Bubba Comes To Dayton

[One Who Knows]

That is soooo un-Cox!

As if Rush's rants and 95.7 in Piqua going mono for an AM/FM simulcast wasn't bad enough.

Let Sharonville have its LPFM (The ultra right wing Limburgher weasel is already on 'KRC!)

Ah, Kirkie Fan...

Perhaps it's a switch for Cox in Dayton, but not for Cox in general - Bubba is on 6 or 7 of their stations now, and pretty much all are doing quite well. (One station reportedly went from a 1 to a 7 share almost overnight.)

WHIO's decision to move talk to simulcast on FM has made a radical improvement to the station's ratings. Right now, it's seeing the kinds of numbers not seen since the Lou Emm days. And no one (other than you) has noticed it's in mono. At least, as I understand it, the station has had zero complaints about not being in stereo. The talk audience couldn't care less. Which might give you an idea of why it was done. The move gave WHIO far more coverage to the north than that puny 5 KW AM signal could muster, and put a city grade signal into Springfield (a real necessity to get big numbers on any station these days). It also helped lower WHIO's demos, which were starting to approach geriatric prior to the move.

I can appreciate you're not a Limbaugh fan...but he had around a 15 share 25-54 in the latest trend. Don't know if that will continue, but if it does...Rush can only thank the man in the White House for all the attention he's attracting to EIB.

As for Eagle, it might have been done earlier. But now that it appears as though 95.7 ain't goin' nowhere, the decision to move more into the 80's, and making the change seems logical, if you consider the changes in the Dayton radio market landscape in the past year or so.

I know many of folk in the northern Miami Valley including some in Lima and Celina that love the fact that they can listen to talk radio on FM versus having to listen to try to pull in 1150 WIMA's 1kw signal. I also know some talk radio converts in Minster and Ft. Loramie who never listened to talk radio before Cox flipped 95.7 to talk, now thats all they will listen to. If Cox wants to disappoint more people then they can imagine they will indeed move 95.7 to Sharonville.

Josh: It appears 95-7 is going nowhere. End of story.

 

[tcsnrayp]

That is soooo un-Cox!

As if Rush's rants and 95.7 in Piqua going mono for an AM/FM simulcast wasn't bad enough.

Let Sharonville have its LPFM (The ultra right wing Limburgher weasel is already on 'KRC!)

Ah, Kirkie Fan...

Perhaps it's a switch for Cox in Dayton, but not for Cox in general - Bubba is on 6 or 7 of their stations now, and pretty much all are doing quite well. (One station reportedly went from a 1 to a 7 share almost overnight.)

WHIO's decision to move talk to simulcast on FM has made a radical improvement to the station's ratings. Right now, it's seeing the kinds of numbers not seen since the Lou Emm days. And no one (other than you) has noticed it's in mono. At least, as I understand it, the station has had zero complaints about not being in stereo. The talk audience couldn't care less. Which might give you an idea of why it was done. The move gave WHIO far more coverage to the north than that puny 5 KW AM signal could muster, and put a city grade signal into Springfield (a real necessity to get big numbers on any station these days). It also helped lower WHIO's demos, which were starting to approach geriatric prior to the move.

I can appreciate you're not a Limbaugh fan...but he had around a 15 share 25-54 in the latest trend. Don't know if that will continue, but if it does...Rush can only thank the man in the White House for all the attention he's attracting to EIB.

As for Eagle, it might have been done earlier. But now that it appears as though 95.7 ain't goin' nowhere, the decision to move more into the 80's, and making the change seems logical, if you consider the changes in the Dayton radio market landscape in the past year or so.

I know many of folk in the northern Miami Valley including some in Lima and Celina that love the fact that they can listen to talk radio on FM versus having to listen to try to pull in 1150 WIMA's 1kw signal. I also know some talk radio converts in Minster and Ft. Loramie who never listened to talk radio before Cox flipped 95.7 to talk, now thats all they will listen to. If Cox wants to disappoint more people then they can imagine they will indeed move 95.7 to Sharonville.

Josh: It appears 95-7 is going nowhere. End of story.

