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92.1 WTPA Announcement

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SteelRocker

I just saw this on my Facebook on the 92.1 WTPA status updates:

92.1 WTPA
Randy in for the morning tomorrow.....listen for a BIG announcement about 7:30...not a concert.
 
106.7 would be interesting

I'm also smelling something having to do with country music for some reason - don't ask why
 
i got Radios and an ipod for each Cumu-less Station :eek:
105.7 106.7 9.21 105.1 did i miss any?
 
so Chris James is moving to the x 9 to 2 (aka moe rocks spot) wen the Stations move on Thursday or Friday
 
TPA cannot move to 106.7. That would still give Cumulus too much market share of the billing/intellectual property. They had to move TPA format to something they were going to sell off and 106.7 is not on the sales block...92.1 is.
 
Chris Tyler, formerly on The River, is hosting the WTPA morning show.
 
Chris just can't seem to get away from that 4am wake-up call! That could mean an entirely different direction for the TPA morning show. Best of luck to him.
 
I agree. There's a level of electricity in the air. I expect the new direction to be the kind of vanilla, banal, small-talk liner-card radio that has made Chris Tyler such a legend in these parts. Hopefully, he'll mention the day of the week a bunch of times and refer to the audience's expected corresponding mood, e.g. "It's Thursday! Almost made it!" or "Well, (disingenuous heavy sigh) it's Monday..." And if I don't hear a full daily slate of Celebrity Birthdays, I'll be very disappointed.

If he cared at all about his audience, he'd stay off the mic, find a low-rent syndicated Opie & Anthony-type deal for mornings, and hunker down in his office making sure Ozzy Osbourne songs remain far enough from Black Sabbath songs on the music log. And for God's sake, a court injunction that prevents him from puking -- err, voicing all the imaging. We don't need WTPA to become the same neutered, ball-less, bag of fluff that he made out of The River.
 
And exactly what kind of success has the River had over the years? Plenty. Huge ratings, a big biller.
And who exactly created the format: Chris Tyler.

I wish Chris well in his new adventure. He unfairly was cut by Clear Channel.
 
HardCore said:
I agree. There's a level of electricity in the air. I expect the new direction to be the kind of vanilla, banal, small-talk liner-card radio that has made Chris Tyler such a legend in these parts. Hopefully, he'll mention the day of the week a bunch of times and refer to the audience's expected corresponding mood, e.g. "It's Thursday! Almost made it!" or "Well, (disingenuous heavy sigh) it's Monday..." And if I don't hear a full daily slate of Celebrity Birthdays, I'll be very disappointed.

If he cared at all about his audience, he'd stay off the mic, find a low-rent syndicated Opie & Anthony-type deal for mornings, and hunker down in his office making sure Ozzy Osbourne songs remain far enough from Black Sabbath songs on the music log. And for God's sake, a court injunction that prevents him from puking -- err, voicing all the imaging. We don't need WTPA to become the same neutered, ball-less, bag of fluff that he made out of The River.
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It does not matter what Chris does with the new WTPA, it may make a difference to the 5 people who now listen to it because of there sh*tty signal level they put out, that very few people can hear anyways. But I do wish Chris well though, The River was very successful whether I liked there play list or not, hopefully he can do something great with TPA.
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"Created" the format?

There was no rock music on the radio before Chris Tyler launched The River?

The Yankees were the first team to put uniform numbers on the backs of baseball jerseys. They didn't "create" baseball.
 
HardCore said:
"Created" the format?

There was no rock music on the radio before Chris Tyler launched The River?

The Yankees were the first team to put uniform numbers on the backs of baseball jerseys. They didn't "create" baseball.
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Of course there was rock already around...remember something in the 70s and 80s called AOR?

The River was really a "male adult contemporary" station yet female friendly enough and soft enough that it could be played in offices. A male version of "WARM 103" and the Rose. It filled a niche in Harrisburg at the time. The original positioning if you recall was "Rock & Roll Without the Hard Edge."

So in essence it was a new format of rock music and continues to live on today.

Fact is--Chris Tyler created a legacy station in the Harrisburg market.
 
Seltzer said:
HardCore said:
"Created" the format?

There was no rock music on the radio before Chris Tyler launched The River?

The Yankees were the first team to put uniform numbers on the backs of baseball jerseys. They didn't "create" baseball.
Click to expand...

Of course there was rock already around...remember something in the 70s and 80s called AOR?

The River was really a "male adult contemporary" station yet female friendly enough and soft enough that it could be played in offices. A male version of "WARM 103" and the Rose. It filled a niche in Harrisburg at the time. The original positioning if you recall was "Rock & Roll Without the Hard Edge."

So in essence it was a new format of rock music and continues to live on today.

Fact is--Chris Tyler created a legacy station in the Harrisburg market.
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Please tell me if I'm all wet, before The River, wasn't 97.3 aka WGCB in Red Lion?
 
Before the River 97.3 was easy-listening WHP-FM, and for a short while was AC WXBB, B 97.3. Religious 96.1 WGCB-FM is now WSOX.
 
HardCore said:
...Chris Tyler... Hopefully, he'll mention the day of the week a bunch of times and refer to the audience's expected corresponding mood, e.g. "It's Thursday! Almost made it!" or "Well, (disingenuous heavy sigh) it's Monday..." And if I don't hear a full daily slate of Celebrity Birthdays, I'll be very disappointed...
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You can hear that if you just tune into the morning show on 92.7! ::)
 
Seltzer said:
HardCore said:
"Created" the format?

There was no rock music on the radio before Chris Tyler launched The River?

The Yankees were the first team to put uniform numbers on the backs of baseball jerseys. They didn't "create" baseball.
Click to expand...

Of course there was rock already around...remember something in the 70s and 80s called AOR?

The River was really a "male adult contemporary" station yet female friendly enough and soft enough that it could be played in offices. A male version of "WARM 103" and the Rose. It filled a niche in Harrisburg at the time. The original positioning if you recall was "Rock & Roll Without the Hard Edge."

So in essence it was a new format of rock music and continues to live on today.

Fact is--Chris Tyler created a legacy station in the Harrisburg market.
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Actually, a guy named Jim LaMarca created the format, which was named the "Heart of Rock" by consultants Broadcast Programming in 1991. Mr. Tyler pitched the idea for the Harrisburg market to Dame Media that same year.
 
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