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Gen X Radio

radiofan502

radiofan502

It seems that Gen X Radio keeps disappearing. Today St Louis dropped Gen X and switched to Classic Rock as "The Brew". One thing I found interesting on The Brew's home page is a box at the top asking "Looking for Gen X ?'' ''Try GenX Louisville"
http://brewstlouis.com/main.html
I have noticed more 80's music on GenX lately. I wonder how much longer ''100.5 GenX Radio'' will last.
 
Gen X Louisville has always been the most successful. Plus it was the first. I'm sure it will last a few more years and my guess it will flip to Hot AC.
 
With Gen X gone in Columbus, OH awhile back to Alternative and now the first Gen X in St Louis now gone.. I am guessing eventually Louisville will also take a different direction :)

Personally as someone who grew up in the 90s.. I really liked the format.
 
radioville said:
Gen X Louisville has always been the most successful. Plus it was the first. I'm sure it will last a few more years and my guess it will flip to Hot AC.
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Or WHAS-FM.
 
KyDXIn said:
radioville said:
Gen X Louisville has always been the most successful. Plus it was the first. I'm sure it will last a few more years and my guess it will flip to Hot AC.
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Or WHAS-FM.
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Heard the new name when I was driving home on iheartradio... Wish lexington would flip 94.5 to a Gen-X but sometimes I can get 100.5 here in Lexington. Hope it sticks around for awhile.

If not WHAS put the FOX back where it belongs.
 
KyDXIn said:
radioville said:
Gen X Louisville has always been the most successful. Plus it was the first. I'm sure it will last a few more years and my guess it will flip to Hot AC.
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Or WHAS-FM.
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As long as we're armchair quarterbacking.......

WHAS goes to 100.5, 790's "intellectual property" moves to 840 and 790 becomes a format to be named later.
 
radiorob2.0 said:
KyDXIn said:
radioville said:
Gen X Louisville has always been the most successful. Plus it was the first. I'm sure it will last a few more years and my guess it will flip to Hot AC.
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Or WHAS-FM.
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As long as we're armchair quarterbacking.......

WHAS goes to 100.5, 790's "intellectual property" moves to 840 and 790 becomes a format to be named later.
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Not in our lifetime.
 
KyDXIn said:
radioville said:
radiorob2.0 said:
KyDXIn said:
Or WHAS-FM.
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WHAS goes to 100.5, 790's "intellectual property" moves to 840 and 790 becomes a format to be named later.
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Not in our lifetime.
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I know to never say never, but I doubt if we ever see the demise of the 840 signal.
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It won't be the demise but more of an evolution. 840 is nothing more than a distribution point. 790 has a usable signal during the day and an atrocious night signal. Moving WHAS to 100.5 would help attract a younger demo while sports on 840 would make sense for a better night time signal.

It's a long shot that it would happen but on paper makes sense. The real motivation would revolves around how WHAS is doing attracting listeners the ad agencies desire.
 
Moving whas away from 840 frequency would be a very stupid move no ifs ands or buts!!! You dont mess with something that has been on 840 for as long as it has. I never thought cc should have moved the fox from 100.5 but that was only 12 years. It wasnt that big a deal at least not compared to moving whas from 840.

But move whas from 840 horrible idea and should never happen!!!
 
I know the broadcast flavor of the year is to move news + talk stations to FM. Before pulling the trigger CC will most likely take into account WBBM AM with the FM signal has not really pushed them ahead. Places where the AM signal was marginal Atlanta* + DC, FM has worked wonders. 840 AM is not "signal impaired".

* All North GA AM's suffer with very poor soil conductivity.
 
For sound quality, 840 should bring back the AM stereo signal. I really enjoy listening to WLS at night in stereo.
 
secondchoice said:
I know the broadcast flavor of the year is to move news + talk stations to FM. Before pulling the trigger CC will most likely take into account WBBM AM with the FM signal has not really pushed them ahead. Places where the AM signal was marginal Atlanta* + DC, FM has worked wonders. 840 AM is not "signal impaired".

* All North GA AM's suffer with very poor soil conductivity.
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As soon as your radio gets near any part 15 monster 840 is impaired. It's just the nature of the beast.
 
Why not. Country is King in Tulsa. Guess Gen X isn't, however the music there was a bit better
than Louisville. Maybe we'll see Gen X shift to 97.9 since W250BD just got permission to go to 200 watts.
W250BD is broadcasting K-Love, however the tech box for the application shows WLGX.
So what does that mean?
 
PROjammer said:
W250BD is broadcasting K-Love, however the tech box for the application shows WLGX.
So what does that mean?
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I could mean K-Love is going to use the HD2 signal of WLGX to feed the translator. Clear Channel and EMF have worked out translator for HD2 programming rights swaps in several markets.
 
ONE thing we can count on, IF, 100.5 flipped, it won't be country like Oklahoma's Twister. Great move in
Tulsa. That's a market where 3 country's may survive. Better move as country than Gen X.
 
What's funny is that at the top of the twister's web site, they have a link to the Louisville stream...

Looking for Genx radio??? Check this out... Louisville GenX radio 100.5....
 
radiotrumpet78 said:
What's funny is that at the top of the twister's web site, they have a link to the Louisville stream...

Looking for Genx radio??? Check this out... Louisville GenX radio 100.5....
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C.C. did the same thing when the St. Louis Gen X changed formats.
 
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