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Analyze Lafayette
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donkeypuncher
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Heres the way I see it inquisitor- WGLM is all over the place and sounds like elevator muzak. Theyve gone way too soft with there sound and theres really not much of even a nitch audience for that. According to everyone on this web station WASK is not just oldies any more but now theyre carwreck central with their changes from moldies to sir phil collins. But they still continue to pluck the ratings because of the help of pelple like Macgarvee and Jones. You cant argue with that. b1029 and wazy are both struggling programmingwise with ins and outs of wazy and the Bee's weak on air staff that cant really relate to its audience at all or be entertained with the exception of Marcie I cant remember if shes on the B or on wazy how embarrassing but shes good. WKOA and the other country station both play lousy styles of music if you wont to call it that but the Vizzaman is a legend and cant be stopped at all unless its by his own hand. WBAA is great to listen to.
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indifm
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The following is my personal ratings list for the Lafayette-West Lafayette area. I'm rating each one by looking at the OVERALL quality of the station. This includes imaging, website, logo, music played, promotional stuff and basically just the overall sound and image of each station.
1. (tie) WKHY-FM (Rock) / www.wkhy.com
1. (tie) WKOA-FM (Country) / www.wkoa.com
2. WXXB-FM (CHR) / www.b1029.com
3. WSHP-FM (Classic Rock) / www.rocklafayette.com
4. WASK-FM (Oldies) / www.wask.com
5. WAZY-FM (CHR) / www.wazy.com
6. WASK-AM (Sports Talk) / Not Available
7. WJEF-FM (AC) / www.jeff92.org
8. WBAA-FM (Classical) / www.wbaa.org
9. WGLM-FM (Hot AC) / www.wglm.fm
10. WLFF-FM (Country) / www.wlff.com
11. WSHW-FM (Hot AC) / www.wshw.com
12. WBAA-AM (NPR) / www.wbaa.org
13. WIBN-FM (Oldies) / www.981wibn.com
14. WTGO-FM (Christian Rock) / www.wtgoradio.com
15. WLAS-AM (Simulcast of Country WLFF-FM) / www.wlff.com
You might be wondering... why WAZY-FM at #6? Because they have HORRIBLE imaging packages, mediocre talent, same 25 songs over and over and over. Why WGLM-FM at #10? Well, I'd explain, but I don't even know where to begin. Why WKHY-FM at #1? Simple. I don't know if you have ever listened to this station, but Jeff Strange, Harv the BarTender and Ashley in the afternoon are one hell of a team that I believe people can relate to. These three individuals come across on the radio as if they are your personal friends and to me that easily spells SUCCESS! This station also has an outstanding sound! Dito for WKOA-FM. Great morning show, great sound, great flow, contests, etc. A+ A+ A+!!!
1. (tie) WKHY-FM (Rock) / www.wkhy.com
1. (tie) WKOA-FM (Country) / www.wkoa.com
2. WXXB-FM (CHR) / www.b1029.com
3. WSHP-FM (Classic Rock) / www.rocklafayette.com
4. WASK-FM (Oldies) / www.wask.com
5. WAZY-FM (CHR) / www.wazy.com
6. WASK-AM (Sports Talk) / Not Available
7. WJEF-FM (AC) / www.jeff92.org
8. WBAA-FM (Classical) / www.wbaa.org
9. WGLM-FM (Hot AC) / www.wglm.fm
10. WLFF-FM (Country) / www.wlff.com
11. WSHW-FM (Hot AC) / www.wshw.com
12. WBAA-AM (NPR) / www.wbaa.org
13. WIBN-FM (Oldies) / www.981wibn.com
14. WTGO-FM (Christian Rock) / www.wtgoradio.com
15. WLAS-AM (Simulcast of Country WLFF-FM) / www.wlff.com
You might be wondering... why WAZY-FM at #6? Because they have HORRIBLE imaging packages, mediocre talent, same 25 songs over and over and over. Why WGLM-FM at #10? Well, I'd explain, but I don't even know where to begin. Why WKHY-FM at #1? Simple. I don't know if you have ever listened to this station, but Jeff Strange, Harv the BarTender and Ashley in the afternoon are one hell of a team that I believe people can relate to. These three individuals come across on the radio as if they are your personal friends and to me that easily spells SUCCESS! This station also has an outstanding sound! Dito for WKOA-FM. Great morning show, great sound, great flow, contests, etc. A+ A+ A+!!!
Sounds fun.
#1 for overall quality has to go to WKOA. They've been around forever and the station has really stepped up over the past few years. Mark really should be proud because he does an outstanding job with it. From an on air standpoint, the jocks are pretty good. No argument here with the discussion about Bob Vizza. He is a Lafayette mainstay and identifies with his audience in such a way no other jock in the area can come close.
#2 WXXB -- The new imaging has really improved the overall sound of the station. Otherwise, B is pretty much the same as it was a few years ago. CHR radio with younger jocks who actually fit in with the lifestyle of their listeners. Good job with the station, Tony B. keep up the good work!
