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Goodbye Classic Hits, hello Soft R&B?

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jojosunbeam1

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Blood, Sweat & Tears "You Made Me So Very Happy" ended Classic Hits 97.1 RQQ and the Cumulus era to this station that when put on in November of 1999 was owned by the Dickey Brothers. It's obviously seen several formats and even more different incarnations of said formats. There were about 5 seconds of dead air, no legal ID and cut into the middle of a song. First complete song played by K-Love, "Breathe" put out in 2001 by Michael W. Smith. Oh, and what's the subject all about? My car radio went from displaying "classic hits" to "soft R&B". Please tell me there's another format change around the corner. Fish and Way have Nashville covered with Contemporary Christian. Plus, it's kind of a waste to turn a signal like 97.1 to a non-comm station. I'm sure this flip will help Jack, The Rock and possibly Hippie Radio. With the non-comm status, it may spread for ad $ to other stations in town.
 
jojosunbeam1 said:
Please tell me there's another format change around the corner. Fish and Way have Nashville covered with Contemporary Christian. Plus, it's kind of a waste to turn a signal like 97.1 to a non-comm station. I'm sure this flip will help Jack, The Rock and possibly Hippie Radio. With the non-comm status, it may spread for ad $ to other stations in town.
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Non-comm status means you no longer sell "commercials", now you sell "sponsorships". You are still competing for a piece of ad budgets in this regard. On top of that, you get to go after individual gifts as well.

Don't hold your breath for another format change at 97.1, or a change in its upcoming non-comm status. 97.1 is going into the hands of a Christian Music Radio company, and they won't consider formatting differently.
 
This would be a plus for the Hippie....IF they had more power...oh if only Tim the "Toolman" Taylor were the engineer... ;D
 
jojosunbeam1 said:
There were about 5 seconds of dead air, no legal ID and cut into the middle of a song. First complete song played by K-Love, "Breathe" put out in 2001 by Michael W. Smith.
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I thought the switch was scheduled for tonight (Sunday 7-15) at midnight...I had planned to listen to the final hour or so of WRQQ...
but since the switch was so unceremonial...glad I didn't waste the time.
 
Pat- I think you may just have to move to West Nashville. The 94.5 signal is actually really well-maximized by the Hippiengineer, but it just can't crank out anymore power or move much further toward the east side. Pays to have a brother who is a great engineer if you just happen to decide to buy a little station in Nashville.

CR - I agree about expecting the flip flop tonight vs. 12:00 and a second on July 15....as expected, Crums came on the air with 97.1 with no fanfare and went out with virtually even less. Wonder if there will ever be any real reaction to RQQ's demise. Didn't hear if Mac or anyone said goodbye or anything was said about Classic Hits being finished.

What fun stuff wilveer have to talk about now?.. B&T hatefest. DONE. Ten songs in a row, four twice in a row. DONE. Dead air between every song. DONE. Format of the week. DONE.

Can we just reverse the past week and promise never to complain about nothing happening on this board or Nashville radio? It is indeed a sad day for radio in his city. I won't ask what will happen next...
 
Tibbs2 said:
Didn't hear if Mac or anyone said goodbye
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I heard Doogie say his goodbyes...sorta...just before 9 on Friday. Mentioned he "wasn't going anywhere"...
so I'm guessing he'll be doing production (?)
 
Good to know Doogie seems to be stable there..living in Gallatin, I barely get the Hippie...have Vol State that i can hear til i get to the Alexandria exit in the mornings...88.5 has a somewhat wider and deeper playlist..although you will suddenly hear a country song sandwiched in between the rock for some crazy reason..and not a crossover as in a a Kenny Rogers tune..but bone ugly country..in between Boston and CCR..don't understand that at all....... ???
 
What about Jay Patrick? He had been with them through several format changes, going back to (at least) the Hollywood Hendrix morning show days on Star 97. He had been there, and done it all, through it all.
 
