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Jimmy Baron and Yvonne Monet out at Dave FM; Steve Craig interim morning host

11:00 am November 10, 2011, by Rodney Ho

Jimmy Baron and Yvonne Monet's morning show is over after two years. CREDIT: Dave FM

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Dave FM, which has gone through five morning shows since its inception in 2004, is now looking for its sixth after letting Jimmy Baron and Yvonne Monet go this morning.

General manager Rick Caffey declined to say why they were let go but said the station will be “taking its time” seeking a replacement. For now, Steve Craig will cover as interim morning host.

That name may be familiar to 99X fans. Craig was the mid-day host at that station from 1992 to 2007. He then spent near three years in New York under Leslie Fram (now at CMT) working as a jock at WRXP-FM, a rock station that recently switched to news.

As a result, Craig lost his job and rumors instantly popped up that he would end up at Dave. He quickly nabbed some part-time work there and even came in one morning to gab with Baron and Monet, who are also former jocks at 99X.

[UPDATE on Friday, 11/11/11: Craig did his School of Musical Knowledge bit he used to do on 99X and WRXP. The quiz question was what was the theme song of "Chuck." Answer: "Short Skirt, Long Jacket," which he then played.]

It appears Christopher “Crash” Clark, the traffic guy, may stay on at V-103 but not Dave. [UPDATE: Renee Washington who had been doing traffic during afternoons on Dave, took over Friday morning.]

Dave FM’s ratings have fluctuated up and down over the years. Earlier this year, the station had some strong months but numbers sunk sharply over the past five months.

In January, the station had a 4.5 share, tied for eighth and a 6.2 rating among 25 to 54 year olds, worthy of third place. By October, it had sunk to a 2.0 overall share, of 18th place and a 2.6 rating among 25 to 54, ranking them 15th.

Baron and Monet’s morning show, which was recently cut back to 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m., lagged behind the rest of the station. Management kept the show fairly music intensive.

In January, among 25 to 54 year olds, the show ranked 11th. By October, it was down to 20th. (Dave’s strongest day part for years has been mid-days featuring Mara Davis.)

Baron had an amusing gathering he’d do every month called “Dads Between Gigs” where unemployed dads could meet and commiserate in this lousy economy. Baron himself was unemployed for three years between 99X and Dave FM.

Scott Jameson, the station’s third program director since 2004, joined the station in 2009 and hired Baron. (The general sales manager John Riemenschneider was recently let go.)

People who listened in this morning heard Baron joke to a listener that his simple wish was to still be employed by his birthday, which is Nov. 13. “You’re good to go,” the listener said. “It’s only Thursday,” Baron said. Before the morning was out, his joke came true and he was unemployed.

Going back to the time when the station was Z93, the signal under different owners has been unable to find a stable morning show. None has lasted more than three years.

Here’s the parade of hosts since 1989. I’m repeating some info I wrote back in January, 2008.

1989: Barry Chase.

1989-1992: Chase & Woodside. The pair worked at Z93 when it was a top 40 station, the very first FM morning team in Atlanta back in 1974. Managemtent thought it would be cool to bring them back together as a team. Woodside, in an interview in 2008 recalls that their ratings were moving up (No. 3 25-49 at one point) until management told them to pull back on talking about themselves and shortening bits and such. Ratings went down and they were soon goners.

1992-93: Slats. Does anybody remember him and what happened?

1993-96: The Greaseman (Above, WZGC’s only syndicated show) He was a grating, loudmouth shock jock type who often got in trouble. He split the audience. Some loved him; too many hated him.

1996-98: Gary McKee (right). After a long illustrious run in radio, he was at the tail end of his career and was burned out. He has since retired from the business.

1998-99: Charlie & Company. This was a comedy-oriented show that wasn’t quite ready for primetime.

1999-2002: Dave Marino. He’s a talented guy who was never utilized properly or given room to breath.

2002: Moby. After a long successful stint at Kicks, Moby simply didn’t fit well in the classic rock mode and lasted only a few months. Management shoved him to traffic to try to get him to leave but he stuck around for several months getting a big paycheck and doing traffic while the “Mission Impossible” theme played behind him. He’s now doing a syndicated morning show heard on country stations in Rome and Athens.

2003-04: Mara & Dunham: This was a quick fix after Moby. The pair was just starting to congeal as a team when CBS pulled the plug on Z93 and switched to Dave.

2004-06: Barnes & Firfer: Hoping to resurrect the magic of 99X, CBS hired Steve Barnes (right) with CNN’s Holly Firfer but without Leslie & Jimmy, it wasn’t quite the same.

2006-07: Firfer & Orff: This was a stopgap show, which actually did as well, if not better, than the Barnes days.

2008: Zakk Tyler. A complete non starter. Zakk couldn’t hack it and was out after less than ten months.

October, 2008: Tim Orff: Orff came back from a night jock spot to cover mornings for the next 11 months. He is now a night jock at Star 94.

August 17, 2009-November 10, 2011: Jimmy Baron paired with Yvonne Monet.

November 11, 2011– ??? : Steve Craig becomes interim host.

Coincidentally or not, local media planner Roddy Freeman wrote a column this week in his blog about Dave FM’s woes this week.

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By Rodney Ho, Radio & TV Talk

246 comments Add your comment

November 10th, 2011
11:12 am

What a mess, when you look at history of Z93/ Dave FM. Only show I like now on Dave is Mara at lunchtime… She is funny and doesn’t take herself too seriously.

Citadeldog06

November 10th, 2011
11:13 am

Why????

Jake

November 10th, 2011
11:16 am

How does Dave expect a program to succeed when you won’t allow them to do anything that’s interesting to listen to. I like Jimmy and Yvonne, have since 99x, and I listened often. But I think they had their hands tied.

carla

November 10th, 2011
11:20 am

Gee thanks Dave FM…That was the ONLY morning show I could stomach in the car. I liked Jimmy and Yvonne. As long as they keep Mara I guess I’ll listen at lunch.

Extra Z93 info

November 10th, 2011
11:22 am

If you throw in the Top 40 years, you can add Randy Miller (1987-1988) to the “not three years list”. (He left at the very end of 1988, right before Z93 flipped in January of ‘89.) Steve McCoy (1981-1987) was the last morning show to make it more than three years on the station.

juju

November 10th, 2011
11:24 am

That’s a real disappointment. Have always loved Yvonne. She was my only reason for tuning into Dave in the morning.

November 10th, 2011
11:26 am

Gee, thanks, guys. That was the only morning show I could stomach. Would be OK with Steve Craig, though – just don’t think the powers that be would be smart enough to hire him full-time.

November 10th, 2011
11:27 am

whos going to do the big fat fail now? i guess dave fm doing this is one.

jay

November 10th, 2011
11:27 am

Somewhere in the Z93 morning line up was Red Noize. Very congenial and topical…may he rest in peace.

Laura

November 10th, 2011
11:29 am

Atlanta radio lost me a long time ago. Try the Sirius/XM Spectrum channel- sounds alot like Dave but without the annoying commercials.

CKM

November 10th, 2011
11:29 am

What a scary business to be in. I remember a friend in high school (in the 80’s) telling me she was determined to be a disc jockey. I thought that sounded so fun….play the music you liked while others listened to what you had to say about it. Now…not so much. These people get shuffled around more than a deck of cards. Ads for these jobs should say: Must have thick skin (and $$ in the bank for when we inevitably let you go with no warning).

November 10th, 2011
11:33 am

hey dave fm how about firing the zero rez commercials

Dave fm fan

November 10th, 2011
11:34 am

good luck to them, I enjoyed listening to this show. I like the station, but they seem to change to often for the sake of change. This type of music is not going to draw ratings like V103 or Q100, so what. They have a good format and fill a niche market, but I think most people my age (early 40’s) have careers and the only time to hear local radio is during their commute.

Baron Fan

November 10th, 2011
11:34 am

didn’t Jimmy just say this morning that he was hoping he was employed by his 50th birthday (this weekend)? ouch.

Rodney Ho

November 10th, 2011
11:38 am

It took an astounding 29 minutes for someone to reference Sirius/XM in an item about terrestrial radio!

kellyc755

November 10th, 2011
11:39 am

what about Christopher Rude? Do I have him confused with another station? Seems to me he was on for a while with Jules or Jewell?? They had a Southern Bell named Kristie come on on Thurs. or Friday w/news of what was going on for the weekend.

Greaseman

November 10th, 2011
11:41 am

Hey waddle-doodle…hey there hi there ho there welcome to the show there….hi it’s the Grease! Ehhhhh…

I think he is paying to be on some Vietnamese AM radio station in DC now, broadcasting from his basement.

Veronica

November 10th, 2011
11:43 am

Originally back in the early 80’s, didnt Chase and Woodside get pulled off the air after making a comment(song title)/playing a song after a body was found during the missing and murdered children era? Gary McKee was not for DAVE FM but I grew up listening to him and he was funny. The whole Moby thing was not a fit from the beginning but he landed with his own show now. I dont listen to DAVE FM but isnt it more for the type of music than the morning hosts?

Dash Rip Rock

November 10th, 2011
11:43 am

Atlanta radio stations are the worst! Thank God for satellite radio!

Kaley Fornia

November 10th, 2011
11:45 am

I listen to Scott Slade in the mornings and then its off to Sirius/XM for music. Atlanta stations are just bad for music!

Sad Sad Sarah

November 10th, 2011
11:49 am

Okay, Dave FM, your real problem is the fact that there are more commercials than content, and I dislike most of your music selection. If I wanted oldies, I’d listen to 97.1. Jimmy and Yvonne were the only tolerable part of my morning commutes. Now, I’ll just rely on the online traffic maps and plug in the pandora radio….at least it listens to what the listeners actually think.

Good luck, Jimmy and Yvonne! I hope you land somewhere we can hear you soon.

