He's inbound from WIHB/Charleston, the CHR he successfully launched into a battle with heritage 95SX. Replacing Chris Marino, who left for mornings at K104/Poughkeepsie. Good luck to him!
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Kobe In As Wild 95.5 PD
- Thread starter TheMusicMan
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Yeah, he should do ok. Truth is, Chris Marino laid out the groundwork and made some improvements. He's going to do PM Drive too and he' needs to find a new midday host. Let's see if he hadles things right
I listened to Chris Marino on K104 and he's not bad. I still prefer listening to the Z Morning Zoo (which you can hear in Miami too, of course).
If you want to hear Marino, go to K104's website. www.k104online.com
If you want to hear Marino, go to K104's website. www.k104online.com
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bat manny
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Wild 95-5 sounds like a mix of Hot a/c 97.9 WRMF with all those pop/rock songs and X 1023 with some hip hop and rap thrown in... its pretty obvious why since 979 and 1023 are beating Wild 95-5 in ratings.
To me they just trying to follow the pack and arent trying anything original, but hey what can you really expect its a clear channel controlled station lol
I remember the days of 955 WOVV and Star 955 those were some kick ass formats!! there was nothing else like them in s.fl back then not even in miami, those formats put the old miami based y-100 and power 96 stations to shame.. did clear channel own 95-5 back in those days ? i really doubt it
Wild 95 today is TOTALLY LAME compared to those other former formats from years past... they havent lived up to their current name either
well see how the new P.D does
BTW i just picked up a new car last week and have been able to clearly hear 95-5 from west palm with minimal bleed ins from one of miami's 8 spanish fm's lol 95.7 and thats at 12 noon.
ive also been listening to X1023 ive never heard them both regularly till now, old car had sappy reciver.
To me they just trying to follow the pack and arent trying anything original, but hey what can you really expect its a clear channel controlled station lol
I remember the days of 955 WOVV and Star 955 those were some kick ass formats!! there was nothing else like them in s.fl back then not even in miami, those formats put the old miami based y-100 and power 96 stations to shame.. did clear channel own 95-5 back in those days ? i really doubt it
Wild 95 today is TOTALLY LAME compared to those other former formats from years past... they havent lived up to their current name either
well see how the new P.D does
BTW i just picked up a new car last week and have been able to clearly hear 95-5 from west palm with minimal bleed ins from one of miami's 8 spanish fm's lol 95.7 and thats at 12 noon.
ive also been listening to X1023 ive never heard them both regularly till now, old car had sappy reciver.
Actually, the gameplan at Wild is to take on RMF during the day for the women 25-54 and then going for 18-34 women at night to take on x1023's ratings. The station's ratings during the WOVV days were always at the bottom of the arbitrons in the 2.0 range.
The truth is they follow the mainstream top 40 format more than y-100 does. Honestly, their ratings are doing well, while the Buzz's ratings are horrible, and even with the hot ac sound they still hold on to a lot of the 18-34. No, I'm not a Wild shill, I just used to work there
The truth is they follow the mainstream top 40 format more than y-100 does. Honestly, their ratings are doing well, while the Buzz's ratings are horrible, and even with the hot ac sound they still hold on to a lot of the 18-34. No, I'm not a Wild shill, I just used to work there
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bat manny
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jbrasco951 said:
I remember 955 WOVV from my middle school years 90-93, wow its hard to belive they had a 2.0 back then they were so much better than Miami's power 96 ( the only related format in s.fl at the time ) it was incredible, epecially with what was it that Open House Party show thing they had. Was that local or nation wide ? i remember ppl calling from pensylvania...
I would go up on my roof with my walkman back then to try and pick up the station lol
Y100 back then was a joke... . no wonder 955 went country in what was it 94-95 ? i think the reason WOVV and Star went bust was the area the station covers and the ppl that live in it, and/or what they care to listen to.
