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JoeyMills

JoeyMills

When Toucher and Rich went to Boston, I said 92.9 Dave FM would go Talk. It only took Rick Caffey years to figure it out.
 
beachguy3b said:
At the risk of pointing out the exceedingly obvious, 92.9 is not going talk, but sports.

Waste of an FM signal...
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If it makes money, then it's not wasting any signals. Remember, radio is a business, not a hobby.
 
chrocket87 said:
beachguy3b said:
At the risk of pointing out the exceedingly obvious, 92.9 is not going talk, but sports.

Waste of an FM signal...
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If it makes money, then it's not wasting any signals. Remember, radio is a business, not a hobby.
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don't you know the rules?

if the poster doesn't like sports, and the new station is sports, then it's a waste of a signal.
if the poster doesn't speak spanish, and the new station is spanish, then it's a waste of a signal.
if the poster doesn't like Urban, and the new station is Urban, then it's a waste of a signal.
if the poster doesn't like news radio and the new station is news radio, then it's a waste of a signal.
if the poster doesn't like jazz, and the new station is jazz, then it's a waste of a signal.
if the poster doesn't like country, and the new station is country, then it's a waste of a signal.
if the poster doesn't like CHR, and the new station is CHR, then it's a waste of a signal.
if the poster doesn't like AC, and the new station is AC, then it's a waste of a signal.
if the poster doesn't like oldies, then the world as we know it has come to an end.
 
amos said:
chrocket87 said:
beachguy3b said:
At the risk of pointing out the exceedingly obvious, 92.9 is not going talk, but sports.

Waste of an FM signal...
Click to expand...
If it makes money, then it's not wasting any signals. Remember, radio is a business, not a hobby.
Click to expand...

don't you know the rules?

if the poster doesn't like sports, and the new station is sports, then it's a waste of a signal.
if the poster doesn't speak spanish, and the new station is spanish, then it's a waste of a signal.
if the poster doesn't like Urban, and the new station is Urban, then it's a waste of a signal.
if the poster doesn't like news radio and the new station is news radio, then it's a waste of a signal.
if the poster doesn't like jazz, and the new station is jazz, then it's a waste of a signal.
if the poster doesn't like country, and the new station is country, then it's a waste of a signal.
if the poster doesn't like CHR, and the new station is CHR, then it's a waste of a signal.
if the poster doesn't like AC, and the new station is AC, then it's a waste of a signal.
if the poster doesn't like oldies, then the world as we know it has come to an end.
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very funny and clever...lol
 
secondchoice said:
Who is / was Dave? That is a common name, but which Dave was this named for
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For the first 3 or 4 years, their core artist was the Dave Matthews Band - I always thought that had something to do with it
 
I thought it was because they've had the name so long they used to play the Dave Clark Five...

Or was it that they were pretending to be a good station, like the pretend president in the movie, "Dave"
 
amos said:
chrocket87 said:
beachguy3b said:
At the risk of pointing out the exceedingly obvious, 92.9 is not going talk, but sports.

Waste of an FM signal...
Click to expand...
If it makes money, then it's not wasting any signals. Remember, radio is a business, not a hobby.
Click to expand...

don't you know the rules?

if the poster doesn't like sports, and the new station is sports, then it's a waste of a signal.
if the poster doesn't speak spanish, and the new station is spanish, then it's a waste of a signal.
if the poster doesn't like Urban, and the new station is Urban, then it's a waste of a signal.
if the poster doesn't like news radio and the new station is news radio, then it's a waste of a signal.
if the poster doesn't like jazz, and the new station is jazz, then it's a waste of a signal.
if the poster doesn't like country, and the new station is country, then it's a waste of a signal.
if the poster doesn't like CHR, and the new station is CHR, then it's a waste of a signal.
if the poster doesn't like AC, and the new station is AC, then it's a waste of a signal.
if the poster doesn't like oldies, then the world as we know it has come to an end.
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Nope. Has nothing to do with that. I just think there are plenty of AM signals with decent coverage that putting spoken word on FM is a waste, especially with format holes in Atlanta.

Not sure what you are trying to signify with the bolding. My name isn't Brent. And there are many stations with music I dislike that I don't consider wasted.
 
beachguy3b said:
... I just think there are plenty of AM signals with decent coverage that putting spoken word on FM is a waste, especially with format holes in Atlanta.
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There is only one AM signal in Atlanta that has decent coverage and that is WSB-AM. It is the only full market AM signal there is at night. Since day signals in the winter are only from 7:45 AM to 5:30 PM, that pretty much kills drive time for a couple of months. There are no AM night signals that come anywhere close to covering the market other than WSB-AM. In this market, that is the driver for putting spoken word on FM.
 
BarryATL said:
beachguy3b said:
... I just think there are plenty of AM signals with decent coverage that putting spoken word on FM is a waste, especially with format holes in Atlanta.
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There is only one AM signal in Atlanta that has decent coverage and that is WSB-AM. It is the only full market AM signal there is at night. Since day signals in the winter are only from 7:45 AM to 5:30 PM, that pretty much kills drive time for a couple of months. There are no AM night signals that come anywhere close to covering the market other than WSB-AM. In this market, that is the driver for putting spoken word on FM.
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WCNN and WGST and even WGUN put out a good day signal--all of them are 50k days. At night, though, WCNN has a nasty pattern, WGST goes down to 1000W, and WGUN is a daytimer with fleapower at night.
 
Out of curiosity....is it common practice for a station to announce to the public that they will flip formats like that?

It just seems odd to me...I think every station that i've ever seen flip formats has done so with out formally announcing it.

Another thing: how long has Dave After Dark been running? Is it new or is this something that's been running a while?
 
jabba17 said:
BarryATL said:
beachguy3b said:
... I just think there are plenty of AM signals with decent coverage that putting spoken word on FM is a waste, especially with format holes in Atlanta.
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There is only one AM signal in Atlanta that has decent coverage and that is WSB-AM. It is the only full market AM signal there is at night. Since day signals in the winter are only from 7:45 AM to 5:30 PM, that pretty much kills drive time for a couple of months. There are no AM night signals that come anywhere close to covering the market other than WSB-AM. In this market, that is the driver for putting spoken word on FM.
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WCNN and WGST and even WGUN put out a good day signal--all of them are 50k days. At night, though, WCNN has a nasty pattern, WGST goes down to 1000W, and WGUN is a daytimer with fleapower at night.
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I have been at St. George Island on the Gulf coast, and WCNN blasts down here at night better than WSB..
 
agentUrge said:
Out of curiosity....is it common practice for a station to announce to the public that they will flip formats like that?

It just seems odd to me...I think every station that i've ever seen flip formats has done so with out formally announcing it.

Another thing: how long has Dave After Dark been running? Is it new or is this something that's been running a while?
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It's easy to flip to a music format without announcing it beforehand, and then run 10,000 songs commercial free while your sales weasels and headhunters do their thing. Live spoken word, not so much.
 
jabba17 said:
It's easy to flip to a music format without announcing it beforehand, and then run 10,000 songs commercial free while your sales weasels and headhunters do their thing. Live spoken word, not so much.
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I see....so this may be SOP for a music station that's flipping to talk.

So...I understand the whole non-compete clause but how does it apply to something like this..or does it at all? Can we expect to hear Margo and Steve elsewhere in Atlanta any time soon?
 
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