❤️ The Real Reason Jonesy & Amanda Are Moving From Breakfast

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Speaker 1 (00:01):
And Amanda jam Nation had a lot of.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
People contacted me yesterday about what Tim Ross said on
our radio show yesterday about our future next year, and
a lot of people are going to you, all right,
and this is what Tim He came on our show
to talk about his new book, and he just out
of the blue said this.

Speaker 3 (00:23):
In terms of the history of FM and breakfast shows,
I think you know you'll be the most loved and
that's the most important metric. Oh yeah, And I think
it's really I think it's really important to say that
because I think you guys are fantastic and if there's
a if there's one thing that sort of sums up
your relationship, and I think it's it speaks a lot.

(00:43):
And I don't think everyone will listen to your show
in the same way, but it's it's the softness when
you in the way that you say each other's names.

Speaker 4 (00:50):
And that was a very nice thing.

Speaker 1 (00:52):
I was a little bit moogie of eye when he
said that. It's very nice of him.

Speaker 4 (00:56):
And we've got a lot of response online.

Speaker 2 (00:57):
People said, I can't believe you guys are going what
you've You're leaving. We're not leaving. This is beyond our control.
So this is what happened, just so everyone knows. We
came to the end of our contract this year.

Speaker 1 (01:12):
Actually at the end of this year.

Speaker 4 (01:13):
At the end of last year, we came to the
end of our contract.

Speaker 2 (01:16):
So I was studying it a bit worried, and our agents,
we have an agent, they shopped us around a little bit.

Speaker 4 (01:22):
Other stations were interested.

Speaker 1 (01:23):
I didn't want to go anywhere.

Speaker 2 (01:24):
Well, we didn't want to go anywhere, and also it
wasn't appealing to us. So when I look at this
radio show and I came here in two thousand and three,
my big goal was to have.

Speaker 4 (01:35):
A successful breakfast radio show, and I thought, if I
get you over here, we'll do well.

Speaker 2 (01:40):
And I said to you, give me two years, and
you went, yeah, I'm doing two years.

Speaker 1 (01:44):
And that's it, my little kids, I don't know what
I wanted.

Speaker 2 (01:46):
We got to five years and I said, you know,
five years, you could easily get to ten.

Speaker 4 (01:52):
And then when we got to ten, you said, no way,
I'm doing twenty. But here we are. Here, we are
we've done twenty and.

Speaker 5 (01:58):
We love this job. We love these hours, we love
you guys. So we loved being here for twenty years.

Speaker 2 (02:07):
I've been in radio now for thirty five years, and
in my time, I've seen many challenges.

Speaker 4 (02:13):
I saw records give way to CDs. I was told
that the CD stacker would replace us. People can put
CDs in their cast. They're not going to need radio.
The iPod, yeah, that's going to key you.

Speaker 1 (02:24):
Spotify, free players.

Speaker 2 (02:25):
Spotify is going to key your podcast is going to
key you. All these things. But you know, radio has
always been a constant in my life and it's a
medium that I love so much.

Speaker 4 (02:34):
It's a one on one contact with one listener. That's
what I look at.

Speaker 2 (02:38):
I always I've got more than that. I'm talking to
one person. I don't think I'm talking to a group
of people. It's just one person, and which I enjoy
very much. But I'll say this, the competition, the pie
is getting smaller and smaller. When I say pie, the
revenue pie is getting smaller.

Speaker 4 (02:54):
So content now is getting provided by everyone. Everyone is famous.

Speaker 2 (02:58):
Now have you noticed that everyone tell their stories on
Instagram or any of those.

Speaker 1 (03:02):
Platforms, and the advertising dollar is spread pretty fi. We
know that. So that's what we're doing. And I would
rather do drive.

Speaker 4 (03:08):
I would rather lose the time slot than the show.
So the show exists, and the show always.

Speaker 5 (03:14):
Is just moving a few hours later, and we hope
you come with us. We assume it'll be like three
to six in the afternoon, and we really want you
to be with us.

Speaker 1 (03:23):
So that's where we're going, and.

Speaker 4 (03:24):
That's that's the greatest thing in the world. So we
you know, we're competitive.

Speaker 2 (03:27):
We want to be number one, and we bought a
show that is the best show in the country.

Speaker 4 (03:31):
How many radio wards we won, how many.

Speaker 1 (03:34):
Two years in a row we have won best Radio Show.
We had our best ratings ever last year.

Speaker 5 (03:38):
So we're a show that is by all metrics successful.

Speaker 1 (03:42):
We're just moving to later in the day.

Speaker 2 (03:44):
But to be a corporate guy, I want to be
a part of one of the most successful radio networks
in the country.

Speaker 4 (03:49):
This is what I wanted to be a part of.
So this is what we're doing. So and what Tim
said really gave me pause for thought.

Speaker 1 (03:57):
They were lovely, lovely words.

Speaker 5 (03:58):
And so we're just going to take our love for
each other Brendan until later in.

Speaker 4 (04:02):
The day and love for each other.

Speaker 5 (04:04):
And when we say each other's names so lovingly, it's
so easy.

Speaker 4 (04:08):
You get that frigging dad and you.

Speaker 3 (04:11):
I hate you, I hate you.

Speaker 1 (04:14):
All of that will now just be later in the
day when Brendan's less hormonal hormonal one you are. Let's
not fight