I Hate Assholes!!!!!

One more thing:
Though it may be unprofessional to send this dude dozens of requests or a message like DESPO424 did (no offense!! I LOVED it!),
his reply was also unprofessional, so he DESERVES IT!!!!!!
cross@rock108.com
 
Metal Maiden said:
WZZN (The Zone) has a 2.0 share in Chicago, good for 20th place in the
ratings. The Zone is getting beat by 19 other Chicago stations including AM
670 The Score, WGN-AM, WLS-AM, WBBM-AM - all of them AM News stations and
all of them are crushing The Zone. Q101 is also beating them. So, maybe if
they weren't playing the new Anthrax, they would have better ratings?! For
the record, KFMW-FM is ranked #1 here in eastern Iowa.

Here's some other charts to look at: www.radioandrecords.com. On this
website, on your left you can see the national airplay, just click on the
appropriate format under "Formats". Choose "Active Rock" (our format) and
see the top 50 most played songs. I don't believe Anthrax will be one of
them. You can also (from the main page) look under "Formats" again, you'll
see "Station Playlists". Click on that, choose your format (Active Rock) and
from here, you can see the weekly playlists of approximately 70 rock
stations in the United States. I think you'll struggle to find Anthrax here
too.

The record was worked to radio this summer and the label isn't working it to
radio now. It's already come and gone and it didn't do squat. Out of the
hundreds of requests by phone or email, I might get 1 a month for new
Anthrax. Hardly enough demand to get me to add a record by a band who's time
has long gone. I was playing Anthrax on the air 15 years ago....

:-)


Michael Cross
Program Director
KFMW-FM
Waterloo/Cedar Rapids
cross@rock108.com
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Thanks for the help in Iowa everyone-thanks for getting it started Maiden-All the Thrax fans in Iowa appreciate it.

I got a reply like this from him this summer when I asked about Safe Home. I wish I still had the email he sent. I posted it on the board awhile back. What an ass. He said all basically the same shit. I didn't think it would break KFMW's back to give Anthrax some love and maybe play Korn 5 less times a week.

Not everyone in Iowa is like this guy!!!

The people at 103.3 in Des Moines have played Safe Home some, and they'll usually play it when you ask for it.

http://www.lazer1033.com/index.php

and email one of the dj's
 
Here's a copy of the original email Michael Cross sent me in June when I requested Safe Home.
I just can't believe that someone from a small station in Iowa would act so Big Time.

"I'm well aware of the song. (I was playing Anthrax on radio in the
mid-80's!) However nationally, radio isn't playing this song and you
can see
that for yourself. Check out the radio industry website
www.radioandrecords.com and on the left side of the site you'll see
'Music
Formats' or 'Charts' - you can click on 'Active Rock' (our format) and
see
what the national picture looks like. You can also see what 70 other
Active
Rock stations in the country are playing by clicking on 'Station
Playlists'
which I believe is underneath the links that list formats. Click on the
playlists, choose the format (Active Rock) and you can then look at
individial station playlists.

I have been a John Bush (lead singer) fan since his days in Armoured
Saint,
but Anthrax simply isn't a viable band in 2003. I think the new album
is
okay and the single isn't bad, but how many people really care about
this
band? How many CD's will they sell? 100,000? If it was something that
70
other rock stations were going to play, then I'd be on it. The truth is
that
maybe a handful of these stations will play it, the record won't go
anywhere
and I'd be wasting a slot that I could have given to a up and coming
new
band instead.



Michael Cross
Program Director
KFMW-FM
Waterloo-Cedar Rapids"
 
That fucker is dead. This is what he sent me back to me.

KNAC is an website radio station - not a real one. KNAC doesn’t have to worry about ratings & revenue like real radio stations do....that’s why they ended up on a website.

My response:
First of all KNAC was a profitable metal station in Long Beach, CA for 10 years. The reason they went off the air is because the owners made a lot of money selling the station, so it could convert to Spanish broadcasting; something really large in So Cal.
If they do not have revenue and profit to be concerned with then why do they sell space for web advertising, do give aways to promote tours,etc and sell merchandise as a secondary revenue stream? And believe me if nobody was listening to they would not have been on the net for 5 years now. Do you have listeners in North America, South America and Europe?
Maybe you should study their business model or do you prefer having to deal with angry listeners?
Lets go get his pussy ass thraxers :yell:
 
Badatta2ud said:
Lets try this:

http://rock108.com/html/request.html

Don't forget to leave a special message for the "Almighty Program Director/Cum Bucket Christopher, I mean, Michael Cross"

Just request every song Anthrax has ever made(twice) just to show him what a little piss-ass-wanna-be he and his 5000 watt station are.
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GREAT IDEA!

I was gonna say, "Let's focus on a radio station from a state that matters, like California," but that's a better idea!!!
 
DarbysDad said:
I gotta give that description of Iowa to my Dad. Mr. Des Moines himself. :lol:
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Holy shit-you're dad's from Des Moines? I live 30 miles up the road.

I went to a small college in Iowa that drew a lot of kids from Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois. All the Minnesota kids especially liked to poke fun of all the "Iwegians" with the Idiots Out Walking Around, and other stuff like that. We could always get them to shut up by pointing out where they were at to get their college education :loco:
 
Do you think Frankie has a point?

Cross(Cock Gobbler)
"The record was worked to radio this summer and the label isn't working it to radio now."



Frank: Radio is just as bad as MTV, only because you need a big label to even get you on the radio today. You need the label to push the shit out there because it’s all about the money, and whoever said payola is not alive and well is wrong! They are dead wrong, and I’ll tell anyone that. It’s all generated around money. It all revolves around money. I don’t give a fuck what anybody says, that is what is going on, and whoever says no can go fuck themselves with an iron!
 
remington69 said:
I kindly forwarded Senor Cum Buckets response to the program director at the Zone. I'm sure he'll appreciate it. :)
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LOL, good idea. Seriously though should we really be spending so much energy on this piss ant station? Sure the guy is a fuck and I'd love to put him in his place but his station just doesn't matter at all in the big picture.
 
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