CC's bringing back Planet radio

[secondchoice]

While not in Atlanta yet CC is bring the jinked station brand name:

http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/84080/planet-radio-returns-to-jacksonville/

I just hope nobody in the CC Atlanta cluster (also known as the building of career death) thinks this is a "good" brand for Atlanta. It really did wonders for WGST didn't it.

 

[atlantaboy]

I doubt it, unless they want to flip WBZY - 100.5 is already covering Active Rock tracks, though, just in lighter rotation, and a Planet Radio station might take some listeners from 105.7

I can't see it happening

 

[trusty]

Go ahead and put it on GST. What have you got to lose?

 

[chrocket87]

I don't think they'll do this unless it goes on a translator. I think "Rock" fills that hole enough and given the lack of hits from Active Rock, does the market really need two stations playing the music?

 

[secondchoice]

I guess nobody remembers WGST's Planet Radio.

 

[atlantaboy]

Unless I missed it, there isn't a single Active Rock track in the ITunes Top 200 - and whenever I scan that chart, I feel like it's the same 10-15 bands charting over and over

IMO wouldn't be a good move

 

[sagebasics]

I guess nobody remembers WGST's Planet Radio.

I do remember Planet radio and it was a disaster. They cleared out all the real news talent at WGST and used this awful format.

 

[tjolsen]

Planet's a good move for the Jacksonville market, as it along with a hand-full of smaller southern cities are prime territory for active rock still, and these are the main markets the acts who made their bread and butter in this genre still tour.

 

[acheron1982]

Planet use to be used for Alternative stations as well.

I agree with Atlantaboy on CC not doing that in Atlanta with Radio 105.7.

Cumulus does a horrible job with active rock. Not sure I can even call Rock 100.5 "active rock". They seem to be more mainstream but then again, what do I know. Cumulus tends to go a little off the board when doing rock formats.

 

[acheron1982]

With mention of Jacksonville Florida. Let's go back when Rock 105 died. This is what happens when the DJ finds out, accidentally, that he is fired.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W5RgbOgwKo

 

[atlantaboy]

Not sure I can even call Rock 100.5 "active rock".

It actually isn't Active Rock - it's classified as "Rock" on Arbitron, and "Mainstream Rock" on Mediabase, a very rare format which usually only shows up in medium-small markets - essentially, it's the AC version of Active Rock

 

[AMFMRadFan]

With Clear Channel resurrecting the "Planet Radio" name on a rock station in Jacksonville, back when WGST used the "Planet Radio" name in the 1990s, was WGST a rock station during that time? Or were they the heritage news/talk station that people knew them better as? I'm asking because I didn't start listening to WGST until 2000 or 2001 when it became the final years of WGST's simulcast at 105.7 FM during the "NewsRadio" name era.

 

[jabba17]

With Clear Channel resurrecting the "Planet Radio" name on a rock station in Jacksonville, back when WGST used the "Planet Radio" name in the 1990s, was WGST a rock station during that time? Or were they the heritage news/talk station that people knew them better as? I'm asking because I didn't start listening to WGST until 2000 or 2001 when it became the final years of WGST's simulcast at 105.7 FM during the "NewsRadio" name era.

Nope, Planet Radio WGST was talk. IIRC, they had local Sean Hannity and then Ian Punnett 9-noon, then Rush noon-3, then Dr. Dean Edell for a couple of hours, and then the Kimmer from 5-7.

 

[RoddyFreeman]

With Clear Channel resurrecting the "Planet Radio" name on a rock station in Jacksonville, back when WGST used the "Planet Radio" name in the 1990s, was WGST a rock station during that time? Or were they the heritage news/talk station that people knew them better as? I'm asking because I didn't start listening to WGST until 2000 or 2001 when it became the final years of WGST's simulcast at 105.7 FM during the "NewsRadio" name era.

Nope, Planet Radio WGST was talk. IIRC, they had local Sean Hannity and then Ian Punnett 9-noon, then Rush noon-3, then Dr. Dean Edell for a couple of hours, and then the Kimmer from 5-7.

Planet Radio at first had Ian Punnett and Trevor Johns in mornings, followed by a Dr. Buff (Perry Buff?), then Dave Stone, then Rush and then The Kimmer.

 

[upstate29651]

Planet in Atlanta has NOTHING to do with the Planet monkier used by other stations. Atlanta's Plane was still news talk, but with a more "up tempo" vibe.

G

 

[upstate29651]

With mention of Jacksonville Florida. Let's go back when Rock 105 died. This is what happens when the DJ finds out, accidentally, that he is fired.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W5RgbOgwKo

This has nothing to do with the recent changes on the 104.5 frequency in Jax. The firing was before (former) WFYV shifted from classic to active rock as "Rock 104.5"

I did love the "Rot in hell, Cox" references!

G

 

[awp69]

God, if the Planet in Jacksonville is anything like CC's The Planet in Greenville, SC, I'd rather listen to static. Prefer alternative to Active Rock anyway but WTPT in Greenville is one of the biggest steaming pile of crap I've ever listened to. They had the balls to actually call themselves "New Rock" and would still play 30-40 year old songs by Pinl Floyd and Led Zeppelin along side their Five Finger Death Punch and other cringe worthy sudo-metal bands of today.

 

[acheron1982]

I've said this once and I will say it again; While I prefer alternative over active rock any day, I would have to give some big thumbs up to Rock 106.1 out of Savannah as one of the best sounding Active Rock stations on the dial in the country. They dig very deep so it's not Five Finger Death Punch and Volbeat 24/7...

 

[atlantaboy]

^I think it's funny how polar opposite Active Rock and Alternative have become - when you go to Rock 106.1's web page, there are all these pictures of Harleys, hot women in bikinis they refer to as "chicks", big, jacked guys with goaties, etc.

Compare that to Radio 105.7's web page - it's pretty funny

 

[chrocket87]

^ Have the rest of CC's Alternative sites changed? The last time I paid attention to the pages of Radio 104.5 and 99x/Cleveland, they had those Bikini Babe photos. No idea if that's changed, but CC generally has a standard template for all similarly formatted stations.