The #1 stations in west palm now are soft a/c and a/c minus 1023 and 955
The miami-west palm markets are like day and night and we just 50 miles apart
Open House Party is still syndicated. It is hosted by WFLZ Program Dir. and pm driver host Kane on Sunday nights from 7-12. It still runs live on Wild 95.5
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jamessteele
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Does anyone remember 95.5's old night jock JoJo from many years ago? Where the hell did he go. I wasn't into pop music back then, but I remember listening to him to always hear what he would do next. Some people thought he was a dick on the air, I just thought he had a very REAL sound.
I also listened to 95.5 WOVV growing up, and it was fascinating. I would say that the station, however, suffered from format schizofrenia, and that is what caused its ultimate demise.
Until the late 80s, the station sounded much like a full-blown AC station, especially during the day (much more so than it does now). The only CHR sound it had was at night, when Hawk Harrison hosted (I know he went on to be a PD at a station in South Carolina; I have no idea where he is now). The station became more CHR-like in the early 1990s, but in 1993, the station flipped to Contemporary AC "Star 95.5," retaining the heritage WOVV calls. Within a year, the AC format was dropped, and Star 95.5 became a full-service CHR station featuring Dr. Mix at nights and "Joe Mama" in the mornings (I have no idea what happened to either, although I remember hearing Dr. Mix under a different name at a Melbourne-area station). Within another year of that, Star 95.5 was heavily leaning Rhythmic, featuring a couple of mix shows at night (anyone remember Richie Z?). By late 1995, Star had flipped to "Country 95.5." And we all know what happened from there....
But all in all, WOVV was always a fascinating station. I just wish that the signal was better in my homeland of southern Palm Beach County.
Scott
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I remember 955 WOVV from my middle school years 90-93, wow its hard to belive they had a 2.0 back then they were so much better than Miami's power 96 ( the only related format in s.fl at the time ) it was incredible, epecially with what was it that Open House Party show thing they had. Was that local or nation wide ? i remember ppl calling from pensylvania...
I would go up on my roof with my walkman back then to try and pick up the station lol
Y100 back then was a joke... . no wonder 955 went country in what was it 94-95 ? i think the reason WOVV and Star went bust was the area the station covers and the ppl that live in it, and/or what they care to listen to.
The #1 stations in west palm now are soft a/c and a/c minus 1023 and 955
The miami-west palm markets are like day and night and we just 50 miles apart
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Until the late 80s, the station sounded much like a full-blown AC station, especially during the day (much more so than it does now). The only CHR sound it had was at night, when Hawk Harrison hosted (I know he went on to be a PD at a station in South Carolina; I have no idea where he is now). The station became more CHR-like in the early 1990s, but in 1993, the station flipped to Contemporary AC "Star 95.5," retaining the heritage WOVV calls. Within a year, the AC format was dropped, and Star 95.5 became a full-service CHR station featuring Dr. Mix at nights and "Joe Mama" in the mornings (I have no idea what happened to either, although I remember hearing Dr. Mix under a different name at a Melbourne-area station). Within another year of that, Star 95.5 was heavily leaning Rhythmic, featuring a couple of mix shows at night (anyone remember Richie Z?). By late 1995, Star had flipped to "Country 95.5." And we all know what happened from there....
But all in all, WOVV was always a fascinating station. I just wish that the signal was better in my homeland of southern Palm Beach County.
Scott
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I remember 955 WOVV from my middle school years 90-93, wow its hard to belive they had a 2.0 back then they were so much better than Miami's power 96 ( the only related format in s.fl at the time ) it was incredible, epecially with what was it that Open House Party show thing they had. Was that local or nation wide ? i remember ppl calling from pensylvania...
I would go up on my roof with my walkman back then to try and pick up the station lol
Y100 back then was a joke... . no wonder 955 went country in what was it 94-95 ? i think the reason WOVV and Star went bust was the area the station covers and the ppl that live in it, and/or what they care to listen to.
