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djtommyr
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Here are a few stories someone in the biz (but requesting anonymity) forwarded to me.
WROO (Paxson) management had an intern shred documents because they were convinced that WQIK was diving into their dumpster. No joke.
A few years earlier, WCRJ (ROO's predecessor) sued Jacor and WQIK over a fake format-change memo. I don't know more details than that.
Then of course, there was Channel X. (April-October 1994.) Although the alternative rock and hip-hop format was noticeably different than what WAPE was doing at the time ("Today's Best Music, with No Rap or Hard Rock"), the station took delight at slamming WAPE on the air. There were even two-minute promos that simulated WAPE "staff meetings", with WAPE general manager "Marcus G. Warts," among other things, telling the deejays to go back to wearing polyester, and declaring that 101.5 Channel X would never work in Jacksonville ("this is Jacksonville, damnit!" Warts would exclaim in a deep Southern drawl.)
At times, J.R., the morning host, would just turn on the mic out of a song by saying "WAPE sucks!" before even getting to his own station's ID.
By the way, the real general manager of WAPE, Mark G. Schwartz, retaliated by insisting that anyone from Channel X who was going to WAPE to receive commercial dubs had to wait outside the building for 10 minutes before the dubs would be brought in.
WROO (Paxson) management had an intern shred documents because they were convinced that WQIK was diving into their dumpster. No joke.
A few years earlier, WCRJ (ROO's predecessor) sued Jacor and WQIK over a fake format-change memo. I don't know more details than that.
Then of course, there was Channel X. (April-October 1994.) Although the alternative rock and hip-hop format was noticeably different than what WAPE was doing at the time ("Today's Best Music, with No Rap or Hard Rock"), the station took delight at slamming WAPE on the air. There were even two-minute promos that simulated WAPE "staff meetings", with WAPE general manager "Marcus G. Warts," among other things, telling the deejays to go back to wearing polyester, and declaring that 101.5 Channel X would never work in Jacksonville ("this is Jacksonville, damnit!" Warts would exclaim in a deep Southern drawl.)
At times, J.R., the morning host, would just turn on the mic out of a song by saying "WAPE sucks!" before even getting to his own station's ID.
By the way, the real general manager of WAPE, Mark G. Schwartz, retaliated by insisting that anyone from Channel X who was going to WAPE to receive commercial dubs had to wait outside the building for 10 minutes before the dubs would be brought in.