Nope. Coincidence.
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Is Classic Rock 101.1 going away?
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Most country stations play at least one Wallen song an hour, sometimes as many as three -- his current hit (which this week would be 20 Cigarettes), a recurrent (like Just in Case), and a collaboration (most often I Had Some Help w/ Post Malone). It's inevitable that two stations will occasionally be playing two of his hits simultaneously.
I like the music mix. im 52 and grew up on all the songs pretty much. While the Christian stations playing Christmas music Im glad to find a station like this in my new market
will it be a jukebox or will Audacy add personalities.
radio spent time developing personalities in the past 2 decades?
Big Buck sounds nothing like KYET in Arizona or KWLS in Wichita. Those Classic Country stations are mostly / only 70s to 90s classics. Heck KYET on 1170 AM broadcasts in AM Stereo, sounds great and has fringe signal coverage in Las Vegas.
Something like those stations should make WESC and Big Buck Scared, but maybe not in this market.
Even Hank FM in Various Markets like Wichita and Myrtle Beach have a different vibe and appeal than the one that "Big Buck" is claiming to have.
I was listening to KYET often online until recently when their stream stopped working, and forwarded to their sister station KGMN. Hopefully it'll be fixed soon.
Something like those stations should make WESC and Big Buck Scared, but maybe not in this market.
Even Hank FM in Various Markets like Wichita and Myrtle Beach have a different vibe and appeal than the one that "Big Buck" is claiming to have.
I was listening to KYET often online until recently when their stream stopped working, and forwarded to their sister station KGMN. Hopefully it'll be fixed soon.
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99.5 has flipped so many times that I really believe it means ZERO in this market anymore. They could run any format and, without any publicity, no one will know or care.
I guess JBB gave 101.1 more ratings than I thought. Audacy must have been very motivated after they announced their retirement from syndication to flip an entire 100kw station after that. Let's just see what transpires now. Will Audacy make 101 a stupid music box, no jocks, same songs you can get on the other stations (or better yet, a commercial free stream?) They'll probably have some canned morning show and get jocks from other markets to voice track the rest of the day. Yawn.
As far as iHeart, if you've got two heritage country stations, you DON'T react. At least not musically. Do what you've been doing but do it better.
Between country and Christian stations in this market, my radio NEVER goes to FM in the car anymore.
I notice Mix Charlotte is playing ALOT More 80s & 90s hits, in addition to current hits. That's something I can kinda tolerate. Magic wasn't like that, they played alot more current hits, then maybe an older hit every few songs or so.
I think even Z100 in NYC used to be / have this much variety when I started listening to the radio when I lived up in NJ in the late 90s
BTW, I was up in Gastonia and Shelby last night, 99.3 was mostly a solid signal the entire way. 100.9 was a better quality signal (in Stereo) but only makes it west to about Kings Mountain before fading, and would be good in Gastonia itself if it wasnt for that new 'translator' on 101.1 W266DC which also interferes with WROQ and WLNK in Gaston County. I think both of those stations should complain to get that station moved, both stations lost coverage, and potential listeners in that area, and it seems like a bad place for the WGNC translator. Maybe 101.3 or even 94.1 would be a better translator frequency there.
99.3 WMXG, Though still broadcasting in Mono,
Was about 5 Seconds ahead of WLNK on 100.9
I think even Z100 in NYC used to be / have this much variety when I started listening to the radio when I lived up in NJ in the late 90s
BTW, I was up in Gastonia and Shelby last night, 99.3 was mostly a solid signal the entire way. 100.9 was a better quality signal (in Stereo) but only makes it west to about Kings Mountain before fading, and would be good in Gastonia itself if it wasnt for that new 'translator' on 101.1 W266DC which also interferes with WROQ and WLNK in Gaston County. I think both of those stations should complain to get that station moved, both stations lost coverage, and potential listeners in that area, and it seems like a bad place for the WGNC translator. Maybe 101.3 or even 94.1 would be a better translator frequency there.
99.3 WMXG, Though still broadcasting in Mono,
Was about 5 Seconds ahead of WLNK on 100.9
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I’ll listen to 102.5 The Lake, X-98.5 and The Fan, but this market has become painfully void of any choices. No classic rocker. No AC on a signal I don’t have to change leaving Simpsonville. No classic hits. Charlotte, Columbia and Charleston have all of those formats plus more variety. I generally listen to radio on the iHeart in the car. I actually prefer it over SiriusXM which I also have. It’s nice to hear well programmed, other “local” stations (even if they’re voicetracked), in other markets. GSP has lost all of the variety it had just a half decade ago. The markets I mentioned above actually have basic formats that this market doesn’t even have or can’t support. But we have 3 country stations and 3 or 4 sports talk stations (in a not-big sports market).
There are a lot of religious stations, but most are crappy rimshots/translators or on the non-comm part of the band except for 94.5, 103.3 and 103.9.
I’ll be curious to see what the first full book for 101.1 looks like once the rock numbers are out of the picture.
Charleston’s 98.5 is basically WESC 15-20 years ago. Mostly 80s and 90s country with a touch of old stuff, but no new stuff. It serves a niche in the market leaving 92.5 and WEZL to play the new stuff. It also has Clemson games and even though it is only a 250 watt translator it serves almost the entire market.
Audacy probably wants to take revenue from iHeart, that is all this is about
Audacy probably wants to take revenue from iHeart, that is all this is about
Mid-'80s through the '90s is pretty much what classic country is now, with '00s titles slowly moving in. And remember, it's more about the sound than the year. You'll hear late '80s George Strait and Reba McEntire, but not Don Williams and T.G. Sheppard.
How well does WSRV 97.1 Gainesville/Atlanta cover Anderson/Greenville?
WESC’s classic country format is pretty much that. They don’t really go past 2010. Emphasis is on late 80s-90s with some 70s staples still thrown in. 101.1 is incorporating a lot of what WESC plays.
When driving up 85 in my car, I usually lose the WSRV signal a little past Anderson, maybe halfway between Anderson and Greenville.
It used to reach Greenville but now there is a station in Spartanburg on the same channel that drowns it out. I think it may be a sports format.
In Charlotte 96.9 FM was Thunder Country some years back. Myrtle Beach had a similar format on 93.9 and 93.7 in the late 90s.
Outside Charlotte is a station playing 70s, 80s and 90s.
Galax, VA has a station covering Greensboro NC which has ventured into the 21st century.
I can hear WSRV in Greenville on US-25 South of Interstate 185 (Ware Place) before Spartanburg's Translator W246CV starts to take over ...
WSRV is ok in Most of Anderson County, except perhaps the Powdersville area, I can hear them up 85 until about the US-29 interchange (exit 34).
But better yet is WCON on 99.3 which does which makes it up and into some parts of (west) Greenville.
WMXG also on 99.3 seemed ok for me recently down Interstate 85 until about the Greenville County Line near Greer. I wonder how much coverage will change (if & when) Mix finally turns on their Stereo Carrier.
100.9 WLNK sounds so much better than 99.3 (comparable to when Mix was on 107.9) but signal is limited due to Translator interference from W266DC and is 5 seconds behind 99.3 - I think they should consider Synchonizing their Signals for Mix 100.9/99.3 but it takes some extra effort.
I remember Earth FM was Great to Simulcast on 2 Synchronized Frequencies & Sounded Even Better ... Plus it Was Fun to Seemlessly Flip Back & Forth Between them (103.3/95.5) and not even hear an interruption in my car's audio system. Air1 hasn't Synchonized WLTE/WLTS since they took over (they probably won't or maybe they can't if it's satellite fed.)
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