The Musers (morning show) are in the midst of their annual college tour where they broadcast from area college campuses. Yesterday they were at North Texas. Today they are at SMU. Tomorrow they were supposed to go to TCU but they said on air that TCU would not provide them a broadcasting location. Instead Texas Weslyn stepped up and now they have an interview lined up with their ping pong coach. This is embarrassing. The Musers are the top rated morning show in the MetroPlex and TCU public relations cant find them a spot on campus to broadcast. Horrible to treat the media poorly especially an outlet like the Ticket.
Did anyone hear on the ticket this morning...
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Lot Lizard
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How is this embarrassing? It may be that I'm just missing something obvious, but I don't see the big fail on TCU's part here.
Lot Lizard said:
Ummm a highly rated sports talk radio show is doing a campus tour, and 5 other metro plex campuses bend over backwards to accomodate and TCU is the only one that makes it so difficult the Ticket instead goes over to Texas Weslyen...
How is that not embarrassing? TCU basically turned down 3 hours of free advertising. If that doesnt sound snotty I dont know what is.
Despite the odds Frog
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You know they have contracts with other radio stations. The ticket is the radio station for SMU and University of North Texas. And they treat them with little to no coverage except these metroplex visits once every year.
On top of that the Ticket however talks good about TCU, the Musers on the other hand, talk like University of North Texas, SMU, UTA, and TCU are on the same progression level while A&M and UT are at a different level. Musers still talk and think like SWC is around they haven't moved forward like we see so much in the Dallas media. It has taken many years for TCU to change people's minds that this is not the TCU of the SWC in fact TCU's road is a success story maybe the biggest in all college football. Still old time UT/BU/TT/A&M alum in the media still can't get passed the many years of the SWC even though the nation has long ago. The Hardline is much better in recognizing where TCU is at.
On top of that the Ticket however talks good about TCU, the Musers on the other hand, talk like University of North Texas, SMU, UTA, and TCU are on the same progression level while A&M and UT are at a different level. Musers still talk and think like SWC is around they haven't moved forward like we see so much in the Dallas media. It has taken many years for TCU to change people's minds that this is not the TCU of the SWC in fact TCU's road is a success story maybe the biggest in all college football. Still old time UT/BU/TT/A&M alum in the media still can't get passed the many years of the SWC even though the nation has long ago. The Hardline is much better in recognizing where TCU is at.
Despite the odds Frog said:
Wouldn't it then behoove us to accomodate them and leave a good impression instead of throwing gasoline on the fire?
I mean, TCU may have had stuff going on that just made this impossible for the school to accomodate. Benefit of the doubt and all. If so, that's unfortunate.
Despite the odds Frog
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Nope. The ticket is the station for SMU and University of North Texas and they treat them like dirt. TCU has contracts with other radio stations.eh0215 said:
TCU doesn't need the Ticket as TCU has a national brand and lots of exposure. But I'm 100% that it's more about radio contracts, it's business, don't take it personal.
The better business practice would seem to be treat your existing folks like royalty while going out of your way, albeit less so, to bring newcomers/ rivals into the tent. From here, not knowing any back story, I think TCU fumbled an opportunity to win converts. The only thing accomplished was probably to reinforce existing hostility.
We have to always remember that no matter how great the product, because of our relatively small enrollment, we need to always be as welcoming as possible to put butts in seats.
We have to always remember that no matter how great the product, because of our relatively small enrollment, we need to always be as welcoming as possible to put butts in seats.
