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101.5 - Does anyone else remember this?

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carolinaradio

OK, when I was in Raleigh/Durham in the early 2000s, I didn't really pay WRAL-FM much attention (Sunny, Star, Oldies were favorites). But didn't WRAL used to say they played "The Best Mix of the 80s, 90s, and Today" and were sort of Hot AC-ish? I seem to remember this from listening to them a little or hearing them sometimes. Didn't they go to more regular AC when Sunny flipped, adding 70s and all?

Thanks.
 
I don't remember when, but I remember someone saying WRAL wouldn't play Creed. I guess that's the dividing line. If you won't play Creed, then you'd better go mainstream, as they did.

"With Arms Wide Open" DID get played on Star 102.5 in the Fayetteville area, and they claimed to be "soft rock" ...
 
There are two very different, equally whimpy versions. The soft ac version has mucho more (i know that's redundant for those who
speak spanish) heartbeat and is mostly vocal. Mas Muy Mucho Plente'.
 
Dear "The Mic": Translate......."El musico EL SUCKO!"
 
jmobooku said:
Dear "The Mic": Translate......."El musico EL SUCKO!"
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:D Mucho gratias Senor' Amen and Praise the Lord!
 
I recall Mix being more Modern AC from around 1997-98 to around 2000. I remember them them playing several Modern AC titles like Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Under The Bridge", Sarah McLaughlin's "Possession", Everlast's "What It's Like", among several others. They even played Fatboy Slim's "Praise U" at one point which I think was as hard as they got.

Given that G105 was number 1 in the ratings as a Modern AC-leaning CHR at the time, it's not surprising that Mix wanted to go after them. G did poke fun at Mix about how late they were when it came to adding new songs (remember the "Born On Date" promos, a take-off on the Budweiser ad campaign from around that time?).
 
RobynWattsV2.0 said:
I recall Mix being more Modern AC from around 1997-98 to around 2000. I remember them them playing several Modern AC titles like Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Under The Bridge", Sarah McLaughlin's "Possession", Everlast's "What It's Like", among several others. They even played Fatboy Slim's "Praise U" at one point which I think was as hard as they got.

Given that G105 was number 1 in the ratings as a Modern AC-leaning CHR at the time, it's not surprising that Mix wanted to go after them. G did poke fun at Mix about how late they were when it came to adding new songs (remember the "Born On Date" promos, a take-off on the Budweiser ad campaign from around that time?).
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No!
 
I may be wrong, but I keep thinking they used the "Best Mix of the 80s, 90s, and Today" slogan up until Sunny flipped. I guess they could have used that and not been Hot AC, but it would be sort of odd.
 
WRAL was Hot AC until around 2001... they then switched to straight up AC. That is a fact. Sherri coming back to the morning show and the format shift happened at the same time. They even toyed with the afternoon male/female talk show combo that so many Hot AC's tried back in the late 90s-early 00s timeframe (and that 107.9 The Link kept). Jim Kelly and I believe Nikki Morse may have been co-host. Whoever it was with Jim also handled traffic.

They switched from "Best variety of the 80s, 90s, and today" because... well... "today" is now pretty far from the 90s. There isn't really a graceful way to add this decade to the positioner. Mix 22 on XM says "80s, 90s, 2k, and Today" and that's about the best I've heard.
 
WRAL used to host a popular outdoor-block-pardee... LiveBand/byob/tons of peo.... The did it on the Fayet St Mall... The RaleighCivicCenterContruction... made them stop.

Does anyone on this forum, know peo in their marketing dept? They made TONS of $, fr Live@5. Why don't they bring it back?

pardeekid at gmail.com

P-Out
 
Take it from the guy on the other side of the building, it was a vairety well under 200 songs and about 35 artists. It was tough to keep the lunars from repeating every day. Lots of format tweeking every month, depending on which consultant was in town.
 
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