New London Getting 94.9 FM News

[DToTheJ]

According to this source, Red Wolf Broadcasting recently acquired a permit for 94.9 FM, licensed to Montauk, NY. Based on domain registration, the station will likely be called "94.9 News" and pick up a news/talk format. This will fill the void (at least on FM) vacated by WXLM when its programming moved from 102.3 FM to 980 AM.

Also, 94.9 will get the WJJF call letters which were last on an AM station in Providence, if I am not mistaken.

 

[reelyreal]

Also, 94.9 will get the WJJF call letters which were last on an AM station in Providence, if I am not mistaken.

Hope Valley, to be exact. That was John's first station, 1180 Hope Valley.

 

[Radiowomen]

Fuller is crazy...and this is a smoke screen. The station will be called Eagle Country 94.9 WJJF. WJJF has heritage as Country Station in that region. Plus this will pull WCTY down a couple of points and yes the station will debut with a well known personality from WCTY next Spring. Mark my words.

 

[reelyreal]

Fuller is crazy...and this is a smoke screen. The station will be called Eagle Country 94.9 WJJF. WJJF has heritage as Country Station in that region. Plus this will pull WCTY down a couple of points and yes the station will debut with a well known personality from WCTY next Spring. Mark my words.

Judging by your previous posts, you love to hate on Hall. I'm not sure what they did to you.

A few problems here:

Every post you've made since 2008 has failed to come to fruition.

Fuller's crazy, not stupid. A fringe signal from Montauk wouldn't touch WCTY. They've been doing country since 1980, I doubt a fringe challenger could dethrone them.

Nobody who has a job with Hall would willingly leave to work for the uncertainty of Red Wolf. At least... Not since Michael Bernz tried it and got burned (no pun intended.) Hall doesn't lay off people, period. They're a good company to work for, especially money-maker WCTY.

My moles tell me this is for real. He's gonna try it.

 

[freightliner]

Actually the Norwich FM flipped to Country in March 1974 as WICH-FM and the call letters were changed about a year later. The first song aired was Me & Bobby McGee by Roger Miller. (It was the first song on one of four Metrotech reel-to-reel machines as the station was running a syndicated format called "Country Lovin'" from Peters Productions.) The first morning show was hosted by a staff enginneer named Jeffrey Goldman (aka Jeff Allyn). That quickly changed to Norwich-native Dave Nagel and later, a long run by Bob Edwards who is still with the station today--hosting a Sunday morning flea market. Bob came from sister-station WICH. Dave later moved to afternoons on WICH. Other that came later included Mark Wayne from then-country WGNG in Pawtucket in '83 (now mornings on sister WICH), and Michael Bernz following a long stint on WICH.

 

[DToTheJ]

That would be the same Bob Edwards who is heard on Kool 101, right, Jim?

Judging by your previous posts, you love to hate on Hall. I'm not sure what they did to you...

I dunno, Radiowomen's post history is a mixed bag... How can someone who "hates on Hall" admit they've "done a great job"... then again, there are some pro-RW posts, yet here he/she is calling Fuller "crazy," so there you go... I'd be curious where the poster is getting the "Eagle Country" name from, though...

 

[freightliner]

Correct... The same Bob Edwards who tracks nights on KOOL. Joined us in '73 after a stint on WILI (1400) in Willimantic where he did nights right out of high school. Did nights on WICH (then Top-40) before moving to WCTY in '76. He's second to Stu Bryer in tenure here. (Stu came in '70...Bob in '73 and I returned in '75.) We all looked like hippies then...

 

[reelyreal]

The Eagle Country name is what Fuller uses on his station up in Vermont. It's just a guess on the part of Radiowomen.

Jim, my bad! I wasn't really thinking when I made that last post, I knew you'd have the details

 

[DToTheJ]

That does explain the Eagle Country "guess" for 94.9... I'm buying the news/talk format, though. And if the Eagle flies, well, consider me had. :

 

[fmradio1]

Maybe, just maybe, Fuller wants to do country....on Long Island for Long Island! If it does any collateral damage in SE CT to WCTY that's just a bonus. WWYZ has actually done fairly well in the ratings in Long Island when you figure how far away their stick is. Fuller could put on an automated Country format with maybe a local morning jock and make some money doing it. I don't see N/T targeting New London bringing in much revenue. If it did, 104.7 or 102.3 would be still doing it....

 

[reelyreal]

Maybe, just maybe, Fuller wants to do country....on Long Island for Long Island! If it does any collateral damage in SE CT to WCTY that's just a bonus. WWYZ has actually done fairly well in the ratings in Long Island when you figure how far away their stick is. Fuller could put on an automated Country format with maybe a local morning jock and make some money doing it. I don't see N/T targeting New London bringing in much revenue. If it did, 104.7 or 102.3 would be still doing it....

...and if there was money to be made on the very eastern tip of long island (which is all this station will cover) 104.7 would still be targeting LI and that non-comm wouldn't have shut down a few weeks ago. This station will either target CT, or it'll move to Block Island as a B1 (which would most likely fit) and target South County RI