Big Al

November 10th, 2011
11:50 am

Slats just started this week on CBS Classic Rock WNCX in Cleveland. In the past he was at Clear Channel WMMS and CBS WKRK in Cleveland

Cool hand luke

November 10th, 2011
11:51 am

ALL RADIO IS DEAD. Pandora, Amazon Cloud Music player and TUNE IN RADIO (free unlike sirius)…..all apps. Try them. Everything is there, from sports talk to music. And if you need your local stuff, a lot of it is there. But who listens to morning shows anymore.

Marshall Stacks

November 10th, 2011
11:52 am

Liked Dave Marino; good utility jock. And this will be lost on future generations as music moves away from mass broadcasting, but being a good jock was a talent. McKee was a talent; moody but a talent. Doug Tracht invented “shock” radio, but he crossed too many lines. Last I checked, he had an afternoon show back in Jacksonville.

Tolerated Jimmy and Yvonne at best because I didn’t care for the other stations. Oh well. Guess I’ll see how Craig does.

Hopefully the station knows that keeping Mara is why they’re still on the dial.

Chris

November 10th, 2011
11:55 am

Feel bad for the fools who pay for satellite. Internet radio is free, and infinite.

Hey, Veronica...

November 10th, 2011
11:56 am

…it was not Chase and Woodside that got fired for playing “Another one Bites the Dust’ regarding the child murders – that was another duo that was 3-5 years before them…

Ned Puddleman

November 10th, 2011
11:57 am

DaveFM? What a stupid name. Z93 was a lot better. No wonder these marketing masterminds have the station in the toilet.

joe

November 10th, 2011
12:00 pm

Steve C is one of the best DJs I’ve ever heard…his knowledge of all things music is second to none. However, since Dave isn’t all Alternative, not sure if he will fit things to a T…but willing to give him a listen and see how entertaining a morning show he can deliver. More humor, more great songs, less zero rez commercials.

Kitster

November 10th, 2011
12:02 pm

Rude was on 96Rock in the early 90’s. I went to college with Kristy (from Cumming) and she was as cute as she was charming.

Zoe

November 10th, 2011
12:03 pm

How sad. Bad enough that the station’s name is insipid, but making it worse by letting two likeable hosts go? Re-thing management techniques.

Stan Drulia

November 10th, 2011
12:04 pm

I remember reading, literally days before Baron got this job at Dave, that after three years of being unemployed he was starting a one-night-a-week trivia hosting job at a Mellow Mushroom. Man, that’s gotta suck. I’ve always thought Jimmy Baron was one of those annoying guys who thinks they are this cool hip dude but are actually a total dud.

Paul

November 10th, 2011
12:04 pm

Personally, I think sending Mr. Baron on his way was long overdue. I never like hearing that someone has lost their job, as I have been there, but this is his pattern. He can hold it together for a couple of years, and then his true nature comes out. I have been really put off by him since the first day of school this year when in a bit of “comedy” he humiliated a young kid on his first day of school. Certainly the parents need to be held to account, but what kind of man thinks it is okay to pick on someone, in public, who has absolutely no way to defend himself.

I like Yvonne Monet quite a bit, and will miss her in the morning. In that respect, I think Dave FM made a mistake, but may not have had a choice because of contracts. I was always a fan of Holly Pfirfer, and thought she and Mara Davis were the best talent at the station.

KenneMa

November 10th, 2011
12:05 pm

I really liked Yvonne and Jimmy was OK. I found myself listening to their morning show more and more. Hmmm…I have to wonder, could Melissa Carter be thinking of making a comeback?? Craig & Carter?? I do like Steve Craig too. There has to be some morning formula for adults who don’t want to hear about last night’s drinking binge. a little celeb gossip, a bit of politics, some local flavor….

Sid Vicious

November 10th, 2011
12:06 pm

Not everyone has the money to pay for Sirius or whatever else may be available. Internet in my car? You people must be joking. The only real thing to listen to is music CD’s. If I could play vinyl records in my car I would. BTW: Fred Toucher was the best morning show host in Atlanta ever as well as Steve Craig’s “House of Retro-Pleasure” as the best jockey program allowed.

VickieLocke

November 10th, 2011
12:09 pm

Good, I always HATED Jimmy Baron. Now I might actually listen to the morning drive show.

snottrocket

November 10th, 2011
12:15 pm

I remember Slats when he was on WDIZ in Orlando between 93-94. Here’s the latest on him:http://cflradio.net/slats_tim_guinane_bio.htm

Michael

November 10th, 2011
12:18 pm

Why in heaven’s name would they have kept Crash – The walking dysfunction?

godoggo

November 10th, 2011
12:18 pm

I like them both…….I will say, im not gonna miss Baron’s “Zero Rez” commercials….OMG ? Monet’s a great tennis player and will surely have a gig somewhere with that…..It’s a tough biz….i have family in it and it’s a sketchy time for all in Radio…..

I will say, i enjoyed them more than that High School morning show over @ Q100……could it be anymore plastic ?……im not a hater, just too much drama over nothing of real value.

Clint

November 10th, 2011
12:22 pm

Dave’s real problem is that they play U2 and The Police about a combined 30 times a day. They should also stop playing most 80s music. I love that they play new songs, but I change the station everytime U2, The Police, or junk like that comes on.

Teri

November 10th, 2011
12:23 pm

Should have kept Dave Marino and Katie Kylie!

dood

November 10th, 2011
12:23 pm

Todays big fat fail: Dave FM Management – change for the sake of change is what it looks like to me. This format will never be the Q100 top forty, so deal with it.
This sucks…at least NPR has stayed consistent.

Frank Gerber

November 10th, 2011
12:23 pm

I have a suggestion: less talk, more MUSIC!

Marty

November 10th, 2011
12:23 pm

It was Ross and Wilson that played “Another Bites The Dust”. I now feel very old.

JustinM

November 10th, 2011
12:24 pm

Star94 makes me feel like I’m in the Mommy Brigade, and I cannot stand Bert or Jeff on The Bert Show. Jimmy and Yvonne were fun and entertaining. I guess I’ll need to switch to country or start paying for XM again.

Lisa Rose

November 10th, 2011
12:31 pm

Here’s the poop, as I am also a former 99X employee, I have suggestions (of course): Dave needs to pick the pace in their music, really slowing down to less than Adult Alternative!! Second, let Steve program his own show like he did as mid-day host at 99X, that allowed him to really rock that slot. If they give him the room, he could bring some glory to the morning show and make it permanent. Give him the full time slot 6-10 like other stations, don’t knock it down, stay in the game.

Andi L

November 10th, 2011
12:31 pm

Dave fm just lost a faithful morning listener!

fedupw/thestatusquo

November 10th, 2011
12:33 pm

Drop the Dave FM crap and bring back Z93 along with the Classic Rock for us old farts. We do patronize the sponsors you know. Dave FM is lame as hell. I must be the only listener who can’t stand Mara. Her voice is annoying, don’t like her cheesy comments and she’s butt ugly to boot. Thats why I listen to the River at work. Bring back the old Z93 format and I will consider coming back too.

seemore's mom

November 10th, 2011
12:35 pm

Jimmy and Yvonne, I’m gone too. Bad move.
Wish Jimmy well in his future endeavors.

November 10th, 2011
12:35 pm

Bring Toucher and Rich back to Atlanta!

Atlanta Native 50+

November 10th, 2011
12:37 pm

Jimmy, why don’t we start our own Jewish-rock station as a counter to the plethora of Christian stations along the dial? Now THAT would be an Atlanta original. No kidding, let’s do it! The advertising possibilities are enormous, plus we’d get that whole, burgeoning bunch of Christian folks who support Israel. Or, a least host a pilot program to see how it shakes out.

thomas

November 10th, 2011
12:40 pm

They all suck, and so does the music.

Dave Paul

November 10th, 2011
12:42 pm

No big surprise here…it always seemed so forced. I am glad I don’t have quickly change the station when Jimmy recited the exact same words EVERY day when leading up to the big fat fail.

FDawg

November 10th, 2011
12:44 pm

I liked Jimmy and Yvonne….my problem was with the music selection. The Police and The Talking Heads get more air play now that when they first came out.

I wish Jimmy and Yvonne the best!

More of the same...

November 10th, 2011
12:45 pm

Radio execs must be the thickest-skulled folks that walk the earth. The personalities of the hosts are not what bring listeners. Good music, concise news and traffic, and a reasonable number of commercials do. The hosts are not the listeners best friends. They are there to transition between segments. Firing the staff every six months only makes things worse.

Radio Execs: you need to come up with a format that limits the hosts’ role and stick with them. You’ll sell plenty of ad time…

richard whiskey

November 10th, 2011
12:45 pm

jimmy baron face it man, you are way to old and outdated, you’re best days(if you can call it that)were at 99X 20 years ago,time for you to fade away old man,maybe you could get a job at wal-mart as a door greeter

Who Cares?

November 10th, 2011
12:49 pm

As an Atlanta native for 50+ years, I can attest that this area has the worst radio in the nation! I spent 25 years in a career that had me traveling within all four corners of the country and can assure you that Atlanta is the cesspool of radio in the US! Any market, and I mean any market, has better radio than Atlanta. Corporate idiots who are too spineless to tell their bosses what they need to hear instead of what they want to hear has put them in their position. As others have suggested, satellite or internet are the way to go now. It’s sad, but these moronic managers of the radio stations have done it to themselves. However, I am lucky enough to be close enough to listen to WATG 95.7 in Rome, GA. Now, there’s a classic rock station who hasn’t gotten taken down by “corporate management”. Radio the way it should be,…..like it used to be! If you’re close enough, tune in. You’ll realize that this small town radio is better than anything coming out of Atlanta these days.

Gaaaarrrrrosss!

November 10th, 2011
12:49 pm

I was looking for a knife to emasculate myself with after reading that Steve Craig spent “three years under Leslie Fram” when I realized that you meant he worked for her for three years. I thought you meant…well, you know.

