94.7 is changing formats today

[TheBigA]

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[SCMcKinney]

Sales has always been an issue with country in the market so I'm confused by your statement. Plus if Audacy hadn't wanted country to work they wouldn't have stepped up programming. Radio discussions aside, no idea where you live but I live in Manhattan and while the market isn't only the 5 boroughs, country is anything but a popular musical genre here. It's demise isn't surprising to me. It's amazing to me that it lasted as long as it did and that it's numbers were often 1.9-2.4 being the highest. I believe WYNY hovered at 1.7, 9 years earlier

I would have thought Audacy would have regarded WNSH as a North Jersey station that happened to be in New York. As it seems to be now, there will be no Country station in that area. Checking Wikipedia and Radio Locator, the only Country choices will be Thunder 106, a 10 watt WDVR, Cat Country 107 & 96 and the WDLC translator in Port Jervis. If the Radio Locator red circles are somewhat more than what is saleable, there is a big hole in the middle.

I had always thought North Jersey was what kept WABC and WOR intact. Until recently, they both reported good 6+ numbers.

And of course, 66 WNSH would have blanketed the entire region, but I guess that argument is done.

 

[MVB13]

I would have thought Audacy would have regarded WNSH as a North Jersey station that happened to be in New York. As it seems to be now, there will be no Country station in that area. Checking Wikipedia and Radio Locator, the only Country choices will be WOBM, Thunder 106, a 10 watt WDVR, Cat Country 107 & 96 and the WDLC translator in Port Jervis. If the Radio Locator red circles are somewhat less than what is saleable, there is a big hole in the middle.

I had always thought North Jersey was what kept WABC and WOR intact. Until recently, they both reported good 6+ numbers.

And of course, 66 WNSH would have blanketed the entire region, but I guess that argument is done.

Don't forget WRWD 107.3, 97.3 and 97.7 the Wolf in the Hudson Valley.

 

[davideduardo]

Cumulus' revenue for WNSH was double what Audacy was able to do, according to BIA.

In the first complete year after Cumulus bought it, they did an estimated six and a half million. The year before the sale, they did just a touch over five million. The first year after the sale, they dropped 25% more. It was on a decline from 2014 through 2108, year by year.

 

[davideduardo]

I would have thought Audacy would have regarded WNSH as a North Jersey station that happened to be in New York.

There is no agency "North New Jersey" market and thus few agency buys targeting just that zone. And local accounts in such a big market are very limited.

 

[TheBigA]

The first year after the sale, they dropped 25% more. It was on a decline from 2014 through 2108, year by year.

In 2018, they had 5.3 million. In 2019, it was 4.0 million. Then 2020 it dropped to 2.8 million. Of course that was also a covid year. But this is in a market where the top station makes $44 million.

 

[KyleSmith1988]

This station is awesome so far.
You know, not too long ago Z100 and KTU used to have most of the same stuff on their playlist, so whats wrong with them putting these same songs back in their playlist..like it was like 15+ years ago? I believe this new station will rule the roost for those that grew up with Z100 and KTU in the late 90s, which moved away from alot of these songs...

 

[dcowboy7]

Ive always listened to Z100 & still do cause i wanna hear new songs.
Who wants to hear the same old songs over & over again...boring.
It would be like watching sports on tv but only watching replays of old games & not watching any live games.
+ they dont play the rockish pop songs Z100 played.

 

[John Waywoods]

Burnout is a major factor in this format. They will probably, slowly, add new music as they monitor the ratings.

 

[CTListener]

Ive always listened to Z100 & still do cause i wanna hear new songs.
Who wants to hear the same old songs over & over again...boring.

Millions of classic hits/oldies/country, etc. listeners want to, and have for years. Burnout is greatly exaggerated among listeners. There was a solid reason why "Brown Eyed Girl" was a staple of oldies/classic hits playlists for over 30 years. The only people who were "burning out" on the song were either oldies geeks who wanted an on-air museum or people who listened to the stations far more often and for longer stretches of time than "normal" listeners. They were outliers. The song, and several hundred others, remained just as popular with the vast majority of the format's listeners as they were in the first years they were played.

 

[Kent]

Ive always listened to Z100 & still do cause i wanna hear new songs.

That would be why Z100 exists in the first place. There's a sizable audience that feels the same way, and advertisers want to reach them. Plus, despite artists and record labels publicly saying radio has no promotional value, their actions say something very different. They keep turning out product to reach ears and get sales.

Who wants to hear the same old songs over & over again...boring.

Guessing you haven’t turned 30 yet. Most people's listening preferences change somewhere in their mid-30’s. My music tastes haven’t stopped growing, but I was 34 when the pop and country sounds stopped appealing to me. Now, I only listen to CHR/Top-40 when one (or more) of my nieces are in the car with me or the weather is bad. One of my local top-40 stations covers severe weather better than the talk station across the street.

 

[dcowboy7]

Guessing you haven’t turned 30 yet.

To kinda quote General Grievous from Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge Of The Sith:
"You lose." 😜

 

[pjc1961]

With the call letter change from WNSH to WXBK, the direct streaming URLs have changed to:

For 94.7 The Block NYC (WXBK + WXBK-HD1):

http://playerservices.streamtheworld.com/api/livestream-redirect/WXBKFMAAC.aac (Copy + paste only) 128 kbps AAC

http://playerservices.streamtheworld.com/api/livestream-redirect/WXBKFM.mp3 (Copy + paste or open in a browser tab/window) 128 kbps MP3
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For 94.7 New York's Country (WXBK-HD2):

http://playerservices.streamtheworld.com/api/livestream-redirect/WXBKHD2AAC.aac (Copy + paste only) 128 kbps AAC

http://playerservices.streamtheworld.com/api/livestream-redirect/WXBKHD2.mp3 (Copy + paste or open in a browser tab/window) 128 kbps MP3
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These (and most other Audacy streams) may be subject to change someday with Audacy's $40 million purchase of the Wide Orbit streaming platform (renamed AmperWave). To be determined if, when and how things are integrated.