New Q100 positioning: 10-in-a-row!

[FMFreq]

Sad, since they beat Star 12+ in April.

 

[caller10]

another liner (voice) ... paraphasing ... "Q100 ... ten-in-a-row ... SO YOU CAN LISTEN LONGER"."So you can listen longer?" Dude, these liners date back to the Reagan administration! At least Power 99 in the late 80s had some of the most creative imaging known to radio.

 

[lipripper]

I remember one in particular that Power 99 ran:"Hits so big Stone Mountain is envious" (sp).They were the hottest station around: Rick Stacy, Major Tom, Don Lardo, Boomer, Shotgun Sean Demory, Domino, Mr. Voice, Fast Freddie Luca, Johnny Dark. Since then I've never heard another radio station where the entire staff sounded like they were glad to be there and just having fun! It was a great loss when Power 99 went away.

 

[caller10]

I remember one in particular that Power 99 ran:"Hits so big Stone Mountain is envious" (sp).They were the hottest station around: Rick Stacy, Major Tom, Don Lardo, Boomer, Shotgun Sean Demory, Domino, Mr. Voice, Fast Freddie Luca, Johnny Dark. Since then I've never heard another radio station where the entire staff sounded like they were glad to be there and just having fun! It was a great loss when Power 99 went away.

I agree, but all the investment Susquehanna made in imaging, promotition, and airstaff couldn't save WAPW to stay CHR when CHR started to tank. Or maybe Susquehanna was just ahead of its' time when they flipped 99.7 fm to 99x, and to the best of my understanding had already launched some alternative like programming at nights while still Power 99. (I didn't live in Atlanta then) By 1992, was Power 99 out of steam and losing money?

 

[bclark71.]

Or maybe Susquehanna was just ahead of its' time when they flipped 99.7 fm to 99x, and to the best of my understanding had already launched some alternative like programming at nights while still Power 99. (I didn't live in Atlanta then) By 1992, was Power 99 out of steam and losing money?

More Power 99-isms: "Always a step ahead, never a beat off. Power 99." "Your official summertime party go-rilla. Power 99." "Inches of commericals. Miles of music. Power 99."In 1992, CHR and Power 99 was going thru what CHR goes thru every few years: A shortage of decent music. Only this time, the "alternative" fad was here and Rick Stacy saw an short-term fix, and he left Atlanta without a CHR station (Star 94 was AC at the time). Star finally went and added a load of Top 40 into their playlist in the summer of 1993 (because their ratings still blew and they had nothing to lose), and that was when their turnaround began.Z-100 NYC had held on for 20+ years. KIIS-FM LA has too. Power could have done the same had Stacy just stayed the course for another two or three books. Just look at 99.7 now. Their ratings are so low it's hysterical and they still haven't blown that thing up yet. How low does it have to go?

 

[FMFreq]

Z-100 NYC had held on for 20+ years. KIIS-FM LA has too. Power could have done the same had Stacy just stayed the course for another two or three books. Just look at 99.7 now. Their ratings are so low it's hysterical and they still haven't blown that thing up yet. How low does it have to go?

Just when do you think WHTZ and KIIS signed on as CHRs?

 

[tcsnrayp]

It sounds like a lot of old stuff that will be fresh to today's 18-34's who weren't born yet. Some is probably a good idea. But it is sad that the glory years of Power are long gone.

 

[bclark71.]

Just when do you think WHTZ and KIIS signed on as CHRs?

Early-1980s, both of them. Point being, they've weathered more than one CHR downturn, whereas Rick Stacy couldn't get through one.

 

[RobynWattsV2.0]

And speaking of Power 99.....

Here's a couple of audio files to listen to. First is a sweeper (voiced by Lon Thomas) during the .7 days (from 1986-1988):http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=59C5E6AA678B6DFFThen, a pair of Power 99 JAM sonovox jingles:http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=1588011860550574Finally a little bit of Boomer on Power 99 (about 12:17 mins. in) from January,1989, as part of a trip through Georgia down I-75 (which includes a lot of ID's, promos & breaks of long-gone stations). This is a long file, but for those that like to know what Georgia (& Chattanooga) radio was like in the late 80s, it's worth it.http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=2BCC0BE119AD5281 Enjoy,Robyn

 

[caller10]

