As I said, IF anything. More likely there are more shoes yet to drop...
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1110 New Format
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Either that, or some station trading is about to happen.
The article says U1 is keeping the WLNK call sign for another use. Could be this.
Perhaps They'll Put Mix on 105.3 HD-2-3-or-4
with 1110 AM or 92.7 as a "Secondary Primary" 🤷♂️😅 Maybe They Would Make a Deal to Buy/Expand/Combine it with the other Mix, WKBC 97.3.
Nah .. It's Not their cuppa tea ..
Too Sweet 🍋 Not Southern Enough ☕😅🤠
with 1110 AM or 92.7 as a "Secondary Primary" 🤷♂️😅 Maybe They Would Make a Deal to Buy/Expand/Combine it with the other Mix, WKBC 97.3.
Nah .. It's Not their cuppa tea ..
Too Sweet 🍋 Not Southern Enough ☕😅🤠
We can’t hear WKBC 97.3 here in Charlotte anymore they are covered up by some low power FM.
Yeah I guess so, but just like how 99.3 rimshots to complement 100.9 from the south, 97.3 would in the same context, almost perfectly compliment 100.9 rimshot from the North ... That is, If Mix was ever somehow able to merge & combine all Mix NC stations under one company.
I can’t see Mix moving then moving AGAIN 6 months later. The ratings have not been great. Granted, they’re limited in coverage, but unless Mix is still billing well and bills higher than the lucrative all-sports format, I don’t see it moving again.
Unless they didn’t want to cause so much confusion with every station except 105.3, if they were to keep Mix and move it to 92.7, the smart move would have been WBT News/Talk to 107.9, sports to 1110/102.5, Praise kept on 100.9 with a backup on 610 for after it’s sold. and Mix to 92.7/99.3.
Unless they didn’t want to cause so much confusion with every station except 105.3, if they were to keep Mix and move it to 92.7, the smart move would have been WBT News/Talk to 107.9, sports to 1110/102.5, Praise kept on 100.9 with a backup on 610 for after it’s sold. and Mix to 92.7/99.3.
Officially starting the 1110 to Hot AC rumor. You heard it here first folks!!
Radio One Sells Mix Charlotte Duo To Pair Of Christian Operators
Radio One is selling the two halves of Hot AC "Mix 100.9/99.3" WLNK Indian Trail NC and WMXG Chester SCradioinsight.com
Wow, that didn't last long and I didn't see this coming. Of course, I get blindsided a lot.
)Any Idea of sale ETA or Takeover date?
No clue. Not Mentioned. Maybe LMA like ASAP?
Ironic .. Litterally Taking Action, By Reacting ...
to/and because of an Unhappy Reaction ...
To a Previously Taken Action ... 🤷♂️😅
Catch my Drift ... 🐷💲... I bet they can't wait ...
This Reminds me of a 📻 station sale long ago on 100.3 in Philly, about 25+ years ago, when this same company acquired Y100 Rock, but kept the format for quite awhile, like 5 years, but then it went poof kaput gone without notice or warning...
Perhaps WPLY in 2005 wasn't quite as strong 2-ply tissue enough 🧻😅 so Hip Hop 🐇 Without the Edge 🎸 or Curtain Call 🎙️ (now WRNB.)
Ironically it signed off with the same song as 4 years earlier when they also bought 103.9 in Philly WDRE, also a Rock Format and also went to an Urban Format as well (currently KYW-FM).
More info on attached images from Wikipedia, as a historical info reference only.
No clue. Not Mentioned. Maybe LMA like ASAP?
Ironic .. Litterally Taking Action, By Reacting ...
to/and because of an Unhappy Reaction ...
To a Previously Taken Action ... 🤷♂️😅
Catch my Drift ... 🐷💲... I bet they can't wait ...
This Reminds me of a 📻 station sale long ago on 100.3 in Philly, about 25+ years ago, when this same company acquired Y100 Rock, but kept the format for quite awhile, like 5 years, but then it went poof kaput gone without notice or warning...
Perhaps WPLY in 2005 wasn't quite as strong 2-ply tissue enough 🧻😅 so Hip Hop 🐇 Without the Edge 🎸 or Curtain Call 🎙️ (now WRNB.)
Ironically it signed off with the same song as 4 years earlier when they also bought 103.9 in Philly WDRE, also a Rock Format and also went to an Urban Format as well (currently KYW-FM).
More info on attached images from Wikipedia, as a historical info reference only.
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This goes along with something I read "one in 4 stations carry a Christian format.
I suppose if you count each translator separately, that stat might be accurate.
In the Charlotte area there are 14 Christian frequencies AM and FM. Soon there will be 16. Only a couple are duplicated by translators. If I include the Gaston County stations there are a couple more. Add to that ones that are also carried on HD2 or HD3 iHeart frequencies and you have more.
What a waste of an electricity bill for AM 1110. Still stunting.. Caught that the other night, quite a distance from Charlotte.. Hard to forget that background music.. Why not keep the simulcast with 107.9 ? Something is better than nothing..
I read the post to be a nationwide number. In a place like Charlotte, in the heart of the Bible Belt, your numbers do not surprise me. From where I sit in the heathen Pacific NW, we have Christian stations of course, but they are nowhere near 1 in 4.
When I punch up Charlotte on radio-locator it comes up with 88 signals (including translators) 24 with a Christian or Gospel format, so it seems like the 1 in 4 is pretty dead on in that market if you include translators, which was my original comment. Radio-locator doesn't include HD subchannels unless they also translate to an analog signal though.
IMHO U1 will have to hire someone from outside the organization or hire a consultant to come up with an viable format.
They might have a viable format in house:
I know this sounds weird and old fashion, and against almost everybody on this site will say it won't work but I would consider putting Praise on 1110*. There are a lot of rural folks that could listen. Ask Preachers in their night sky wave that don't have a local "Praise like" station to mention that there is a something for them to listen to at night. Of course you would have a website / app (like WSM) aimed at rural folks. It would be "cheap" because you have programming already.
* I know music on AM "won't work" if an FM signal is available but in a lot rural areas that the Praise format is not available. These areas don't always have good cell coverage either. Had IBOC AM digital actually had been "standard " on car radios this century this would work better but that another topic. Also I have noticed a lot of folks who listen to Gospel Music (any type) sing along so they really don't hear the music.
There is no need for snarky rebuttals because "it's never been done". Times have changed but rock and roll started on a daytimer. "Kid don't have any money" and it will never work.
This is just an attempt to head off selling the land and turning in the license, which is what a lot of posters post over and over and over again and again and again.
It really doesn't matter because Urban One wants 1110 to go away and not be a competitor.
Until Recently there was Hip Hop music on 610 AM 😅
I was surprised to see Jefferson Pilot, former WBT owner, successor company still owns the 1110 transmitter site. My hunch is the tower site will be sold and 1110 will either go dark or relocate to some other AM site with a stripped down signal. That’s a very valuable piece of real estate.