What is going on with this station. Does anybody know? It use to be WAY FM.
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Sounds like it's changed formats, no?
Yes, they have, changing from Christian radio to an urban format. However, I think their management team is questionable; any info on this?
From the backroom... Think Way wanted to put it up, once they got the better centered signal at 105.9 (the old River)........ Just my guess....
leanradio10 said:
Wanna share with us why you think they are "questionable"? Considering you are asking us for information and all.
I know one of the people over there use to be a board op for cox
No not terri but i know she programmed the point the 80s station and that was a simply bad poorly programmed station. But i blame that on cox for the 10 song playlist not her. Gen x which would be the equivalent of the point has some good variety the point was such a horrible sad excuse piece of garbage radio station. Cox should have been embarrassed by the piece of trash!!!
hotpatrick2004 said:
Patrick, we all know you didn't get The Point and that's fine, not everyone will. But that station was pretty successful and I'm proud of it, not embarrassed.
Cox had a lot of those stations, all programmed pretty much the same, and Terri wasn't the mastermind behind the format, and she wasn't the PD of it locally.
Now, I'd like to know who you meant when you said:
Our discussion here was about their management team. Is a former Cox board op on the management team at 104.3?
I do not know him personally i was told he was a board op at cox for a long time now he is at hip hop hits. When i find out his name which will be this week i will post it i do not know him personally.It is nice to see a locally owned station which is believe 104.3 is ;D
hotpatrick2004 said:
Think again, my friend. Station is still owned by WAY-FM Media group, no transfer of control has been filed with the FCC yet. It's being LMA'd by Rene Moore's Radio Multi-Media Inc. The addresses I am finding have them in Milwaukee. Patrick, I really wish you'd do a little research instead of continuing to make a fool out of yourself.
Dan76 said:On an unrelated note, I wish the Point was back on the air.
You know what I wish? That my local board had more discussion. I mean jeez, radio in Wisconsin sucks compared to KY. And 0of course I'd want The Point back on the air too so I can aircheck it.
Bryce golden is his name terry fox is his mom.
104.3 is not local owned. It is owned by the Renee part of Rene and Angela group of the 80's. I know a couple of people who have applied with them. There studio's had not even been set up yet. I really wonder what will happen with them. I heard that they were going after B96. I do not think they will be able to touch them.
leanradio10 said:
Really? Crap! Then who did I set up a Comrex Zephyr for last week? Perhaps I sent the invoice to the wrong place.
There appears to be a lot of people who were not around when 104.3 WBLO appeared. WBLO played pretty much the same format they are doing now and started to kick B's a$$. Blue Chip quickly worked out an LMA with New Albany Broadcasting to take over WBLO and keep B safe. That format is not limited to the black folk living in the west end. Plenty of white kids in the east end listen to it also. Times are slightly different in that GZB now puts a stronger signal into Louisville since the transmitter move, but don't discount the new 104.3 from giving B some competition.
People seem to like to take out the competition when they are beginning to be a threat...Rememeber kiss 104 with tony cruz and frosty in the morning well djx took them out and a country music station was born and then hot 104 was born and bluechip took care of them with classic country now hip hop is back on 104.3 the beat. And thats just the ones i can think of off hand.
I bet djx would love to take this kiss out also
Will mainline take them out who knows...
I bet djx would love to take this kiss out also
Will mainline take them out who knows...
Bengalsfan said:
I am not a big fan of hip hop and the new WWPW mainly due to the poor values in the content and lyrics. However, I believe there are some myths when it comes to stations with an "urban" label. Most urban station ratings are too huge to contain only an audience of blacks in the inner city. Also, too add to that argument, the black population in Louisville is sporadic throughout the entire Louisville metro area. There are blacks in the east, north, south and west end of Louisville. So, urban radio can't rely solely on black folk in the inner city, or in Louisville's case, the west end for these huge numbers. They have to be pulling listeners from other areas and of a different skin hue to draw these numbers. IMHO, I believe WLOU may be the only station in the market which targets only the blacks in the west end of Louisville and this is limiting the potential growth and strength of it's Gospel format. In the mid 90's, it was obvious that WLOU aim was to target the black audience with their "African-American Perspective" slogan and that effort failed when WGZB signed on with a more mainstream appeal and avoided all the afrocentric mess that was so prevalent on WLOU. Currently, WMJM seems to be keeping it safe by playing more mainstream crossover R&B classics than the deeper classic soul songs which were only visible on the R&B charts. In the late 90's, I had witness countless times of hearing suburban young people blasting WBLO in their vehicles and these people came in all shapes, sizes and colors. So, I have to agree that the urban format is not limited to blacks in the west end. Maybe it is time for a new identity label with these stations. I have noticed some publications are labeling the young urban stations as Hip Hop instead of Urban. Maybe Urban AC needs to be labeled as R&B Hits or R&B AC.
Expanding on one of your points, Scanman:
In the early and mid '90s, WLOU-AM was owned by Johnson (Publishing) Communications of Chicago...an outfit that had a Midas touch in paper publications with classic titles Ebony and Jet, but the exact opposite touch in radio-everything they touched eventually fell apart! Their clueless GM, Charles Mootry, had the unique problem of having both his Chicago (WJPC) and Louisville stations being barbequed by the competition. Even underpowered rimshotter WJYL-FM did good numbers against WLOU from 1984 to late 1988.
When WGZB-FM signed on April 15, 1990, it only took them a half of a ratings period to tie or slightly best WLOU in all demos and dayparts. WLOU had the 15 months between WJYL-FM's departure as an Urban station and WGZB's arrival to make significant improvements in equipment, personnel, programming and sales to gird themselves against the oncoming FM challenge...and did nothing!
They were sitting ducks for WGZB, which came strong and ready to compete. WLOU limped along until WGZB bought WLSY-FM as an Urban AC sister in 1994 and the roof came down on 'LOU. I remember Johnson's last day of WLOU ownership (Oct. 31, 1995) and Maurice Harrod's signoff at 5 pm.
In the early and mid '90s, WLOU-AM was owned by Johnson (Publishing) Communications of Chicago...an outfit that had a Midas touch in paper publications with classic titles Ebony and Jet, but the exact opposite touch in radio-everything they touched eventually fell apart! Their clueless GM, Charles Mootry, had the unique problem of having both his Chicago (WJPC) and Louisville stations being barbequed by the competition. Even underpowered rimshotter WJYL-FM did good numbers against WLOU from 1984 to late 1988.
When WGZB-FM signed on April 15, 1990, it only took them a half of a ratings period to tie or slightly best WLOU in all demos and dayparts. WLOU had the 15 months between WJYL-FM's departure as an Urban station and WGZB's arrival to make significant improvements in equipment, personnel, programming and sales to gird themselves against the oncoming FM challenge...and did nothing!
They were sitting ducks for WGZB, which came strong and ready to compete. WLOU limped along until WGZB bought WLSY-FM as an Urban AC sister in 1994 and the roof came down on 'LOU. I remember Johnson's last day of WLOU ownership (Oct. 31, 1995) and Maurice Harrod's signoff at 5 pm.
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