Even three minutes “under” that woman would be more than I could endure!

Freddie Mercury

November 10th, 2011
12:51 pm

How about a Classic Rock station that has more than 25 songs to choose from? Play some DEEP CUTS that the audience hasn’t heard in 25-30 years !

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Wavy Gravy

November 10th, 2011
12:53 pm

I just dig my 70s Rock station on satellite radio !

Jay

November 10th, 2011
12:55 pm

It was Ross and Wilson that got fired for playing “Another one bites the dust” during the Atlanta Murdered and Missing Children era. Rumor has it they were fired before the song ended.

I liked some of the bits Greaseman did the first year his show was on but towards the end it got really bad.

Michelle

November 10th, 2011
12:55 pm

Bring Holly Firfir back!

Ron Swanson

November 10th, 2011
12:56 pm

I agree with the others, this was the only local FM morning show that I enjoyed. Jimmy and Yvonne are both long-time Atlanta icons; I can’t see myself embracing a new Dave FM morning show after this abrupt end with this talented duo. If Dave has rating issues, it’s because they have a very repetitive play-list (They don’t seem to embrace the wider, deeper-cut playlist that most Jack-type stations in other markets emulate). Good luck Jimmy and Yvonne, I hope you catch on at a more successful station; I don’t think Dave FM will exist much longer.

November 10th, 2011
12:59 pm

Put Dave Roots on the FM signal. Great great music!

November 10th, 2011
1:00 pm

Re: Dave’s format – those of you who like 70’s rock have got The River. No way does Z93 need to come back. There really is no station these days for us Gen X-ers who don’t want to listen to top 40 (Star 94, Q100), and don’t want to be screamed at (Project 961, Rock 100.5). I like the “new” 99X when I can pick it up (living NW of the city, the signal is spotty).

I agree that Dave does try to stretch the catalog a bit – if you’re playing Mumford and Sons one minute, how does that segue well into Tom Petty the next? If you’re wanting to be the Adult Alternative station in town, pare your music down to early 90’s forward – leave the 70’s/80’s to the other stations.

Elliott

November 10th, 2011
1:03 pm

That’s a shame, I was listening to them this morning. I quite liked Jimmy & Yvonne. They were not sanitized and feel-good, neither were they grating, frat-boy d-bag material.

Bilbo

November 10th, 2011
1:07 pm

Bring back Z-93 in the deep classic quality rock format.

Lindsey

November 10th, 2011
1:12 pm

I am so bummed!! I loved the Big Fat Fail Jimmy did every morning on my way to work, it always made me laugh. Good luck to them both!

Lefty

November 10th, 2011
1:13 pm

Sirius/XM is perfect for those who can’t figure out how to work an iPod.

John K

November 10th, 2011
1:20 pm

About time. First Randy & Spiff, and now Jimmy & Yvonne. Now maybe Atlanta get some decent morning radio!

I really enjoyed Mara & Dunham, be nice to see them back. Oh, and to answer your one question, I do remember Slats. Can’t remember much, but I do.

just Me

November 10th, 2011
1:21 pm

Orff was the most entertaining DJ on radio. His voice is pleasant, he shut up, he played music. Bob was excellent as the traffic guy. Crash Clark must have something big on someone big to keep his job. If I want to hear the drunken ramblings of a drunk I would stay at the bar.
I want Orff back. I want Bob back. I want music in the morning….maybe the weather so I can decide what to wear….the end.

Andy

November 10th, 2011
1:24 pm

While I only listen to XM now because ATL radio has sucked for decades, Jimmy has been a waste of space since his 99X days. Dave FM is a 3rd string radio station just like Ch 46 is a 3rd string TV station in ATL and with that said even Dave FM should be able to hire better talent then the talentless Jimmy.

joe

November 10th, 2011
1:27 pm

I agree Atlanta radio is the worst in the nation’s top markets. I listen to DaveFM because it’s better than the rest of our lame stations but it could be better. Firing Jimmy and Yvonne will not make it better… playing a wider playlist with some deeper cuts might bring in some of the Pandora crowd. At least Jimmy and Yvonne were “real” unlike some of the other DJs clowns in town. Good luck to you both.

Dede

November 10th, 2011
1:28 pm

How about Randy & Spiff?? I would listen to this station if they were the morning DJ’s

Suzanne

November 10th, 2011
1:29 pm

This absolutely sucks. Yvonne is the hippest chick out there. Jimmy is…well, Jimmy. But you know what you’re getting and I kinda liked it. I expect to get sympathy cards from my friends who would hear me repeating what J & Y said each morning. I’ll miss them!!

dope

November 10th, 2011
1:29 pm

Maybe Katey Kiley (sp) can get her 49th new gig.

Paul Drew

November 10th, 2011
1:43 pm

Randy & Spiff in the morning with electric news ( ala J Paul Huddleston), Christie Tanner mid days, J J Jackson in afternoon drive, and Bob Bailey at night..Go back to Z93 Make the music classics (oldies). Hire a former Top 40 PD who knows how to pick and schedule music without a computer. Use jingles instead of some canned imaging voice. Get in the street, be visible and give away t-shirts and bumper stickers. Forget contesting; just give away t-shirts and cards for free music downloads. Use social marketing (it’s free). Bring back the oldies concerts. The artists are old and broke down, but so is the audience.

Kaley Fornia

November 10th, 2011
1:43 pm

Internet radio is not free! Arent you payring for your internet service? $12.95 a month from Sirius is cheaper than Comcasts $40 a month for internet.

Johnny

November 10th, 2011
1:44 pm

NOOOO! I love some Monet! Please keep her….what about Excellerator 2012?

Brod

November 10th, 2011
1:47 pm

Marty, Jay – yep, Ross and Wilson. I remember they were the biggest thing in Atlanta radio at the time too, so it was a big deal when they all of a sudden disappeared.

Not sure if anybody remembers, but in the late 80’s or very early 90’s there was a local talk TV station (channel 14 – WTLK maybe?) that was launched and Brian Wilson of that duo was one of the hosts (I want to say maybe Bortz and some other local hosts may have had shows too – didn’t last long at all). In a way kind of predicted the days of HNL, etc.

OhMan

November 10th, 2011
1:47 pm

I liked Jimmy & Yvonne and now I’m searching for another morning show. I want to get up listen to some current and past hits, listen to the DJ’s and what going on with them and in the community, get the news and weather before work. Is that too much to ask? Apparently it is for DaveFM. Oh, and let’s not forget that you didn’t fire them BEFORE the Radio-thon for Children’s Healthcare.

Greaseman

November 10th, 2011
1:53 pm

More of the same: you can get that anywhere. Why just do what everyone else is doing?

November 10th, 2011
1:54 pm

I ditched Atlanta radio two years ago. I refuse to listen to ANY station in this town. I have my iPhone and all MY music is on it. I can listen to what I want, when I want, and there’s NO annoying DJ’s or commericals I’m forced to listen to.

No Big Loss

November 10th, 2011
1:56 pm

Morning shows are all pretty much unlistenable. DaveFM was no exception. Their other programming is ok.

Jimmy Baron is WAAAAY past his sell-by date. His voice is annoying and a 50 year old doing juvenile just doesn’t cut it.

Yvonne has class and I hope she lands on her feet.

Second the opinion on Mara Davis. She sounds like the ex-wife I never had.

up north

November 10th, 2011
1:57 pm

Atlanta radio has not been good since the 70’s, when we had Z93, 96Rock and Quixie! Times have changed, I guess; but, the best music from that period is still being played, and the new stuff is not good enough to last. Me, I listen to my CD’s!

November 10th, 2011
1:59 pm

People still listen to radio? Who knew!

rwk

November 10th, 2011
2:02 pm

Randy & Spiff are available!

Former DaveFM listener (as of today)

November 10th, 2011
2:03 pm

They should track down Dave Paul. He was on some AM talk radio years ago around here. That guy was off the hook! Never bored me though.

My2Cents

November 10th, 2011
2:04 pm

I used to listen to Dave FM, but the commercials got so awful that I switched to XM Satellite (the Zero Rez and Northwest Exterminating commercials were particularly terrible). But I liked Jimmy and Yvonne. Best of luck to them.

Chilly Willy

November 10th, 2011
2:04 pm

Bring back Steve McCoy!! I hear he hates Denver!!!

GLenn

November 10th, 2011
2:06 pm

Pretty shocking . I thought they did a good job . There are much more entertaining than the regular guys . My only beef with Dave FM is they have a tendency to play a handful of songs to much .

Ralph

November 10th, 2011
2:16 pm

They should hire BOB BAILEY and just stand back.. He has a great voice, (like Mara) doesn’t take himself too seriously, and has a history on Atlanta radio including there when it was Z-93.

pete

November 10th, 2011
2:25 pm

It’s about time. Bring back Orff!

November 10th, 2011
2:27 pm

I remember when Chase & Woodside flipped the switch, transforming Z93 from Top40 to Classic Rock. Once that happened, except when listening to a game, my car was always on Z93. Then when DaveFm showed up, it was off to 971TheRiver for me. I just wish TheRiver’s signal was stronger south of I-285.

Bring back my old Classic Rock Z-93!

SirrusMan

November 10th, 2011
2:28 pm

Terrestrial radio is dead! Go to Satellite – SirrusXM. They have music and plenty of it, without the need to have annoying DJ’s!

Simone

November 10th, 2011
2:28 pm

Bring back Steve Craig!!! He is great! He has so much knowledge & experience. I always enjoyed his House of Retro Pleasure. He needs to be on the air here in Atlanta – permanently!

November 10th, 2011
2:29 pm

Meanwhile, 97.1 paying Eddie Money to tape a few 20 second clips and play them the next day (could be the next month for all we know) is the dumbest idea yet.

Angela

November 10th, 2011
2:33 pm

If you gotten the Sirius “Lifetime Subscription” back in 2004, it would have paid for itself by 2007.

