Fox Oldies 1220 WGNY now on 95.7 Poughkeepsie and also 94.1 in OC

[beavis]

Great to see oldies have finally made there way back on the FM dial in the Hudson Valley. Fox Oldies Seems more 50's and 60's based oldies with a few 70's tunes dropped in and most importantly...No 80's!

as for 105.7? its still rebroadcasting WVOS

 

[MHVRadiofan]

I thought it was odd when I heard WVOS promo that they were on 95.9 and 105.7, Ellenville last week with no mention of the other frequencies. I am baffled as to why Digital Radio Broadcasting made this switch. This was a terrible decision!!! WVOS is an excellent station, playing the Greatest Hits of All Time (OLDIES). I grew up in the 60’s and love the music from back then, but the music selection on FOX Oldies is too old. On WVOS the music selection is great, the air personalities actually have a personality and although I assume at least part of the day is voice tracked it sounds live. I in other words it sounds like radio used to. A while back a poster called derisively WVOS a WCBS-FM wanna be. While they can’t be WCBS -FM they are a damn good imitation, and one I could listen to in Hyde Park. I am very disappointed by this stupid move. The only way I could let Digital Radio Broadcasting off the hook is off the deal with WVOS to rebroadcast their signal fell through. From what I have heard thus far WGNY-AM Fox Radio is not nearly the quality broadcast as WVOS. A while back WGNY-FM was rebroadcast the now silent 97.3 Poughkeepsie at the time I thought this was a waste. We had no oldies station at the time and putting WGNY-AM on the frequency made more sense. But with 95.7 first rebrocasting The True Oldies Channel, and the much better WVOS -FM this became unnecessary. I hope to find contact information for Digital Broadcasting to let them know that I think this decision sucks!

 

[rtetro]

I can see the logic.

With most oldies/classic hits/etc stations now skewing more towards late 60s-70s-80s, taking a station 50s-60s-early 70s is a strategic move. The question becomes, do they have sales people who can sell the demos? There has been a lot written in the trades in recent months about an increase in saleability of the 50+ demo because of their higher level of disposable income (among other reasons). The right sales people armed with the right research can make it work since the vast majority of sales will be locally driven, rather than agency.

 

[disney fanatic]

I'm glad that 95.7 pulled the plug on WVOS-FM on its Greatest Hits format. Who doesn't care anyway. WCBS-FM is doing very well in the PPM's and they still the #1 station tying with WLTW's "Lite-FM" on 106.7 because of the Christmas music which has been going on for a few weeks from now until December 25th in terms of big ratings.

I also remember back in 2007 when WBPM pulled the plug from oldies when it was "Cool 92.9" until it flipped to a solid classic hits format and then adjusted to a classic rock style WPDH wannabe format which it didn't do well in ratings book for a few years. At the time, Hudson Valley still has no oldies station in our frequencies. WEOK and WALL had the "True Oldies Channel" last Spring where they dropped "Radio Disney" as a kid oriented station. WKNY still has the Saturday afternoon oldies show with Warren Lawrence, but it plays nothing but the 50's, 60's and 70's for a few hours.

Great to hear WGNY's "Fox Oldies" on FM once again, but it had this crummy signal coming into Kingston from Poughkeepsie.

 

[MHVRadiofan]

Disney, Your moniker The Radio Rambler says it all that’s what you do, ramble on and on pointlessly. I remember you saying 95.7 doesn’t reach Kingston. So what are you talking about? I think you just enjoying seeing your own posts on the message board.

 

[disney fanatic]

Disney, Your moniker The Radio Rambler says it all that’s what you do, ramble on and on pointlessly. I remember you saying 95.7 doesn’t reach Kingston. So what are you talking about? I think you just enjoying seeing your own posts on the message board.

I know! To tell you the truth that I just listened to 95.7 and it sounded a lot like the old CBS-FM (circa 1972-2005) playing nothing but the 50's and 60's on that station. A lot of oldies fans in Poughkeepsie can get their station, but in Kingston doesn't pick that up on the dial due to that poor signal coming into Kingston. I'll show you the link again.

http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=W239BL&service=FX&status=L&hours=U