Linda Byrd, general manager of a six-station group that includes WTLK, said the decision to drop The Greaseman and change formats was based strictly on ratings. WTLK simply hadn't caught on with listeners the way she had hoped, she said. She praised Tracht as ''a real nice guy,'' who worked hard to make his show successful in Jacksonville. Clearly the man has roots on WAPE,'' he said. He's just very funny, with a different kind of humor.
Grease needs to come to back . . .