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Jay Michaels - WFAS-FM out
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What's the status of the long-rumored transmitter move to the Bronx?
Wow- just gloss over the fact that a 20-year veteran jock was shown the door, given the boot so Dickey keeps another buck in his pocket to ask about a transmitter move. Classy, really freaking classy. I realize we are all accustomed to this happening, but try to at least have a little feeling in the thread.
To those who might not know- Jay, is a consummate professional and made others better by being around him. Radio is better with more Jay Michaels' not fewer. The point is that yet another solid professional has been booted out of the business, and the pool is yet smaller.
Who gives a flip about the transmitter move to the Bronx? The money Cumulus wasted on constructing that thing and having it sit idle for 6 years could have been spent on people who would have given a rats behind about their radio station and made them money.
To those who might not know- Jay, is a consummate professional and made others better by being around him. Radio is better with more Jay Michaels' not fewer. The point is that yet another solid professional has been booted out of the business, and the pool is yet smaller.
Who gives a flip about the transmitter move to the Bronx? The money Cumulus wasted on constructing that thing and having it sit idle for 6 years could have been spent on people who would have given a rats behind about their radio station and made them money.
TowerClimber31, your point is well taken but I don't know Jay Michaels and I've never heard him on the air so it wasn't my place to comment on his situation or legacy. Of course it's an open forum here so I'm sure others, like yourself, will have good things to say about him. It sounds like Jay's a great broadcaster so I hope he got a good settlement and is not out of work for long.
That said, the news comes as no surprise to most people here who have been expecting WFAS to blow up its format when it moves toward NYC. I doubt it blindsided Jay either as I'm sure the staff must be well aware of the rumors. This seems like the first shoe to drop, hence the question of what's next.
That said, the news comes as no surprise to most people here who have been expecting WFAS to blow up its format when it moves toward NYC. I doubt it blindsided Jay either as I'm sure the staff must be well aware of the rumors. This seems like the first shoe to drop, hence the question of what's next.
I'm trying to decide if this is a cheap pitch for Paul Cavalconte or just another ridiculous pitch to put total "white boy" radio in a totally "non-white boy neighborhood.
Putting a 3,000 watt signal in the middle of an area there will be no one listening to "RXP" music makes a ton of sense. It may not even drown out the 103.9 pirate in Mott Haven.
Cavalconte just might be the only listening if Cumulus does this. Hopefully the signal will reach Morris Park.
Putting a 3,000 watt signal in the middle of an area there will be no one listening to "RXP" music makes a ton of sense. It may not even drown out the 103.9 pirate in Mott Haven.
Cavalconte just might be the only listening if Cumulus does this. Hopefully the signal will reach Morris Park.
It seems clear from the current programming that major changes are coming to WFAS FM. With Jay Michaels gone, Jolana Smith slid from middays to mornings. The syndicated John Tesh show was moved into her timeslot. Hartman remains on afternoon drive. This is followed by 11 hours of automation. So there are now only 2 live and local personalities on the air during weekdays. The station is a mere shell of what it once was.
So Cumulusmay not care much at this point whether the silly slogan "For Today's Woman" helps WFAS FM's ratings.
Perhaps their slogan should be, "We will rock you"
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So Cumulusmay not care much at this point whether the silly slogan "For Today's Woman" helps WFAS FM's ratings.
Perhaps their slogan should be, "We will rock you"
.The W232AL translator in Pomona (Putnam County) should have nothing to do with WFAS FM. Cumulus has stated that it plans to use it to retransmit WPLJ (probably its HD2).
Only a small sliver of Westchester County is expected to be within range of the translator's directional signal, even after it is upgraded to 150 watts. So it certainly could not be a replacement for WFAS.
New WFAS website (kidding): http://www.1039rxp.com/
Only a small sliver of Westchester County is expected to be within range of the translator's directional signal, even after it is upgraded to 150 watts. So it certainly could not be a replacement for WFAS.
New WFAS website (kidding): http://www.1039rxp.com/
Yes, but that doesn't stop Cumulus from putting a new format on 103.9, 94.3 & WPLJ-H2....With 103.9 moving south it will lose coverage in Rockland were 94.3's transmitter and primary coverage will be (Pomona is in Rockland County)....Since 103.9 will not be able to directly feed 94.3 it would use WPLJ-HD2 to transmit the format onto 103.9....Plus W232AL is going suffer to the south because of WJLK & WWSK so 94.3/103.9 together would link up quite nicely.
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