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WPHT 92.5 begins April 1. Way to go Crawford.
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> WPHT 92.5 begins April 1. Way to go Crawford.
>
RDP's buddy Mr. Zach (of the Alabama Broadcast Media Page) says it'll be "Positive Hit Country".
I'm not a country music conoisseur in the least, so could anyone shed any light into what 'positive hit country' could possibly consist of? <P ID="signature">______________
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>
RDP's buddy Mr. Zach (of the Alabama Broadcast Media Page) says it'll be "Positive Hit Country".
I'm not a country music conoisseur in the least, so could anyone shed any light into what 'positive hit country' could possibly consist of? <P ID="signature">______________
Let us live so that 100 years from now, someone may be proud of us.</P>
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TheBigTymer
Guest
> > WPHT 92.5 begins April 1. Way to go Crawford.
> >
>
> RDP's buddy Mr. Zach (of the Alabama Broadcast Media Page)
> says it'll be "Positive Hit Country".
>
> I'm not a country music conoisseur in the least, so could
> anyone shed any light into what 'positive hit country' could
> possibly consist of?
>
To me, it sounds like a more contemporary southern gospel format.
Of course, that's just a guess.
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> >
>
> RDP's buddy Mr. Zach (of the Alabama Broadcast Media Page)
> says it'll be "Positive Hit Country".
>
> I'm not a country music conoisseur in the least, so could
> anyone shed any light into what 'positive hit country' could
> possibly consist of?
>
To me, it sounds like a more contemporary southern gospel format.
Of course, that's just a guess.
<P ID="signature">______________
<a target="_blank" href=http://www.thebigtymer.com>The BigTymer </a>
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> > WPHT 92.5 begins April 1. Way to go Crawford.
> >
>
> RDP's buddy Mr. Zach (of the Alabama Broadcast Media Page)
> says it'll be "Positive Hit Country".
>
> I'm not a country music conoisseur in the least, so could
> anyone shed any light into what 'positive hit country' could
> possibly consist of?
>
Country songs about Jesus.
I don't think any station has ever been successful with this format, even though they've all been located in areas with plenty of both Christians and country fans. It's pretty much a non-starter because mainstream country radio stations play plenty of songs with Christian themes anyway.
> >
>
> RDP's buddy Mr. Zach (of the Alabama Broadcast Media Page)
> says it'll be "Positive Hit Country".
>
> I'm not a country music conoisseur in the least, so could
> anyone shed any light into what 'positive hit country' could
> possibly consist of?
>
Country songs about Jesus.
I don't think any station has ever been successful with this format, even though they've all been located in areas with plenty of both Christians and country fans. It's pretty much a non-starter because mainstream country radio stations play plenty of songs with Christian themes anyway.
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brian5
Guest
This is the second go around of this format for Crawford...it was once tried out on 1260 AM I think back in the mid 90's when country was the big thing.
> > > WPHT 92.5 begins April 1. Way to go Crawford.
> > >
> >
> > RDP's buddy Mr. Zach (of the Alabama Broadcast Media Page)
>
> > says it'll be "Positive Hit Country".
> >
> > I'm not a country music conoisseur in the least, so could
> > anyone shed any light into what 'positive hit country'
> could
> > possibly consist of?
> >
> Country songs about Jesus.
>
> I don't think any station has ever been successful with this
> format, even though they've all been located in areas with
> plenty of both Christians and country fans. It's pretty much
> a non-starter because mainstream country radio stations play
> plenty of songs with Christian themes anyway.
>
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Brian
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> > > WPHT 92.5 begins April 1. Way to go Crawford.
> > >
> >
> > RDP's buddy Mr. Zach (of the Alabama Broadcast Media Page)
>
> > says it'll be "Positive Hit Country".
> >
> > I'm not a country music conoisseur in the least, so could
> > anyone shed any light into what 'positive hit country'
> could
> > possibly consist of?
> >
> Country songs about Jesus.
