Pat Julian (deltas 69) likes 60's Pop Oldies well actually..my playlist goes primarialy from 63 to 83..but does fudge before and after according to my discretion..as for the taste police..thats not scott..that me..i voted myself that 30 years ago..hell the job was open..someone had to take it..and i didn't see anyone better than me..pays lousy though..whats the big deal i have La Bamba in rotation..every febuary 29th at midnight.. ;D
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firepoint525 said:
If they plan on moving the transmitter it's going to take awhile. The only recent applications that show up are the power increase to 2kw (at the existing site), the transfer of control, and the last renewal.
Doesn't mean they *won't* move the transmitter but if the paperwork were filed today I'd think it would take several months (at the least) for the FCC to process it.
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w9wi said:
If the site is moved more east towards town, it's possible they could go to 2.5 KW. That station is only protecting WMC in Memphis, off the top of my head. It just depends on how far east they can move it. If that happens, they will put a nice daytime signal over the metro, but they can for get about the nighttime unless they spend a ton of money on property and do a highly directional pattern.
scottwmro said:
The engineering exhibit on their application for the 2kw upgrade also showed a study against the 790 station in Louisville. (whose calls I've forgotten - they change too much!)
There's also Atlanta and Johnson City to consider, though those two may not be a problem even at higher power.
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w9wi said:
I really don't think Atlanta or Johnson City would be a problem, infact, they could get up to 4 KW, but this is just a guess.
I can't promise you anything, but I will talk to him. He lives somewhere along Sam's Creek Road, so he's between Pegram and Ashland City, but he has a Pegram address. (He lives substantially closer to Ashland City than I do. I've seen him at the Pegram post office, and his wife at the Dollar General store here.) I'm guessing that he would want to be on a signal that would reach this area quite nicely.scottwmro said:Well, another AM station bites the dust. I guess before it's all over with it will be just WSM-AM, WQKR-AM 1270 (Ted Johnson/Lee Dorman's station) and WMRO, Magic 1560 in Gallatin with music in English. The rest of the AM Band will go to hell with a bunch of hispanic junk.
****Hey....tell that Pastor of that church that I have a Sunday Morning opening that just came up yesterday at 1560 Gallatin. Have him call me if he wants it! I will sell him the time at a good price!
Scott @ MRO, Gallatin
He and several other area pastors have been on some type of time-share agreement with WQSV. Corky was letting them have the time for free! The pastor I know is on Thursday mornings at 9:00 a.m., so if you are near a radio at that time, you can tune in then, or listen online. He is also on at the 8:30-9:30 time frame on Sunday mornings (time approximate). I am not sure if he wants to, or is able to, buy airtime, but I can talk to him and find out. I'm assuming that he wants to stay on WQSV until the changeover. If you will send me contact information off this board, I will try to put him in touch with you. (Because of the distance, I'm guessing that he would want to send you tapes if he went on your station.)
My parents must be going through their second childhood. They seem to have this fixation with stopping at McDonald's everywhere they go, even if it is for nothing more than a cup of coffee! The Bellevue McDonald's hosts senior citizens' bingo every Monday afternoon, and my parents have been regulars there, and probably will be again, but for right now, my mother is recovering from knee surgery. My parents have had their photo taken with Ronald McDonald, more than once, I think! Those photos have been printed in the Westview (Bellevue-area paper), and tacked on the bulletin board there at McDonald's.scottwmro said:
So if you put coffee in a Happy Meal, I suppose my parents would be good to go! ;D
As for oldies, I wish stations would continue to play oldies from at least 1964 (British invasion era) forward. I can see if they want to drop all the girl groups and teenage girl singers and dance crazes of the week from the earlier '60s, but for me, the "modern era" of music began around 1964. Nothing against the '50s; I'm also a fan of Elvis, Buddy Holly, and the Everly Brothers, to name a few. I'm 44, so saying that music from the '60s only appeals to folks in their 60s now is simply not correct. I've listened to this music myself all my life. But since I grew up in the '70s and '80s, I'm obviously glad to see my generation's music finally getting some representation on the radio. And this hasn't been said (much), but even in their waning days as an "oldies" station, 97.1 was starting to add some late '70s artists like Peter Frampton to their playlist. I just never understood why 1975 was the cutoff date for the "oldies" generation. That was obviously right in the middle of my era of listening preference! The "oldies" stations are loath to touch anything post-1975, and the classic-hits stations seem to shy away from anything earlier than that! Even "JACK" and Mix 92.9 occasionally play "Can't Buy Me Love" by the Beatles!deltas69 said:
If you play "La Bamba," please stick to Ritchie Valens' version! I've never cared for the Los Lobos remake. ;D
And if you really want to hear a strange mish-mash of oldies, tune in to WQSV between 6:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. or listen to them online at http://www.wqsvam790.com sometime over the next two weeks, while you still can!
