Lack of advertiser interest in underperforming, tertiary formats like Alternative goes without saying. And, MVB13 refuses to acknowledge the stations that already exist.
Your numbers here are a bit off. Check your math.
1. We've discussed in the Alt 92.3 thread why that station failed, and why alt rock isn't coming back. Alt rock was poorly executed by a PD who thought he knew what he was doing, and corporate pushed the local management to put WINS on FM. iHeart is the only other real operator in town and all their stations are successful, so no chance.
1. WPLJ was a shell of itself when it died, and those listeners have moved on.
Today 93.1?
Oh, I forgot one. Can't Spanish news/talk be on AM?
It was the former name of WPAT before SBS purchased it.
I've listened to K-LOVE a couple of times and it's ALL Christian rock.
NEW 102 was originally meant to be Top 40, but they saw the failure that happened with Now and went for Hot AC. PLJ and KTU are the same after all, it wouldn't be so bad killing one of them. Same thing for Power 105.1 and Hot 97. Oldies are what I call classic hits, 96.7 has that, in this scenario, 96.7 broadcasts from the Empire State Building. Country does horribly in New York. Even Alt 92.3 could do better than a country station. I'm also an idiot, so can you explain the meaning of āstandardsā?
Since Audacy can't have their FM radio dial without WINS, and Q104.3 is literally non-existent at this point (you could say it's the walking dead), why not have 104.3 WADO? WADO is basically 1010 WINS in Spanish.
They do not exist on actual real FM radio as in most radios do not get the signal.
One of those attracts predominantly Black listeners, and the other has a mix of Black, non-Hispanic white and Latino listeners. While a non-listener would find them "the same" they appeal to rather distinct audience groups.
But in the radio business, "oldies" and "classic hits" are two barely overlapping formats, one with 60's and early 70's core, the other now with an 80's core.
Standards is the industry name for the Sinatra-Benny Goodman-Nat King Cole music styles, with big bands, crooners and the like... even Lawrence Welk!
WFUV has a 60 dbu signal that covers 15 million people. Apparently you don't get the signal where you are, but more than 75% of the NYC market does.
As well as "Great American Songbook" (Tin Pan Alley) ditties from the '30s and '40s remade years later by singers like Harry Connick Jr., Linda Ronstadt and Rod Stewart.
Yes my apologies thank you.
What planet are you living on? Q is consistently a top performer in men 18-24 and 25-54. That doesn't sound "walking dead" to me.
Assuming you are not referring to your alternate universe, "New" 102.7 was always a Hot AC before it had rebranded, and well before that, when Fresh was introduced, it was an AC trying to compete with Lite, but never got the footing. It has faired much better as a Hot AC, and even more so after the demise of WPLJ.
David explained in the quote above the different audiences for the two local hip hop stations, WWPR 105.1 and WQHT 97.1.
Maybe, but nothing about "beautiful music" suggests "today".
Fans of Christian rock would disagree with you.
It's a dream dial.
The idea of New as Hot AC had come after just 2 days after they decided it was time to look for a refresh of Fresh. New was supposed to be Top 40, I'm not gonna deny the fact that Fresh was always meant to be Lite's ānemesisā.
It is true that WQHT has a more mixed up audience than WWPR.
Maybe, it's because Hot 97 is diverse when it comes to jockies.
WXNY has a more Puerto Rican audience, but ever since they moved Coco from WADO to X, it's has taken a bit of Mega's Dominican audience.
Actuallly, it was Easy 93.
To be more exact, K-Love is a Christian soft rock station, sort of the Christian equivalent of 106.7 Lite FM.
Currently, WADO is a primarily a sports station carries programming from TUDN Radio.
