99.3 Charleston stunting

[charlestondxman]

99.3 in Charleston, the translator for WSPO 1390, has stopped running its Fox Sports format tonight and now is stunting with a few liners directing people to listen to Fox Sports at 1390 (no local shows except one on Saturday morning).

I don't know what 99.3 is going to do now, being a translator. What format will they find?

 

[ncscradiogeek]

as a translator can they run a stand alone format?
I was under the impression the translator was there to rebroadcast the AM but not be stand alone?

 

[DudeFan]

It can also rebroadcast an HD-2, HD-3 or (where it exists) HD-4 of an FM.

 

[RadioOCD]

Maybe they could bring back The Box to 99.3?

 

[charlestondxman]

WSPO was simulcast on WIOP's HD-2 or HD-3 feed, so they can rebroadcast that.

 

[iceman07]

its now a regional mexican/spanish format

 

[charlestondxman]

Dumb move by Apex. Charleston needs a Spanish FM for its growing Hispanic population (all we have is an AM), and 98.9 did well with that format because of where it was.

The 99.3 signal doesn't cover the majority Hispanic areas of North Charleston well (only the southern part of the city), and has lots of trouble in Goose Creek, Summerville, and any of the major suburbs where a station would do well.

I guess Apex has thrown their sports talk format under the bus. It started with a bang, with two local shows weekdays for several months, but then Tony D. was let go, they picked up Fox Sports, and moved Jonas & Big Ben to 9am-noon, where the show pretty much died.

They didn't pursue any local play-by-play, and now except for the national football games they air, it's basically all off the satellite.

 

[ShawtyBlack_ATL]

Why can't Charleston support a 2nd Urban or even a Rhythmic? Has PPM hit the Lowcountry yet?