#3 WBAA-AM -- Lafayette's only source for talk. Yeah.....its an NPR station, but its all we have without resorting to WIBC or WLS. They do a great job with local news and AM 920 Magazine is a great place to hear whats going on in the Lafayette/West Lafayette area.
#4 WAZY -- While I agree with indifm about, well, everything, they are the heritage station and I find myself defaulting to it on a regular basis, if for anything, to hear the hits. Imaging was much better a few years back for like a book. If it weren't for the Z heritage, they would have made it much farther down the list based on their inconsistancy with jocks. BTW--where is the Z in their logo?
#5 WASK-FM -- Made a name for themselves as an oldies station for the past decade. They made number 5 mainly because of the musical trainwreck the station has become. Queen, Aretha, and Dexy's in the same set is horrendous. The network and in-house programming are like night and day. Plus the midday voicetracking sounds really bad. Sometimes you can't hear Dan Sommers over the song he is talking over. And I know I am going to ruffle a few feathers on here, but Randy Jones just does not seem the same as he used to be when he was holding down middays. He was fun back then. Now, he just sounds tired and bored. No offense to Randy, though. It may not be his choice that he is the way he is on the air now.
#6 WBAA-FM -- Once a great classical music station with live local hosts is now a shell of its former self. The local hosts have been replaced by two voicetracked shifts....plus the same talk programs featured on the AM in the mornings and afternoons. All other classical shifts are off the bird. Still a good station, but nothing what it used to be.
#7 WSHP -- When they signed on with classic rock, they rocked! They aired lots of stuff that KHY would never touch. The Rocket was unique and a breath of fresh air. Unfortunately, the playlist got cut and they could use another jock or two besides Steve Clark. Sometimes I feel like the station is all Steve all the time. Steve is a good jock and does a fine job but hearing him before every stopset......whether its a promo or whatever, is overkill. Give'em a break!
#8 WASK-AM -- They are actually kicking some butt with the new format from an advertising perspective. Thank you WASK for making use of your AM signal and giving Lafayette a fulltime sports station and something else to listen to in the market.
#9 WGLM -- The Mix is what it is. They are doing the best given their resources and running on a skeleton staff. Pretty sad, really. The station was the adult choice back in the 90s. Now, it's just a shell of it's former self. The only bright spot on air is Rick Mummey whose still hangin' in there after all these years.
#10 WKHY -- KHY has a great overall sound.....it sounds exactly the way a ballsy rock station should sound, but they have no direction. IMO--Pink Floyd and Disturbed have no business being on the same station. AOR stations are a dying breed........ and 70s progressive rock and new rock mix like oil and vinegar. The jocks are great overall and have personality. No disrepect to them at all, but the format needs to be tweaked.
#11 WLFF -- They've done it all with country.....leaning classic....leaning modern......being mainstream, but its nothing has worked. Art, its time to throw in the towel. Try something else and make some money on the signal thats not a result of a bonus buy from WAZY, Rocket or Purdue sports.
#12 WSHW -- Shine has the potential to really do some damage in Lafayette if they did a more mainstream format and actually went after the Lafayette audience. They have a hard enough time keeping the Frankfort area interested in them. Too bad. Does Vern Kasper still do his dangerously right-winged editorials?
#13 WJEF -- Jeff has been pretty much the same for years. Still spinning the oldies from the 50s-80s with a very wide variety of hits and "oh wows". The jocks suck, but they're supposed to.......its a high school operation. Jeff HS needs to put money into their little station and update the imagining and possibly update the format to include newer music so its a little more tolerable for the students. The poor kids sound bored when they are on the air.
#14 WIBN -- The little engine that could, but couldn't. The tower is way to far from Lafayette to ever be a player, but it seems Dan McKay is determined to make it GLM Junior. They should submit on the Lafayette dream and focus on their bread and butter........Benton County and Illinois. Besides, oldies is not the format to be if you want to play in Lafayette. WASK and Jeff have that market already cornered.
#15 WTGO-LP -- For a very small low power station, WTGO sounds good. At least, its not another religious repeater. Religious stations repeating on several LPs across the country should be outlawed. The whole purpose of LPs was to serve the communities, it should stay that way, but everyone knows how that goes. Good job WTGO! You actually brought something to Lafayette thats very different and welcome.
#16 WWCC-LP, WQSG, WHPL -- Repeaters of larger religious organizations that broadcast nationwide. I'd be happier if these stations were programmed locally, but it's never going to happen.
#17 WLAS -- AMPs 'sports' station that simulcasts the Wolf 99.99999% of the time. No promotions for any games featured on 1410. If I did not stumble upon a Pacers game, I would have never known they carried them. The perfect home for a sports format since they carry all of Purdues sports broadcast on radio, but for some reason, Art thinks sports radio is too expensive. Isn't ESPN Radio barter? Well............too late for that.
#1 for overall quality has to go to WKOA. They've been around forever and the station has really stepped up over the past few years. Mark really should be proud because he does an outstanding job with it. From an on air standpoint, the jocks are pretty good. No argument here with the discussion about Bob Vizza. He is a Lafayette mainstay and identifies with his audience in such a way no other jock in the area can come close.
