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Alt 92.3 to Become WINS Simulcast

Least said:
I didn't blame radio. I said that Alternative as a genre of music is anti-corprate and anti-social norm. As a radio format, Alternative has been most successful artistically when two things have been happening. One (and most important), as many on here say, is when there's a consensus amongst the listeners as to what they want to hear. That's missing right now. Two, is when an independent owner is more passionate about the genre.

What historically have been the most acclaimed (artistically) Alternative stations? Who's owened them? I think of Indie 103.1 in LA, WFNX in Boston, and so on. But what happened to all these stations? They all eventually ran out of money and failed; because Alternative as a genre and Alternative as a radio format don't work well together currently. My opinion, as originally advice from Big A is to really look towards college stations for more artistic Alternative stations. That, and satellite and/or internet only stations.

But I'm not blaming corporate radio. I see it the same as another genre of music that I enjoy, The Blues. Great music, but not commercially viable on FM radio. So, I go to satellite and internet.
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Come on...it has nothing to do with "societal norms" or being "anti corporate." You are emotional about this change...I understand.
But seriously...it has to do with MAKING MONEY. It's really just that simple.
Audacy would play Kidz Bop 24/7 if it attracted sufficient listeners and billing numbers.
 
From the Audacy app: the stream URLs for "New Arrivals HD" had previously matched what was airing on WNYL-HD2 New York.
They are now redirected to WQMP-HD3 Daytona Beach - FM 101.9 Orlando's New Alternative.

>>>http://live.amperwave.net/direct/audacy-wqmphd3aac-imc<<<
>>>http://live.amperwave.net/direct/audacy-wqmphd3mp3-imc<<<

The now defunct "WNYLFMAAC" + "WNYLFMMP3" streams went silent at about 9:20 AM.
Edit: the former New Arrivals HD streams at "WNYLHD2AAC" and "WNYLHD2MP3" are now also silent.
 
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At least, I assume it was his say, Chris Oliviero let the airstaff say their goodbyes and pay tribute to whatever legacy 92.3 had in its various iterations as a music station, similar to how 94.7 signed off its country format. Compared to the way 97.1 Now ended in LA during that flip to news, this was generous.
 
Nathan Obral said:
The wheel of formats and brandings spun multiple times since he left shows how much of a factor he made the station. Not even Opie and Anthony could save K-Rock 2.0.
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This idea you must have an all talk morning show on a music station is the reason why radio is dying. People that want to hear music will just go to streaming in the morning and not ever return.
 
AceBiscuits said:
At least, I assume it was his say, Chris Oliviero let the airstaff say their goodbyes and pay tribute to whatever legacy 92.3 had in its various iterations as a music station, similar to how 94.7 signed off its country format. Compared to the way 97.1 Now ended in LA during that flip to news, this was generous.
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I agree, you really have to give Audacy a thumbs up in the way they handled the switch.
 
AceBiscuits said:
At least, I assume it was his say, Chris Oliviero let the airstaff say their goodbyes and pay tribute to whatever legacy 92.3 had in its various iterations as a music station, similar to how 94.7 signed off its country format.
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In contrast to Alt 92.3, New York's Country 94.7's listeners were only notified the morning the format was dropped, a year ago. Their personalities had only a few hours to reminisce.
 
Immediately after the transition to WINS happened I flipped over to 92.3-HD2 to hear Eddie Vedder singing "I'm still alive'. So it seems Pearl Jam's 'Alive' was the first song played by the new manifestation of Alt 92.3, although I didn't hear the actual flip from the New Arrivals Channel. Nice touch, I guess.

It was announced during the farewell show that Brady would continue to do a "show" on the new version of Alt 92.3. So far, the first hour has been just a jockless jukebox as expected. Branding remains Alt 92.3. The New Arrivals Channel is gone. Audacy's LGBTQ-formatted Channel Q remains on 92.3-HD3.
 
mikerock said:
This idea you must have an all talk morning show on a music station is the reason why radio is dying. People that want to hear music will just go to streaming in the morning and not ever return.
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Then explain how Stern and K-Rock were significantly successful with an all-talk morning show in the 1990s, to the point it was syndicated nationally.

It’s all about the personality.
 
Nathan Obral said:
Then explain how Stern and K-Rock were significantly successful with an all-talk morning show in the 1990s, to the point it was syndicated nationally.

It’s all about the personality.
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The Woody Show is also successful at L.A.'s KYSR and it's syndicated out to other markets. I'm personally not a fan but it does well on Alternative stations. In fact, isn't it beating a music focused morning show on rival alternative KROQ in L.A.?
 
Barry said:
In contrast to Alt 92.3, New York's Country 94.7's listeners were only notified the morning the format was dropped, a year ago. Their personalities had only a few hours to reminisce.
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This is true, but the norm is to often pull the plug before the DJ's give a goodbye. The fact they even did that with such short notice is generous.
 
AceBiscuits said:
This is true, but the norm is to often pull the plug before the DJ's give a goodbye. The fact they even did that with such short notice is generous.
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In this case, since they're responsible for a lot of Audacy's national programming, a lot of them are probably not fired. So it's basically "Be good or you will be fired"

If they were fired they'd probably just pull the plug.
 
Theater of My Mind said:
The Woody Show is also successful at L.A.'s KYSR and it's syndicated out to other markets. I'm personally not a fan but it does well on Alternative stations. In fact, isn't it beating a music focused morning show on rival alternative KROQ in L.A.?
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KYSR outdraws KROQ by multiple levels now, and of course it includes mornings.

Elliot Siegel has done his thing at WWDC for over 20 years now, it has been successful enough to be syndicated. Problem was it was beamed to NYC when traditionally, it’s the other way around.
 
mikerock said:
^This.
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And to be clear this is certainly not me defending Elliot in the Morning. In the case of Alt 92.3, morning drive was panned and the music didn’t come into line until it was too late. If they had played the game a bit better, the move that happened today would’ve happened maybe 2-3 years or even not at all.
 
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