Firepoint, I haven't intended to leave any of the gang at RQQ out. Wish we could get an update. I think Mac used to check this board out, but may be wrong on that. WE NEED PBR in large amounts. This kind of format change just seems to puzzle me because as each station flips away from mainstream formats like Classic Hits, Hot AC, etc., they are basically saying go find your music elsewhere. Radio has enough limitations. This move just makes FM seem to move away from being as user friendly or as relevant. When was the last time you scanned the AM dial?


Seems to me that this MAY save a little revenue initially vs. Selling to a competitor, but what do you do when 3 to 5% of radio listeners just switch away from all radio and any major TSL each year in favor of more contemporary media outlets? I guess I just answered my own question. Dammit.
 
Tibbs2 said:
This kind of format change just seems to puzzle me because as each station flips away from mainstream formats like Classic Hits, Hot AC, etc., they are basically saying go find your music elsewhere.
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Huh? This isn't about a format change. This is about an ownership change. Cumulus has to dump the station to comply with FCC ownership rules after buying Citadel. And the owner-to-be negotiated to have their o&o format on it pending close of sale. It's not like EMF is going to run a secular Classic Hits station, that is not what they are in business to do. Don't see anything puzzling here.
 
Oh I get the whole giveaway for WABB / too many stations here /play the Volt game thing, Jet. I was trying to say that to the average listener who doesn't know or care what has happened ownership wise, scanning the radio dial in Nashville just changed again and again a format is going to be somewhat reduced or absent from the choices and that just decreases some peoples interest in radio more and more. Didn't mean to not be clearer. Then again, when do I make sense?
 
jojosunbeam1 said:
Blood, Sweat & Tears "You Made Me So Very Happy" ended Classic Hits 97.1 RQQ and the Cumulus era to this station that when put on in November of 1999 was owned by the Dickey Brothers. It's obviously seen several formats and even more different incarnations of said formats. There were about 5 seconds of dead air, no legal ID and cut into the middle of a song.
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Sort of reminds me of the change from the Phoenix to (what later became) the Fish about 10 years ago. Of course, when there is a change in ownership, the outgoing owner must turn the transmitter off before the incoming owner can turn the transmitter back on (from the new location) and begin broadcasting from there.
 
Tibbs2 said:
I was trying to say that to the average listener who doesn't know or care what has happened ownership wise, scanning the radio dial in Nashville just changed again and again a format is going to be somewhat reduced or absent from the choices and that just decreases some peoples interest in radio more and more.
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With that point of view in mind, yes, you do make sense. Would almost make me think the FM band is being taken over.
 
firepoint525 said:
What about Jay Patrick? He had been with them through several format changes, going back to (at least) the Hollywood Hendrix morning show days on Star 97. He had been there, and done it all, through it all.
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Hollywood and Kristen morning show on 97.1 lasted how long, two weeks?
 
Sad thing about all of this is, WRQQ finally seemed to get it together somewhat in the past couple of years with the last incarnation. I streamed it occasionally and thought they sounded pretty good, it had come a long way from "The Tower." The numbers were inching up, as well. I think the station had more potential but Bob and Tom held it back. Certainly didn't help in the female demographic or at-work listeners which are important for a classic hits station.
 
courier37027 said:
firepoint525 said:
What about Jay Patrick? He had been with them through several format changes, going back to (at least) the Hollywood Hendrix morning show days on Star 97. He had been there, and done it all, through it all.
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Hollywood and Kristen morning show on 97.1 lasted how long, two weeks?
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Don't remember how long Kristen was there, but I recall that Hollywood was there the morning of 9/11, because I heard the very first reports of what later came to be known as 9/11 on the Hollywood Hendrix morning show.
 
Tibbs2 said:
Oh I get the whole giveaway for WABB / too many stations here /play the Volt game thing, Jet. I was trying to say that to the average listener who doesn't know or care what has happened ownership wise, scanning the radio dial in Nashville just changed again and again a format is going to be somewhat reduced or absent from the choices and that just decreases some peoples interest in radio more and more. Didn't mean to not be clearer. Then again, when do I make sense?
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Yep. No Hot AC and no Alternative means Nashville is my favorite market to run satellite in whenever I'm in town. The "Music City" is a really boring radio market unless you like pop, country, Christian music, or butt rock.
 
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