>
> I don't think any station has ever been successful with this
> format, even though they've all been located in areas with
> plenty of both Christians and country fans. It's pretty much
> a non-starter because mainstream country radio stations play
> plenty of songs with Christian themes anyway.
>
<P ID="signature">______________
Brian
</P>
> This is the second go around of this format for
> Crawford...it was once tried out on 1260 AM I think back in
> the mid 90's when country was the big thing.
Wasn't that on 850? It was right after they bought the station and dropped Disney, but before they decided to go talk, IIRC.
> Crawford...it was once tried out on 1260 AM I think back in
> the mid 90's when country was the big thing.
Wasn't that on 850? It was right after they bought the station and dropped Disney, but before they decided to go talk, IIRC.
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RDP
Guest
> WPHT 92.5 begins April 1. Way to go Crawford.
>
It will fail. I don't see this new format working out. What a waste of a signal. Wish Crawford would do something totally different with it.
RDP <><
>
It will fail. I don't see this new format working out. What a waste of a signal. Wish Crawford would do something totally different with it.
RDP <><
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brian5
Guest
> > This is the second go around of this format for
> > Crawford...it was once tried out on 1260 AM I think back
> in
> > the mid 90's when country was the big thing.
>
> Wasn't that on 850? It was right after they bought the
> station and dropped Disney, but before they decided to go
> talk, IIRC.
>
No, I worked for 850. We turned off Disney (WMKI) on the last day of November 1999. We brought WYDE on the air as Life Talk 850 at 6am Monday December 6, 1999. We had dead air for a couple of days before we came back on so that the transmitter could be worked on. From Life Talk 850 we transformed to Talk 850 WYDE when the new 50kw transmitter was cut on. When they moved to 101.1 they switched monikers to "The Source" as they are now. Of course, 850 could have been positive country before Radio Disney...I don't know that for sure though.
I was with Crawford in 1997 with WDJC AM 1260 primarially. It was Praise/Worship/Talk and programs back then known as Radio Bible University 1260 AM WDJC. Before that it was Black Gospel. Before that I believe it was positive country. In 1999 it became legends and the programs joined 850 and stayed with 850 when the talk portion migrated on 101.1. I believe that 1260 is still a repeater for The Source. I am not in the Birmingham area to know that for sure though.
In 1997 Crawford owned only two stations. When I left in 2001 it was three. Now they own five stations. There have been a lot of changes over there since my days, Crawford continues to grow and make changes. They aren't afraid to try something new for a little bit, and if it doesn't work, let it morph into another format. 92.5 might start as Positive Country, but who knows what it will be in a year. Just depends on its ability to generate revenue.
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Brian
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> > Crawford...it was once tried out on 1260 AM I think back
> in
> > the mid 90's when country was the big thing.
>
> Wasn't that on 850? It was right after they bought the
> station and dropped Disney, but before they decided to go
> talk, IIRC.
>
No, I worked for 850. We turned off Disney (WMKI) on the last day of November 1999. We brought WYDE on the air as Life Talk 850 at 6am Monday December 6, 1999. We had dead air for a couple of days before we came back on so that the transmitter could be worked on. From Life Talk 850 we transformed to Talk 850 WYDE when the new 50kw transmitter was cut on. When they moved to 101.1 they switched monikers to "The Source" as they are now. Of course, 850 could have been positive country before Radio Disney...I don't know that for sure though.
I was with Crawford in 1997 with WDJC AM 1260 primarially. It was Praise/Worship/Talk and programs back then known as Radio Bible University 1260 AM WDJC. Before that it was Black Gospel. Before that I believe it was positive country. In 1999 it became legends and the programs joined 850 and stayed with 850 when the talk portion migrated on 101.1. I believe that 1260 is still a repeater for The Source. I am not in the Birmingham area to know that for sure though.