Therefore, my Satellite Radio has indeed now been FREE for 4 years now and counting…

Stephanie W

November 10th, 2011
2:38 pm

Boo! I loved Jimmy, Yvonne and Crash – they were really funny and actually made my commute better in the morning. I am going to miss Yvonne’s contagious laugh.

I dont get it

November 10th, 2011
2:39 pm

They seemed fine to me in the morning, I dont know what people want honestly. I’m especially surprised after the lonnggg broadcast they did last weekend for charity and then they get FIRED?? I dont see “Crash” sticking around with Dave, Barons more than likely done with Atlanta radio, mOnet was fun to listen too..good music but bad timing.

leah

November 10th, 2011
2:41 pm

My votes on Steve! One of the most talented radio personalities around. So glad you came back!

Marsh

November 10th, 2011
2:42 pm

Yeah, that Eddie Money thing – please. You’ve got to be kidding.

Yvonne was ok, but I have to admit I liked her a little less when she started spouting her political opinions. Jimmy was nothing but forced laughter, the worst sound in the world.

And WORD to whoever commented on them playing The Police. I may never listen to another song of theirs again, and I was a pretty big fan. WTH is up with playing them 50 times a day? Ugh.

Dave FH

November 10th, 2011
2:42 pm

From the same blog, here’s an even more interesting take / prediction:

http://atlairwaves.blogspot.com/2011/08/are-mornings-in-play-at-dave-fm.html

John K

November 10th, 2011
2:44 pm

DaveFM really needs an overhaul. For about 6 months straight, every day when I’d leave my parking deck at 4:10, like clockwork they’d play “Pumped Up Kicks.” Oh, and they’d announce it as the “new” song by FTP. For six months. They took a good song and ran it into the ground.

Big Rick

November 10th, 2011
2:53 pm

DAVE FM ought to fire thier friggin station manager as obviously he hasn’t a clue…..this was one of the few morning shows I would listen to, Jimmy & Yvonne I really liked and Crash is definitely a plus in doing the traffic….seems to me as they were really jelling…best of luck to them both, satellite radio here I come!!!!

BRENT PETIT

November 10th, 2011
2:57 pm

I Hate THIS STATION, never ever listen to it, the glory days of this station were great though.

Southside Steven James Rickman

November 10th, 2011
2:57 pm

*sniff*

I know a Jewish guy, Larry. He works in radio to.

Yeah C’mon!

Roll Tide

November 10th, 2011
2:59 pm

DAVE = Poop
Try WXPN for some great music
http://www.wxpn.org

Josh M

November 10th, 2011
3:08 pm

Bring back Randy Miller!

Caliendo Spears

November 10th, 2011
3:19 pm

Local radio? What’s that? Been listening to iPod’s exclusively since 2004

Bill

November 10th, 2011
3:19 pm

Good, the station sucks. They play the same four songs over and over and the midday DJ that looks like Chaz Bono is annoying.

Wink

November 10th, 2011
3:23 pm

Probably time for a format flip. The people who listen to the music that Dave-FM plays are all at the age where they would rather play their Ipod or other alternative sources for music (besides radio). Is it time for someone to start nibbling on the AC money that B98.5 is getting?

carlos

November 10th, 2011
3:29 pm

thanks dave fm. those two idiots were absolutely annoying. their comments were racist and offensive. i wont miss them at all. maybe now we can listen to more music and less cap on the radio. at least for a while.

steve

November 10th, 2011
3:29 pm

Dave Marino was easily the best of the bunch. He was funny, topical, and actually knew something about the music and the artists that he played

bobwalker

November 10th, 2011
3:35 pm

I worked at Z93 from 76 to 78. I did news and character voices. I worked with Dr Don. We had good ratings. One day we got fired for a statement made by my partner about Alex Cooley. Ross and Wilson followed and lasted only two years. The station can’t decide what it wants

Jim Swilley

November 10th, 2011
3:41 pm

Morning talk radio is nothing more than a lead-in to ply the listener with endlessly repetitive commercials. I gave up on commercial radio years ago, especially morning talk, when every station I turned to was playing commercials ad-nauseum. Doesn’t matter who the DJs are when you only get 5 minutes of chatter for every 15 minutes of commercial advertisements.

CraigB

November 10th, 2011
3:43 pm

Liked them but the music became erratic. Some days it was good and others it was like WTF is that they are playing. I would blame the program director or whoever chooses the songs to play.

Quaalude

November 10th, 2011
3:43 pm

Atlanta sucks for a lot of reasons and radio is near the top of the list and this station is the worst. There is no more generic, payola platform being played out there than this crap. They only play the radio hits from a few artists, regard songs as “new” for months, and the music does not flow at all and does not fit in with ANYTHING. Two pm? Time for Runnin Down a Dream. Four pm? Play that Ray Lamontagne song that we played an hour ago.

Complete crap and I hope CBS gives up on it so they can start over with interesting content.

someone that cares

November 10th, 2011
3:57 pm

Should of been Mara… Sorry… Jimmy is awesome and So is Steve Craig…..

runningman

November 10th, 2011
4:07 pm

D**Mit…
Somedays ya just Hate Commercial Radio PDs drive me insane!
Does everything have to be ratings! If I were PD, I’d have Just ADDED Steve to the Station.
It Already had a Killer Lineup (despite whatever Arbitron sez) and keeping them all would have been a bonus! Not liking PDs right now!

November 10th, 2011
4:14 pm

Jimmy has always been an idiot wherever he has been. I hate to see people lose their jobs but he needs to get another career, what a loser!

Ralph

November 10th, 2011
4:17 pm

I havent listened to DaveFM in a while. But Mara was pretty fun to listen to. Steve Craig should be an upgrade over Jimmy if they make the morning format more of a music first format with Craig filling in interesting tidbits about the music. 99x had a good afternoon slate that was superior to the Baron, Steve, Leslie show.

And as others have said, expand the playlists. Mix in the tired songs with some fresh songs. The tired old songs will keep the lame crowd tuned in and they might , just might, give the fresh old or new songs a chance. Think about the KInks. Wes Anderson has shown that that they have songs that can reach a relatively younger generation beyond the tired old You Really Got me or LOLA.

It does not have to be as dull as Deep Tracks on Sirius. Here is a good example of a track that could fit in on Dave FM that is not overexposed on classic rock radio – Girl Talk by Dave Edmunds.

Ralph

November 10th, 2011
4:18 pm

Why dont radio stations request the live versions of Pumped Up Kicks that sound better than the studio cut? There are so many ways radio stations can keep the playlists familiar but fresh.

Rerek

November 10th, 2011
4:21 pm

I’m happy to hear Jimmy is gone. Tired of his whiny, wimpy voice. And his stupid polls and opinions. HE is the reason I switched the channel in the morning. Yvonne was OK.

Observer

November 10th, 2011
4:21 pm

To those referencing the Ross & Wilson “Another One Bites the Dust” episode – it is an urban legend. It never happened. I know Brian Wilson very well and he still laughs about the fact that he is famous for something he never did.

Quaalude

November 10th, 2011
4:21 pm

@Ralph

Because that song is REALLY REALLY terrible.

GaBlue

November 10th, 2011
4:22 pm

I kinda liked them, but there is NO REASON to wake my behind up every morning with that GAWDAWFUL Adele stuff! Geebus! If they’d had the courage to say “No!” to the estro-pop, they might still have their jobs.

Horsetoothedjackass

November 10th, 2011
4:22 pm

CBS Radio is part of the problem, once Mel Karmazin left in 2004 (He’s the one that grew Infinity Broadcasting into a powerhouse back in the 1980s and into the 90s, including buying Z93 back in the early 90s.), the place went to hell.

I remember Greaseman back in the 90s, man that show was awful. There’s an old rumor/story that the reason why Z93 ended up airing his show is because when Infinity was in the process of buying the station, NC Senator Jesse Helms put pressure on them to not put Howard Stern on Z93 (Presumably because if conditions were right, Z93 could be picked in parts of North Carolina right over the GA border.). In order for him to not try to use his influence to block the sale, they supposedly agreed to not put Howard Stern on Z93 (It never stopped the Stern rumors whenever Z93 fired their morning show [This also would happened at 96 Rock as well.]).

Here’s an interesting idea for a format flip, classic alternative. Think something along the lines of a station that plays of mix of bands like R.E.M. (everything prior to Monster), the B-52s, The Smiths, U2, The Cure, The Pretenders, mix in some obscure New Wave stuff and with someone like Steve Craig at the wheel, classic punk. Essentially, his old House of Retro Pleasure/Retroplex show as the basis for the entire format. One of my favorite stations on SiriusXM is First Wave, which is a lot like listening to the House Of Retro Pleasure all day.

nona

November 10th, 2011
4:35 pm

Clearly the inmates have the keys to the asylum at this station.

November 10th, 2011
4:38 pm

Maybe people stopped listening because of all the commercials. There were way too many.

Ganners

November 10th, 2011
4:39 pm

I prefer 99X but the signal is so weak that I listen to DaveFM more often. Jimmy and Yvonne were pretty good. I really like Yvonne. Jimmy is past his prime. I am so glad Steve Craig will be back. I got so excited when I heard him on the radio again. I was hoping Mara would be replaced by Steve. She has turned mid day into a mommy corner selling Wheat Thins and bug spray.

The swing in content at Dave is making me batty. Who are they trying to keep as a listener?? I love hearing Coldplay, but followed up be Fleetwood Mac?! Are you kidding me? They need to leave the oldies to The River and Rock 100. It seems like they are creating over lap and identity issues. Do what you do and do it well. Adult alternative with smart music presenters. Would I like to hear Vampire Weekend and AWOLNATION on Dave? Yes, very much so. I know it is very unlikely and I understand why. That is the same reason I do not understand hearing Queen, Talking Heads and Tom Petty.

