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100.9 WAY-FM (100.9 WPAL-FM) Charleston

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ShawtyBlack_ATL

Well folks, 100.9 WPAL is indeed coming back on the air in the Lowcountry in June, but this time the format is not Urban! 100.9 WPAL is now the new 100.9 WAY-FM (WAYX-FM), a Christian syndicated format. I found it hard to believe that the WPAL call letters are no longer in Charleston and the owners decided not to go Urban nor Rhythmic with 100.9. Not sure how this format will do in Charleston, but im not sure if there is any competition around town.

.....I heard that Apex's 96.1 The Wolf was moving to 101.7 sometime this year???

.....Also heard that Apex will own the new 95.9 FM (format???) It would be nice to finally give Z-93 JAMZ some real comp and even use the heritage WPAL call letters. ;)
 
WKCL may be competition. I had been hearing a Christian station call 'The Light' out of Conway some mornings on 100.9 before they went into test mode.
 
96.9 The Wolf it is and is owned by Citadel not Apex. Do u mean Chuck is going to 101.7, would be better off to put Chuck on 95.9 and call it 96 Chuck FM.
 
Ken said:
96.9 The Wolf it is and is owned by Citadel not Apex. Do u mean Chuck is going to 101.7, would be better off to put Chuck on 95.9 and call it 96 Chuck FM.
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Yeah...I meant "96.1 CHUCK FM" not Wolf!
 
I am personally happy to see this in Charleston and wish that we had something like this in Columbia to give WMHK some real competition. It would be really nice if Apex used either 96.1 or 101.7 for oldies because Charleston is getting too much like Columbia with too many urban stations that are just over crwding each other.
 
Lhsh said:
I am personally happy to see this in Charleston and wish that we had something like this in Columbia to give WMHK some real competition. It would be really nice if Apex used either 96.1 or 101.7 for oldies because Charleston is getting too much like Columbia with too many urban stations that are just over crwding each other.
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I'm of the mindset Chuck will move to 95.9 leaving 101.7 with a new format. Wave might return (this may be why they kept the WAVF calls on Chuck), but I could also see Urban or oldies on 101.7.

Radio-X
 
The oldies might succeed in the Charleston market, if they were put on an FM station again. WAZS 980 is the only other radio station in the Charleston area that actually plays oldies, and they don't have a very good signal into greater Charleston. I hope one of these frequencies you all mentioned flips to oldies soon.

Traditional
 
Wkcl equals, Southern Gospel, Praise and Worship, and soft CCM.
Wayx will be all ccm, it will be good for Charleston to have a true CCM station besides the His Radio translators.
Heres hoping 101.7 is Oldies!!
We have enough Urban stations on the air here.
Or 98.9 could drop Spanish and go Oldies.
 
You have too many urban stations in Charleston like we do in Columbia, but at least we do have an oldies station and that is what Charleston really nees and I think that WAY FM will do well for CCM and it is something that was needed as well.
 
Lhsh said:
You have too many urban stations in Charleston like we do in Columbia, but at least we do have an oldies station and that is what Charleston really nees and I think that WAY FM will do well for CCM and it is something that was needed as well.
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I thought Charleston only had 3 Urban Stations...

Z93 JAMZ (Mainstream Urban)
STAR 99.7 (Urban AC)
MAGIC 107.3 (Urban AC)

Compared to Columbia, Augusta and Savannah each have atleast 2 Urbans and 2 Urban ACs.
 
ShawtyBlack_ATL said:
Well folks, 100.9 WPAL is indeed coming back on the air in the Lowcountry in June, but this time the format is not Urban! 100.9 WPAL is now the new 100.9 WAY-FM (WAYX-FM), a Christian syndicated format. I found it hard to believe that the WPAL call letters are no longer in Charleston and the owners decided not to go Urban nor Rhythmic with 100.9. Not sure how this format will do in Charleston, but im not sure if there is any competition around town.
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There are plans to relocate the signal from Ridgeville to a taller tower.
 
I was hoping that since WALC was still using the letters it had when it was Alice, and since it is on a frequency that would be ideal for a simulcast (not to mention also having a poor signal), that they'd bring back the Alice name and have WPAL air the same programming to the northwest.
 
ShawtyBlack_ATL said:
Lhsh said:
You have too many urban stations in Charleston like we do in Columbia, but at least we do have an oldies station and that is what Charleston really nees and I think that WAY FM will do well for CCM and it is something that was needed as well.
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I thought Charleston only had 3 Urban Stations...

Z93 JAMZ (Mainstream Urban)
STAR 99.7 (Urban AC)
MAGIC 107.3 (Urban AC)

Compared to Columbia, Augusta and Savannah each have atleast 2 Urbans and 2 Urban ACs.
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I remember reading in Billboard magazine that Charleston had five urbans. Z-93, of course, and there was Foxy 104.5, Magic 101.7 and I guess WPAL was one of the others. I don't remember whether 94.3 was one of them yet.
 
[/quote]I remember reading in Billboard magazine that Charleston had five urbans. Z-93, of course, and there was Foxy 104.5, Magic 101.7 and I guess WPAL was one of the others. I don't remember whether 94.3 was one of them yet.
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I remember back in the days when Charleston was the spot to be (early/mid 90s). We had Hip-Hop and R&B up and down the dial.

Z-93

FOXIE 104.5

94 JAMZ

POWER 73 WPAL-AM

*I didn't remember COAST 101.7(before it was called MAGIC) being on the air back then*
 
I was stationed in Beaufort between 1989-1992 and remembered that WPAL (Power 73) simulcasted the 6PM
news from WCBD Channel 2 in Charleston at about the time that TV news simulcasting was getting started in many mid-size markets.

If my memory serves me correctly, they also had a Sunday evening jazz show between 6PM-8PM.
 
JR1967 said:
I was stationed in Beaufort between 1989-1992 and remembered that WPAL (Power 73) simulcasted the 6PM
news from WCBD Channel 2 in Charleston at about the time that TV news simulcasting was getting started in many mid-size markets.

If my memory serves me correctly, they also had a Sunday evening jazz show between 6PM-8PM.
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As a matter of fact I think they did. I remember Frankie "The Big Bopper" and Keith Nichols had POWER 73 rockin the Chuck back in the days.
 
Keith Nichols?! You sure it was Keith Nichols (now deceased who did weather at WCSC TV). I remember a Bob Nichols (also deceased) who did Midday Getdown on WPAL years ago.
 
Iceman 07 said:
Keith Nichols?! You sure it was Keith Nichols (now deceased who did weather at WCSC TV). I remember a Bob Nichols (also deceased) who did Midday Getdown on WPAL years ago.
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Damn, you right!! It was Bob Nichols. Keith was the weather guy at Channel 5 didn't know he died. Bob Nichols was da man on WPAL-AM. I believe his son owns THE WIZ 97.9/WIIZ out of Blackville,SC.
 
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