Will the WYNY call letters be in effect on Friday or do they need to wait for FCC approvel for that ?
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Merlin Media to start LMA of 101.9 this Friday
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wouldn't they have already filed with the FCC for the WYNY call letters ?
luperm said:
Remember, WYNY was a radio station in New York City back in the 70's when it was "Easy 97" and then "97 WYNY" in the early 1980's when it was an AC station, and then it went country in around 1987 when it was "Country 97" and then moved in 1988 as "Country 103.5" and stick with that format until 1996 when WKTU came along. Afterwards around 1997 or so, WYNY was on at 107.1 up in Westchester County as "Y107" and then it became part of the quadcast when it was country until a failed Big City took over in 2002 dumped the quadcast and dumped country completely and went spanish as "Rhumba 107" for a short time until it went out of business. After that, it went to a simulcast of WSPK's "K104" in Poughkeepsie in 2003 for a year until it flipped to a AAA format known as "The Peak".
I forgot to mentioned that "The Peak" at 107.1 up in Westchester County would bring some of the former WRXP listeners to the table. It is still a AAA format than WRXP, but it's on 107.1. If you're going to miss WRXP, try 107.1 which is WXPK's "The Peak".
I forgot to mentioned that "The Peak" at 107.1 up in Westchester County would bring some of the former WRXP listeners to the table. It is still a AAA format than WRXP, but it's on 107.1. If you're going to miss WRXP, try 107.1 which is WXPK's "The Peak".
MusicRadioUSA said:
While there are a lot of signs that Merlin will make a move for the WYNY calls, everyone needs to remember that those call letters are still on 1400 in Middletown, NY. While the owner sold the station to his wife or something and had a unique clause giving him exclusive rights to the call letters and the ability to sell them, the fact is that he still hasn't done that. It's not as simple as applying for them, Merlin still has to pay off the current holder of the call letters for him to give them up.
reelyreal said:
If the WYNY calls were held by Clear Channel, then I would have no idea what in the hell Randy is thinking. He must see this as a likelier option, to negotiate with a smaller owner, and dangle a decent amount for compensation.
The drawback, naturally, is that the current call owners might look at the planned format for Randy's "WYNY" and hold out for more money.
Randy's not an idiot. He's other things, I know... but he's not a radio idiot per se.
Even with this new WYNY taking a radically different meaning than the old NBC-owned "97.9 WYNY," the WW1 and Evergreen-owned "103.5 WYNY," or the Big City Radio "Y-107" quadcast... this is a chance for him to restore a historic call sign in the market. He'd be nuts not to make the negotiations with the 1400 folks.
An article by David Hinckley in today's Daily News said that the after a few weeks of music, the new format on 101.9 is "Expected to be all or mostly news targeting women in their 30s and 40s."
I don't think anyone has mentioned on this board the possibility that the new format would be aimed at this demo. If I'm not mistaken, this is similar to the main audience for WPLJ. Of course 'PLJ has great billing, despite middle of the pack ratings.
The article also has an interview with outgoing WRXP PD Leslie Fram. She indicated that though the station had respectable ratings, it could have done considerably better if more funds had been available for promoting the station. She pointed out that it was launched 3 years ago at a time when radio firms were having massive financial problems. Fram stated, ""We wanted to be the heritage rock station for people who grew up in the '90s or later.."
Daily News Article: www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/t...it_changes_hands_from_emmi.html#ixzz1S5LygE8v
I don't think anyone has mentioned on this board the possibility that the new format would be aimed at this demo. If I'm not mistaken, this is similar to the main audience for WPLJ. Of course 'PLJ has great billing, despite middle of the pack ratings.
The article also has an interview with outgoing WRXP PD Leslie Fram. She indicated that though the station had respectable ratings, it could have done considerably better if more funds had been available for promoting the station. She pointed out that it was launched 3 years ago at a time when radio firms were having massive financial problems. Fram stated, ""We wanted to be the heritage rock station for people who grew up in the '90s or later.."
Daily News Article: www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/t...it_changes_hands_from_emmi.html#ixzz1S5LygE8v
Barry said:
I think the possibility of an all-newser targeting a female demo is just a ruse. How can it be pulled off without being all-tabloid and entertainment oriented - with absolutely no hard news coverage?
Yes, it apparently is very successful in Minneapolis (where C2C weekend host Ian Punnett is morning co-host). But New York City?
If WRXP dies tomorrow, many or some of the former RXP listeners will end up at "Q-104.3". As I said, a big winner since WRXP is losing. There are so many rock stations up there outside of New York City. We got WXPK's "The Peak" at 107.1 up in Westchester County which would be a good choice, you also got WPDH which has been a rock station for 35 years and is still tops in Poughkeepsie, and then, you also got WDST up in Woodstock, that's the only way to get listeners from the loss of WRXP and a little bit of WBPM with a rock leaning classic hits format with a few pop songs thrown in along with deeper rock songs. Those are the four choices. There are some links to listen to them which are streaming online. Here we go!
http://www.wpdh.com
http://www.wdst.com
http://www.1071thepeak.com
http://www.929wbpm.com
http://www.wpdh.com
http://www.wdst.com
http://www.1071thepeak.com
http://www.929wbpm.com
disney fanatic said:
All good points. All of them, and many more options, are available (1) by buying an HD radio, and/or (2) getting an app, like radio.com or iheartradio on a computer or smart phone. This has been said before, I realize I'm not breaking any new ground here.
Which brings me to a conclusion I've been slow to reach on my own: none of these so-called format holes really matter all that much in an era when so many more commercial radio listening options are available than ever before. No country in NYC? No problem. If that were the one thing that was really setting someone's life back, they'd find a way to fill that horrendous void in their lives.
None of that addresses how to successfully program a station in order for the passive listener, which is a whole separate subject -- I realize that conversation's already well underway.
disney fanatic said:
The question is, how long? Will they miss the new music they've heard on WRXP enough to stick around with WAXQ long-term?
By the way, yesterday, in the 4 PM hour on Q104.3, I heard a liner that was no doubt aimed at former WRXP listeners. It just said, "Long live rock... Q104.3".
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