The #1 stations in west palm now are soft a/c and a/c minus 1023 and 955
The miami-west palm markets are like day and night and we just 50 miles apart
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Open House Party X 2
The current "Open House Party" (running for the past 19 years since 1987) airs on Saturday nights nationwide. It's hosted by John Garabedian out of Boston. "Open House Party Sunday Night" was added years later. It airs on Sunday nights nationwide. It's hosted by Kane out of Tampa. Both shows run from 7 PM to Midnight U.S. Eastern time.
It's a great show. I wish Y-100 carried it.
THE MAJOR
jbrasco951 said:
The current "Open House Party" (running for the past 19 years since 1987) airs on Saturday nights nationwide. It's hosted by John Garabedian out of Boston. "Open House Party Sunday Night" was added years later. It airs on Sunday nights nationwide. It's hosted by Kane out of Tampa. Both shows run from 7 PM to Midnight U.S. Eastern time.
It's a great show. I wish Y-100 carried it.
THE MAJOR
Dr. Mix aka Scott Chase became MD at WAOA in Melbourne, and since then, don't know what happened to him. I actaully liked the mix show that they had on.
Did any of you remember that MJ Kelly aka Todd Schmitt aka MJ in the Morning on WFLZ did mornings on OVV before he left.
Did any of you remember that MJ Kelly aka Todd Schmitt aka MJ in the Morning on WFLZ did mornings on OVV before he left.
Oh, and Jojo, is now doing mornings at Bob 93.3 in Greenvile SC
Yes, I believe that MJ Kelly was the morning host at WOVV for much of 1994. He was paired with Laine London, who went on to work at WRMF.
I heard Dr. Mix at a station that was south of Daytona, perhaps the former Planet. That was in early 2005. I haven't heard him since.
I heard Dr. Mix at a station that was south of Daytona, perhaps the former Planet. That was in early 2005. I haven't heard him since.
jbrasco951 said:
ScottBurns said:
Hey Scott,
I'm not so sure about M.J. on WOVV during much of 1994 because I lived and worked in Tampa during the early part of 1994 and the 'M.J. & B.J. Morning Show' was already on-the-air on 'The Power Pig' (as it was known back then). I remember it as a fairly-new show at the time.
I believe that the 'M.J. Morning Show' may be getting ready to simulcast on XM Satellite Radio.
THE MAJOR
Actually, Major, after going through some tapes, you are right. MJ was on the WOVV morning show for much of 1993, and left WOVV in very early 1994 (sometime in January). It was after MJ left that WOVV turned a bit more Rhythmic -- but that didn't really pick up much steam until 1995, when WOVV ultimately turned Country.
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bat manny
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who owned WOVV back in those days ? if it wasnt clear channel, when did Clear Channel pick them up? thus making 955 part of the borg collective.
bat manny said:
Before WOVV went Country in 1995, I remember WOVV being owned by a wealthy Ft. Pierce man (whose name escapes me). At some point, the man passed away, and I remember that his widow briefly owned the station. In either late 1995 or 1996, the station was sold to Fairbanks Communications. And as we know, Clear Channel ended up with the station -- I think AFTER it flipped back to CHR.
Scott
ScottBurns said:
I think Fairbanks also owned 97.9-WRMF at the time, so this sounds like one of those 'change your format so that we're not competing against each other' type of deals. I guess that's why WOVV went Country (and changed its call letters to boot). I think that happened right around Thanksgiving time in 1995. I had just started-up my current web site a few weeks before that, and I essentially lost one of my vital research venues in WOVV.
Country didn't click on 95.5, so Clear Channel turned it WILD (WLDI) during the Summer Of 1998.
THE MAJOR
Just doing a bit of research, WOVV became Country on November 22, 1995. It went from "Country 95.5" to "The Frog" to "Thunder Country," all in the span of three years. On August 14, 1998, WLDI was born. Does anyone else remember their 9500 songs in a row??? That was a great sign-on!
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