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How about some discussion for us Panhandlers? For those who follow Pensacola area stations... What are your thoughts on:

WXBM vs Cat Country, and is there room for another country station here?

My 107.3 - an improvement over Cool 107?

TK101 - any competition to speak of?

Q100 - Struggling Hot AC station - any way to improve it?

AC - Soft Rock 94.1 vs Lite Mix 99.9 (Mobile) - both with Delilah

CHR - Pensacola no longer has our own CHR - could we support one? What about Pensacola presence of Z96, WABB, and Hot 104?
 
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> WXBM vs Cat Country, and is there room for another country station here? No, two is enough to keep things competitive.
>
> My 107.3 - an improvement over Cool 107? Yes, the variety is better and the addition of Meg in mornings makes it more upbeat.

> TK101 - any competition to speak of? None, but they fill the newer rock niche well enough. A competitor would only split a very small pie, making it tough for both stations to pull ratings & hit revenue goals.
>
> Q100 - Struggling Hot AC station - any way to improve it? Not really, as Hot AC is not a world-beating format at present. John Stewart in mornings is adequate, has more personality than Kit at 107.3. I'm in the heart of 25-54 and this is my favorite music mix in the area.
>
> AC - Soft Rock 94.1 vs Lite Mix 99.9 (Mobile) - both with Delilah. Yawn... both boring, liner-driven stations. If you like vanilla, here you are.
>
> CHR - Pensacola no longer has our own CHR - could we support one? YES. What about Pensacola presence of Z96, WABB, and Hot 104? Those signals have little impact in Pensacola these days. A rhythmic CHR could own Pensacola 12+ and 12-24, probably 18-34 within a book or two.

There, now you've found your hole in the market to fill. Any questions?
 
> >
> > WXBM vs Cat Country, and is there room for another country
> station here? No, two is enough to keep things competitive.

*****Um look at the ratings..Cat Country is left in da dust. Very good Promtions at Cat. WXBM could use some education in that department

> > My 107.3 - an improvement over Cool 107? Yes, the variety
> is better and the addition of Meg in mornings makes it more
> upbeat.

*** Meg upbeat? Yea I have a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you. They talk WAAAAAAY too much in the morning.
>
> > TK101 - any competition to speak of? None, but they fill
> the newer rock niche well enough. A competitor would only
> split a very small pie, making it tough for both stations to
> pull ratings & hit revenue goals.

*****TK is SOLID bottom line, again look at the ratings
> >
> > Q100 - Struggling Hot AC station - any way to improve it?
> Not really, as Hot AC is not a world-beating format at
> present. John Stewart in mornings is adequate, has more
> personality than Kit at 107.3. I'm in the heart of 25-54
> and this is my favorite music mix in the area.

**Yea you're in the heart alright, too bad the audience that ACTUALLY fills out a diary couldn't disagree with more.As for personality, I could get more personality out of a broken shoe then from John. Terribly bad on air, needs to find a new career.
> >
> > AC - Soft Rock 94.1 vs Lite Mix 99.9 (Mobile) - both with
> Delilah. Yawn... both boring, liner-driven stations. If you
> like vanilla, here you are.

***Two different markets according to Arbitron. WMEZ #1 AC in P'Cola. Same for Lite Mix in Mobile #1 AC. It's obvious YOU are not in Hot AC demo. Females love that format.Besides, great format to 'chill'

> > CHR - Pensacola no longer has our own CHR - could we
> support one? YES. What about Pensacola presence of Z96,
> WABB, and Hot 104? Those signals have little impact in
> Pensacola these days. A rhythmic CHR could own Pensacola
> 12+ and 12-24, probably 18-34 within a book or two.

