I guess that CBS-FM is still doing really well, it's #2 and it's in the 5 share. I read about it in the Dentist's board about CBS-FM and the demographic issues that happened on Allan's board which is NYRMB. Some people saying about playing 60's music next to 80's music and something like that. Look what happened in the Hudson Valley right now. WGNY-FM got a fresh start at 98.9 back in mid to late February playing nothing but 50's 60's and 70's music, but there is no 80's music on that station. The name of the station is what they called "Fox Oldies". That's right! Oldies without 80's. If you want to hear some 80's music, you have a choice to hear WHUD, WRNQ's "Lite-FM", WCZX's "New Mix 97.7" and so on.WCZX has already dumped 70's music completely to go towards a more Hot AC approach after Bob Miller & Suzy Garcia gone right before the change took place and Mark Bolger is the new morning host for the station. WCZX's "New Mix 97.7" is the new WPLJ, and as you know, WPLJ is now own by Cumulus (formerly Citadel), the same company that owns many of the Hudson Valley stations like WKXP/WZAD's "The Wolf", WCZX's "New Mix 97.7", WPDH/WPDA, WRRV/WRRB, WFAS and WKNY along with some Connecticut stations like WDBY's "Kicks 105.5" in Danbury, Westport's WEBE's "Webe 108" and so on.
As for WGNY-FM on 98.9, it is a new oldies station than CBS-FM was since it first kicked off in 1972 until 2005 before "Jack" came along. Van Ritshie did a excellent morning show, along with "Buffalo Bob" in afternoon drive, and a new afternoon jock is coming to "Fox Oldies" later this month is none other than Suzy Garcia formerly of WCZX to do middays on WGNY-FM. I hope "Fox Oldies" will do a lot better than CBS-FM did. As I said, CBS-FM is doing very well playing a few 80's songs mixing with a number of 60's songs and a sprinkle of 50's songs that WGNY-FM is playing right now.
According to the statement that Allan mentions about not playing 60's music on the radio anymore that 80's music sounds terrible next to 80's music. You can find 60's music on "Fox Oldies" at 98.9 which is in the Hudson Valley listening area. It's a brand new radio station. It has been on the air since February 26th, that was about 3 or 4 weeks after it first hit the airwaves.
It covers the entire listening area including Poughkeepsie, Kingston, Saugerties, Woodstock, Hyde Park, New Paltz and a few others. The station is in Rosendale, but it has a excellent signal right from the start.
Way to go CBS-FM for doing well. I hope the ratings will continue to do so if the next PPM's comes out next month. WLTW's "Lite-FM" is still on top of the ratings as well.
