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10 Questions with ... Cagle
September 6, 2005
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NAME:CaglePOSITION:Program DirectorSTATION:WBTS (95-5 THE BEAT)MARKET:AtlantaCOMPANY:Cox RadioBORN:Freeport, TXRAISED:Morrilton, AR
Please outline your radio career so far: (station/date, station/date, etc.)
KKYK/LITTLE ROCK, AR (part time on air) 1988-1990
WEZB/B97/NEW ORLEANS (Promotions Director/Asst. Music Director) 1990-1995
KQKS/DENVER (Music Director) 1995-1997
KXHT/MEMPHIS (Program Director) 1999-2001
JCOR RECORDS (A&R) 2001-2002
KPAT/SANTA MARIA, CA & KWWV/SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA (PD) 2002-2003
WFOX/ATLANTA 2003-2004,
Transferred to sister-station WBTS in MARCH 20041) You've been in ATLANTA over a year now. Has your experience been all that you expected?
Oh Yes...And so much more.
2) Has anything surprised you about the market?
Just how compressed the market has become. At one time this market was under radioed, especially for a big city. Now there are too many stations.
3) How has THE BEAT evolved since your arrival?
We are more artist/listener driven now than ever before. Every sweeper has artist/listener drops in them and we air "all-star weekends" with every shift being covered by various artists. The station also plays a few more pop titles (i.e. BRITNEY SPEARS "Toxic," The dance version of KELLY CLARKSON "Since U Been Gone," and the BLACKEYED PEAS "Don't Phunk with My Heart."
4) You've made a couple of changes in your air staff, haven't you?
I hired my night guy, AUSTIN, from CKEY/BUFFALO and my midday girl, DIANE JAMES, from KWIN/STOCKTON, where she was known as DIANE FOXX..
5) What will people say about you and your career when you retire?
Thank God he's gone...
6) You're stuck on a deserted tropical island with one air personality. Who's it going to be?
Does it have to be an on air personality? I guess that beats a sales rep. Can I be stranded with the janitor?
7) What's latest addition to your growing watch collection?
I bought a Rado Diastar in the Bahamas a couple of weeks ago...Duty Free!
8) A genie grants you three wishes for Maverick, your APD/MD...what are they?
1. Cagle needs to take ALL of his vacation this year
2. Wear shorts and sandals to work every day
3. An office with a window9) Best animated movie ever made?
I'm still waiting for the Smurfs movie...but for now, I would have to go with Shrek
10) Who would you rather hang out with in LAS VEGAS: The LAS VEGAS cast or C.S.I.?
Whoever is down to sit at a black jack table for hours on end.
Bonus Questions
Which new artists do you expect to still be playing in 10 years?
None come to mind. Today's artists (especially in the rhythmic world) seem so disposable.
What's the first rule of blackjack?
Know to play the game. I mean REALLY know the game before you sit at the table. Either that or don't play at a table with me unless you are prepared for me to tell you how to play your hand. I can be bad about that
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