My Spin on Atlantic City/Cape May Radio

[mrazfan18]

88.9-Grade School-Atlantic City Grade School 88.9 WAJM
89.3-Religious-89.3 WKDN
89.7-Public Radio-89.7 WNJN
91.3-College-91.3 WRTQ Temple University
91.7-College-91.7 WLFR-Richard Stockton College
93.1-News/Talk-NJ 101.5/93.1
93.9-Classical-93.9 The Classical Network
94.3-Spanish-La Rumba 94.3
95.1-Hot A/C-95.1 WAYV
96.1-Dance-96.1 The Beat of South Jersey
96.9-Top 40-Z96.9/104.9 The Jersey Shore's #1 Hit Music Station
97.3-Hot A/C-Mix 97.3
98.3-Oldies-Cool 98.3
99.3-Hip-Hop-Power 99.3
100.7-Smooth Jazz-CD 100.7
102.3-Hot A/C-95.1 WAYV
102.7-Alternative-Digital 102.7
103.7-Classic Rock-103.7 The Shark
104.9-Top 40-Z96/104 The Jersey Shore's #1 Hit Music Station
105.5-Classic Rock-105.5 The Hawk
106.3-A/C-106.3 The Breeze
106.7-Rock-106.7 DOX
107.3-Country-Cat Country 107.3

 

[rdalton]

> 94.3-Spanish-La Rumba 94.3

Spanish CHR on the dial has worked very well in the not too distant past.

> 96.1-Dance-96.1 The Beat of South Jersey

Maybe on another signal-- perhaps on a Cape May-only signal where a large portion of the advertising is based on the nightclubs (similar to Z107's advertisers).

> 96.9-Top 40-Z96.9/97.3 The Jersey Shore's #1 Hit Music
> Station
> 99.3-Hip-Hop-Power 99.3

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[GSP163]

> 96.9-Top 40-Z96.9/97.3 The Jersey Shore's #1 Hit Music
> Station
> 97.3-Top 40-Z 96.9/97.3 The Jersey Shore's #1 Hit Music
> Station

What a waste.....Why take 2 50,000 watt stations with pretty much the same coverage area and simulcast each other?

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[OldiesJock]

>What's the deal on scarppy little WCMC? Are they doing anything live? There should, at least, be a live morning show. Nice signal for 1000 watts on 1230..great transmitter location...nice n' swampy!!

 

[BobAltimari]

> > 94.3-Spanish-La Rumba 94.3
>
> Spanish CHR on the dial has worked very well in the not too
> distant past.

umm, where? You didn't mean La Mega 104.9, did you? I don't recall them ever being a player....in EITHER market. Sorry, needed to call you on that.

> > 96.1-Dance-96.1 The Beat of South Jersey
>
> Maybe on another signal-- perhaps on a Cape May-only signal
> where a large portion of the advertising is based on the
> nightclubs (similar to Z107's advertisers).

Q107, perhaps? IMO, 106.7 is now a waste of a frequency. I know, cry me a river for the death of DOX. I'm sure it'll do good, but still.......

> > 96.9-Top 40-Z96.9/97.3 The Jersey Shore's #1 Hit Music
> > Station
> > 99.3-Hip-Hop-Power 99.3
>
> Why fix what's not broken?
>

I'll agree here. Take FPG and just flip it for ummmmmmm...what's his reasoning for flipping FPG? Uh huh, that's what I thought as well. <P ID="signature">______________
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[rdalton]

> umm, where? You didn't mean La Mega 104.9, did you? I don't
> recall them ever being a player....in EITHER market. Sorry,
> needed to call you on that.

Yeah, I meant la mega! In the Atlantic City market, they made top 10 while focusing their programming on Philadelphia (and not Atlantic City). That, of course, was before there was rhythmic programming on 99.3, so the exact Spanish CHR format as before might not be the best option.

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[tom]

I wouldn't say WEMG did all that well ...

Fall 2000 - tied with WFPG-AM for # 17
Spring 2001 - tied with WGBZ for # 16
Fall 2001 - tied with WZXL for # 12
Spring 2002 - tied with WRTQ for # 15
Fall 2002 - tied with WCZT for # 14
Spring 2003 - tied for WBHX for # 38 << the loop ?

> > umm, where? You didn't mean La Mega 104.9, did you? I
> don't
> > recall them ever being a player....in EITHER market.
> Sorry,
> > needed to call you on that.
>
> Yeah, I meant la mega! In the Atlantic City market, they
> made top 10 while focusing their programming on Philadelphia
> (and not Atlantic City). That, of course, was before there
> was rhythmic programming on 99.3, so the exact Spanish CHR
> format as before might not be the best option.
>
> I only had 12+ figures available to me, but I remember them
> doing quite well with it.
>

 

[rdalton]

> I wouldn't say WEMG did all that well ...
>
> Fall 2000 - tied with WFPG-AM for # 17
> Spring 2001 - tied with WGBZ for # 16
> Fall 2001 - tied with WZXL for # 12
> Spring 2002 - tied with WRTQ for # 15
> Fall 2002 - tied with WCZT for # 14
> Spring 2003 - tied for WBHX for # 38

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[BobAltimari]

> > umm, where? You didn't mean La Mega 104.9, did you? I
> don't
> > recall them ever being a player....in EITHER market.
> Sorry,
> > needed to call you on that.
>
> Yeah, I meant la mega! In the Atlantic City market, they
> made top 10 while focusing their programming on Philadelphia
> (and not Atlantic City). That, of course, was before there
> was rhythmic programming on 99.3, so the exact Spanish CHR
> format as before might not be the best option.
>
> I only had 12+ figures available to me, but I remember them
> doing quite well with it.
>

Would that be a big deal? Granted, 104.9 has a MONSTER signal. You could drop Klezmer songs interspersed with fart noises and it would crack the top 10. Again, not disputing your argument....but I think Mega was a top performer due to signal strength, not necessarily format strength. <P ID="signature">______________
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