Whatever it may be, I just hope it won't be a typical "iHeart", voicetracked-to-death, station.
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New Rock station coming to DFW?
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I noticed that they are running The News Junkies instead of Ben and Skin.
What else could 97.1 flip to at this particular time that would involve having the mavericks on their signal? think about it
I wouldn’t think they would go Fox Sports Radio but…
When will they start stunting?
reading the article and the way he describes it, it seems like iHM was never fully invested in the freak. They never hired an actual sports PD, which I don’t get. They never adjusted even with the ticket and the fan beating them. They didn’t have to be different. They just needed to discuss sports like everyone else and provide their own unique spin or takes. I really do hate this for everyone on the staff and the part-time staffers. But, iHM failed them and the freak from ever really growing. Its just amazing the same company that built fox sports radio forgot how to build a sports talk station
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They never claimed to be a sports station. They gave all the money to Rhyner, but he was already out to pasture.
None of that is true. iHeart does a lot of local talk radio. WLW is the #1 station in Cincinnati. WTKS is top rated in Orlando. I think they really hoped this station would be more like that. But the hosts, including Rhyner, were not very exciting to listen to.
if the Eagle is indeed coming back, i wonder if they do another "the history of 97.1" teaser leading up to the station's relaunch at the end of the stunting, just like they did in the late 2007 relaunch of The Eagle.
In a Friday Shakeup, 97.1 The Freak Changes Formats and Fires Radio Legend Mike Rhyner
Two reports indicate the demise of The Freak and it's free-flow talk format, and one of its most legendary voices confirmed he had been fired Friday.
www.dmagazine.com
While I’m glad they are appearing to bring rock back, I sure hope it’s not what Kramer describes in the OP. Let’s keep it mostly 90s-now and leave the 80s and before to Lone Star.
The Eagle will return.. according to this
People complain about Bobby Bones and Woody and Elvis Duran or Jubal being on every iHeart station but when local talk fails, they also complain.
How many times has The Eagle launched and relaunched as a rock station? It was a rock station for at least a couple years in the early eighties before flipping to Top 40 in 1984 (although it was Top 40 with a rock lean for several years). Then it relaunched in the rock format again in the early 90s. Then again in 2007. So if it goes to rock on Monday, it's going to be their fourth time as a rock station.
I'd be truly shocked if that happened. But as a bit of historical trivia, the Z-Rock format did run on 99.1 for a couple years in the early nineties.
1984 was 40 years ago. 2007 was 17 years ago. This is now.
The station's history is relevant if they actually think they're going to capitalize on any sort of legacy as The Eagle. My point is that their legacy frankly just isn't very impressive. That means that if rock does come back to 97.1, legacy ain't gonna cut it.
q101 in Chicago flipped to an all news format, then reverted back to its original format a couple of years later. That was 2011. I’m sure people have forgotten about that and aren’t thinking of any “legacy”. People in Dallas need to be more worried about Dak Prescott’s legacy right now 😂
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