ToddtheWetPocket

November 10th, 2011
4:42 pm

I used to love Dave Marino in the morning..He and his co-host (I think it was Scott Woodside) had great chemistry and made my morning commute tolerable

John

November 10th, 2011
4:47 pm

If they had broadcast the Howard Stern show in the first place, they wouldn’t have been floundering in the ratings all these years.

November 10th, 2011
4:48 pm

DAVE FM is the ONLY radio station I can tolerate in Atlanta and now that Jimmy & Yvonne are gone, it’s gong to be really hard to listen. Mara is that station’s only saving grace. I stopped listening to Q100 because I couldn’t stand to listen to Bert whine anymore. Oh well. I guess that’s why I have an iPod.

Joe Mama

November 10th, 2011
4:51 pm

Atlanta Native 50+ — “Jimmy, why don’t we start our own Jewish-rock station as a counter to the plethora of Christian stations along the dial? Now THAT would be an Atlanta original.”

You could call it “The Shul of Rock.”

Leslie

November 10th, 2011
5:00 pm

I wonder what Dave FM’s morning show would have been like if Jimmy and Yvonne were permitted to actually be themselves–less controlled by management. Their best moments were always when they teased each other and enjoyed each others company/personalities. Authenticity is so important and when we rely on just one of our senses (hearing), we intelligent people readily pick up on the disingenuous or constrained demeanor these two were clearly forced into. I like Crash, but I will miss the morning reparte between Jimmy and Yvonne!

Kellie

November 10th, 2011
5:02 pm

Oh, no, what 10W rock station in rural Michigan will hire Fat Kid now?

MarineCorpBirthday

November 10th, 2011
5:03 pm

TRG has to be next on the chopping block

GaBlue

November 10th, 2011
5:09 pm

It’s was Jimmy’s voice I heard that fateful morning we were all in shock, describing what he saw on television while I was commuting to work. I’ll never forget what his voice conveyed as he reported the second plane…. there’s always that connection with the voices that fill our air space day after day.

PARENTS: Encourage your kids to study math and science! Get them a tutor if they help. Yes, I LOVE radio too, music, the immediacy of it all, feeling connected to the world, but it ain’t no way to make a livin’. Following your dreams in a liberal arts field leads to a lifetime of repeated unemployment, battered self esteem, and mortgage nightmares.

Good luck Jimmy! Next gig, lay off the danged estro-pop!

Eric

November 10th, 2011
5:17 pm

Dave FM’s place list has gotten to small, and why they don’t play the new Foo Fighters album which is very good I don’t know. Jimmy … Ehhhh, But Yvonne was great and Jimmy was a good set up for her.

Kim

November 10th, 2011
5:22 pm

So sad to hear this. I loved Jimmy and Yvonne’ s morning show. I agree that it was the only morning show that was tolerable in the mornings. Good luck Jimmy and Yvonne…you will find something better.

Jeff

November 10th, 2011
5:23 pm

Clint at 12:22 — you, sir, don’t appreciate good music… U2 and The Police trump 95% of the crap that is out there these days. I personally love the Dave FM music format — mid-80s-to-mid-90s stuff. Everything from U2 to Counting Crows to Dave Matthews to Sting to Gin Blossoms. There is some good music from that era.

Dave fan at 11:34 and Sid at 12:06 — very good points. I always liked the “House of Retro Pleasure”, when Steve would spin some forgotten and rare and cult-classic 80s tunes on 99X. And I listen to a variety of things — some CDs, some Ipod music, some radio, and some Sirius Radio.

The BIG problem with broadcast radio, especially in Atlanta, seems to be this: unless a station is constantly pulling numbers like a Bingo hall host on crack, they cut the cord in a matter of months. You have to let a show GROW. In Rodney’s story, he said “Dave FM’s ratings have fluctuated up and down over the years.” Well, DUH!!! That is what ratings DO!!!!! It is a VERY in-exact, in-accurate method to guage listeners (and TV viewers)… there is really NO way to know how big an audience a station or certain show has… it’s nothing more than educated guesses. And with remote controls and station pre-sets, people flip around all the time. I hate to tell the advertisers, but sorry, not many people listen to commercials much anymore… it’s just a fact of life. So when finicky advertisers want a change, or when a ratings period is a hair lower than it was before, stations panic and pull the plugs.

Here is the way to fix some things:

No. 1 — quit paying a king’s ransom for on-air talent. We don’t care who the names are, we just want competent, intelligent, entertaining hosts on our radio. Just because you pay them $60K or $70K or $100K or more doesn’t make them better. Learn how to manage your money and resources better.

No. 2 — quit changing formats/shows/lineups as often as you change socks. STICK with something for a while. Give it time to breath and grow an audience.

No. 3 — find a good music FORMAT and then use VARIETY within that format. Don’t play the same 8 songs all day long.

No. 4 — balance the commercial-to-music ratio. Sometimes you overload the audience with too many ads.

No. 5 — won’t happen, but bring back the mid-1980s on-air lineup from 96Rock … that was some great radio and great music! Mark and Steve in the mornings, John Boy in the midday, Kady Kiley in the afternoon drive, Willard at night, and the sulty McKenzie Scott in the overnight. All kinds of cool features (morning show skits, Willard’s “Perfect Album Side”, Kady’s 5-o-clock whistle, etc.) and some great rock music. Those were the fun days of Atlanta radio….

Good luck to Yvonne and Jimmy in the future, and I hope Dave FM can hit on a formula that is successful.

trz

November 10th, 2011
5:24 pm

Loved classic rock Z93. Can’t stand The River. Didn’t like Jimmy Baron’s carpet cleaning commercials! Love Mara! Some combination of classic rock Z93 and Deep Cuts would be great! Morning shows should be mostly music with minimal talk — and no stupid gags at any time of the day!

snowmunk

November 10th, 2011
5:33 pm

Poor decision made to let Yvonne Monet go. She’s so talented. I’ve heard Steve before…he sounds a bit too arrogant for me to listen. Boo to you Dave FM!

Kimmie C. (Newnan)

November 10th, 2011
5:54 pm

I have 5 words to say: “Y-vonne! Y-vonne! Y-vonne! Y-vonne! ROCKS…”

Nancy

November 10th, 2011
6:09 pm

This stinks. I am not happy!!!!

Bill

November 10th, 2011
6:22 pm

This was the only morning show in the ATL market that was worth a darn.

So who will we hear now while Dave changes Coldplay albums? Anybody else catch how MUCH Coldplay this station plays???

UGA 92

November 10th, 2011
6:25 pm

It’s the management, not the talent. Now that Baron is gone, there is no more reason to listen to Dave. JB, let us know where you land next. I’ll be sure and follow you.

Joe

November 10th, 2011
6:47 pm

I quit listening to the morning show when Holly Firfer got the axe. Bring a her back. A class lady that played some music, not what they did over the weekend.

1979

November 10th, 2011
6:50 pm

97.1 The River!

The best radio station in the entire southeast

dick head

November 10th, 2011
6:59 pm

they are thinking of hiring randy and spiff here we go again

Chamblee Dawg

November 10th, 2011
7:23 pm

what would Dave FM do if they were no longer allowed to play any songs by Sting or The Police?

Max

November 10th, 2011
7:32 pm

At least I don’t have to listen to radio in the mornings anymore. Jimmy and Yvonne will be sorely missed in my house. (BTW, I’m not Jewish, but I LOVE Atlanta Native 50+’s idea!)

Toren Anderson

November 10th, 2011
7:50 pm

I for one am so over the carnage of our times. In the media biz, it’s one friend after another tweaked, eliminated, rejected or just treated poorly. I know it’s part of the recession/web taking over, but it’s awful. The more it happens, the sadder I feel.

Amy Wen

November 10th, 2011
8:24 pm

There are several very good radio stations in Atlanta and they are all College Stations except WRFG, which is a complete crapshoot, but fun to tune into now and then. Great African music on Saturdays. WRAS is a great place to hear new music and special programming, WREK is great. WCLK great jazz and of course there is always public broadcasting and NPR, all of these are diverse interesting resources,most are noncommercial and aren’t stuck in a groove of playing the same 25 songs over and over while some zombie DJ tries to feign enthusiasm for the crap he/she is stuck playing.

DAVE is the corporate version of “alternative radio” which is itself an oxymoron, DAVE should just play commercials 24/7 and traffic, it would take most of their listeners months to catch on and they could save a fortune in on air talent and music rights.

Sorry to hear about Jimmy Baron but he’s been dancing in his sleep for years, maybe he should write that novel he never had in him.

Atlanta commercial radio is virtually dead, but there are plenty of great alternatives. Give some of them a try, you might be surprised.

PanamaSlimJim

November 10th, 2011
8:36 pm

Doesn’t matter to me who they hire or fire. I switched to Sirius/XM a long time ago. There are too many commercials and lack of good music tracks in the Atlanta market. Too many news breaks and updates. Meaning less traffic reports and so on. Sorry those guys got canned but I wasn’t a listener to begin with.

finally

November 10th, 2011
9:03 pm

This is bad, while I didn’t listen every morning, l did enjoy them. Yvonne is very entertaining and I am sure she will find another home. I also like Margot in the evenings, and to echo others, the music needs to be refreshed, there are only so many times you can listen to Adele. I wish programmers would not run songs into the ground but I suppose there is some reason that they continue to do that. Charles Henry is not entertaining at all, he bores the hell out of me, if anyone should be let go it should have been him. I will give Steve a chance in the AM but he seems a bit aloof and detatched sometimes, not real high energy.

DDD

November 10th, 2011
9:14 pm

Maybe if they played music instead of Jimmy’s non-stop zero Rez commercial fest they might have been better-plus the weekly degradation of Waffle House waitresses was a little too much-Jimmy always talked to them in a way that was on the verge of mocking.

