Huh? What did Urban One have to do with that?
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1110 New Format
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The problem with a mistake is that it results from actions that were intended for better and instead got results less than spectacular, but you would only get to realize that afterwards, and not before ...
Well, the grass sure looked greener from the other side.🌻 Perhaps if it ain't broken, it doesn't need someone to be "finna to be fixin' to go fix it." 😄
It seems when "Perfect" has suddenly become "Boring" .. that only something "Better That Perfect" is worthy of future importance, a new goal & desired outcome that is somehow endlessly worth searching for. Well, maybe Instead it should be more like,
"Don't be Jealous, Be Inspired." 😉
Well, the grass sure looked greener from the other side.🌻 Perhaps if it ain't broken, it doesn't need someone to be "finna to be fixin' to go fix it." 😄
It seems when "Perfect" has suddenly become "Boring" .. that only something "Better That Perfect" is worthy of future importance, a new goal & desired outcome that is somehow endlessly worth searching for. Well, maybe Instead it should be more like,
"Don't be Jealous, Be Inspired." 😉
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You missed the point. It's the only time I can remember a format flip being undone.
Mix 106 in Charlotte was another time. I've posted this before, but after a month of complaints, they decided, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Some standards stations these days have that mix that sounds like it was put together by a chimp (that's where i got this name) but back then people weren't ready to accept it. But it was something they thought would improve things, like WCBS-FM did.
Took five years for them to realize the mistake.
You'd think all those marines would have gotten it done sooner.
You'd think all those marines would have gotten it done sooner.
First place I ever heard him, was on the old WWMO, Eden, NC, when it was on AM 830. This was like back in the early '90s and he called his actual broadcasts in via phone, heard him get disconnected at least once.
For those who may be interested: Site of the Week 8/9/2013: WBT, Charlotte
That was interesting. It didn't mention that WBT provided programming for other areas affected by Hugo such as in Savannah.
Which is interesting given the issues they had with their own tower damage. Back when AM radio truly served the public.
I had no idea! Glad to have been at WBT Saturday night on the air after the storm. We were on generator power until midnight.
Prior to Hugo neither WSOC AM-FM-TV or WBT-WBCY-WBTV had invested in permanent generators at the studios, each had two separate feeds from Duke Power. I believe that changed after Hugo.
Coincidently Hugo was the name of our new NBA team Mascot. Hugo the Hornet!
CBS-FM was a true oldies station. They switched to Jack. Then the CBS folks started seeing the results of the first full PPM tests in Philly. They decided that they needed to do "classic hits" on CBS-FM in New York City to preempt another owner from taking the position.
CBS-FM did not "go back to oldies". They went to a third format, classic hits even though the Jack format had begun to get better 25-54 numbers than the aged oldies format had been delivering.
*sigh*
Remember back in the old days when we actually thought a company that bought a station would actually care what they did with it.
When we thought heritage actually mattered in local media?
When we believed when a station representative said they were going to put a format on the air that it would actually happen?
Inconceivable
Remember back in the old days when we actually thought a company that bought a station would actually care what they did with it.
When we thought heritage actually mattered in local media?
When we believed when a station representative said they were going to put a format on the air that it would actually happen?
Inconceivable
I don't think there's even that much of a difference musically between a Jack format and a Classic Hits format. The difference is in the presentation - classic hits being more straight-up radio, Jack being irreverent and maybe slightly wider and with a few more guitars. I listen to both and without the liners, I'd think I was listening to an 80s-based gold format most of the time when I listen to Jack.
It appears their original plans have been unexpectedly delayed or may have fallen through. Perhaps due to unexpected business or contractual issues. I wonder if the move to 107.9 was rushed or rather planned for a long time? It just seems odd if it was rushed at the end of the year during holiday season. Or was it just a matter of waiting for FCC approval and then they flipped? They should continue the simulcast until a decision is made.
Although I would prefer them to continue the simulcast permanently. As I have said before, 1110 fills a gap in the fringes where 107.9 may be subject to interference from local translators, around Greenville, SC, Columbia, and possibly Greensboro. And the skywave bounce goes up and down the east coast. I have listened to 1110 while visiting Florida and New York, and while living in Virginia and Maryland near DC.