Hey, "one who knows"... based on this post EXACTLY what is it you "know"????

 

[One Who Knows]

That is soooo un-Cox!

As if Rush's rants and 95.7 in Piqua going mono for an AM/FM simulcast wasn't bad enough.

Let Sharonville have its LPFM (The ultra right wing Limburgher weasel is already on 'KRC!)

Ah, Kirkie Fan...

Perhaps it's a switch for Cox in Dayton, but not for Cox in general - Bubba is on 6 or 7 of their stations now, and pretty much all are doing quite well. (One station reportedly went from a 1 to a 7 share almost overnight.)

WHIO's decision to move talk to simulcast on FM has made a radical improvement to the station's ratings. Right now, it's seeing the kinds of numbers not seen since the Lou Emm days. And no one (other than you) has noticed it's in mono. At least, as I understand it, the station has had zero complaints about not being in stereo. The talk audience couldn't care less. Which might give you an idea of why it was done. The move gave WHIO far more coverage to the north than that puny 5 KW AM signal could muster, and put a city grade signal into Springfield (a real necessity to get big numbers on any station these days). It also helped lower WHIO's demos, which were starting to approach geriatric prior to the move.

I can appreciate you're not a Limbaugh fan...but he had around a 15 share 25-54 in the latest trend. Don't know if that will continue, but if it does...Rush can only thank the man in the White House for all the attention he's attracting to EIB.

As for Eagle, it might have been done earlier. But now that it appears as though 95.7 ain't goin' nowhere, the decision to move more into the 80's, and making the change seems logical, if you consider the changes in the Dayton radio market landscape in the past year or so.

I know many of folk in the northern Miami Valley including some in Lima and Celina that love the fact that they can listen to talk radio on FM versus having to listen to try to pull in 1150 WIMA's 1kw signal. I also know some talk radio converts in Minster and Ft. Loramie who never listened to talk radio before Cox flipped 95.7 to talk, now thats all they will listen to. If Cox wants to disappoint more people then they can imagine they will indeed move 95.7 to Sharonville.

Josh: It appears 95-7 is going nowhere. End of story.

Hey, "one who knows"... based on this post EXACTLY what is it you "know"????

No conspiracy here. It was announced in late January to staff and clients that the 95-7 "Move To Sharonville" deal was off.

I guess that's what happens when you put double digit numbers in the ratings...WHIO AM/FM has become a powerhouse in Dayton.

Nothing to see here...move along!

 

[microbob]

That's a shame then, because Cox could have gotten a station in the Cincinnati market. It would've been nice to hear Bubba's show in Cincinnati.

 

[gr8oldies]

I wouldnt have thought for a minute Cox would run a stand alone 6kW in Cincy. I am glad the deal is apparently off

 

[techie2]

I wouldnt have thought for a minute Cox would run a stand alone 6kW in Cincy. I am glad the deal is apparently off

I figured it would be a First Broadcasting style "pump and dump" move-in and sale. Between the success of the AM-FM simulcast, and the collapse in radio station prices, it sounds like standing pat is the smart move.

 

[greg.hahn]

You are correct about the Xenia interference...it's being, so I'm told, allegedly caused by a station to the East which reportedly refuses to either power down or calibrate its directional array at night. Some operators do this thinking they can plead poverty to the FCC (we don't have the money to fix it, so we'll just leave it on). Some do it thinking they can't get caught. As for me, I'd like to see all operations of this type shut down...and the frequency vacated to reduce interference. (I know - I'm being harsh and hateful here...but I think the only way to save AM if that can even be done, is to reduce the interference on the band...and if that means closing down radio service in towns that can't or won't support a station, so be it. Last time I looked at the Constitution, there was no "right" for any community to have a radio station.)

There was a station that got inspected and fined for that last year. If it's still happening, you need to tell engineering. Today.

 

[KevinFodor]

That's a shame then, because Cox could have gotten a station in the Cincinnati market. It would've been nice to hear Bubba's show in Cincinnati.

Well, you could listen online. They stream at www.953theeagle.com. Or, wait for wi-fi in cars. Then, you, too can listen in Cincy!