Let's start the count down. I say by the end of this year. It just makes the most sense unfortunately. The B.S got let go today. There is no getting around it. Don't be surprised when CC flips wtks to a simulcast of WFLF. Unless anyone has any other ideas.... Or maybe they put 740 the game on it.... I'd be interested to hear your thoughts.
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rbrucecarter5
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I've been out of the area for a while now - when I left 104.1 was some sort of talk station. From my Palm Bay location, it was weak enough that I could get 104.3 out of West Palm, which had music which is a lot more interesting to me than talk. Did they finally ditch the talk in favor of a music format?
No they're still running their form of 'Hot' FM Talk, with automated/robo-jocked Classic Rock on the weekends now instead of what used to be Cutting Edge Weekends.
The station really hasn't changed much during the week, other than who's on deck. If memory serves, Dan Stone (the imaging voice and force behind most of the good music that used to be on the station) left a few years back... for a gig in Chicago, but then he either came back or continued to freelance for WTKS. Then it seems he left the first Chicago gig for one with Merlin in Chicago... so that's why I'm not sure he ever left Chicago after he left WTKS.
Man, there's a lot of names that have been in WTKS history through the years. (I'm glancing at the cflradio.net WTKS page as I reply)
And now did Buckethead get let go, or did he leave on his own? It sounds from a recent post on his Facebook page that he made the decision to walk away for his own reasons.
Byron
The station really hasn't changed much during the week, other than who's on deck. If memory serves, Dan Stone (the imaging voice and force behind most of the good music that used to be on the station) left a few years back... for a gig in Chicago, but then he either came back or continued to freelance for WTKS. Then it seems he left the first Chicago gig for one with Merlin in Chicago... so that's why I'm not sure he ever left Chicago after he left WTKS.
Man, there's a lot of names that have been in WTKS history through the years. (I'm glancing at the cflradio.net WTKS page as I reply)
And now did Buckethead get let go, or did he leave on his own? It sounds from a recent post on his Facebook page that he made the decision to walk away for his own reasons.
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stevensonair
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Not to derail the thread but I LOVED the weekend music when Dan Stone was involved with it. That was some unique programming. Sunday Night Vinyl, etc. Just a really great time in 104.1's history.
A flip to talk makes the most sense, especially with their lineup. It would most likely force sNews 96.5 to flip to sports...or something else.
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Exactly. News 96.5 (WDBO) is not flipping to anything. I don't care how stupid the imaging is or what you think of the reporters. Clear Channel is not gonna do any better or contribute any more resources to eventually making 104.1 a "WFLA" and a competitor to WDBO. If anything, they'll look at it as a way to SAVE money by dumping all the overpaid talent on Real Radio. I say go ahead.... shift the automation robot reporters and all the programs from WFLA to 104.1. Then stick Russ and his clown car full of radio rejects back on AM where this whole mess started with the party world hour. As far as Phillips.... he just needs to retire. Seriously folks.... it's just not "hot" talk anymore.
Orlando cannot (won't) support two class C talkers. Rush vs. Clark Howard? Beck vs. Cain?
'DBO loses. Then flips. Simple.
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'DBO loses. Then flips. Simple.
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stevensonair said:
i agree stevensonair - i was one of the weekend jocks in those days - 'Bledsoe' - dan did the imaging, he was a great, knowledgeable and talented jock. His music tidbits between songs were awesome - i often used them in my ramblings between songs.
Erik Dennison programmed the music. It was a blast to be part of that. I left the station in 2000. I still listen to some of my 'Bledsoe' airchecks.......other jocks as i recall - melissa foxx, kevin walsh, dan stone, erick, trippy, keith lane, logger.....and the late colin brady - RIP.
i started when the studios were on lee rd. and was the first 'music show' when we moved over to the maitland compound early one saturday morning. ah, good memories.
