102.3 WXLC is expected to flip to Country

[TheM1ghtyBear]

102.3 WXLC is expected to simulcast sister station 98.3 WCCQ

Alpha Media Launches Chicagoland’s Free Country 98.3/102.3

Alpha Media launched "Chicagoland's Free Country" on 98.3 WCCQ Crest Hill/Joliet and 102.3 WXLC Waukegan, with the latter flipping from

radioinsight.com

 

[radiopete]

who is the air talent?

 

[Identnut]

This will be interesting as they have regional competition with WVTY on 92.1.

 

[sox fan matt]

I saw this. It makes sense. I wonder what the fate of WZSR Star 105 is. (fun fact over 30 years ago. I toured that entire building at star 105 met Stu Cohen and the entire team. (I wonder if stew is still in the building)

 

[lanceventa]

Story linked above now updated with full details on the flip coming at 2PM CT today.

Nothing changes at WZSR or WSSR.

who is the air talent?

Launching jockless, but Drew Walker is Assistant Content Director/MD and will have an on-air role. I'm told someone else already in the cluster will host middays. Nights will be syndicated.

 

[lanceventa]

This will be interesting as they have regional competition with WVTY on 92.1.

The target for this is completely WUSN. They're not concerned about anything north of the state line.

 

[radiopete]

I wonder if they go with Bobby Bones in the Morning

 

[lanceventa]

I wonder if they go with Bobby Bones in the Morning

If it's not Drew Walker in mornings, it will be Bones.

 

[radiopete]

If it's not Drew Walker in mornings, it will be Bones.

Walker was the longtime afternoon guy at US99 so seems a better fit

 

[markkatt]

Does anyone have an aircheck of the launch?

 

[radiopete]

Does anyone have an aircheck of the launch?

it wasnt anything memorable

 

[sox fan matt]

So I guess everything will be done remotely from the two studios? I assume other operations as well?

 

[lanceventa]

Does anyone have an aircheck of the launch?

I would have had the stream not put ten minutes of spots over it.

Lineup is Bones in mornings. Hannah B in middays, Drew in afternoons and B-Dub Radio at night.

 

[radiopete]

I would have had the stream not put ten minutes of spots over it.

Lineup is Bones in mornings. Hannah B in middays, Drew in afternoons and B-Dub Radio at night.

How many jobs does Hannah need?

 

[sox fan matt]

From Crest Hill or Waukegan or does it matter?

 

[radiopete]

From Crest Hill or Waukegan or does it matter?

or from home

 

[JeremyAndrews]

From Crest Hill or Waukegan or does it matter?

This is all coming from WCCQ's studio.

 

[sox fan matt]

Thought so .

 

[MarkW]

WUSN has absolutely nothing to worry about.

A pair of crappy suburban signals that fail to deliver a 65 dBu signal to much of the market will be no threat.

This is about finding a more productive use for 102.3 WXLC and cutting cluster programming costs as opposed to competing with WUSN.

 

[Saul the Iguana Killer]

I called this one wrong, I really thought they were going to throw their "Podcast Radio" on these stations.