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Star 96.7 Stunting w/Hold Music

Dj mr fresh said:
Who goona listen to that very disappointing
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A woman who graduated high school in 2000 is currently 43 years old putting her right in the sweet spot of the 25-54 demographic...

The only issue is that it's pretty similar to what Hubbard is doing on Throwback 100.3 and shares some library with B96, albeit super-serving the suburbs.
 
Throwback 100.3 is the first thing that came to mind when I read the description of 96.7's new format.

I am hopeful 96.7's playlist will at least be somewhat broader.
 
W244BQ went off the air on November 2025 as per STA application:

"Licensee has gone silent so that it can take measurements to confirm that the station is operating consistent with the parameters of its license."

On March 11, 2026 they were granted a construction permit by FCC to operate from the Willis Tower with 75 Watts of power.
 
CADXER said:
W244BQ went off the air on November 2025 as per STA application:

"Licensee has gone silent so that it can take measurements to confirm that the station is operating consistent with the parameters of its license."

On March 11, 2026 they were granted a construction permit by FCC to operate from the Willis Tower with 75 Watts of power.
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If I'm Connoisseur, I'm watching that situation like a hawk. Thanks for the info.
 
Fighting Irish said:
Sounds like a good format for the southwest suburbs. Probably not much of a demand for nonstop mixin in Naperville.
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or Joliet, Frankfort, Orland Park (the areas that the station has much better coverage in), for that matter. I've never understood why they try to target Naperville when it's barely in the station's 60dBu contour...

Either way, coming from a guy in his mid-30s, the playlist is pretty good so far. So far, seems like 2 80s songs per hour, 3-4 90s, and the rest 2000-2010ish. I could do without the 80s songs, very weird segue to go from Lil Jon - Get Low to Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams. The imaging is also pretty mediocre... but that has been the case with all of the NextMedia/Alpha/Connoisseur Joliet stations as long as I can remember.
 
tb_ said:
Either way, coming from a guy in his mid-30s, the playlist is pretty good so far. So far, seems like 2 80s songs per hour, 3-4 90s, and the rest 2000-2010ish. I could do without the 80s songs, very weird segue to go from Lil Jon - Get Low to Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams.
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We’ve had this same format here in Knoxville, TN for about a year or so. You’re right that most of the ‘80s music sounds out of place next to the later decades. 1990 and forward would sound better.
 
MarkW said:
96.7 WILL Rock (not to be confused with 95.1 WIIL Rock) was a very good rock station, especially its final few years. I was extremely disappointed when the decision was made to change to Star 96.7.

Speaking of 95.1 WIIL, it's great to see them with a 0.9 share. That is downright impressive for a station whose TX is located on the Wisconsin side of the border and whose 65 dBu contour probably encompasses no more than 10 percent of the Chicago DMA by population.

With 95.9 having abandoned Classic Hits some time ago, it seems Classic Hits, Soft AC or Variety Hits for 96.7 are all reasonable possibilities.
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It was called 967 I Rock for a while also prior to Will Rock , I agree with you I wish they just kept it Will Rock
 
MarkW said:
96.7 had very good air talent, promotions and production values.

How does 100.7 compare?

96.7 certainly covers more of Chicagoland with its signal than can be said of 100.7.
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Agreed 967 Will Rock and IRock before that had great up and coming talent and a great sound , QRock is no where near that, clearly its run on the cheap and it shows.
 
CTListener said:
Bouncy pop from the '90s and '00s, then? Britney and Beyonce and the Backstreet Boys? If the female teens and tweens of 15-25 years ago are still listening to radio in the mid '20s, and don't think they've outgrown those songs and artists, this could work.
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Not sure they have the air talent to pull it off , this Hannah is their Golden Child , she's replaced a lot of jobs including good air talent and now is practically on all their stations yet to me is like listening to nails on a chalk board.
 
Dj mr fresh said:
Who goona listen to that very disappointing
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It's not terrible musically. It's obviously not going to be everyone's cup-of-tea, but, for those of us in our 40's and early 50's, the music is familiar and reasonably well put together.

MarkW said:
Chicagoland's Classic Alternative on 95.9.
Chicagoland's Classic Pop on 96.7.

I'm noticing a theme. :)
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As the Big A likes to say, we program for the people who listen. We can debate that philosophy all day, but most of the people who listen these days are the ones who've used radio for awhile.

RMarino said:
We’ve had this same format here in Knoxville, TN for about a year or so. You’re right that most of the ‘80s music sounds out of place next to the later decades. 1990 and forward would sound better.
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Around 25 years ago, I can remember saying on these boards that Hot AC was a terrible format to program. People responded that artists like Michelle Branch meshed perfectly with Madonna. I disagreed VERY strongly. I still don't think they sound great together, though they're far from the worst pairing of artists from the 80's to early-2000's. I also have to wonder how well some of the music tests today. Seems like 90's music is slowly starting to age better, but I still find a lot of clunkers on stations that are 90's to early 00's heavy.
 
WesCoast said:
Not sure they have the air talent to pull it off , this Hannah is their Golden Child , she's replaced a lot of jobs including good air talent and now is practically on all their stations yet to me is like listening to nails on a chalk board.
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The jock they have on middays, Jillian, is worse... was (probably still is) a sales person that likely got an air shift to make extra cash. Sounds very uncomfortable and out of place, even when on CCQ years ago.
 
K.M. Richards said:
I only have one comment on all this, and it's about the description of the stunt as "music on hold". It has been years -- perhaps more than a decade -- since I have heard even cover versions of recognizable hits when I am on hold. These days, it's more a case of some bland generic melody on a loop of a minute or two, then some announcement about your place in the queue (often with an option to press a designated key to keep your place in line with a call back when it's your turn ... which sometimes works and more often doesn't) or a reminder that "most issues can be handled via our website" and then a repeat of the exact same music loop.

If I had to guess, it's probably because there are some kind of royalty liabilities for using "real" music.

Sidebar: The moments that I chuckle while on hold are when I am informed by the automated voice that I am "caller ... zero" right before I am transferred to a live person. I only hope that is nothing akin to "patient zero".
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MarkW said:
96.7 had very good air talent, promotions and production values.

How does 100.7 compare?

96.7 certainly covers more of Chicagoland with its signal than can be said of 100.7.
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100.7 in no way compares to Will Rock/IRock 967. , it feaatured great up and coming talent and had a great over all sound.
 
tb_ said:
The jock they have on middays, Jillian, is worse... was (probably still is) a sales person that likely got an air shift to make extra cash. Sounds very uncomfortable and out of place, even when on CCQ years ago.
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She is not good but at least they haven't featured her on all the stations and in drive time.
 


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