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Oldies 95.9 Hagerstown is no more
- Thread starter Seltzer
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I always love when stations refer to their music as "the greatest hits of all time". All-time usually refers to the late 60's, 70's and early 80's. Hmm... about twenty years is the time span for an "all time"format.
I would love to listen to a "greatest hits of all time" format that takes the phrase literally and plays Top ten hits from the 20's through today..How about a century of hits? aaah..Glenn Miller, Lady Gaga, Nickelback, The Dave Clark Five, Elvis, Rudy Vallee and Flo-Rida back to back . Train wreck radio at its finest!
With the sameness of radio these days, I would love to hear a station like this. You would never know what is coming next and would expose a lot of songs you never hear.
I would love to listen to a "greatest hits of all time" format that takes the phrase literally and plays Top ten hits from the 20's through today..How about a century of hits? aaah..Glenn Miller, Lady Gaga, Nickelback, The Dave Clark Five, Elvis, Rudy Vallee and Flo-Rida back to back . Train wreck radio at its finest!
With the sameness of radio these days, I would love to hear a station like this. You would never know what is coming next and would expose a lot of songs you never hear.
Yeah, but seriously, what's the era that they're focusing on? I'm not in the market, so can't hear the SOB, but remember the awful Oldies format--nice to hear they've made a change.
What is it? Eighties stuff? 70s-80s-90s? Man, with all the classic rock and classic hits around there already...
What is it? Eighties stuff? 70s-80s-90s? Man, with all the classic rock and classic hits around there already...
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nocomradio
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I've seen the "Greatest Hits Of All Time" take two directions:
One is as mentioned, in the form of 70's and early 80's with a sort of light rock, non-threatening edge to it.
The other is along the lines of 'America's Best Music" playing a lot of standards like Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Barbara Streisand, etc.
Whatever route they go, it probably will sound like many of the others.
One is as mentioned, in the form of 70's and early 80's with a sort of light rock, non-threatening edge to it.
The other is along the lines of 'America's Best Music" playing a lot of standards like Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Barbara Streisand, etc.
Whatever route they go, it probably will sound like many of the others.
So, hey, Seltzer, what's this one sound like nowadays? Has it really changed any since they were calling it "Oldies," or is it the same mish-mash of Lulu and Tommy James & The Shondells and The Foundations every other hour--but with a different slogan?
The last time I remember hearing them a few months back, I heard a promo for The Donny Osmond Show in morning drive. Really?
The last time I remember hearing them a few months back, I heard a promo for The Donny Osmond Show in morning drive. Really?
Scratch Classic Hits, the station is now doing 90's country as simply "95-9".
Just listened to them a little bit ago say something about some classic rock show now being Sundays on 97.5 from 9 AM to noon. But the last thing we need around here is another country station. 92.1 was running a classic country then dropped it. Now 95.9 moves in with a slightly newer country format. At least they do play some stuff you don't hear anywhere else. Wonder how long that will last?
Shelby
Shelby
Most country stations are programmed like Top 40 or Hot AC, very focused on current product, re-currents and recent oldies. At least with a gold-based station they're playing a completely different set of songs. For music stations, the tunes are 98 percent of the content, so giving the country listener an option to hear something other than the same songs both WAYZ and WFRE are playing isn't a terrible idea.
How far back are they going?
How far back are they going?
Now the station is straight country (old and new) as "95-9 The Big Dawg". I'm sure WAYZ, WFRE and Q102 are real worried :
http://www.bigdawgfm.com/
http://www.bigdawgfm.com/
Sounds like someone might be trying to recapture some of the old WYII audience. The Valley is most certainly a heavy country market, but as Trav said, there might not be much left after the big boys take their slice.
Classic Country might have been a better choice, since WAYZ has already made moves toward a younger audience; there may well be a niche for an older country based audience. One that buys LOCALY. More evidence that Classic Country might work is that Verstandig's station was beginning to show some good numbers before they decided to shoot themselves in the foot and change formats.
P.S. The WYII calls are still available, even though the audience is 12 years gone.
Classic Country might have been a better choice, since WAYZ has already made moves toward a younger audience; there may well be a niche for an older country based audience. One that buys LOCALY. More evidence that Classic Country might work is that Verstandig's station was beginning to show some good numbers before they decided to shoot themselves in the foot and change formats.
P.S. The WYII calls are still available, even though the audience is 12 years gone.
WYII's glory days are 40 years gone now, so the calls may not mean much except to the 60+ crowd.
WAYZ is pretty much unbeatable in Hagerstown-Chambersburg... WFRE doesn't give a sh*t about anything west of Myersville, and Q102 doesn't exist in WICL's little patch of earth.
Little FM's--Class A's--always have to look for "different." A 3-kw station ain't gonna beat a 50-kw station doing the same thing.
What should they have done instead? Triple A in a blue-collar town? Hispanic or Urban?