Lefty

November 10th, 2011
10:37 pm

Jimmy had his moment back in the day (1990’s). I can’t say that I get anything out of listening to him anymore, which is probably why I didn’t listen very often. Jimmy always had a superiority complex that I never understood. I guess George Stephanopoulos must still be laughing at the Atlanta Lightweight who tried to show him up…and failed miserably.

Toco Larry

November 11th, 2011
12:30 am

This is really sad news! Yvonne and especially Jimmy seemed to really give Dave FM that unique feel that was missing for so long. It’s too bad they never opened their slot up to more talk and less music. Jimmy’s masterful ability to inject humor into the morning show (as he did for so many years at 99x) will be missed.

Bebo

November 11th, 2011
6:14 am

Liked Jimmy better on DAVE FM; he’d mellowed since 99X (less Larry Wachs-ian). Always loved Ms. Monet. Noticed they’d been playing older and older rock. This a.m., played an OLD Zep song in tandem with Foster the People. Heard Steve Craig on this a.m. and immediately knew somthing was up. I always liked Steve Craig going back to 99X. But, I am gonna miss Jimmy and Yvonne.

Pigmon

November 11th, 2011
6:27 am

Rumor is the station is changing their name to “TOM FM”, given their propensity to play Tom Petty songs on the hour.

An Ear 4 Good Stuff

November 11th, 2011
6:45 am

Jimmy & Yvonne’s morning show is the reason my radio was on during the traffic filled commute and when I got into the office. Dave fm messed up big time for letting them go. Their chemistry made morning’s fun. And to all of you screaming about the on air ads: The reality is Radio Stations NEED COMMERCIALS since its the advertising that pays for the management & talent salaries along with the music royalities. So don’t be hate’n on the DJ’s for the ads!!!! If you want to get back at the suits at Dave fm then start calling up the advertisers and tell them why you are leaving the station!

Elcapix

November 11th, 2011
6:49 am

This is the reason why Atlanta is F***ing dying in the radio business. They don’t let the audience to decide what we want they decide for us. I thought Jimmy and Yvonne were doing great but apparently they were not producing enough money for the Fat cat. ***Listen People***** use your android or Iphone and listen to Iheart Radio, there are a bunch of awesome radio stations called GenX in the North, or Voddo 104 in New orleans…that will show big executives here in the ATL why they keep failing ….they just DONT know what we want!!!!

November 11th, 2011
7:05 am

I will miss Jimmy and Yvonne and the only saving grace of all this is Steve Craig FINALLY back on Atlanta radio. I’m a huge fan.

Linda

November 11th, 2011
7:16 am

If the powers that be at Clear Channel, Lincoln and all the other corporations that own radion stations want a station that will have great ratings and staying power, perhaps they should consider a listener driven format – put up a website and let the listners build the program. Tell what kind of music WE want to hear; what WE want from the on-air talent; what kind of promos/events WE would enjoy. Give us what WE want and WE will listen. If WE build it, WE will come & bring our friends!

Rick Turner

November 11th, 2011
7:33 am

I am very p***** off! Jimmy and Yvonne are the best thing to come to Atlanta radio since the glory days of the morning x! Jimmy and Yvonne had great chemistry, they are funny, insightful and very entertaining. I am 51 and have been a JB fan for many years. I have a 25 year old daughter that also likes the show, so it is not just older folks. I have always enjoyed Dave FM’s music. After going thru several morning shows that sucked and finally getting it right with Jimmy and Yvonne and to pull the plug 3 days before JB turns 50 and right before the holidays is cold!!! I know it’s a cruel world, but this is crazy. I am not happy today and I can only hope and pray for Jimmy and Yvonne. I hope they are ok!! I have met and talked to both of them at events and they are truly good people! I will miss them and hope they find a new home in Atlanta radio soon!

Michelle

November 11th, 2011
8:11 am

Didn’t mind Yvonne, but Jimmy is horrible. LOVE Steve Craig!!! He was always one of my favorite DJ’s from the 99X days. Really like the more music – less talk morning format. I hope Steve stays! I will start listening again if he does.

Mary

November 11th, 2011
8:16 am

Welcome back Steve!!! I’ve missed you.
I usually listen to Satellite radio but tuned in Friday (today) to catch up with what is happening in Atlanta and was very happy to hear Steve. Glad to see Jimmy Baron GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love Steve!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Brent

November 11th, 2011
8:18 am

Wasn’t there a show called “The Fat Matress” a long time ago (Z93 days)? They just dumped Katie Kylie off of The River for the horrible HORRIBLE Eddie Money show (pure awful-ness)…she’d be a good fit. I wonder what Steve McCoy is doing these days?

good morning sunshine

November 11th, 2011
8:24 am

Big Fat Fail!

Andi L

November 11th, 2011
8:38 am

@ Brent: Steve is on a Denver station.

Cooker

November 11th, 2011
8:54 am

what a shame… it’s another example of Big Radio thinking that they know what the listener wants to hear-

MoreIsLess

November 11th, 2011
8:54 am

I didn’t listen to the station mainly because I can’t stand listening to goofy boy-girl deejay morning shows

Jen

November 11th, 2011
9:00 am

Jimmy and Yvonne were great! They will be missed. Bad move by the “suits.” No more good morning crews left on Atlanta radio. Too bad.

brian j

November 11th, 2011
9:06 am

I really liked Jimmy and Yvonne in the mornings, always made me laugh. I am very disappointed in this move but if you mess with Mara Davis, I will never forgive you. She ROCKS!!!

Professor Diddles McFiddles

November 11th, 2011
9:07 am

KIMMER & SNAKE DAVIS – Now that’s a morning show team!

Scott

November 11th, 2011
9:17 am

Steve Craig had better get a full time gig. He’s the best “free radio” jock out there. Open your eyes or ears in this case, Dave FM.

sally

November 11th, 2011
9:21 am

I’m so bummed…looked forward to Jimmy and Yvonne every day…got no one to listen to now…WORST MOVE EVER DAVE FM MANAGEMENT!!!!

chris

November 11th, 2011
9:25 am

i thought i had the wrong station on this morning when my alarm went off. i really liked jimmy and yvonne. too bad DAVE. you’ve lost a listener. good luck jimmy and yvonne.

November 11th, 2011
9:45 am

I’m sorry it meant Jimmy and Yvonne losing their jobs, really. I enjoyed them both, but I am REALLY happy to have Steve Craig back on the radio in Atlanta. He’s really fantastic.

Kaptain Kleen

November 11th, 2011
9:56 am

Lookout! It’s only The Kimmer & Snake Davis on Z93!! Herp Ho! Herp Ho! Herp Ho!

Lynn M.

November 11th, 2011
9:58 am

I really loved hearing Steve Craig today on Atlanta radio during my drive to work. This decision is the smartest one Dave Fm has made in a long, long time. Looking forward to waking up with Steve’s show in the future as long as he isn’t forced to play the Cars every day.

Delia Thompson

November 11th, 2011
10:03 am

Bring back Jimmy, Yvonne, and Crash! The new guy Steve stinks! Now Dave FM sounds just like 3 other stations in Atlanta. I guess I’ll start listening to CD’s.

Newbie

November 11th, 2011
10:05 am

As a new comer to the Atlanta Area, I have to say I am very disappointed with this move DAVE & the Suits! Jimmy & Yvonne were the ONLY radio personalities i could listen to in the Morning! I did not know their history, until reading these comments …& have no loyalty to any radio station past or present in this area. I really liked DAVES programming & rarely does my station change…except when they overkill with commercials! As a 40 something they were playing a good mix of old & new…but the past couple of weeks its gettting back to the old Classics..that have gotten so stale in the last few years!
Good luck Jimmy & Yvonne..I hope you move on to bigger & better things..I will be listening for you in the future!

Late30ish

November 11th, 2011
10:09 am

Jimmy and Yvonne were the only morning station I could stand, but frankly I’d prefer less talk and commercials and more (good) music. The real problem at DaveFM is the music, not the DJs. Who wants to hear the same song 15 times a day? They have about 20 songs they play in repeat rotation all stinking day long. BORING!! I’m sick of Adele. I’m sick of U2. I’m sick of Jack Johnson and I’m sick of Mumford and Sons. Play music people want to hear and they’ll be loyal listeners. It’s that simple. It is RADIO, after all, so give the people what they expect.

OldZ93

November 11th, 2011
10:14 am

Chase and Woodside weren’t the ones let go for playing Another One Bites the Dust during the Atlanta Missing & Murdered Summer….that was Ross & Wilson. They were around from 1978-1981 and they OWNED the Atlanta morning time slot. They were absolutely hilarious, but went too far that one day and were fired so fast they never knew what hit them.

Rodney Ho

November 11th, 2011
10:43 am

As I watch the poll I posted, I notice a pattern that has happened when other personalities get fired: at first, many of the folks who don’t like them and see it on ajc.com will post their opinions. But as days and weeks go by and people who are fans of said fired personalities go on Google and find this story, they vote in favor of them, shifting the percentages. It’s already started. It hovered at around 62% positive, dropped to 60%, and has now edged up to 65% as we hit the 24 hour mark.

November 11th, 2011
10:48 am

When Jimmy first came back I cringed and was so glad for my xm radio. I must admit he has grown on me. Didn’t come off as a know-it-all like he did when he was younger. Yvonne is great. Will miss them both and wish them the best.

copy cat

November 11th, 2011
11:06 am

Bad move DAVE! Yvonne is, and has always been, one of the best DJs in Atlanta. You’ve lost me as a listener.

Gocincy

November 11th, 2011
11:08 am

Rodney,
If you’re going to comment on television and radio, use the proper terms. You’re quoting “shares” and not “ratings.”

Sluggo

November 11th, 2011
11:15 am

Radio program directors are some of the dumbest people I have ever met.