I hope to post an mp3 sometime when I have a chance to edit it .... killer aircheck of Power 99 when I was in Atlanta visiting in the summer of 1990 ... some snipnets of Boomer, Shotgun Sean (with a very young sounding Crash Clark doing traffic) ... then ninty minutes of Jaye Karen (sp?) filling in 10p - 2a.Crash Clark sounds so different 16 years ago ... a living example of the effects of alcohol? lolI see Q100's contest is I think they've posted 10 songs on their website, on Thursday listen for those same 10 songs in a row to be played in order. When you do, be caller 100 to win $10,000 bucks.How about a similar contest where you listen for the ten songs to be played, but after listening to all ten songs you discover you can only call if your birthday is Feburary 29th, and you have to name all ten songs in order real fast before a buzzer goes off! Then after naming all ten songs you move on to 'phase 2' by seeing if your Georgia driver's licence number unlocks a safe that contains three keys, one of those keys can open the prize closet.

 

[FMFreq]

Just when do you think WHTZ and KIIS signed on as CHRs?

Early-1980s, both of them. Point being, they've weathered more than one CHR downturn, whereas Rick Stacy couldn't get through one.

Very good.From the early 80s to the early 90s is not 20+ years. Its 10. At the time, CHR was going through its first big downturn since those stations signed on. And Z100 did not stay true CHR, they went Alt until around 96 or so.

 

[bclark71.]

From the early 80s to the early 90s is not 20+ years. Its 10. At the time, CHR was going through its first big downturn since those stations signed on. And Z100 did not stay true CHR, they went Alt until around 96 or so.

From the early 80s to now is 20+, and last I checked, they were both still on. Power could have done this also, and tweaked the music along. Many stations played some "alternative" in the early to mid-1990s, but only because some of that stuff was the mainstream at that time. They never flipped, changed calls and monikers (aka "cut and run") ala 99.7.

 

[caller10]

They never flipped, changed calls and monikers (aka "cut and run") ala 99.7.

How involved and how much influence would Leslie Fram have been on 99.7 flipping from Power to X? Can't blame Chris Williams on that one.

 

[FMFreq]

Excuse me, but wasn't 99.7 highly successful as an Alt Rock for what...a decade? How can you blame someone for something that was good.Just because your precious Power was blown up for something that worked for longer than most stations are on, don't knock it.And how did we even get to this? The topic was the new formatics on Q100.

 

[caller10]

Excuse me, but wasn't 99.7 highly successful as an Alt Rock for what...a decade? How can you blame someone for something that was good.Just because your precious Power was blown up for something that worked for longer than most stations are on, don't knock it.And how did we even get to this? The topic was the new formatics on Q100.

I dunno. Good point. Who was responsible for 99.7 flipping from AC to CHR in 1986? Just think 99.7 today could have been in a three-way tie with 98.1 and 94.9 for the station voted #1 while you listen at work.

 

[RobynWattsV2.0]

Steve Davis was the one brought in to launch Power 99.7. They flipped because:1: WFOX had just flipped a few months prior from CHR to AC/Oldies, leaving WZGC as the market's only true CHR. WQXI-FM was virtually Hot-AC at the time since their playlist was very Adult-leaning.2: They were at the bottom in the three-way AC race between themselves, WPCH, & WSB-FM.With those factors in play, wouldn't it had made sense to flip formats? Z-93 was a huge 100 pound gorilla waiting to be taken down. And it did work out for them because by 1988, Z-93 was in trouble and tried to go Rhythmic in order to carve a nitch for themselves between Power 99 & V-103, which made it much worse, so they dumped CHR alltogether for Classic Rock.Sorry, if I'm getting us off-topic.Robyn

 

[RobynWattsV2.0]

Steve Davis was the one brought in to launch Power 99.7. They flipped because:1: WFOX had just flipped a few months prior from CHR to AC/Oldies, leaving WZGC as the market's only true CHR. WQXI-FM was virtually Hot-AC at the time since their playlist was very Adult-leaning.2: They were at the bottom in the three-way AC race between themselves, WPCH, & WSB-FM.With those factors in play, wouldn't it had made sense to flip formats? Z-93 was a huge 100 pound gorilla waiting to be taken down. And it did work out for them because by 1988, Z-93 was spiraling downward and they've tried to go Rhythmic in order to carve a niche for themselves between Power 99 & V-103, which made their ratings much worse, so they dumped CHR altogether for Classic Rock.Sorry, if I'm getting us off-topic. I'm looking forward to hearing the Power 99 material from 1990.Robyn