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Citadel AC stations

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ssetta

If you look at major companies like CC and CBS, most of their AC stations have practically the same playlist, and almost every Clear Channel AC station carries Delilah. I know Citadel is a rather major company. However, I've listened to quite a few of Citadel's AC stations, and most of them seem pretty good. Here are some of the ones I've listened to:

WWLI/105.1 Lite Rock 105 Providence, RI (this one's somewhat local to me)
WHOM/94.9 Portland, ME
WMAS/94.7 Springfield, MA
WMGS/92.9 Magic 93 Wilkes-Barre, PA
WLEV/100.7 Allentown, PA
WXRC/99.9 Classy 100 Erie, PA
WFMK/99.1 Lansing, MI
WTCB/B106.7 Columbia, SC

Out of all the ones I listed, only two of them run Delilah. Those being WLEV and WXRC. WHOM has John Tesh, but I believe all others are programmed locally in the evening. WWLI and WMAS both have locally produced Love Songs shows, but WMGS and WTCB don't really have a love songs show at all, which is odd for an AC. I haven't really listened to WFMK at night. But I also noticed that WMGS and WTCB have a really wide variety of music, and play a lot of "oh wow" songs on a regular basis. So even though Citadel is a big company, it seems like most of their AC stations are pretty good compared to CC and CBS.
 
That's interesting. I typically don't like Citadel's music stations, but I'll have to listen.

WTCB which I am familiar with...I'm not sure if it's technically AC. Seems more like a AC/Variety Hits/Hot AC hybrid of sorts.
 
I like WFMK, they to me sound a lot fresher musically than the other major- or medium-market AC stations in Michigan. The all-retro weekends almost sound Jack-like - a '70s Elton John hit and "Blue Monday" by New Order played within the same hour. Also, WFMK is one of the few major- or medium-market AC stations I can think of that has NEVER gone all-Christmas music for the holiday season. They had a competitor in the market a few years ago (the late Soft Rock 94.1 WVIC) that tried it, and it failed to raise that station's anemic ratings.
 
ssetta said:
WXRC/99.9 Classy 100 Erie, PA

Out of all the ones I listed, only two of them run Delilah. Those being WLEV and WXRC.
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These letters can't be right. The WXRC letters have been on a Charlotte, NC area station since the early 80s.
 
carolinaradio said:
That's interesting. I typically don't like Citadel's music stations, but I'll have to listen.

WTCB which I am familiar with...I'm not sure if it's technically AC. Seems more like a AC/Variety Hits/Hot AC hybrid of sorts.
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Fortunately, the market just got a more conventional AC for those who want "normal". Well, conventional for 1981.
 
vchimpanzee said:
ssetta said:
WXRC/99.9 Classy 100 Erie, PA

Out of all the ones I listed, only two of them run Delilah. Those being WLEV and WXRC.
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These letters can't be right. The WXRC letters have been on a Charlotte, NC area station since the early 80s.
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Correction, it's WXKC.
 
Citadel's KJOY-99.3 Stockton runs John Tesh eves. Also they don't switch to All Christmas until the week before Christmas. They will play All Christmas Music on weekends only after Thanksgiving.
 
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