Hi everyone. I've been listening to All News 106.7 the past couple of days. They've been doing an excellent job. Of course, there's one problem as I'm listening tonight and as I'm typing up this post. The problem is neither WYAY nor News/Talk WSB-AM/WSBB-FM are mentioning the severe weather warnings that have been in effect. All counties affected are all in the listening areas for both WYAY & WSB-AM/WSBB-FM. There were severe thunderstorm warnings for Glascock & Warren counties earlier east of Atlanta. There was also a warning in effect for Pike County near Zebulon south of Atlanta. I found out about the alerts through monitoring the NWS radar. All I have to say is to be patient on WYAY, they just launched a couple of days ago. My suggestion for WYAY would be to have the anchors mention the alerts each time each one is issued. In other words, have them read the entire severe weather warning statement including the locations in & near the path of the storm. No, they don't have to read the final paragraph at the end of the statement, "If you see wind damage, large hail, or significant flooding...etc." When watches are issued, just have the anchors mention the counties included. They don't have to have an in-house meteorologist to do all of that. They can continue getting the forecasts from FOX5. No problem with that. As for News/Talk WSB-AM/WSBB-FM, this is just their off night when it comes to severe weather alerts. What about WGST-AM/W222AF 92.3 FM? I don't listen to them for severe weather alerts anymore because they only cover alerts for inner metro Atlanta. I just heard Mark Woolsey on WYAY bring up what was on the radar, that's good. Kudos to him for giving a radar update. That is all.
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All News 106.7 is Here…Finally [last song, audio, first impressions]
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Let's look at comments from this thread from March: http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=209388.0.
"Dude, you are hell-bent that somebody is going to try to take on WSB aren't you?!"
"Time will tell, but we'll see Classical Hip Hop New Wave Jammin Polka before All News."
"True, but it would be nice to have a "spoken word" format that was not as confrontational as the political talk folks. If you have to have a radio / TV talking head tell you how to vote then maybe you should not vote. My mind is made up please do not try to confuse me with the truth."
"I wish they would, sick of WSB."
Yeah, why does it seem like I am right most of the time. (And, no 106.7 did not go polka!!!!) Clear.
"Dude, you are hell-bent that somebody is going to try to take on WSB aren't you?!"
"Time will tell, but we'll see Classical Hip Hop New Wave Jammin Polka before All News."
"True, but it would be nice to have a "spoken word" format that was not as confrontational as the political talk folks. If you have to have a radio / TV talking head tell you how to vote then maybe you should not vote. My mind is made up please do not try to confuse me with the truth."
"I wish they would, sick of WSB."
Yeah, why does it seem like I am right most of the time. (And, no 106.7 did not go polka!!!!) Clear.
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Rick Rose 2.0
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Maybe the fact 106.7 has a meterologist reading the news during the evening means that during the time when most severe weather happens Mark will be thee.
Point taken, but Glascock and Warren counties are almost Augusta. 106.7 probably fringes out that far, and so does WSB-AM, but not WSBB.AMFMRadFan said:
Pike County is more likely but probably also doesn't get WSBB well.
I would consider Pike to be in the "listening area" but not Glascock or Warren.
I can't speak for for 106.7 but WSB seems to only give warnings once counties in "Metro Atlanta" are impacted. Note they never mention Haralson county but as soon as the storm moves into Paulding or Douglas, they start mentioning the warnings. Both those counties are considered metro atlanta and Harlason is not.
Here is a map of what is considered metro atlanta. I think counties are considered part of the metro when a certain percentage of the population in that county travel to Atlanta for work..... I think that's right.
http://commuterclub.com/
Here is a map of what is considered metro atlanta. I think counties are considered part of the metro when a certain percentage of the population in that county travel to Atlanta for work..... I think that's right.
http://commuterclub.com/
radio-locator's coverage map shows WYAY's fringe almost touching Richmond County (Augusta), but including Glascock and Warren.
But, as far as 106.7's weather is concerned, are we talking about WYAY's listening area or WAGA's viewing area (including cable)?
???
(...and since most of Atlanta's weather comes from the west, I would include the counties between Atlanta metro and Alabama.)
IMHO the on air product is good, still a few tweaks but they will have to make a few tweaks now or then not to get stale. I wonder if they are going to advertise (Billboards & TV) some or wait until the move to 106.5 to avoid brand confusion?
wpb1999 said:
Using an existing tower, assuming everything they need is available (antenna), sixty days after FCC OK, is doable unless weather mess with the tower guys.
jabba17 said:
The biggest "trouble" is 106.5 WSKZ Chattanooga which they own. IIRC the 107.5 tower had FAA issues. The best I can tell there are no new towers to be built so the FAA should not be an issue.
wpb1999 said:
Move it to106.7
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bi...&is_cp=Y&is_fl=Y&is_fx=Y&is_fb=Y&format=&dx=3
The mountains North and West and a directional antenna would allow at least 50KW at their current height. Power is not as important at tower height and location. 92.9 WZGC is "only" 64 KW but at 1115 ft.
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=wzgc&x=19&y=2
The time frame for moving to 106.5 will be a year at a minimum and that is if the planets align and the stars are in the left solstice of Mars. There are a lot of moving parts to the application to move to 106.5. I do not expect it to happen quickly. However, it was important to file so nobody else would be able to do anything that would eventually interfere with the move. All of the moves that involve so many other stations usually are a couple of years or more.... but, the FCC engineering Gods could suddenly bless WYAY with their magic.
I just remembered that I can access TuneIn on my Roku. WYAY is carried on TuneIn, so I can listen on the TV which has much better speakers than the computer. Also, it is in the living room. The stream has been changed to AN106.7. They even have the AN106.7 logo as the screen saver for that channel.
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