#2 WXXB -- The new imaging has really improved the overall sound of the station. Otherwise, B is pretty much the same as it was a few years ago. CHR radio with younger jocks who actually fit in with the lifestyle of their listeners. Good job with the station, Tony B. keep up the good work!
#3 WBAA-AM -- Lafayette's only source for talk. Yeah.....its an NPR station, but its all we have without resorting to WIBC or WLS. They do a great job with local news and AM 920 Magazine is a great place to hear whats going on in the Lafayette/West Lafayette area.
#4 WAZY -- While I agree with indifm about, well, everything, they are the heritage station and I find myself defaulting to it on a regular basis, if for anything, to hear the hits. Imaging was much better a few years back for like a book. If it weren't for the Z heritage, they would have made it much farther down the list based on their inconsistancy with jocks. BTW--where is the Z in their logo?
#5 WASK-FM -- Made a name for themselves as an oldies station for the past decade. They made number 5 mainly because of the musical trainwreck the station has become. Queen, Aretha, and Dexy's in the same set is horrendous. The network and in-house programming are like night and day. Plus the midday voicetracking sounds really bad. Sometimes you can't hear Dan Sommers over the song he is talking over. And I know I am going to ruffle a few feathers on here, but Randy Jones just does not seem the same as he used to be when he was holding down middays. He was fun back then. Now, he just sounds tired and bored. No offense to Randy, though. It may not be his choice that he is the way he is on the air now.
#6 WBAA-FM -- Once a great classical music station with live local hosts is now a shell of its former self. The local hosts have been replaced by two voicetracked shifts....plus the same talk programs featured on the AM in the mornings and afternoons. All other classical shifts are off the bird. Still a good station, but nothing what it used to be.
#7 WSHP -- When they signed on with classic rock, they rocked! They aired lots of stuff that KHY would never touch. The Rocket was unique and a breath of fresh air. Unfortunately, the playlist got cut and they could use another jock or two besides Steve Clark. Sometimes I feel like the station is all Steve all the time. Steve is a good jock and does a fine job but hearing him before every stopset......whether its a promo or whatever, is overkill. Give'em a break!
#8 WASK-AM -- They are actually kicking some butt with the new format from an advertising perspective. Thank you WASK for making use of your AM signal and giving Lafayette a fulltime sports station and something else to listen to in the market.
#9 WGLM -- The Mix is what it is. They are doing the best given their resources and running on a skeleton staff. Pretty sad, really. The station was the adult choice back in the 90s. Now, it's just a shell of it's former self. The only bright spot on air is Rick Mummey whose still hangin' in there after all these years.
#10 WKHY -- KHY has a great overall sound.....it sounds exactly the way a ballsy rock station should sound, but they have no direction. IMO--Pink Floyd and Disturbed have no business being on the same station. AOR stations are a dying breed........ and 70s progressive rock and new rock mix like oil and vinegar. The jocks are great overall and have personality. No disrepect to them at all, but the format needs to be tweaked.
#11 WLFF -- They've done it all with country.....leaning classic....leaning modern......being mainstream, but its nothing has worked. Art, its time to throw in the towel. Try something else and make some money on the signal thats not a result of a bonus buy from WAZY, Rocket or Purdue sports.
#12 WSHW -- Shine has the potential to really do some damage in Lafayette if they did a more mainstream format and actually went after the Lafayette audience. They have a hard enough time keeping the Frankfort area interested in them. Too bad. Does Vern Kasper still do his dangerously right-winged editorials?
#13 WJEF -- Jeff has been pretty much the same for years. Still spinning the oldies from the 50s-80s with a very wide variety of hits and "oh wows". The jocks suck, but they're supposed to.......its a high school operation. Jeff HS needs to put money into their little station and update the imagining and possibly update the format to include newer music so its a little more tolerable for the students. The poor kids sound bored when they are on the air.
#14 WIBN -- The little engine that could, but couldn't. The tower is way to far from Lafayette to ever be a player, but it seems Dan McKay is determined to make it GLM Junior. They should submit on the Lafayette dream and focus on their bread and butter........Benton County and Illinois. Besides, oldies is not the format to be if you want to play in Lafayette. WASK and Jeff have that market already cornered.
#15 WTGO-LP -- For a very small low power station, WTGO sounds good. At least, its not another religious repeater. Religious stations repeating on several LPs across the country should be outlawed. The whole purpose of LPs was to serve the communities, it should stay that way, but everyone knows how that goes. Good job WTGO! You actually brought something to Lafayette thats very different and welcome.
#16 WWCC-LP, WQSG, WHPL -- Repeaters of larger religious organizations that broadcast nationwide. I'd be happier if these stations were programmed locally, but it's never going to happen.
#17 WLAS -- AMPs 'sports' station that simulcasts the Wolf 99.99999% of the time. No promotions for any games featured on 1410. If I did not stumble upon a Pacers game, I would have never known they carried them. The perfect home for a sports format since they carry all of Purdues sports broadcast on radio, but for some reason, Art thinks sports radio is too expensive. Isn't ESPN Radio barter? Well............too late for that.
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