MyFM is now a 1.6 in the latest ratings...

[jb_ky]

Yeah I heard that too. Then they could bring a new sports talk to the FM dial at night.

 

[sdskees]

I think the problem with sports is that it only works around Louisville for just over half the year: fall and winter (i.e. college football and college basketball). I know that there are plenty of local sports shows and that they do manage to go all year, but they're all very boring and repetitive between April and August, just repeating the things fans already know/want to hear over and over again day after day... essentially catering to the same small group of listeners who will listen to the same thing day after day. I wouldn't put it past them to try it though, I mean they have to do something with MyFM.

 

[Dan76]

In regards to the ratings for QMF, could part of the problem be Bob and Tom in the morning? I would have to imagine that while B+T probably get a lot of non classic rock listeners who return to another station after B+T, the people who want classic rock in the morning naturally have to turn over to 107.7 and therefore, likely stay there all day. IMO, QMF has better music during the hours that they play music, but WAY too much B+T. 107.7 having an actual local morning host who plays music can only be a good thing for the station.

Thoughts?

 

[radiofan502]

In regards to the ratings for QMF, could part of the problem be Bob and Tom in the morning? I would have to imagine that while B+T probably get a lot of non classic rock listeners who return to another station after B+T, the people who want classic rock in the morning naturally have to turn over to 107.7 and therefore, likely stay there all day. IMO, QMF has better music during the hours that they play music, but WAY too much B+T. 107.7 having an actual local morning host who plays music can only be a good thing for the station.

Thoughts?

That's a good observation.Even with the other morning shows in the past they played music and most important they were local shows. Bring Rocky and Troy back to WQMF and I'll bet that their ratings would improve. Don't know if Rocky and Troy would return after the way they were treated before.
On another note, I listen to a station on iHeartRADIO called "My 70's Radio". I would love for 100.5 to try that but I know that it won't happen.70's stations are a thing of the past unfortunately.

 

[jb_ky]

I also heard Lach say that he still hopes to be in Louisville market but just a different time slot.

 

[@louradioandtv]

I also heard Lach say that he still hopes to be in Louisville market but just a different time slot.

We predict Lach will get the 10a-noon slot on ESPN 680.

 

[jb_ky]

Oh? I really thought maybe he would stay with iHeart Media. He would get crushed with KSR.

 

[sdskees]

It's funny how 70s and 80s radio never worked alone, but put them on one station and call it classic hits, and in some markets it is the top-rated thing out there. I really wish we could have a "newer" classic hits station here with lasting power. WAKY still has too much 60s going on and WSFR is a great station (one of my favorites even) but anybody who listens to it knows it is classic rock, despite their wishes to call it classic hits. This seems like an opportunity for 100.5 but I couldn't see it happening.

 

[jb_ky]

The 70's, 80's and early 90's stations here in Lexington aren't the best but I do listen to them:

Station Spr 13 Fall 13 Spr 14 Fall 14 Format Owner
WWRW-FM 2.6 2.9 2.7 1.8 Classic Hits Aloha Station Trust (iHeart)
WBVX-FM 2.8 1.5 2.2 2.9 Classic Rock LM Communications

 

[radiofan502]

It's funny how 70s and 80s radio never worked alone, but put them on one station and call it classic hits, and in some markets it is the top-rated thing out there. I really wish we could have a "newer" classic hits station here with lasting power. WAKY still has too much 60s going on and WSFR is a great station (one of my favorites even) but anybody who listens to it knows it is classic rock, despite their wishes to call it classic hits. This seems like an opportunity for 100.5 but I couldn't see it happening.

You're right.WAKY could be a good classic hits station but they won't stop trying to be a clone of 790.Too many 60's and I just can't listen much on weekends with those "Way Back Weekends" I did hear Anita Baker on WAKY last night and I was amazed . WSFR should call themselves Classic Rock Hits because that's what they really are.
I really liked WGHL's Classic Hits format.I would like to have another station like that.And one that lasts more than four months!
For classic hits I listen to a variety of stations on TuneIn Radio.I also really like the WDRB Classic Hits internet station.They have 58 minutes of music each hour

 

[sdskees]

WAKY has improved their playlist a lot to include a lot more 80s, and it seems to be very recently, as in the past month or so. They've gotten good enough to move to my presets on my car radio (replacing 105.1). Some surprising things I've heard on there lately: Roxette's "Listen to Your Heart," Sade's "Paradise," and (this one is actually 1990) Go West's "King of Wishful Thinking." But as you mentioned, those 60s just won't go away. I'm OK with some 60s, particularly stuff like The Doors, but a lot of it is just annoying.

There are a lot of good classic hits stations out there, and in places like NYC (WCBS) and Boston, they're among the top stations. St. Louis has a pretty decent one with KLOU, which is the top station in that market and they're even owned by iHeartMedia. I listen to the Columbus, IN station 106.1 a lot but their reception doesn't really get too far south (though I both live and work in the Highlands/downtown area, so I usually have no trouble picking up), though 106.1 has taken the meaning of classic hits to mean something even newer than what most people would consider it, playing stuff like Matchbox Twenty even.