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103Q in Bumswick

MN Maniac said:
Now, there is a full Class C FM on practically every second adjacent channel. These transmitters are located north of the Metroplex. But since these are full C's on 1500-2000 foot sticks, their primary contours extend all the way to the transmitter sites of the "main" DFW stations. How/why did the FCC allow this to happen?
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As long as the second adjacent full C meets all FM spacing requirements while still providing a 70dBu service contour over 80% of its community of license, there is no reason for the FCC to deny any application specifying any particular transmitter site. The tower-to-tower spacing protection requirement for a full C to a second adjacent full C is 105 kilometers or approximately 65-statute miles.
 
Can we expect to hear any Churban on this station? Sounds like Kiss 105.3 in Gainesville all over again. Your signal is in big boy land of Jax, take some pointers from 95.1, not 96.1.
 
Signal is only in a small portion of big boy land, and not the main concern. Brunswick is the concern and right now, MAGIC 105.9 is a much better sounding station.

WYKS in Gainesville is successful for only a handful of reasons.

Heritage and no direct competition. Musically, it lacks a lot of what a good, through CHR should play. Sadly, KISS will never see direct competition and will continue to be #1 and 2 with women in Alachua County.
 
ThatGuyOnTheRadio said:
Sadly, KISS will never see direct competition and will continue to be #1 and 2 with women in Alachua County.
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Why will WYKS "...never see direct competition..." either in Gainesville, Ocala, or both cities?
 
Great question Mark!!! That's been my rant/passion/point for years. Why is there not a CHR in Ocala????????? Two CHR's can serve a top 100 market well. KISS 1053 has no competition and sadly sounds bland, tired and always leans rock. How is the happening and why?? :mad:
 
No one wants to take on the CHR format Mark, as you've said-- nearly everyone is comfortable with the formats they have.

If, on the off chance it DOES happen-- it won't be done properly, because no one would want to spend the money.
 
ThatGuyOnTheRadio said:
No one wants to take on the CHR format Mark, as you've said-- nearly everyone is comfortable with the formats they have.

If, on the off chance it DOES happen-- it won't be done properly, because no one would want to spend the money.
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What I had previously stated is I explained why the current formats are in place on each respective station at the moment. I stand by that observation. I did not, however, say a second CHR will never surface in the Gainesville / Ocala MSA. However, there was one factor not previously included in the overall equation, and that is future station sales which may occur for any number of reasons at most any time. When that happens, a format flip is almost always on the horizon when a station is sold unless, of course, a station with top billing is the station in question. In that case it would be poor business management to "blow-up" a successful station regardless of format.
 
To further expound on my previous post, case in point, as an example of format changes when a station sale takes place or when a change in top level management occurs, WRUF-AM-FM, and WUFT-FM-TV are prime examples.

Although none of the UF media properties were sold, a new Director of Multi-Media was hired to oversee all four (six if you include WJUF-FM 90.1 Inverness and the LPTV on campus) stations. As a result, in less than a year, we saw WUFT-FM reformat from classical / jazz as Classic 89 to news-talk using programming from NPR with some local news-talk content, rebranded as Florida's 89.1. WUFT-TV, although still a PBS affiliate, completely rearranged its primetime programming line-up with a completely new moniker. We also saw WRUF-AM reformat from news-talk to all sports. And lastly, we saw heritage Rock 104, after 28-years with the format, reformat with a modern country music format and rebranded as Country 103.7 - The Gator. Chances are high that had the previous management been left in place, no format changes would have occured on any of the four UF media properties.

I'm not questioning any of the UF media property changes. I'm only using these four stations as an example to show what usually happens whenever a station is either sold or when new top level management assumes the management role.
 
Looks like 103Q is not a CHR afterall, but a Hot AC. This would explain some of the musical selections. So, we have QGA, that flips from AC to Hot AC but is still an older leaning HAC, to a Adult Top 40/HAC mix that is Magic 105.9.

Interesting selection on Quantam's part to go HAC rather than full blown CHR.

With a postioning statement like "Today's Hit Music" we all thought it was a CHR I guess.

Oh! And we're going on 4 months with no website... what a joke.
 
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