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WQGR (Gold 93.7) Sale

Ted Alexander was also programming WREO. My guess is someone else will take over the station now. I heard there is a consultant for Media One Group in Ashtabula.
 
MediaLover said:
Ted Alexander was also programming WREO. My guess is someone else will take over the station now. I heard there is a consultant for Media One Group in Ashtabula.
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That might be why Media One brought Scott Miller (former WDOK PD and morning host at WNCX and coincidentally enough, a former morning host at WKKY) aboard.
 
$750K may seem steep for a rimshot that doesn't reach that far across all of Cleveland but maybe they have plans for that. It was 60 years ago but Ted had a good run with the WELW rimshot.
WKKY does well in Lake and WQGR could add older listeners in an aging county.
WQGR was the FM channel both Lake AM stations lusted after 40 years ago but couldn't land.
 
Santa fe said:
$750K may seem steep for a rimshot that doesn't reach that far across all of Cleveland but maybe they have plans for that. It was 60 years ago but Ted had a good run with the WELW rimshot.
WKKY does well in Lake and WQGR could add older listeners in an aging county.
WQGR was the FM channel both Lake AM stations lusted after 40 years ago but couldn't land.
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At least maybe at last put 93.7 on 104.7's tower and improve the signal so that more of Geauga and Ashtabula counties can hear the station very well. Many of the Gold fans struggle to hear the station in Chardon.
 
With WQGR's upcoming sale, WREO has been adjusting its format. Gone is the "Lite Mix" name, along with anything from 2000 through now.

It's now just Mix 97.1 using the WREO call letters on air and is going by a Classic Hits format. Mix 97.1 WREO-FM
 
I worked in Mentor from 2013-15 and the playlist on Mix 97.1 was pretty out there when they were listed as Hot AC. They’d play a mid-chart stiff from a couple years ago, a current from an Alternative/AAA group that had a Hot AC crossover years ago, an 80s song, then a Hot AC hit. I remember Lance posting a sample hour from when they went to “Lite Mix” and that playlist was pretty all over the place too.
 
WREO had played too many unfamiliar and obscure songs, along with forgotten hits that really weren't all that great. It makes a lot more sense to go in a Classic Hits direction, especially with its 50,000 watts for signal coverage.
 
chrocket87 said:
I worked in Mentor from 2013-15 and the playlist on Mix 97.1 was pretty out there when they were listed as Hot AC. They’d play a mid-chart stiff from a couple years ago, a current from an Alternative/AAA group that had a Hot AC crossover years ago, an 80s song, then a Hot AC hit. I remember Lance posting a sample hour from when they went to “Lite Mix” and that playlist was pretty all over the place too.
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Mix 97.1 was trying to be different than Cougar 93.7 when both stations were in the same building in Mentor. Once Cougar became Gold, Mix had to be both its old self and Cougar at the same time.
 
Would there be a format change for Gold 93.7 after Ted retired? What is 102.5 Zoo programming these days?
 
Magic 102.5, was longggg an oldies station, with a logo similar to WMJI's from the mid-90s.

However, it changed weeks ago. Now a HAC.

Media One should probably do a redesign on the site, logo, and the Facebook page. Maybe they were going to go into all Xmas, then emerge with the aforementioned?

Listen here

▶ WZOO Magic 102.5 FM - Ashtabula, Ohio

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ProgrammingVet said:
Magic 102.5, was longggg an oldies station, with a logo similar to WMJI's from the mid-90s.

However, it changed weeks ago. Now a HAC.

Media One should probably do a redesign on the site, logo, and the Facebook page. Maybe they were going to go into all Xmas, then emerge with the aforementioned?

Listen here

▶ WZOO Magic 102.5 FM - Ashtabula, Ohio

worldradiomap.com worldradiomap.com
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That stream is playing just generic instrumental dance filler. I don't believe WZOO-FM has a stream at the current time.
 


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