MusicMan11 said:
WOW, you were with Real Radio 104.1 back in the days when WTKS really was cutting edge. I remember the move from the American Pioneer building to 2500 Maitland Center. That was when Bud Paxson re-acquired WTKS from Press Broadcasting for $25 million after selling to Press in 1993 for $5 million.
i was hired by harry valentine and carol dedman in late 95 or so? i am pretty sure it was owned by press or paxson, not sure which - it changed hands a few times during my first few months at the station.
I just did weekends - it was real music weekends - and i filled in producing a couple times on the tyll show, the stern show - labor intensive for sure - and i did news for moira once or twice on phillips. Shortly after clear channel bought the station we moved over to the maitland compound. Just before that happened a guy from Jacor? became the PD - the name escapes me, bill young? then we became the 'cutting edge music weekends' and dan stone came on-board. We eventually turned back to real music before i moved from the area in 2000.
Best part time job i ever had. The overnight shift when we moved to maitland i recall Dan Whitney - larry the cable guy - hanging out in the studio, he was friends with some of the engineers with CC. A short time later he hit the big time......
When we moved to the maitland compound i filled in doing news on 740 WINZ - Wayne Trout was the PD - i recall wayne from my childhood days listening to WLOF. he was tom clark, - the body beautiful. Great guy - we both played in the Toilet football league on Sundays in the 1980s with other local media folks - guys from the sentinel - where i worked full time - and guys from WFTV, WESH, WKMG, and a few other radio guys whose names i can't recall.
Good times, always enjoyed my time at Real Radio.
I just did weekends - it was real music weekends - and i filled in producing a couple times on the tyll show, the stern show - labor intensive for sure - and i did news for moira once or twice on phillips. Shortly after clear channel bought the station we moved over to the maitland compound. Just before that happened a guy from Jacor? became the PD - the name escapes me, bill young? then we became the 'cutting edge music weekends' and dan stone came on-board. We eventually turned back to real music before i moved from the area in 2000.
Best part time job i ever had. The overnight shift when we moved to maitland i recall Dan Whitney - larry the cable guy - hanging out in the studio, he was friends with some of the engineers with CC. A short time later he hit the big time......
When we moved to the maitland compound i filled in doing news on 740 WINZ - Wayne Trout was the PD - i recall wayne from my childhood days listening to WLOF. he was tom clark, - the body beautiful. Great guy - we both played in the Toilet football league on Sundays in the 1980s with other local media folks - guys from the sentinel - where i worked full time - and guys from WFTV, WESH, WKMG, and a few other radio guys whose names i can't recall.
Good times, always enjoyed my time at Real Radio.
Bledsoe is right - those weekends were a blast. I did overnights, Friday into Saturday most of the time. Great music, great listeners, even in that shift. Harry Valentine hired me after I interned for Russ & Bo (when they were on at night) and I would fill in for Fluffy every once in a while. Good times.
Parttimer said:
More like late August when SiriusXM axes the CC stations. The change could have happened on the last wave of CC layoffs, but with SiriusXM simulcasting The Monsters and The Philips Phile, the station couldn't be touched. Once SiriusXM dumps those 2 shows, there will be nothing stopping CC from flipping to a WFLA FM Simul or a Classic Rock format.
jmtillery said:
Overly simplistic & illogical. What do you base your prediction on? Can we not agree that Orlando cannot (will not) support two class C talkers (larger markets can't), with all the viable format holes out there?
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upstate29651 said:
My assessments are based on my knowledge of the markets, the owners, the stations, ratings, billings, the formats, the format holes, and many, many years of experience as a station manager, owner and consultant. What is your assessment based upon? I have been 100% correct in all of my predictions, including the one about WHTQ becoming news-talk WDBO-FM when people like you said it will never happen. I also successfully predicted the same format change in Jacksonville with WFYV becoming news-talk WOKV-FM. Again, I was told Cox will never make any such changes, but Cox did exactly as I have assessed. Are there any other questions?
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