Talk:Ronn Owens

message: A few improvements are suggested below. I'll allow some time for others to weigh in before I make the corresponding edits myself.
1. The paragraph about Owens' show being "the No. 1-rated show on KGO, with over 500,000 regular listeners" needs some dates associated with the claim. That is, while the statement might well be true today, it might not be true tomorrow. (This is a biographical article in an enyclopedia--it shouldn't look so much like a publicity release.)
2. Who, exactly, credits Ronn with introducing the idea of bumper music? (If you look up bumper music in Wikipedia, you will find a stub article that actually credits Rush Limbaugh with the idea.
3. The notion of "Rock Trivia" is not self-explanatory--it needs some description. Also, isn't it true that the "Oldies" format came into being in the 1960's? If so, then the statement that Ronn's creation of "Rock Trivia" predated the "Oldies" format is false.
4. It doesn't need to be said that Ronn is celebrating his thirtieth anniversary at KGO. Not only does such a statement lack the context of any associated dates (see No. 1 above) but we have already seen that Ronn began at KGO in 1975. It's superfluous.
5. The statement that Owens is a "Bay Area icon" seems entirely POV.
6. Similarly POV is the statement that the Marconi award is "prestigious."
--Leftymn 07:46, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
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message: I removed:
:Owens was off the KGO airwaves during an 88-day contract dispute that ended in February 1995. Reportedly, the dispute involved a difference of opinion over whether to allow national syndication of Owens' show.[1]
:Between 1997 and 1998, Owens' show was simulcast in Los Angeles on KABC, also owned by Disney. Owens took the time slot held by Michael Jackson, whose ratings were faltering. Despite signing a five-year contract to do the simulcast, after one year Owens himself vacated the time slot at KABC. His show, too, failed to generate adequate ratings in Los Angeles. Owens reportedly blamed both Jackson, for "taking shots" at Owens "on the air and off the air," and KABC, for failing to promote Owens' show. Disney reportedly bought out the remainder of Owens' simulcast contract, which had doubled his annual salary to $620,000.[2]
These paragraphs were soon put back.  They are well sourced, as the replacing editor said.  However they happened 10 years ago and are taking up too much space in the article.  Also they are both said to be "reportedly".  If something was reportedly 10 years ago  what is it now?  Steve Dufour 05:42, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
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message: An IP added the following in a section "Controversial Comments", but I haven't found a source for it: TimBentley (talk) 15:09, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
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