If WNSH flips, where will country music fans in Central Jersey go? WXTU barely has a good signal past Trenton, and I'm not sure if WKMK has a reach well outside the Jersey Shore.
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94.7 is changing formats today
- Thread starter erwin33
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Streaming or SXM. Alternatively, who knows? Maybe another country station will pop up.
I think the bigger question is what becomes of Audacy's national programming/VT offers utilizing WNSH airstaff?
I'm thinking either a noon or 1pm flip.
Probably nothing. Audacy will still have a presence in New York and can always have them operate from a closet or even their homes. If that's not feasible, those people can always be transferred to another property. The listeners in those other markets won't have the slightest clue that has happened.
Katie & Company was not on 94.7 at 10:00 but appears to be continuing as normal on WUSY in Chattanooga. Seems like I remember hearing Rob & Holly were based out of Detroit.
Radioinsight is reporting the strongest rumblings in the market indicate it will be some derivative of urban.
I am not surprised to hear that. I was thinking of the possibilities this morning. Classic Hip Hop would be a good fit for the cluster. I'm not sure it's the best fit for the 94.7 signal, but they don't have many options.
I admit that I don't follow/understand Spanish language formats at all (I barely have a grasp on English some days). Is there room between WSKQ and WPAT for something?
It's hard to imagine that Audacy has a full staff ready to go with a new music format at the stroke of noon or whenever the flip is made. So does it launch as a format-in-a-closet with a week or two of music/liners/music/liners or will Audacy go the stunting route and try misdirection by putting a number of different formats on the frequency until the real format launches? Of course, if WINS is adding FM, then the transition will be seamless.
Completely unrelated, but I'm kind of sad that Audacy didn't let KITS-FM in San Fran do any kind of send-off after 35 years in the same format, but WNSH, with only what... 8 years in the format (and only two years under Audacy ownership) gets a send-off like this? It's a shame.
Especially the way the genre is trending -- rural and twangy, a combination not even rock guitars can overcome in a market that considers itself too sophisticated for that sort of thing. Thomas Rhett singing about "dirt on daddy's hands" and "win or lose we root for the Braves" or Luke Combs comparing love to reeling in a big bass just isn't relatable to the NY lifestyle.
Fake everyone out and remain country? Why in the world would any station do that? You're implying as well that all these callers have been plants and are in on the deception. Stations don't mess with their listeners heads like that, sorry.
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