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Richie Valens had a true, great voice and was a fantastic preformer. I saw the movie about his life up until the plane crash of 1959 during the winter party tour. Conway Twitty gave up his seat for Richie Valens that night, due to Richie had been sick and they wanted to get him to the next stop as soon as possible. We lost a great talent when we lost him!
Ricky Martin in the 90's could have been the next Richie Valens if only he had the right producers. He is talented, but I think he didn't have the right backers to give him the push he needed and proper guidence to reach the masses.
Ricky Martin in the 90's could have been the next Richie Valens if only he had the right producers. He is talented, but I think he didn't have the right backers to give him the push he needed and proper guidence to reach the masses.
Scott, wasn't the Holly/Big Bopper/Valens flight seat surrenderer Waylon Jennings and not Conway Twitty?
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courier37027 said:
Oh yea, you're right, it was Waylon, not Conway. My mind is not here today!
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In my 19-plus years in this racket, it's been my experience that these owners are just looking for "A" radio station. It doesn't matter whether the station is located in Ashland City, Tennessee or Elephant Spread, Montana. These owners who want to put on this type of programming are just looking for an available transmitter stick to pay for and put their stuff on the air. Whether it's serving the community or not is beside the point and certainly not on their radar. And this has been going on longer than you or Scottwmro has been led to believe. At the same time, however, it has also been my experience with these owners that acquiring the station and keeping it viable and profitable are two different things...and some of these owners do eventually find that out after the fact, albeit the hard way.jetfli said:
Happy Easter, everyone! And Scottwmro, have an Arbor Mist for me.
bub said:
And this is different than what most other broadcasters are doing, HOW?
We are ALL looking for an available transmitter stick to pay for and put OUR stuff on the air.
Everytime I take a driving trip I try to print off a list of stations along the way and I tune in as I cruise by.
Whether it's serving the community or not is beside the point and does not seem to be on their radar.....
no matter WHAT the language.
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And a Happy Easter to you, too, Goat Rodeo Cowboy.Goat Rodeo Cowboy said:
scottwmro said:
Ricky is and has been for nearly 30 years a superstar in Latin America. First, he was part of the megagroup Menudo (where, upon reaching 18, you are out) and since then he has been a pop idol across most of two continents. While he has not been a consistent hit maker in English, he has been in Spanish and that is is base constituency.
Only maybe a dozen artists in Latin America have reached the masses as well as Ricky in the last few decades.
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DavidEduardo said:
I know in the 90's we were playing hits from him and we play 2 retro 90's hits from him today. I've always like his style of reaching the teens here in the states. He has a fantastic voice. They should have used him for one of the judges on American Idol.
Poor Paula, I've always been in love with her, and yes she has a Latino background, but these days, WAY too much drama in her life. She just can't pull out the his like she could in the early 90's.
scottwmro said:
She's part French Canadian and part Syrian-Palestinian.
Re: 790 WQSV, Ashland City
As long as we are all "digging up bones" and putting old threads back up, I thought I would revive this one. I changed the subject line just a bit, so that hopefully the "race-baiters" out there won't circle around this one like buzzards like they did last time!
As long as we are all "digging up bones" and putting old threads back up, I thought I would revive this one. I changed the subject line just a bit, so that hopefully the "race-baiters" out there won't circle around this one like buzzards like they did last time!
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