mancow and brandmier

[Large_106]

> > I would love to hear brandmier again. he was great in the
> 80s.
>
> Other things that were great in the 80s:
>
> *The threat of nuclear holocaust
> *Lionel Richie's afro
> *Richard Simmons' afro
> *John Holmes' junk
> *John Oates' moustache
> *Elvira's chest
> *Ronald Reagen's memory
> *Jam Master Jay's boombox
> *JM J. Bullock's appetite for men
> *Nell Carter (RIP)
>

Let's be fair... Elvira's chest is still great today

Back on topic, the article is total speculation that those changes "could" happen. I find it hard to believe that Emmis would give up their Q cash cow (no pun intended) for a guy who (admittedly talented) has been out of the market for many years and probably lost most of his fan base during that absense. Stranger things have happened, however, so who knows at this point?

To me, the more interesting question is what will happen if Emmis does buy out ABC's radio holdings... will they try and "merge" The Zone and Q101 airstaff and flip 94.7? I think the 94.7 change is a no-brainer, but bringing Q101 "defectors" back into the fold might be difficult, since there's so much bad blood between the 2 stations at this point.

Mancow and Johnny B are just morning shows... what will 94.7 be doing at this time next year?

 

[dave73]

> > There's only a few holes here:
> >
> > Oldies if you can get it done on the cheap.
> >
> > Party Station - Dance with current urban dance hits minus
> > the ballads.
> >
> > Retro - 80s/90s hits with DANCE and URBAN, not just the
> lame
> > Tom Cochrane stuff.
> >
> > Anyway, that's my 7.5 cents
> >
> > That's about it.
> >
>
> Emmis could also go chill, like their NYC Chill station --
> compete with stale WNUA. They could also do a Kiss style
> top 40 but with a little more attitude and less urban.
>
I just remembered them doing Red in St. Louis. I haven't listened to it, but I wonder if it would work in Chicago. I haven't even listened to Chill.

 

[dave73]

> Dave,
>
> Have you seen the power those 2 stations put out? It is
> negligible.
>
> 90.5 Park Ridge is not even on the air all the time.
>
> Maybe someone can help out, but, 90.5 Chicago was mono at
> one time, and at even lower power than what it is today.
>
If you really think about it, Moody Bible could technically pursue to have the Class D stations off the air permanently, simply because the Class D stations are in their primary contour of 90.1 and the Class D's have no protection, and for those who live around the Class D stations trying to listen to 90.1 (small amount of listeners), it does create interference. It doesn't take much wattage to create problems. There's an LPFM station in Valparaiso Indiana that creates problems around SR 130 slightly east of the downtown area listening to 93.9, but that one is legal because 93.9 is outside of the primary contour for Valpo.

 

[eggsdannythomas]

> I just remembered them doing Red in St. Louis. I haven't
> listened to it, but I wonder if it would work in Chicago. I
> haven't even listened to Chill.

That's right, Red is a Bryan Setzer/Frank Sinatra/Michael Buble/Dean Martin format. They call it "Music With Class". I would check out either one of those, I don't think they will do traditional oldies.

 

[WYTZZ95FM]

> it does create
> interference. It doesn't take much wattage to create
> problems.

You sit 1/2 mile from 90.5's transmitter in Park Ridge, and 90.1 comes in just fine with no interference.

I was once told that both 90.5's were allowed to exist because there was a grandfathered clause somewhere. (No idea I have no proof of it, just hersay).

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