RADIO MAN

November 11th, 2011
11:16 am

Well, don’t blame the talent. If they were allowed to operate the way they wanted too, wthis wouldn’t be a discussion. Radio…REAL RADIO, went out the door when the Corporate Conglomerates took over. Now its ad traffic, ad traffic, ad traffic. Music directors and programmers where told what they could play, leaving no room to break new music. Then I saw the light in th article, corporate man, RICK CAFFEY. Need I say more? He has rode many a station into the ground while still maintaining his association with the corporate office. Can you say YES MAN?

I listen to anything BUT Atlanta radio…because it blows…..

Ddunn

November 11th, 2011
12:53 pm

I liked Yvonne alot, Jimmy was ok.

Zero Res and the commericial the the girl who needs surgery, Really? They need to go, also too much Police and sting, I change the radio station every time I hear all of them.

TheLazyComic

November 11th, 2011
12:54 pm

More corporate crap. Jimmy and Yvonne must have been making too much money. (Too much money in radio is anything over minimum wage). The problems at Dave aren’t the jocks… it’s the management’s decisions. (Funny when you compare that to Kicks… where the problem IS the jocks).

Becca

November 11th, 2011
12:57 pm

Oh, this station. When I first moved here, I thought it was a joke. Their “format” is like a 30 track rotation with 30% of that being Police and Tom Petty. And those songs are all the old radio hits, they never explore more of a band’s catalog. One time, they played Bittersweet by Big Head Todd and the Monsters every single day for a week, at the same time. I was not sure if they actually had DJs or if it was just running on someone’s ipod. The noon DJ and the one after that try to drive traffic to their website which is just a bunch of links to weeks old web memes. It is a really really sad station that seems to have no focus at all. The music is weak, repetitive, old, and from a limited selection. The show at noon is supposed to have a theme and go based on requests but the DJ only plays songs from their puny rotation and then she talks and screams very annoyingly at her failed attempts at humor. It is an awful station and they need to gut it AND START WITH THE MUSIC. STOP PLAYING THE SAME CRAP OVER AND OVER AND DIG A LITTLE DEEPER INTO ARTISTS’ CATALOGS.

Scott Woodside

November 11th, 2011
12:59 pm

I’ve read the comments and can’t help but add to this. Barry Chase and myself, Scott Woodside were the first two man morning show on FM radio in America. We started at Z93 when it went live from a recorded elevator music station. We both made $225.00 a week and that included major medical.

Let me say this to you guys. Radio is the only business in the world where you get fired for doing your job. Air talent is very rarely ever fired for doing something wrong. You get fired, or your contract isn’t renewed because you are doing what management wants. When management gets the ratings back and they suck, do you think they’re going to fire themselves? No, they usually use the morning show producer as the first scapegoat, then when that doesn’t work, they fire the morning talent, and then when that doesn’t work, the program director is fired.

I spend 30 years in broadcasting and loved every minute of it but I’ve got to tell you, that I can’t even believe how many morning shows CBS radio has been through in this market. And to think that when Chase and Woodside reuntied with the new classic rock format in 1989 and we’re still the longest running morning show that station has ever had and with the highest ratings ever, it’s really sad.

Number three in the market. The management decided they wanted to be number one so they cut out all of our talking opportunities and asked us to say the time and temperature and introduce or backsell the music. When we did what they wanted, our ratings went down the toilet overnight. Shocker……Even back then everyone wore a freaking watch and could access the temperature in their cars. But that’s why we had consultants.

I will have to say that Dave Marino and Scott Woodside had the best chemistry that two people that could ever be put together could have. We worked just a little time together on Z in the mornings, and then the reigning program director thought we were too funny or funnier than the people he had brought in from another part of the country. The program director said that he couldn’t have us being funnier than the talent he just brought in from out of town, so we were gonners.

It’s not fun re inventing yourself after 30 years in broadcasting, but its not impossible. I feel sorry for Jimmy turning 50 and wondering what he’s going to do next. Been there, and it really sucks.

Any morning talent that has been thrown pit in the street should go into sales. Every morning we all had to sell ourselves. So it only makes sense!

Take Care,

Scott Woodside-Atlanta

ginger

November 11th, 2011
1:24 pm

thank god! they were horrible. so annoying. i’m happy to have steve craig back on air. he is great.

reokii

November 11th, 2011
2:13 pm

Dave will never be the q100 or steve and vickie crap………it takes a while to catch on to Jimmy Baron, but once you do, you know he’s genuine. I have met and talked to both Jimmy and Yvonne and what you hear is what they are. I will miss them and I am very upset with Dave FM/CBS management for letting a guy go 3 days before his 50th bday and this close to the holidays. Just for the sake of change??? I like Steve but he won’t do any better…………..!!!!

3Sheetz2theWynd

November 11th, 2011
2:52 pm

Where’s the Kimmer when you need him?

Peter

November 11th, 2011
5:34 pm

Music sucks….. too much advertisements in general !

Denise

November 11th, 2011
6:36 pm

I loved JB and Yvonne in the a.m. This sucks! I guess I’ll go to XM. This really blows. I am a 60 year old woman, and this was the only station I listen to. Guess I’ll be changing.

November 11th, 2011
7:04 pm

I was so dissapointed this morning!!!! Feeling badly for Jimmy & Yvonne.

Legend Before The Truth

November 11th, 2011
8:29 pm

Ross & Wilson were not fired for playing Queen’s ‘Another One Bites the Dust’ during the missing and murdered child crisis. Ross & Wilson were hired away to WABC in New York. Like the newspaper editor says in the move ‘Liberty Valance’, “When the legend is better than the truth, print the legend!” This apocryphal story seems just too damn juicy to ever go away. There’s a lesson to be learned here, and in all media consumption. But it won’t be, because the legend will always be more compelling than the truth.

MitKroy

November 11th, 2011
8:59 pm

Think Dave plays too much T.Petty & The Police? Whatta ’bout The Church “Under The Milky Way”. Once a year is fine; but every day? I agree Dave should choose a format and stick with it but not Classic/Adult Rock. Lord knows there’s enuff of that mess. Do Alterntive but do it right!!! Hiring Steve Craig would be a step in the right direction I just don’t know if he fits in the morning. He was mid-day at 99x & WRXP (for a while anyway) and I think that frees him up to play/talk about music. Go from there. It’d be a start!!!

Bill

November 11th, 2011
9:59 pm

I’d be interested to hear what happened with/to Slats during his short tenure at Z93. I wasn’t around then. Slats & I were occasional drinking buddies in Orlando in the mid 80s. I hear he’s back in Cleveland now, starting this past Monday.

one eyed jack

November 11th, 2011
10:02 pm

The best radio program in the city was the radio birdman show on 88.5 a few years ago… sadly it was claimed by a GSU graduation.

C.S.

November 11th, 2011
11:18 pm

Good Lord, people…what the heck?? If it ain’t broke, don’t “fix” it!!! I’ll still listen…only because the musical lineup is the only one worth a flip in Atlanta…but this morning’s show was a train wreck. Get the hook, already!! BAD MOVE, Dave…bad move.

d-ville J

November 12th, 2011
9:08 am

Jimmy sucked and his continuing bashing of anyone and anythng conservative made me tune out the show for good. Yvone will be missed.

Rebecca Brown

November 12th, 2011
9:37 am

Come on Dave Fm! Jimmy, Yvonne and Crash were great. What is next Sully, Mara and Margot? Why mess with perfection? Dave FM brass have now fired the only good morning show in Atlanta. I feel sorry for Steve. I hope he makes it without support from the station.

Rangerbob

November 12th, 2011
10:04 am

Dave who? I thought it was Jimmy & Yvonne FM..I`ll miss her laugh.It does`nt matter where anyone works anymore,It just typical knee jerk management decisions .And of course this shall pass too.

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November 12th, 2011
11:52 am

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Buffdog

November 12th, 2011
2:42 pm

Kind of sad after the long hours they put in doing the charity event last weekend at CHOA. I donated because I listened to the AM show. I know the funds are for the chilldern but I wish I could rescind my donation in protest. Finally found a decent adult show to listen to and yanked again. Sorry…it’s Dave FM’s lost. I also attended most of the concerts promoted by Dave……but that too will cease.

Common Sense

November 12th, 2011
6:51 pm

Where can this station be found on the dial? Maybe putting the focus on DaveFM wasn’t so smart. I’ve been in Atlanta 17 years and still can’t think where the station is located.

Rodney Ho

November 12th, 2011
6:52 pm

@Commonsense. 92.9 . I guess I presumed folks knew that but never assume, eh?

linda

November 12th, 2011
9:58 pm

really disappointed that Jimmy,Yvonne,Crash and FK are gone. Now my ride to work will suck!!

MattMD

November 13th, 2011
3:53 am

Someone drag Frank Ski’s restaurant behind a truck.

My god, that place is horrible. If you get dragged there, at most get an appetizer and a drink and get the hell out.

Andy

November 13th, 2011
9:13 am

Now that Jimmy & Yvonne are gone, this listener is gone too. I didn’t much care for Jimmy but Yvonne is great.

Moi

November 13th, 2011
2:32 pm

Kellyc755 – you are thinking of the old 96rock group. They were the morning folks when I worked there. And for the record…Chris Rude is a TOOL! He is the most arrogant NOTHING of a person I’ve ever met.

Max Overdrive

November 13th, 2011
3:38 pm

Won’t be long that DaveFM is converted to another hip-hop or classic R&B station; just like the other 24 stations Atlanta already has that fits this category. Thank GOD for Mp3’s!!

Dave

November 13th, 2011
4:28 pm

In the morning, WABE, until Lois Reitzes starts at nine, then back and forth between 680 and 790, depending on how annoying each is.

Mark

November 13th, 2011
4:46 pm

Dave would do well to decide who they are. The format seems to change with the time of day, weekday/weekend, etc. Acoustic sunrise is very good, and their normal morning stuff is good, but on the weekend they seem to transform into B98.5. Choose, Dave.

