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3WS #1
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Lots of double-digit Christmas-music shares. Look at WBEB Philadelphia. It's been a long time since a big-market
station pulled a number like that.
3WS is an interesting outcome. I wouldn't have called that one, but I've spent less and less time with 3WS since
they dropped oldies and became "DVE Light," as a friend of mine calls it.
Guess those fellers are smarter than I reckoned.
C.
station pulled a number like that.
3WS is an interesting outcome. I wouldn't have called that one, but I've spent less and less time with 3WS since
they dropped oldies and became "DVE Light," as a friend of mine calls it.
Guess those fellers are smarter than I reckoned.
C.
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california
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wow, what a number!!!! X-MAS RULES... the stations that ignore it really hit the ground hard. Is Q even relevant anymore? Why and how did they kill that station? Good going for the christmas carolers!!!
WISH also had some big increases. 3WS and WISH success comes at the expense of STAR and Q.
Q92.9 really has a good opportunity right now. The Star 100.7 of this week is nothing at all like the Star 100.7 of last week. They're playing Jason Derulo and Pitbull, trying to hang onto the B94 audience. That's going to turn off plenty of Star listeners. If Q slides just a little bit more in the Hot AC direction, run some billboard and TV campaigns, they could easily pick up a good chunk of that audience.
Q92.9 really has a good opportunity right now. The Star 100.7 of this week is nothing at all like the Star 100.7 of last week. They're playing Jason Derulo and Pitbull, trying to hang onto the B94 audience. That's going to turn off plenty of Star listeners. If Q slides just a little bit more in the Hot AC direction, run some billboard and TV campaigns, they could easily pick up a good chunk of that audience.
But they announced they had gone "hot" a couple of months ago and have done a 180 all the way back to what is virtually their "Lite FM" sound musically.
The other format that took a big hit during the holiday book was conservative talk. WPGB was down here, same goes for WFLA in Tampa....
The other format that took a big hit during the holiday book was conservative talk. WPGB was down here, same goes for WFLA in Tampa....
Wouldn't this be the first time in more than 40 years that someone other than KDKA or WDVE was No. 1 in 12+?
cingram said:
Yes, I can't recall that anyone topped them in 12+. It would have been big news in the early '80s, because KDKA was still getting shares around 15 then.
Right before AM started nosediving, WTAE beat KDKA in certain demos, too. Caused a big celebration on Ardmore Blvd.
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FreddyE1977
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Andy, if you're not back in four hours, I'm going all Christmas Music! 
Raymond said:
WKRP reference. :-*
3WS Needs Doug Greaser Wilson From WANB [now 1210/105.1 ] to do the Sunday Night Diner. He Does a Very informitive show and has his own web site http://www.greenecountygold.us/main.html
PHIL Z said:
3WS is currently doing the Sunday Diner for $0.00. I'll bet they like it that way.
Something I noticed and deserves mention with the sports talk boom we're having in Pittsburgh.
I noticed that from the Holidays to January WEAE didn't lose any ratings- in fact they went up by 0.1.
Not just in Pittsburgh, but in most markets sports talk gets a boom during football season. But here WEAE kept their audience, at least in the first trend.
Have the Pens become this popular, along with the success of Pitt basketball?
Did Steelers fans want to have one more listen or comment of what went wrong last season?
Or has the format become viable enough that while it certainly isn't immune from rises and falls due to the performances of the home teams, it's become stable and the folks on Ardmore Blvd. are doing a pretty good job?
I noticed that from the Holidays to January WEAE didn't lose any ratings- in fact they went up by 0.1.
Not just in Pittsburgh, but in most markets sports talk gets a boom during football season. But here WEAE kept their audience, at least in the first trend.
Have the Pens become this popular, along with the success of Pitt basketball?
Did Steelers fans want to have one more listen or comment of what went wrong last season?
Or has the format become viable enough that while it certainly isn't immune from rises and falls due to the performances of the home teams, it's become stable and the folks on Ardmore Blvd. are doing a pretty good job?
It's Pitt basketball and especially the Pens. I remember when regular football season was actually still going, seeing Pens displays in store windows, etc. I don't EVER remember that happening before.
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