In 1997 Crawford owned only two stations. When I left in 2001 it was three. Now they own five stations. There have been a lot of changes over there since my days, Crawford continues to grow and make changes. They aren't afraid to try something new for a little bit, and if it doesn't work, let it morph into another format. 92.5 might start as Positive Country, but who knows what it will be in a year. Just depends on its ability to generate revenue.
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Brian
</P>
> I'm not a country music conoisseur in the least, so could
> anyone shed any light into what 'positive hit country' could
> possibly consist of?
Not exactly the same thing, but check out The Walk 106.3 in South Carolina:
http://www.thewalkonline.com/
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> anyone shed any light into what 'positive hit country' could
> possibly consist of?
Not exactly the same thing, but check out The Walk 106.3 in South Carolina:
http://www.thewalkonline.com/
<P ID="signature">______________
> > WPHT 92.5 begins April 1. Way to go Crawford.
> >
>
> RDP's buddy Mr. Zach (of the Alabama Broadcast Media Page)
> says it'll be "Positive Hit Country".
>
> I'm not a country music conoisseur in the least, so could
> anyone shed any light into what 'positive hit country' could
> possibly consist of?
>
Isn't positive hit country mostly southern gospel with a few secular country tunes (ones that convey a positive message) thrown in? Isn't it basically southern gospel, anyway? If it is, then it sounds like it won't be much different than the southern gospel programming they're currently duplicating off WXJC. Why not just leave it "as is"?
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> >
>
> RDP's buddy Mr. Zach (of the Alabama Broadcast Media Page)
> says it'll be "Positive Hit Country".
>
> I'm not a country music conoisseur in the least, so could
> anyone shed any light into what 'positive hit country' could
> possibly consist of?
>
Isn't positive hit country mostly southern gospel with a few secular country tunes (ones that convey a positive message) thrown in? Isn't it basically southern gospel, anyway? If it is, then it sounds like it won't be much different than the southern gospel programming they're currently duplicating off WXJC. Why not just leave it "as is"?
*************************************************
There'll be no radio in Heaven.
Will you be there?
www.PassTheWord.net
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brian5
Guest
> > I'm not a country music conoisseur in the least, so could
> > anyone shed any light into what 'positive hit country'
> could
> > possibly consist of?
>
> Not exactly the same thing, but check out The Walk 106.3 in
> South Carolina:
>
> http://www.thewalkonline.com/
>
I actually like that playlist...<P ID="signature">______________
Brian
</P>
> > anyone shed any light into what 'positive hit country'
> could
> > possibly consist of?
>
> Not exactly the same thing, but check out The Walk 106.3 in
> South Carolina:
>
> http://www.thewalkonline.com/
>
I actually like that playlist...<P ID="signature">______________
Brian
</P>
> > > WPHT 92.5 begins April 1. Way to go Crawford.
> > RDP's buddy Mr. Zach (of the Alabama Broadcast Media Page)
> > says it'll be "Positive Hit Country".
> > I'm not a country music conoisseur in the least, so could
> > anyone shed any light into what 'positive hit country'
> could possibly consist of?
> To me, it sounds like a more contemporary southern gospel
> format.
> Of course, that's just a guess.
Your guess is as good as anyone's... I did a search for "positive hit country" and came up with only one site - mine! LOL...<P ID="signature">______________
~Zach
alabama broadcast media page
http://webpages.charter.net/justzach/almediapage/</P>
> > RDP's buddy Mr. Zach (of the Alabama Broadcast Media Page)
> > says it'll be "Positive Hit Country".
> > I'm not a country music conoisseur in the least, so could
> > anyone shed any light into what 'positive hit country'
> could possibly consist of?
> To me, it sounds like a more contemporary southern gospel
> format.
> Of course, that's just a guess.
Your guess is as good as anyone's... I did a search for "positive hit country" and came up with only one site - mine! LOL...<P ID="signature">______________
~Zach
alabama broadcast media page
http://webpages.charter.net/justzach/almediapage/</P>
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