Fun question

[waymar]

1). What format change in the last 30 years did you find the most suprising. Mine areL 1). WCAU-WOGL, 2). WEGX-WJJZ 3). WSNI-Rumba

2). What format changes in teh last 30 years have been the most sucessful over a period of time (One year at the minimun) MIne are 1). Rumba to Radio 104.5 2). WIOQ OLdies-CHR RHythmic 3). WCAU to WOGL

 

[imhomerjay]

I'd have to put WIP from MOR to sports on a list of successes. For surprises...I'm not sure. Most were ones we saw coming. Even if the moment or particulars of the switches were unknown in advance, the result was somewhat expected in a large percentage of cases.

 

[RadioPhillyFan]

Well, Y100 was surprising for me being I had no clue it was coming.

 

[BobSmolarek]

I would nominate for most surprizing is when WIOQ went to oldies in the late 80's to compete with the new 98.1 WOGL oldies. It was like, why TWO oldies stations? It just never seemed right, the oldies on 102.1. It didn't last long. Also a surprise was Magic 102.9 giving up AC for the 70's. I always thought WMGK did well as an AC station.

 

[WCAUTVNBC10]

Well, Y100 was surprising for me being I had no clue it was coming.

When Radio One bought Y100 you had to have at least known it was inevitable and once they let Preston & Steve walk you had to have known the end was near.

 

[RadioPhillyFan]

Well, Y100 was surprising for me being I had no clue it was coming.

When Radio One bought Y100 you had to have at least known it was inevitable and once they let Preston & Steve walk you had to have known the end was near.

Yes and no, back then I thought they would keep it untill the ratings plummeted. I think it was more of me being in denial that one of my longest presets was about to sign off forever.

 

[imhomerjay]

Magic didn't surprise me--they had fallen back in the pack by that point, and a shakeup of some kind seemed all but inevitable given the then-current landscape. Maybe the exact direction was a bit unexpected (until they started doing those '70s weekends), but that a change was in the air...not so much.

WIOQ going oldies...surprising they went ahead after 98 beat them, but rumors had been strong that they were looking to move on, and they might well have believed that the short window 98 had over them wasn't insurmountable. And quite possibly that wasn't what swung the battle in the end.

 

[Bobf]

I'm still waiting for WIOQ to go back to rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[stevations]

How about 1380 WAMS Wilmington DE going from oldies, to selling their station so real estate developers could build houses on the land and the frequency goint to the Transportation Dept for broadcasting traffic alerts 24 hours a day.

 

[RadioPhillyFan]

I'm still waiting for WIOQ to go back to rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, never gonna happen.

 

[jhguthlac]

The two biggest surprises for me were the WCAU to WOGL-AM and WIOQ to oldies.

 

[Seltzer]

I would nominate for most surprizing is when WIOQ went to oldies in the late 80's to compete with the new 98.1 WOGL oldies. It was like, why TWO oldies stations? It just never seemed right, the oldies on 102.1. It didn't last long. Also a surprise was Magic 102.9 giving up AC for the 70's. I always thought WMGK did well as an AC station.

The AC field in Philly had gotten very crowded in the early 90s. You had Kiss 100, Star 104.5, Easy 101 (BEFORE B) all attacking Magic. It was a shame though as Magic was one of the original "Soft Rock" stations coming on the air in September 1975.

 

[RadioPhillyFan]

I would nominate for most surprizing is when WIOQ went to oldies in the late 80's to compete with the new 98.1 WOGL oldies. It was like, why TWO oldies stations? It just never seemed right, the oldies on 102.1. It didn't last long. Also a surprise was Magic 102.9 giving up AC for the 70's. I always thought WMGK did well as an AC station.

The AC field in Philly had gotten very crowded in the early 90s. You had Kiss 100, Star 104.5, Easy 101 (BEFORE B) all attacking Magic. It was a shame though as Magic was one of the original "Soft Rock" stations coming on the air in September 1975.

All were better then B...

 

[imhomerjay]

And yet one still stands. Hmmm, they most have done something right.

 

[RadioPhillyFan]

And yet one still stands. Hmmm, they most have done something right.

True, but it's a shame they do. They're pretty shoddy. Outdated site information, poor audio quality, no webstream, they tweek themseles a lot. Just yikes... just yikes.

 

[imhomerjay]

I'd take that "shame" as a business success any day of the week. It is, after all, a business.

 

[RadioPhillyFan]

I'd take that "shame" as a business success any day of the week. It is, after all, a business.

Yes, but don't you think they would want to improve themselves considering they only own two FM's? (WBEB and WAEB)

 

[Zackster]

Huh ? WBEB is the only station Jerry Lee Broadcasting, LLC owns. Single owner, Jerry Lee,
who took over the 51% that was owned by Dave Kurtz when he passed away about 5 years ago.
They did own WFIL for a time back in the 80s.

WAEB is owned by Capstar.

Why should they "improve themselves" when they are # 1, and have been for ages?

They do things based on research, and it seems to work well for them. Things that are
important to you aren't important to others.

 

[RadioPhillyFan]

Everything about B101 is awful...

Then again, I'm not in their demo.

(WAEB is owned by Clear Channel / WEAZ-FM Broadcasting)

 

[Zackster]

Huh ? Your taste in radio doesn't make them bad.

The FCC says ...

WAEB-FM PA ALLENTOWN USA

Licensee: CAPSTAR TX LLC
Service Designation: FM 'Full Service' FM station or application

Channel/Class: 281B Frequency: 104.1 MHz Licensed
File No.: BLH-7006 Facility ID number: 14372