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106.9 WKDN will become IQ 106.9

For years much of the WKDN programming was old sermons by preachers introduced as "the late Dr..."; ...now this 'new' station is giving - outdated reruns of talk shows? I was really hoping for the contemporary all news format, not another 50+ angry syndicated conservatve talk station. Prepared to be bored. At least WKDN had some redeeming qualities with the familiar hymns.
 
after 12 minutes of dead air, a voice came on touting the first "all Sean Hannity" station, into a best-of Hannity episode. The voice? Larry Mendte.
 
Now hearing a classic news report from WFIL "56 News" (along with an old John Wanamaker mattress commercial) in between Hannity breaks.

Not bad.
 
Don't expect Rush yet but he's coming. Give it a few days or weeks.

Angry conservative radio as opposed to angry liberal radio. At least the former makes money
 
NXEA said:
Could this then be the beginning of a transition to the 'IQ' brand for the Merlin stations?

We will have WWIQ Camden/Philly, and already have WIQI Chicago. If 106.9 pulls some respectable numbers might we see FM News 101.1 become IQ101.1 and FM News 101.9 become IQ101.9?
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There is nothing new about "IQ". The Alabama Educational Television Commission, that state's public broadcaster, has had call letters ending in "IQ" for decades, i.e., WBIQ, Birmingham; WDIQ, Dozier; WFIQ, Florence, etc...although I have problems using "Alabama" and "Educational" in the same sentence. WIQI in Chicago could just be a way of suggesting "101", since WIOI is probably not available.
 
Surreal... 106.9 is playing Hannity while 1210/WOGL-HD3 is playing Rush who's playing back to back Oldies (tied in to some reminiscence, Dusty Springfield/Mary O'Brien's birthday commemoration and a political thread).
 
They're not even playing the live Hannity right now. I am listening on my Sirius-XM radio right now and turned a regular radio to 106.9 and they're still doing best of. I thought that they would at least do the live show at 3:06pm.
 
They're running the "Best of Hannity" feed.

I'm loving the old commercials. And of course: "Alan Stone, WFIL News".
 
I listened to the shutdown of WKDN at midnight this morning. No fanfare or farewell. Just a promo begging for money, followed by the first few notes of a song. Then --- off the air...with no legal ID. FCC Violation #1????? ;D
 
No legal ID at midnight last night and I assume the first one was at noon today as WWIQ Camden / Philadelphia. I personally thought we'd be hearing KYW-FM, KYW-FM HD1 Camden, KYW, KYW HD Philadelphia.
 
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