevyn has taken us through her illness and showed how to handle lifes surprises with grace humor and intelligence. Then YOU fire her???!!!! WOW! I dont know if Ian and Margery and Lori and Julia will hold my loyalty, Did you think perhaps Shelita doesnt work??? I feel that you have a diamond in Kevyn and you curbed her for what??

All I can do is find another station that fits,sadly 107 is not that station. Good luck with your endeavor to drive the station into the ground. My parents listened to WCCO when I was a kid. I can still hear the tune they would play and the programs were comforting,clever and fun. It was a peek into the adult world and it was something to look forward to. It seems to me you are trying to be too many different things, keep your standard of high quality educated fun active full of local interest programing with HEART.

MPR is nice but a bit dry at times. 107 was a good fit for me,I guess I am no longer your focus listener. My typical day starts with Ian and Margery,then Kevyn, shut the radio off till Lori and Julia are on the air. Change is good,sadly you getting rid of Kevyn Burger is a terrible decision on your part. I believe a lot of listeners will support Kevyn and look elsewhere for their radio programming. How can you not realize this?

Give Kevyn her job back with the power to develop her own show and we will be happy. She is part of the backbone of the station. Do a Lettermen and say you made a mistake, people respond well to that. Sorry to say that Sheleta,Wayland and Madame,Colleen and the Boys dont do it for me. There is a sarcasm that has shrouded your station that is hard to listen too. Your original programming doesnt have that note to it and Kevyn didnt play that way. What a sad thing to lose her.

So long it's been good to know ya~

Former Listener,

Julia

I too am extremely sad that Kevyn is gone from FM107. What is surprising me is that I'm upset enough to not want to listen to the station anymore. I mean really, this isn't life or death (at least it's not for me.) The problem is that I really like many of the other programs (LoJ is my least favorite and, except for Donnie, I don't care if I miss it -- but that's hard to do since they rerun it constantly.)

 

I think the dumbing down is the thing that bothers me the most. I am smart and intelligent woman and I don't care what new face-lift, botox or boy-banging is going on in Hollywood. Especially not so much that I want another two hours of my radio listening time to go to that. And I, personally, enjoyed having  Sheletta on Kevyn's show. She lightened things up a bit and she has a great outlook on life. I thought the two of them worked very well together.

 

I really like Jason and Alexis. Yes, it's a Hollywood focus -- but they spend a lot of time poking fun at Hollywood and don't seem to be too much into the drooling over Hollywood. Colleen and the Boys just ignore it and come up with their own stuff. The Balanced Breakfast has a good focus on news events and weird news and Ian does a good job of putting a new spin on the news. Lori and Julia are OK -- but they are a bit too obsessed with outer beauty and not enough on inner beauty and character. (At least that's the schtick they present.)

 

That said, FM107 is not going to get rid of Lori and Julia. The last I knew, it's their best rated program. Meaning, it's probably the one show that actually makes money. Part of that could extend from the fact that the show is on during drive time and people are more likely to be able to actually listen. (Like I'm trying to do right now -- but I can't get the on-line listening to work here at the office today and radios don't work in this building.) The reason they replay it all the time is because it's the best rated show.

 

This could be changing now that they've introduced Jason Matheson. I wouldn't be surprised if Jason's show isn't garnering ratings the same or better than LoJ. This would also make station management see doing a Hollywood gossip and pop culture format as being more profitable. They added a Hollywood gossip and pop culture program and it's garnering good ratings.

 

I'm anxious to learn where Kevyn lands. Perhaps WCCO830 could start punching up their female listening audience by giving Kevyn Burger and Jeanette Trompetter a show from, oh say, 9-11 Monday-Friday.