Happy Camper

November 13th, 2011
5:05 pm

Hey Jimmy Baron, now you too know that you are a BIG FAT FAIL!!!! I am doing cartwheels now that he is gone. Whooooo Hoooooo!

Ded Zeppelin

November 13th, 2011
5:19 pm

DaveFM sucks. Project 96.1 sucks. Atlanta radio SUCKS. Can’t leave out the real culprit, however….Clear Channel ruined Atlanta radio.

Hurray!

November 13th, 2011
5:22 pm

I am SO HAPPY that they are getting rid of Jimmy. I used to love when they played music in the morning and Carter would give the news, but then they brought back Jimmy with Yvonne and that loser Crash. I accidentally listened two mornings after they brought them back. One time Crash was talking about Yvonne’s breasts. The second was after this year’s Pride and they were asking men how many drinks they had but they were bleeping it so it would sound like something else. Childish and disgusting. Bring back the music and Carter!!!! Love you, Mara!

Stevereeno

November 13th, 2011
7:00 pm

I wish Atlanta had a new music station. New artists. Not the top 40 though some yes.

Grace J.

November 13th, 2011
10:42 pm

Bring back Holly Firfir!!!!! She was the best thing mornings on Dave had to offer..

November 14th, 2011
12:02 am

My favorite station is my ipod. It has the best host, too! Never gets in the way of the music…
I haven’t listened to commercial radio much since 1992. It eventually got replaced by CDs, then became obsolete with mp3s.

kim

November 14th, 2011
5:53 am

Seriously?!?!?!?! Jimmy, Yvonne, and Crash took me back to the old days of 99 x . I’m so upset i cant type! They is no point in listening to dave fm anymore. The music format sucks- you guys should look ininto infusing a better selection od artists. Hers a thought- bring back leslie fram! Ugh! Rating systems suck and now so does davefm **** GOOD LUCK JIMMY! YVONNE AND CRASH!!***

elizabeth stallard

November 14th, 2011
7:38 am

Big mistake two of the most uniquely innovative individuals on morning radio, anywhere. It is clear “the problem” lies elsewhere for the program. Yvonne is one of the best, bad decision folks!

John C

November 14th, 2011
8:22 am

seriously!!! It was a lot better than the other morning shows that do nothing more than talk. I really enjoyed the show. I doubt it was Jimmy and Yvonne that caused the ratings to drop sharply over the past few months.

PTC Bernie

November 14th, 2011
8:53 am

What a waste. These guys were the best morning show in Atlanta. Typical Corporate mentality. Take something that works and change it. Time to expand my CD collection and pass on FM radio altogether.

Jimmy, Yvonne, Crash, you guys WILL be missed! Thanks for the good times.

Crash Fan

November 14th, 2011
10:05 am

I listened to Jimmy and Co.. LOVE CRASH…. 92 has way too many commercials… I can’t take Mara and her stupid Cheese of the day… so after the morning show I would switch stations… now no reason at all to listen to 92.

clix

November 14th, 2011
4:44 pm

You may agree or not but Steve Craig is the only pure DJ (and most professional) this city has had in a long time. No gimmicks, just about the music. I like Jimmy and Monet, and Crash, but if they can somehow land SC on a permanent basis, it’ll be a home run for the station. I listened to Jimmy and Yvonne fairly regularly but sometimes got turned away by some of the stuff they got into. I know now my dial will stay fixed on 92.9 during my morning commute. For the record, Jimmy is much better as the 2nd guy on a show. Welcome back Steve, and good luck…

Terri

November 14th, 2011
7:27 pm

Good bye Dave FM!!!!! Jimmy, Yvonne and Crash made my morning drives fun! No Jimmy stories and no Animal tales!!!!! Back to 97.1 I go. You got rid of the wrong people!!! Best wishes and Good luck to them, not Dave FM! Oh and the new guy definitely needs to go, BORING!!!!

jack

November 14th, 2011
11:08 pm

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pglmf

November 15th, 2011
6:14 am

Yvonne has the sexiest voice on the radio. I could hardly wait for 5 am to hear her. I have missed her since the 99x days. What a bonehead move by dave fm mngt.

Brian

November 15th, 2011
8:21 am

Dave FM was terrible in the morning. Jimmy was annoying, and there were a million commercials. If I hear one more global BMW commercial I am going to scream!! Oh ya and Zero Rez..

Alicia

November 15th, 2011
10:57 am

I enjoyed Jimmy and Yvonne, and the show really seemed to gel once Crash came back to Atlanta. However, I wonder how much of the inconsistencies in the ratings was due to the predictable (almost down to the minute) and uninspired musical selections offered up in the mornings. I, for one, don’t need to hear Joe Jackson ever again, let alone every single morning.

Who was responsible for the music played in the mornings, the over-abundance of advertising and the cut-back in the show’s air time? Surely, not the talent. Jimmy, Yvonne and Crash offered something more to the Atlanta air-waves than the juvenile humor and shock-jock antics available on other outlets. For a maturing audience who likely listened to the Morning X in the good years (not the Toucher years), it was a bit like coming home. For me, there is a place on the Atlanta airwaves for that.

Steve Craig is an awesome DJ and I will continue to tune-in to hear him in the mornings. I was stoked to hear the College of Musical Knowledge this morning, but I doubt that he can fix the problems that Dave FM is experienceing, despite all of his talent. For Jimmy, Yvonne and Crash, I wish nothing but the best. And for Steve, I will continue to tune it. I just wonder what the House / Duplex of Retro Pleasure will be called, now?

Michelle

November 15th, 2011
11:46 am

Well this just sucks! Steve Craig is sooo boring and his voice annoys me. I miss Jimmy, Yvonne and Crash. Bad move Dave FM. I’m going down the dial, I guess….

November 15th, 2011
12:00 pm

Well, they did it again. Why do I even listen…I liked Jimmy….there is nobody on the air in the morning that I like listening to….Dave FM was “my station”…..My opinion, Yvonne took Jimmy down….Jimmy was a nice guy and nice to everybody. I was getting really tired of Yvonne’s opinions, especially when they got political. I can listen to those other bozos if I wanted someone’s political opinions….
Please bring Jimmy back!!!….I don’t want to have to dig out my CD’s!!!….

Johnny Style

November 15th, 2011
12:57 pm

i liked Jimmy & Yvonne but there were way to many commercials so I stopped listening.

Mimi

November 16th, 2011
7:19 am

So disappointed Dave PM- This is a BIG FAT FAIL! Jimmy and Yvonne were great.
(Loved their chemistry, loved the Big Fat Fail, loved their maturity)
Guess I’m tuning into satellite radio now, can’t take the other morning shows with the squeekly 20 year old girls saying “like” every other word!

laylagalise

November 16th, 2011
7:41 pm

I really liked Jimmy, Yvonne, and Crash (who has mellowed a lot). If I wasn’t listening to NPR in the morning, I was listening to Davefm. All the other morning shows are so grating. They were amusing and made the morning drive pass faster. I like Steve Craig (more from his 99x days), but not nearly as much as Jimmy and Yvonne.

Sad

November 16th, 2011
8:35 pm

Good luck to Jimmy and Yvonne! The (somewhat) intellegent 40ish crowd needs a station that has a good balance between news and music that caters to us. Hopefully 92.9 will find a way to incorporate a little new music + good 80s + good 90s + NPR style news + traffic/weather.

a faithful fan for years

November 16th, 2011
11:35 pm

A big fat fail for Dave FM. As a 40 something that spends over an hour each morning stuck on 400, I have kind of grown up with Jimmy and Yvonne over the years. I was sad to see the whole 99x team get split up years ago and felt very lost and dismayed by atlanta radio until Jimmy, Yvonne and Crash came together again. I am very sorry to lose them again. I am too old and don’t care to hear about some 20 year old’s dating problems on the Bert Show, am too young to listen to steve and vickie (are they even still on?), and can’t stand to listen to the ever revolving door of xxx wannabes on Atlanta’s harder rock stations (though i generally still like the music). I want to like Dave FM, I generally like most of the music the station plays but I think the reason the ratings have dropped is that they play the same 5 songs over and over again all day. Even I get sick of U2, at least play a different U2 song, not “its a beautiful day for the 10,000th time! For that reason, I listened to Jimmy, Crash and Yvonne’s show in the am then turned the dial to something else each time I got in the car for the rest of the day because I was sure to hear the same songs at the same each day! All it takes is a little variety! I don’t care if the artist list is somewhat narrow. play some of their older stuff, mix in new songs. Quit playing the same damn 5 songs! As for why I liked Jimmy, Crash and Yvonne so much – unlike some stations – they have a real feel for the local flavor – they have lived and build their lives in the area. they cared about the area. Its sad that they got let go after spendng a weekend helping generate nearly $500K in donations for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. Listening to their show was more about in some small way like visting with neighbors (something I never get to do for sitting on 400 all the time) and keeping up with things that are relevant to me – the 40-50 year old that still has some kick left to them. Jimmy might have been annoying at times but we know that is just how he is – you kind of accept it like you do with an old high school friend and over time come to appreciate his point of view. Crash was the old party buddy that never really grew up (but can’t hang like he used to) and always has a story about his latest escapade and Yvonne was just right sweet kind soul that calmed everyone down and put Jimmy in his place when he needed it. sure the show was corny some times – but I looked forward to it. It had a old worn jeans homey feel. It made the 400 parking lot more bearable each day. It made me smile from time to time. I did not have to worry about turning the radio down so that my 6 year old would hear something he should’t. I will miss them and sincerely hope that some radio executive will hear this plea – and what is missing from Atlanta radio – and why so many are defecting for other forms of music entertainment. There is a place for local talent to help inform, entertain, amuse and sooth those that are stuck in traffic hell each day. And at 40 something and probably in my prime income earning years – I think that I am still relevant as far as advertising dollars go. Good Luck Jimmy, Yvonne and Crash – I hope to find you again soon somewhere else on the Atlanta radio dial……..

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