...at FOXIE 103.1 Jamz/WFXA Augusta, GA. Midday personality Tropikana is out the building and returns home to Cleveland's Z107.9/WENZ for nights. Poor FOXIE han't been the same since Radio One sold it to Perry Broadcasting.
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Another One Bites The Dust...
- Thread starter ShawtyBlack_ATL
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Well, maybe they could get Davis Broadcasting out of Columbus (GA) to purchase the cluster since both the urbans have similar brandings and similar-sized markets.
Clear Channel's Urban POWER 107 basically took the Augusta market from FOXIE 103 when it was still Radio One. Things just went down hill once Perry took over including the other 3 stations. I believe FOXIE only has 3 on air jocks total. Davis Brodacstin is facing the same thing in Columbus with FOXIE 105 JAMZ. Once Clear Channel launched 101.3 THE BEAT (now 98.3 THE BEAT), FOXIE no longer had the #1 spot in the city.kilamanjero said:
ShawtyBlack_ATL said:
Columbus is only measured twice a year (spring and fall), but according to the Spring 2010 (http://ratings.****************/cgi-bin/rol.exe/arb235), Foxie 105 is still #1. WBFA is #3, but has never come no more than with 3-shares of Foxie's ratings. What's funny is WFXE has the weakest signal of all the Columbus urban stations as well.
Back to the point, I think Davis would be a good fit for Augusta's former Radio One urban cluster because they have managed to beat Clear Channel and its shell company for WBFA (Aloha Station Trust, LLC) in Columbus after nearly 5 years of having those stations on air. Perry can't even get their urban station in their hometown, Oklahoma City, to the top 5 because of their crappy over syndicated programming and lack of local on-air talent. You can tell Perry doesn't even know a thing about Augusta hence the constant changes with Foxie 103 from it on-air talent to brand name. It's a damn shame this is coming from a black-owned station group.
Perry is lacking the upbeat, new music breaking stations that the top markets have. Even rhy. top 40 station in Oklahoma City KKWD 104.9 is doing better that him.
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so Perry Broadcasting are they just not caring or dont know what they are doing at all?
hiphopRadio said:
They obviously don't know what they are doing. For years all they were doing was operating an AM station in Oklahoma City that was basically airing the Citadel Media/ABC "The Touch" syndicated UAC format. Their movements into other markets have occurred in recent years, but executed very poorly.
prodigy3 said:I think Davis Broadcasting would do good.. I prefer Foxie in Columbus over The Beat only because The Beat sounds like the volume is turned down on is the studio..
Prodigy3 your're right. i was down there 2 weeks ago for the Classic and I heard it for myself. However, both stations sounded dull as far as music and any type of excitment for the Classic weekend.
ShawtyBlack_ATL said:prodigy3 said:I think Davis Broadcasting would do good.. I prefer Foxie in Columbus over The Beat only because The Beat sounds like the volume is turned down on is the studio..
Prodigy3 your're right. i was down there 2 weeks ago for the Classic and I heard it for myself. However, both stations sounded dull as far as music and any type of excitment for the Classic weekend.
Well, considering it is a small market, I really don't see the purpose of spinning all weekend long. They did their usual Friday evening mix on Foxie 105. It is what it is, Columbus isn't a "crunk" city...
Radio depreived in OKC....I am in complete agreement with all of the sentiments expressed about how Perry Broadcast operator their radio clusters. Presently, I reside in OKC and their Urban radio stations are truly disappointing for the size of this Metro. The only hope that listeners have for true Urban Radio in this market is that someone will come into the market to compete or someone will invent away for online streaming radio stations can be heard inside your vehicle.
I think I might agree with the points about the FM stations. The AM stations however are run cheaply but still play some urban oldies and a bit deeper playlist found on urban AC FMs. I think Perry deserves some credit for the AM operations. Those urban AC formats are far better than just another conservative talk station on the AM dial.
I've been into WFXA for aobut 6months. Overall I dig their localism with Sly Tay, he does spin alot of local acts and underground along with some in their overnight playlist, but they need to LAY OFF THE POP and crossover, it does not belong. Sean Kingston is irritating, currently they've STILL been playing Pretty Ricky Cookie Cutter Girl and thats a cause for a "switch the channel" move.
Perry Broadcasting could, if they knew what they were doing as a whole, could set a new trend in Urban radio and go more hip hop and less r&b and crossover, counter to what many stations are doing now. Its time to stop being all over the fomat spectrum and focus on a core genre I believe. Theres so many pop stations I don't need my urban to play a crossover.
I haven't listened to Powr 107 much simply because I cant hear any flash player on my Win Mobile phone, but when i DID turn it on, it was a generic usual CC syndicated, i heart radio, national playlist type station. If they are trumping WFXA, then they must simply have a better signal in the market.
