Is The Eagle About To Be Rammed By A Bull?

[DToTheJ]

It appears that the domain 971thebull.com was quietly registered late last week. And it currently redirects to 97.1 The Eagle's website.

Hmmm...

 

[brlmedia]

hmmmmm is right??? didn't see this one coming....

 

[tshadey169]

Does this mean no more Russ Martin? and will this fllp be completed by labor day weekend?

 

[jeffdfw]

I had a feeling that when they started vacation early a flip was on the horizon... The Bull? Country?? Or just a bunch of guys talking day shooting the bull? Interesting!

 

[dfwradioman79]

Looks like it will be a country format. I wonder if it will be new or classic country.


http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/netgnomes/53434/clear-channel-getting-bullish-in-dallas/

 

[jeffdfw]

Well, I know they have one in Atlanta... Question is where will Russ end up? He's a bit too old for The Edge...

http://www.949thebull.com/main.html

 

[danikayser84]

Is 94.9 The Bull a Mainstream (both new + classic), New or Classic Country station? That might indicate the direction 97.1 might take

 

[jeffdfw]

Last 10 played:

1. Zac Brown Band - Colder Weather
2. Rodney Atkins - These Are My People
Lyrics
Well, we grew up down by the railroad tracks
Shootin' B.B's at old beer cans
Chokin' on the smoke fr...
3. Brad Paisley - One Of Those Lives
4. Chris Young - Voices
Lyrics
You could say I'm a little bit crazy
You could call me insane
Walkin' 'round with all these whispers...
5. Keith Urban - Where The Blacktop Ends
Lyrics
Gonna kick off my shoes and run in bare feet
Where the grass and the dirt and the gravel all meet
Go...
6. Jason Aldean - Tattoos On This Town
7. Sugarland - Stay
Lyrics
I've been sitting here staring at the clock on the wall
And I've been laying here praying, praying s...
8. Blake Shelton - Honey Bee
9. Thompson Square - Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not
10. Tim Mcgraw - Southern Voice

 

[critic319]

Just what DFW needs, another country station :-\

 

[Gopher]

:'(

If it has to go country why can't it be pre-Garth country?

 

[C414B]

:'(

If it has to go country why can't it be pre-Garth country?

I agree with you, Gopher. DFW is too large a market not to have a solid "classic country" format.

 

[OKCRadioGuy]

Dear CC. You're a joke, and this pretty well proves it. Another damn country station? Really? How pathetic. The real Eagle died years ago under previous ownership. It simply amazes me that the best CC could come up with though was another damn country station. Yeah. That's just what DFW needs. Brilliant.

 

[jeffdfw]

http://www.dfw.com/2011/09/04/503713/eagle-971-fm-rumor-is-it-bull.html

 

[danikayser84]

I'm personally wondering if Cumulus might keep both country stations but change one to play more classic stuff?

 

[eskipper411]

I think it would be a good flip since most of Texas listens to country.

 

[Ryan Williams]

I think it would be a good flip since most of Texas listens to country.

That is ridiculously incorrect.

 

[davideduardo]

I agree with you, Gopher. DFW is too large a market not to have a solid "classic country" format.

Where is the PPM market where classic country actually works?

 

[bucwhyl]

I think it would be a good flip since most of Texas listens to country.

That is ridiculously incorrect.

Amen Ryan!

 

[TheRover]

I agree with you, Gopher. DFW is too large a market not to have a solid "classic country" format.

True That !

 

[texasstooge]

At any case, after "The Eagle" was flipped to soft oldies/AC as "Sunny 97.1" in 2004, the damage was already done.