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99.1 and 102.9 Tuscaloosa

passtheword

passtheword

Personally, I think Sports is a great choice for them. This area doesn't need any more Country or Urban stations. We're have enough of those already.

Dan <><

P.S. To Tide 102.9 FM, hope your new format will have instant success and work out for you.
 
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Two new questions I have?

1. Will the WDGM calls migrate over to 102.9 FM, once the flip happens?
2. Will the calls and format on 99.1 FM change, after Sports moves over to 102.9 FM?

Dan <><
 
R.D.P. said:
Two new questions I have?

1. Will the WDGM calls migrate over to 102.9 FM, once the flip happens?
2. Will the calls and format on 99.1 FM change, after Sports moves over to 102.9 FM?

Dan <><
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Usually EMF changes the calls on stations they purchase, so it's a very good possibility. As far as the WDGM calls moving to 102.9, Townsquare might just keep the WNPT-FM calls there. I doubt most of the Tide 99.1 listeners associate the WDGM calls with the station's name, anyway. Didn't the WDGM calls originally reflect the station's name of "Game"? Which leads me to another thought. Anyone else notice that the proposed new sports outlet for Birmingham (if it truly exists) and WDGM share the same frequency of 99.1 AND the call sign, WDGM spells "Game"...and the domain that was registered for the Birmingham station is 991thegame.com? Just wondering if that entire domain registration is some sort of ruse. Unless... 99.1 in Birmingham is going to go to sports at some point and will be using the WDGM calls (on the station to be rebroadcast...WENN maybe?) if/when 99.1 in Tuscaloosa lets the WDGM calls go.

btw, unless I'm mistaken, this will be the third Tuscaloosa area station to use the "Tide" name. It has been used on 101.7, 99.1 and come tomorrow, on 102.9.
 
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Just came across this a few minutes ago thanks to Google. Turns out there is a Twitter page for 99.1 the Game, based in Birmingham.

https://twitter.com/991thegame
 
R.D.P. said:
Two new questions I have?

1. Will the WDGM calls migrate over to 102.9 FM, once the flip happens?
2. Will the calls and format on 99.1 FM change, after Sports moves over to 102.9 FM?

Dan <><
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1. I don't know if they will move, but it wouldn't surprise me if they did.
2. 99.1 is going to become a K-Love affiliate. EMF has supposedly reserved the WLXQ calls for the station, although that doesn't seem to fit their usual call sign pattern for other area affiliates (WMLG - Meridian, WLVM - Mobile, WHVK - Huntsville, WMRK - Montgomery, which fit already; WPLV - Pensacola). KRLE is the other outlier in Alabama.

Oh, almost forgot — the sports was supposed to move today at 2 pm to 102.9 but there was some sort of delay. It should happen sometime this afternoon, I guess. Figures they have problems on the one day I'm ready to update my website right on schedule. I'm doing it anyway. Just pretend that WNPT and WDGM's info is a "forward looking statement".
 
As of 3 P.M. today:

K-Love is now on 99.1 FM (With some happy and excited people in that area)

Sports is now on 102.9 FM (With the usual where's the former format type of complaints)

Catfish is still on at 1230 AM and 100.1 FM (With that audience now having to turn here for their Classic Country need)

Dan <><
 
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