I think WXLW relishes being in 3rd place in the sports Talk race behind WFNI and WNDE
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EMF Buys WKLU - Staff receives notice
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Unless ESPN Radio wants to move its network affiliation to another AM or finds an FM Outlet. 1070 will be sports for along time to come. i Think ESPN is at least happy with the 50KW signal during the day of WFNI. Just like Smooth Jazz and Standards. Traditional Odlies are headed the way of Extinction as a terrestrial radio station or stuck on Rimshot FM's or flea power AM's. thats why WXLW should go for the oldies. I dont see where XL950 is making any money outside of the Indianapolis indians Contract (which could easly if not stay with the new 950 format) or the Indians could land back at WNDE or WXNT (If XNT wants to give up its night time programing 6 months a year). At least WNDE is usually PBP at night most of the year in some form or another
how much longer can the Byrd's handle the huge losses????
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bigtime said:
if it didn't work on 95.9(weak signal) what makes you think it has a chance on an ANY A M station???(let alone WXLW) give me a break!
despite the poo-pooing of some on this blog, Classic Hits IS a VIABLE format. WCBS-FM is doing well with it also WLS-FM and KEARTH in L.A.... the problem is the attempts at it over the past few years in Indianapolis have been with low wattage stations that cannot compete.. 104.5 as i remember was pulling 5's & 6's... how many of those "wannabe" 3rd & 4th place CHR's & Country stations would die for those kinds of numbers? the demo's skew 25-54, BUT if a cluster has the younger demo's covered WHY not have ANOTHER "Flavor" to sell? the market is saturated with Country, CHR, Hip Hop & various forms of Talk, you can't tell me in a market of (what) 45 signals there isn't room for a station to REPLACE the format of WKLU.
Has anything ever survived on 95.9 longer than 2 or 3 years at the most
they were top 40 for a while, then Gospel, Then Talk, Then Christian (when Love 98 folded), then Oldies (After Gold was gone), and back to Talk (when the inherited the contracts form Cloudy from 93.9). thats at least what i can recall off the top of my head. the first attempt at talk started in 2000, then went christian in 03, oLdies in 05, Talk in 07. 95.9 should be almost due for another format change this year itself. with its averages since dumping the talk format the first time around. Cant Recall what 95.9 started out as but in the 80's i can recall they were CHR formated then as Q96 (How Q95 let that go through ill never now) The gospel format was the 90's thing for them
they were top 40 for a while, then Gospel, Then Talk, Then Christian (when Love 98 folded), then Oldies (After Gold was gone), and back to Talk (when the inherited the contracts form Cloudy from 93.9). thats at least what i can recall off the top of my head. the first attempt at talk started in 2000, then went christian in 03, oLdies in 05, Talk in 07. 95.9 should be almost due for another format change this year itself. with its averages since dumping the talk format the first time around. Cant Recall what 95.9 started out as but in the 80's i can recall they were CHR formated then as Q96 (How Q95 let that go through ill never now) The gospel format was the 90's thing for them
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MikeStandardsFromIndiana said:
plain & simple that frequency in Franklin cannot play with the big boys in Indianapolis with any format, they should stick to serving the Johnson county area and be a hometown station. they might have done somewhat better with the oldies if they had run it on both the fm and wxlw.. the only hope for them is to get a translator to cover the the north side of Marion Co.
When? Thye never subscribe to the Tron.
93.9 barely registered as a talker ... in the 0.5 to 0.9 range. But 95.9 got 1 share in at least one book back in '07.
95.9 had a 5+ share doing urban leaning top 40 in the 1980's...but, that was before 96.3 & WFMS' IBOC which interferes with 95.9 on some radios made reception more difficult. Before that, they were mono WIFN in the 70's & before playing AC music & all the small town staples. Correct...they don't have the signal to compete, they never will & under current rules, the only way they'll be on a translator in northern Marion County is if they simulcast on WXLW & WXLW has a translator.
Before the 95.9 in Wasbash came on, 96.3 in indy came on and they allowed I-trash to be used. i was able to get 95.9 pretty good here in anderson. but that all went for naught when the Wabash co-channel station came online
cspotrun said:"Staff has recieved notice"-okay, i'll buy into this! NOW WE GOT SOMETHING more than we had a few weeks ago.
lets speculate on just WHO will pick-up this format with a REAL chance of success in Indy. go ahead and gloat HO, i don't care. i'm a newsman, just needed facts.
Often times newsmen HAVE the facts but cannot disclose the source. As was the case here.
Do not doubt the 'ho!
NoWayNoCC said:
Just put the oldies on 1070 - Oldies belong on the AM format along with talk.
No way you waste an FM frequency for a losing format like oldies. WKLU wasn't JUST mismanaged, which was obvious to anyone that any insight to the inner circle of that station, but it chose a format that doesn't earn income.
Why Couldnt 95.9 get an FM Translator on the northside of Indy. heck WTTS has a translator till recently in bloomington that now broadcasts its sister am but was rebroadcasting WTTS. WSHW has a translator in Zionsville. and dont get me started on the fact that WJCF just outside of Greenfield literally has multiple translators with in its listening area as wellBobOnTheJob said:
My guess is that they had to take the studios to get the deal...just a guess.techie2 said:
techie2 said:
EMF will indeed use the studios as a base of operations for the eastern half of the US.
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