WAYZ is pretty much unbeatable in Hagerstown-Chambersburg... WFRE doesn't give a sh*t about anything west of Myersville, and Q102 doesn't exist in WICL's little patch of earth.
Little FM's--Class A's--always have to look for "different." A 3-kw station ain't gonna beat a 50-kw station doing the same thing.
What should they have done instead? Triple A in a blue-collar town? Hispanic or Urban?
amfmxm said:
Could've went with a classic hits/classic rock format. Only one (that I can think of/know of) in this market doing that is WWEG, WBHB and WQCM both used to lean more towards classic rock, but don't anymore. WWEG, being right in the middle since they're in Myersville, more or less takes care of Fredrick and Hagerstown by itself. But, looking at it from another point of view, about the only thing you can hear around here is country, adult contemporary, rock, Christian radio, and NPR
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HZ
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Oldies/Classic Hits now has moved to 1410 AM In Hagerstown!!! As The True Oldies Channel Affiliations Rebranded as The NEW FM 96-3 "The True Oldies Channel" Check It Out !!!!!
http://www.trueoldies963.com/
http://www.trueoldies963.com/
HZ said:
1410 has been TTOC for awhile. Years? The 96.3 is the translator attached to 800 in Chambersburg. I drove through there a month or so ago and carried the translator down to Greencastle before it faded out. But it looks like they did a great job with it, basically adding a perfectly good FM stick for Chambersburg. Whoever did the engineering on it deserves a raise. Are they gonna add a translator to 1410, too? Or is the H-town area too jammed with signals to squeeze one in?
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HZ
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WCHA-AM- 800 AM & 96.3 FM are only broadcast In Chambersburg,Pennsylvania for The NEW FM 96-3 The True Oldies Channel!!! They Have an Oldies/Classic Hits Variety!!, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCHA_(AM)
WHAG-AM 1410 AM only broadcasts in Hagerstown for The NEW FM 96-3 The True Oldies Channel!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHAG_(AM)
THE TRUE OLDIES CHANNEL DOES NOT BROADCAST ON 96.3 FM IN HAGERSTOWN!!!
THE TRUE OLDIES CHANNEL ONLY BROADCASTS ON 96.3 FM ONLY IN CHAMBERSBURG,PENNSYLVANIA!! NOT HAGERSTOWN,MD!
1410 AM WHAG simulcasts sister AM station WCHA.
CHECK IT OUT!
http://www.trueoldies963.com/
THE TRUE OLDIES CHANNEL LIVE STREAMING!!!
http://player.streamtheworld.com/_players/citadel/?sid=8669&nid=2920
WHAG-AM 1410 AM only broadcasts in Hagerstown for The NEW FM 96-3 The True Oldies Channel!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHAG_(AM)
THE TRUE OLDIES CHANNEL DOES NOT BROADCAST ON 96.3 FM IN HAGERSTOWN!!!
THE TRUE OLDIES CHANNEL ONLY BROADCASTS ON 96.3 FM ONLY IN CHAMBERSBURG,PENNSYLVANIA!! NOT HAGERSTOWN,MD!
1410 AM WHAG simulcasts sister AM station WCHA.
CHECK IT OUT!
http://www.trueoldies963.com/
THE TRUE OLDIES CHANNEL LIVE STREAMING!!!
http://player.streamtheworld.com/_players/citadel/?sid=8669&nid=2920
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HZ
Guest
The NEW FM 96-3 "The True Oldies Channel" is The Four State Region's Home for True Oldies!...The New FM 96-3 The True Oldies Channel
The only radio station in the Four State Region where you'll find your favorite oldies including:
Elvis
The Beatles
Diana Ross and The Supremes
The Eagles
The Beach Boys
Stevie Wonder
Rod Stewart
The Rolling Stones
and lots more!
and the ONLY place you'll hear the Pittsburgh Steelers in Hagerstown or Chambersburg!
The only radio station in the Four State Region where you'll find your favorite oldies including:
Elvis
The Beatles
Diana Ross and The Supremes
The Eagles
The Beach Boys
Stevie Wonder
Rod Stewart
The Rolling Stones
and lots more!
and the ONLY place you'll hear the Pittsburgh Steelers in Hagerstown or Chambersburg!
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HZ
Guest
95.9 The Big DAWG plays Classic Country & New Country-Genuine Country Gold features music from 1985-1995, plus newer country hits and the classic country hits too! WICL-FM plays a REAL COUNTRY VARIETY!!
On Weekends, They have Classic Country Programs such as Country Gold With Randy Owen, Retro Country USA, & The Country Oldies Show- Classic Country from 1950s-1980s!!
On Weekends, They have Classic Country Programs such as Country Gold With Randy Owen, Retro Country USA, & The Country Oldies Show- Classic Country from 1950s-1980s!!
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