Congratulations one and all. Of course it's not really an old school so I don't know about that name???
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How about an old school hip hop station on 105.1?
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I know when you consider it was lrs for over nine years. I guess they saw how alot of stations in the country r goin that route and they thought they should hip hop lol on it.
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I can't understand why they didn't just go ahead and do this three and a half months ago. Or just not bothered with GHL and kept Easy Rock on the air for a few more months. Was there some incentive to kill off Easy Rock ASAP to put GHL on in the interim? It's also sort of funny since I listen to WXMA quite a bit (probably more than any other local radio station) and I noticed in the past two weeks, they've actually been airing GHL promos on there, telling listeners to turn to 105.1 for hits of the 70s, 80s, and more. I don't think they even bothered doing these before last week.
It is hard to say if this will be a lasting format, but at the very least, I think this one will attract some people for a little while... unfortunately for Alpha, it'll be at the expense of their other stations.
It is hard to say if this will be a lasting format, but at the very least, I think this one will attract some people for a little while... unfortunately for Alpha, it'll be at the expense of their other stations.
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105.1 switched to WGHL on October 13. It didn't even last 4 months. I really liked the station.They were a good alternative to WAKY which is a pitiful Classic Hits station IMO.
Hopefully this new format will fail just like all of the other formats on 105.1 since they went on the air in 1993.
I really liked GHL too (102.3, 106.9, 105.1... and 91.9, 95.7, and 93.1 to bizarrely throw into the mix are my go-to presets, although 105.1 will probably be replaced now with 107.7 or something), but I doubt it would have ever been successful. I don't like WAKY either since it seems like they're just trying to recreate the past with the whole retro imaging and building a lineup around personalities from the past (not that having known voices from the past is inherently bad, but they do it more like a high school reunion gone wrong). 106.1 (WWWY) out of Columbus Indiana is a decent classic hits station but the reception is obviously very so-so in Louisville.
I was thinking b 96 n magic 101.3 will suffer. We shall see. Seventh format and counting...
My first preset on FM is WNAS 88.1 (mainly because they are first on the dial!) but they actually play a pretty good variety of music.They were better a couple of years ago before they started adding a lot of country music.When country music comes on,I go elsewhere!
As far as 107.7 goes they can call their format Classic Hits but it's mainly the same Classic Rock they have played since 1997.Only the name of the station has changed.
I love your description of WAKY.It is like a high school reunion gone wrong.And now they have these "Way Back Weekends" PLEASE!!! ENOUGH ALREADY!!!
I checked out WWWY on TuneIn and they sound like a good station.
And of course we still have the WDRB Classic Hits Internet station that is really good.
Clearly you had no idea what you were talking about!
OM George Lindsey noted, "Louisville has such a strong Hip Hop history, Static Major and the like, that we at Alpha Media Louisville are honored to develop a station that will be home to nothing but Throwback Hip Hop."
LOL! What does George Lindsey know about Hip Hop? George was the one saying almost the same thing when 105.1 switched to Easy Rock.And we know how successful he was starting Easy Rock stations. He was behind Love 102.3 (FAIL) and Easy Rock 105.1 (FAIL) And I almost forgot that George started Sunny 101.7 back in 1989.Another station to remember
It is funny that you posted this, I was actually about to post the exact same thing. I'm finding it difficult to even imagine him uttering the name Static Major, it was probably something that he looked up on Google by searching "Louisville rap artists" minutes before this was put out.
He's not exactly a radio genius, though he is a good on-air host and that is probably the only reason (although a very good reason) that he sticks around... after all, Lambert and Lindsey is the top-rated morning show in all of the key demographics (something WXMA has been prominently advertising on air lately).
He's not exactly a radio genius, though he is a good on-air host and that is probably the only reason (although a very good reason) that he sticks around... after all, Lambert and Lindsey is the top-rated morning show in all of the key demographics (something WXMA has been prominently advertising on air lately).
OM George Lindsey noted, "Louisville has such a strong Hip Hop history, Static Major and the like, that we at Alpha Media Louisville are honored to develop a station that will be home to nothing but Throwback Hip Hop."
LOL! What does George Lindsey know about Hip Hop? George was the one saying almost the same thing when 105.1 switched to Easy Rock.And we know how successful he was starting Easy Rock stations. He was behind Love 102.3 (FAIL) and Easy Rock 105.1 (FAIL) And I almost forgot that George started Sunny 101.7 back in 1989.Another station to remember
I lived in Louisville 30 years ago. My memories of George Lindsey are of him doing morning drive on Majic 100 FM. I think he lasted a week after WKJJ flipped to WDJX.
Boiler plate press release written by someone in promotions locally or at Alpha corporate. George or Dale never said or wrote a thing. They got a bigger laugh from it than we all did reading it.
I remember mr lindsey paired with leesa mitchell for the leesa n lindsey morning show on mix 102 back in the 90s. Took 102.3 years to find a winning format. This may will be 102.3 the max 13 anniversary. For a morning show i like ben n kelly the best. I doubt it was mr lindseys decision for the format on 105.1.
I remember lrs at 105.1 in march of 2005 gettin 4 shares. Can they do it again?
I remember lrs at 105.1 in march of 2005 gettin 4 shares. Can they do it again?
George certainly loves to be at 102.3. Aside from when they were lrs for couple yrs he has been there well over a decade.
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I've listened to this new stations only a handful of times (maybe four or five times 10 minutes at the absolute most each time) and I'm hearing a LOT of repetition. Specifically, I've heard California Love, Big Poppa, Hip Hop Hooray twice and Get Ur Freak On THREE times. Sounds like they're in for a lot of repetition.
Another thing to consider: in a lot of markets, when these old school hip hop stations go on the air, there is almost always an imitator who jumps on the air within days (sometimes hours).
Will it happen here? We've really only got three corporations running commercial music stations here (Alpha, Summit, and iHeartMedia). Obviously Alpha wouldn't be it and Summit has four stations that are holding their own very well, and it would be foolish to rock the boat on any of those. But iHeartMedia has five FM outlets, two of which they could flip in a heartbeat (WLGX and sad to say WTFX) and one that could transition to old school hip hop and still maintain (if not grow) their audience (WNRW). That isn't to mention permits for translators for both WTFX and WNRW that are not yet on the air and the two WLGX translators that air airing programming that may or may not just be transitional (who knows?).
Will it happen here? We've really only got three corporations running commercial music stations here (Alpha, Summit, and iHeartMedia). Obviously Alpha wouldn't be it and Summit has four stations that are holding their own very well, and it would be foolish to rock the boat on any of those. But iHeartMedia has five FM outlets, two of which they could flip in a heartbeat (WLGX and sad to say WTFX) and one that could transition to old school hip hop and still maintain (if not grow) their audience (WNRW). That isn't to mention permits for translators for both WTFX and WNRW that are not yet on the air and the two WLGX translators that air airing programming that may or may not just be transitional (who knows?).
98.9 radio now wont b goin anywhere. They made a huge mistake rebranding themselves from kiss to now a few years ago. Wtf is wrong with these people.
This old school hip hop is a very nichey thing and i dont see room in louisville for two!!! Los angeles only has one old school hip hop staton and it doesnt get great numbers so i dont see how louisville could have more then one.
It is very sad to see how qmf n the fox have been netured over the years. Just plain bad radio is what they are.
This old school hip hop is a very nichey thing and i dont see room in louisville for two!!! Los angeles only has one old school hip hop staton and it doesnt get great numbers so i dont see how louisville could have more then one.
It is very sad to see how qmf n the fox have been netured over the years. Just plain bad radio is what they are.
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