Perry Broadcasting could, if they knew what they were doing as a whole, could set a new trend in Urban radio and go more hip hop and less r&b and crossover, counter to what many stations are doing now. Its time to stop being all over the fomat spectrum and focus on a core genre I believe. Theres so many pop stations I don't need my urban to play a crossover.
I haven't listened to Powr 107 much simply because I cant hear any flash player on my Win Mobile phone, but when i DID turn it on, it was a generic usual CC syndicated, i heart radio, national playlist type station. If they are trumping WFXA, then they must simply have a better signal in the market.
Word! said:
FOXIE 103.1 covers Augusta just fine. The problem started after POWER 107 arrived. FOXIE had been the only station running the CSRA for years, but weaker 97.9 THE WIZ from SC also covers portions of Augusta too. POWER 107 was more Hip-Hop and the station had a crunk edge to it when they launched. Once Radio One sold to Perry they've been through too many jocks and not to mention the confusing ass name changes from FOXIE 103 JAMZ to 103 JAMZ THE FOX and now back to the original name. They're still using banners that say 103 JAMZ THE FOX and the Ford Expedition they have is wrapped in that branding too. I like Sly Tay too, but he plays way too many unknown artist during primetime.
Word! said:
One thing I've learned from Chicago is its urban radio has always been more "play it safe" market. Even in its heyday, WGCI rarely broke major hip-hop or R&B hits because they relied upon the old favorites and dayparted playlist to keep the core audience appeased. Hence why, the Caribbean music, "Club 1075", and other favorites were pushed out of the picture @ WGCI. Clear Channel aggravated the situation, but now it's a just a mess.
Chicago is worse than ever since the switch with Power and Soul. We all expect cookie cutter GCI not to do much simply because of thier restrictions. But Power had the freedom to do alot, but i think they've gone extremely backwards within the last year.
I still believe that the nail in the coffin for Trey in the AM was letting go Kendra G.
I believe that Power has never simply became WEJM and they had a opportunity to do that. Theres so many markets that play ALOT of local artists in regular rotation, and my vision has always been a heavy-Chicago artist station.
Example, so sick of hearing Empire State of Mind by Jay-z but couldn't find the title or artist of some Chicago anthems, simply because the DJ didn't know what song I was talking about. That's a shame, how do you NOT know a local artist song? Easy, its not in REGULAR ROTATION.
Most Chicago artists have always left chicago because the market offers minimal support. Common, R Kelly, Kanye, Twista, Crucial Conflict, C.O.G., Da Brat, all left Chicago to make it big.
Crawford is an independent company who has the freedom to do whatever. They could have done a Chicago heavy rotation format.
Its ok though, I'm leaving the market this year.
I'm done, I'm moving to where I belong.
I still believe that the nail in the coffin for Trey in the AM was letting go Kendra G.
I believe that Power has never simply became WEJM and they had a opportunity to do that. Theres so many markets that play ALOT of local artists in regular rotation, and my vision has always been a heavy-Chicago artist station.
Example, so sick of hearing Empire State of Mind by Jay-z but couldn't find the title or artist of some Chicago anthems, simply because the DJ didn't know what song I was talking about. That's a shame, how do you NOT know a local artist song? Easy, its not in REGULAR ROTATION.
Most Chicago artists have always left chicago because the market offers minimal support. Common, R Kelly, Kanye, Twista, Crucial Conflict, C.O.G., Da Brat, all left Chicago to make it big.
Crawford is an independent company who has the freedom to do whatever. They could have done a Chicago heavy rotation format.
Its ok though, I'm leaving the market this year.
I'm done, I'm moving to where I belong.
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And where is that sir? I listen to both WGCI and power .... i could say they both have tight playlist ... i like DJ pharris show though
South. And Pharris show is good but got boring after 4months simply because of the many repeats within 2hours of drake and nicki. Alot of repeats. I think that all request is good, but as I've tested some calls before and they do not play all requests, especially some new releases that they don't know of.
I remember when Lil webbie came out with a song, and a listener called up and the AT (i won't name) said it was "Lil Wee-bie" not Webb-ie and I just smacked my head. It shows how clueless many are there.
I don't know, maybe I'm asking too much but I believe if someone is passionate about music and radio, they should indulge themselves into it. I have for years. But I dont believe many air talent are as passionate as me
I remember when Lil webbie came out with a song, and a listener called up and the AT (i won't name) said it was "Lil Wee-bie" not Webb-ie and I just smacked my head. It shows how clueless many are there.
I don't know, maybe I'm asking too much but I believe if someone is passionate about music and radio, they should indulge themselves into it. I have for years. But I dont believe many air talent are as passionate as me
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