DC and Baltimore HD Radio Lineups (Updated)

[Slinky]

Here's what the radio groups have lined up so far for their HD2 channels:

DC
94.7 - AAA
95.5 - Gospel
97.1 - AC Ballads and Love Songs
98.7 - Classic Country
99.1 - Reggaeton
99.5 - New! CHR
100.3 - Oldies - 50's 60's
101.1 - Elliot On Demand
103.5 - Long-form, In-Depth Classical
104.1 - Classical Vocal Music "Viva La Voce"
106.7 - Female Talk

Baltimore
93.1 - New/Future Country
101.9 - Lite AC
102.7 - Sports
104.3 - Traditional Jazz
105.7 - HFS Alternative
106.5 - CHR

That looks like everyone for now, as smaller owners like Radio One haven't made any announcements regarding HD. <P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by Slinky on 01/19/06 10:45 PM.</FONT></P>

 

[Poppinjay]

Re: DC and Baltimore HD Radio Lineups De-Constructed

DC
97.1 - A less extreme WASH-FM, no balls allowed.
98.7 - A hitch in yer gittyup
99.5 - Hits on a ten minute rotation
100.3 - Preparing for Jack
101.1 - Alternative to good radio
103.5 - All 80's style WGMS
104.1 - Opera that can't even sell soap

Baltimore
93.1 - Future Country, songs currently being written and some not even though of yet.
104.3 - What, you mean we haven't been playing "real" jazz?

 

[JM_pstar]

Re: DC and Baltimore HD Radio Lineups De-Constructed

> DC
> 97.1 - A less extreme WASH-FM, no balls allowed.
> 98.7 - A hitch in yer gittyup
> 99.5 - Hits on a ten minute rotation
> 100.3 - Preparing for Jack
> 101.1 - Alternative to good radio
> 103.5 - All 80's style WGMS
> 104.1 - Opera that can't even sell soap
>
> Baltimore
> 93.1 - Future Country, songs currently being written and
> some not even though of yet.
> 104.3 - What, you mean we haven't been playing "real" jazz?
>

These stations haven't even come on the air and you're already criticizing them?

 

[Slinky]

Re: DC and Baltimore HD Radio Lineups De-Constructed

> These stations haven't even come on the air and you're
> already criticizing them?

Eh, some criticism is legit.

Someone at CBS should be fired for not putting HFS back into DC on HD2.

And 24 hours of Elliot? *shudder*... and this is coming from someone who likes Elliot.

But it's all experimental at this point anyway since no one has the receivers, so there's no point in overanalyzing the format choices.

 

[Poppinjay]

Re: DC and Baltimore HD Radio Lineups De-Constructed

> > DC
> > 97.1 - A less extreme WASH-FM, no balls allowed.
> > 98.7 - A hitch in yer gittyup
> > 99.5 - Hits on a ten minute rotation
> > 100.3 - Preparing for Jack
> > 101.1 - Alternative to good radio
> > 103.5 - All 80's style WGMS
> > 104.1 - Opera that can't even sell soap
> >
> > Baltimore
> > 93.1 - Future Country, songs currently being written and
> > some not even though of yet.
> > 104.3 - What, you mean we haven't been playing "real"
> jazz?
> >
>
> These stations haven't even come on the air and you're
> already criticizing them?
>

Yes. Yes I am. Stations lobbied the FCC years ago to control more channels with the promise that if they could, then they'd be able to provide TRUE variety.

WASH FM using HD to provide soft rock ballads? WIHT using HD to provide hits? WMZQ using HD to provide country?

Consider me less than impressed.

For real HD usage, check out Greater Media in Detroit.

 

[ajhenderson]

> DC
> 94.7 - AAA
> 95.5 - Gospel
> 97.1 - AC Ballads and Love Songs
> 98.7 - Classic Country
> 99.1 - Reggaeton
> 99.5 - New! CHR
> 100.3 - Oldies - 50's 60's
> 101.1 - Elliot On Demand
> 103.5 - Long-form, In-Depth Classical
> 104.1 - Classical Vocal Music "Viva La Voce"
> 106.7 - Female Talk
>
> Baltimore
> 93.1 - New/Future Country
> 101.9 - Lite AC
> 102.7 - Sports
> 104.3 - Traditional Jazz
> 105.7 - HFS Alternative
> 106.5 - CHR

Seeing that WJFK-FM is doing female talk (???) on HD, why doesn't HFS bring back a few of the talk shows that got bumped when they moved the music format over? Which leads me to wonder what kind of skirmishes will happen when HD becomes more widespread and hosts are arguing with each other over who's on the "real" channel and who had to get relegated to being cleared on a subchannel.