So it look as if the Bulldog in Athens has been taken over by the govt...
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Obama Radio in Athens
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jonblaze
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Looks like it's being called "Obama 100.1". What the hell?
Another example of a corporate giant coming into town, taking over a great local station, getting rid of local talent, and importing in a new generic format that worked somewhere else so it must work everywhere. What a shame that one of the greatest towns in America for rock music no longer has a rock station.
They are announcing that they are KCCN FM 100 Honolulu. http://kccnfm100.com/ ....Then after a couple of songs, they call themselves:
Obama Government Controlled Radio, 100.1 WPUP, Athens, Ga.
Obama Government Controlled Radio, 100.1 WPUP, Athens, Ga.
Flip makes no sense to me. With most Atlanta stations booming into Athens, The Bulldog was the only Athens-targeted station for which I particularly cared. I'm bummed that I'll likely have to remove 100.1 from my presets. Rock 100.5 would make a solid substitute with regard to the music mix, but their signal doesn't quite make it this far east.
"Boogie Shoes" KC & The Sunshine BandBongwater said:
"You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" Bachman Turner Overdrive
"You're The First, My Last, My Everything" Barry White
"Dancing Queen" ABBA
"You Keep Me Hanging On" Kim Wilde
"Steppin' Out" Joe Jackson
"Off The Wall" Michael Jackson
"I Wanna Dance With Somebody" Whitney Houston
Back to simulcast of KCCN
Mercury Poisoning PSA
Junior Achievement PSA
Back to KCCN simulcast
"Living In America" James Brown"Rumors" Timex Social Club
"Easy Lover" Phillip Bailey/Phil Collins
"Cassanova" Levert
New WPUP ID w/Obama Speech
"Conga" Miami Sound Machine
"Like A Virgin" Madonna
"Shake Your Groove Thing" Peaches & Herb
"I Just Want To Celebrate" Rare Earth
"Ice Ice Baby" Vanilla Ice
Back To KCCN simulcast
"Dance, Dance, Dance" Chic
"Macho Man" Village People
"Groove Is In The Heart" Dee-Lite
"Do You Love Me" The Contours
"Feels Good" Tony! Toni! Tone!
New WPUP ID w/Obama Speech
"Jump Jive & Wail" Brian Setzer Orchestra
"Soul Man" The Blues Brothers
"Never Gonna Give You Up" Rick Astley
"Let It Whip" Dazz Band
"Ring My Bell" Anita Ward
"Born To Be Alive" Patrick Hernandez
Back to KCCN simulcast
"Supafly" Curtis Mayfield
"Theme From Shaft" Issac Hayes
You know, I really don't mind a HIP FUNKY Old School station (sure beats the tired, worn out "gangsta" blubbering on most so-called "Hip-Hop/R&B" stations today.) But just when you think this station might actually have something going for it, they break in with these KCCN simulcasts. Yes, we know President Obama was born in Hawaii. And Hawaiian music ain't bad. At all. But if you really wanna keep a kickass party mix going, you gotta have SOME continuity.....
The very fact I've been able to name these tunes in the first 10 seconds of their airplay with no virtual/aural assistance speaks well for my pop musical knowledge
Turns out Cox Broadcasting owns both WPUP in Athens and KCCN in Honolulu
http://www.obama1001.com
And then the web feed cuts out. Interesting stunt though...probably the most interesting one I've heard all year. They really should have started this after the election last year......
Hmmm....but from what I read about the President's actual music tastes, they're just a tad more eclectic than THIS (Grateful Dead, Jay-Z, John Coltrane, Metallica, Rolling Stones, Frank Sinatra, U2, etc. Not necessarily the "Jammin' Oldies" sound this station has taken before my very ears...so far.....
Hey you former WPUP listeners,
This new format reminds of a former Jammin' Oldies station we lost up here in Seattle called "95.7 The Beat"
So we'll break even. I'll trade you the now Classic Rock 95.7 KJR-FM for your Obama 100.1.....
http://www.957kjrfm.com/main.html
This new format reminds of a former Jammin' Oldies station we lost up here in Seattle called "95.7 The Beat"
So we'll break even. I'll trade you the now Classic Rock 95.7 KJR-FM for your Obama 100.1.....
http://www.957kjrfm.com/main.html
TJB said:
Stunt or not, this actually isn't the first radio station to name itself after Obama: In Washington, D.C., of all places, there was a talk station called "Obama 1260", with progressive talk. (Now it's all-business.) Last year, its conservative sister station used the positioner "McCain 570". After the election, they changed to their current moniker, "Freedom 570."
Blazeradio said:
Blazerradio has it correct. Using corporate radio math, Stunting = format flip = fire the on air talent = replace with voice track or worse. Anyone know the body count?
Is this the Athens station where a Holbrook girl was working several years ago? Was it Jennifer Holbrook...I cannot remember right off.
This is ridiculous. I was hoping it was just an October 1st (6 months after April Fool's Day) joke. I guess I'll need to remove 100.1 the Bulldog off my Facebook page. Here's what I need to ask, why couldn't the Cox folks put this format at 103.7 instead of the talk format? I enjoyed listening to Kris & Evan in the mornings. The music was fine. I hope they somehow kept them both on board in the Cox family there in Athens. I'm surprised Magic 102.1 there in Athens hasn't been blown up yet (also now owned by Cox).
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jonblaze
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Cox already has a website up... http://obama1001.com
RTibbs said:
I hear that 100.1 The Stream hired a local jock named I.P. Daily.
HA! Y'all are funny!
And wrong!
And wrong!
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