WABB very good CHR, Z96=no comment
>
> There, now you've found your hole in the market to fill. Any
> questions?
>
Yea 'regroup' dude
 
> How about some discussion for us Panhandlers? For those who
> follow Pensacola area stations... What are your thoughts on:
>
>
> WXBM vs Cat Country, and is there room for another country
> station here?
>
> My 107.3 - an improvement over Cool 107?
>
> TK101 - any competition to speak of?
>
> Q100 - Struggling Hot AC station - any way to improve it?
>
> AC - Soft Rock 94.1 vs Lite Mix 99.9 (Mobile) - both with
> Delilah
>
> CHR - Pensacola no longer has our own CHR - could we support
> one? What about Pensacola presence of Z96, WABB, and Hot
> 104?
>
i'm sorry, but I have pure dislike of Q100, I loved Arrow 100.7 and always recorded it when I went to the coast, and since 2000 when it flipped it just hasn't been the same visiting the beach without the Arrow
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WXBM is the heritage country station in the area. Their morning show is tops - Marty and Linda are awesome and have been together for years now. Years ago WXBM was the underdog but they took down reigning country champion WOWW 107 which then became New Rock 107, then to oldies as Cool, and is now My 107.3. They also have live jocks 24/7 whereas Cat is satellite (Lia evenings and Danny Wright overnight.) XBM has no satellite programming but they do run syndicated shows on Saturday (Jeff Foxworthy) and Sunday (All morning, and then CMT Countdown on Sunday night.) Cat is definitely giving them a run for their money when it comes to promotions. However, Cat's on-air product is not as good as WXBM's, IMO.

My 107.3 music is good, but they definitely talk too much in the morning. They fill a unique format hole with their "classic AC" format - a little less sleepy than Soft Rock, just minus the current hits.

Q100 was much better (as a Hot AC) when they had Trey Matthews (WABB alum, from the days of the Goofy White Boys in the '80s) as their morning man after he was on Star 104 and it became Hot 104. Jon Stuart (also the PD) wears on the nerves. Wendi is OK - she was better with Trey, but Trey was only there a short time and was given the boot by Jon. Trey is now doing mornings on Soft Rock 94.1, but that format cramps his style... he was great when he could do more contests, parodies, skits, etc., on a CHR or Hot AC formatted station. His former partner from his second stint at WABB, Chris Smith, does mornings at Lite Mix in Mobile.

I liked Arrow 100.7 as well - does anyone know how its ratings were as Classic Rock compared to now? It was a much better station than 96.1 The Rocket. When Q100 first switched back and went straight CHR in 2000, they had Rick Dees in the morning. Once Cumulus launched Hot 104 they transformed Q100 to Hot AC. But I grew up with Q100 in the early to mid '80s when they used to give WABB a run for their money. They were a great station back then. Then in the '90s they started the format flipping - Super Q, then back to Q, then "Magic 100.7" and finally Arrow, before switching back to "Q100."

Soft Rock is good, but their music selection is extremely repetitive. They also are all VT and syndicated programming on the weekends. They lost their studio and most of their staff after Ivan and have been rebuilding. They hired a new PD (Annie Sommers) last Spring, who jazzed up the music some and eliminated a lot of chatter, but she left in July. They still don't have a new PD to my knowledge.

I have heard rumblings on this board that WYOK (Hot 104) in Mobile and possibly WTKE (98.1 Sportsradio The Ticket) may flip soon. I just hope we don't get another country station!
 
> I have heard rumblings on this board that WYOK (Hot 104) in
> Mobile and possibly WTKE (98.1 Sportsradio The Ticket) may
> flip soon. I just hope we don't get another country
> station!
>

I thought WTKE was going country as soon as Cumulus swaps
Country 105.5 and A/C 100.3 (Ft. Walton Beach/Destin stations)
to Ron Hale along with the 100kw station in Evergreen that Hale is also
swapping with Cumulus (Am I right on that?) Then again,
who knows if this crazy deal will ever actually happen.


You're right, just what you need...three (or more) FM Country stations
That's more than Nashville has, where it doesn't work.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by tibbs on 09/10/05 04:05 AM.</FONT></P>
 
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