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Poll: WKQX or WLUP... Which Gets Blown Up First?

DToTheJ

DToTheJ

And to which formats? (The New York entity is rumored to flip to news/talk upon the acquisition.)

Bonus question - regardless of format: Would Merlin Media hire Steve Dahl to work at either station?
 
if WLUP got flipped would clear channel take the call letters to 103.5 and return the station to rock 103.5 and move the top 40 format to 95.5 ?
 
Sadly, probably Q101. Electra has been on-air sounding downright deflated today. It sounds like they got the news already. No pun intended.
 
Q is toast. The loop will probably get some tweaking, but will remain, at least for the interim.
 
Q101. :( I checked around online and from what I see, it's supposedly going news/talk. ICK! I guess I'll be taking it off my presets... and hoping some other station will pick up alternative.
 
PoisonIvy, I read the samething. Something tells me that Randy might try to compete with WGN and maybe do that style of talk. I also see possibly Steve Daul coming back and going head to head with Gerry Myer. All of these are strong possibilites, but either way....the end is near for Q101.
 
WRXP in New York is going to need his attention first--and it will probably get his attention first before anything happens elsewhere. Don't expect a WABC/WLS-style talker there, however...if he goes to talk instead of a music format (either a revised rock format or something NYC doesn't have, like modern country), expect a different kind of talk than you've heard on the AM or even FM bands before. Nothing else but a new take on talk will make an impact with listeners or with the agencies.
 
Q101 will die. The 25 - 54 numbers are awful, the 18-34 numbers are just OK, and their ratings overall have been rather stagnant for a couple years now (after dipping as low as a 1.2 share a few years back).

The Loop's new direction seems to be working; their ratings have seen a nice bounce since the start of the year. A Classic Rock and FM Talk tandem would pair nicely for sales purposes, too.

I have a feeling we'll see Mancow return to mornings at 101.1 FM.
Q101 has been on borrowed time for years. The staff should be grateful that their perenially underachieving station lasted as long as it did!

Assuming Q101 goes away and The Loop stays on course, I do think there is a potential hole for a well-programmed mainstream / active rock station geared toward the 25 - 44 male demo in Chicago. I wouldn't mind seeing Clear Channel fill that need via 95.5 or CBS fill that need via 105.9.
 
Feder says Q101 is going all-news. Interesting, considering that the format is a hard and expensive one to start from the ground up (it seems to me that WMAQ 15 years ago was the last U.S. major market station to flip to all-news). He's also indicating that if that does happen, CBS will start simulcasting WBBM on Fresh.

No matter what you think of Michaels, he sure makes things interesting.
 
Sure, the stations could easily go News/Talk. DOES ANYONE REMEMBER WHO OWNS THESE STATIONS????

Randy Michaels rarely ever plays his hand before he has to. He might have and people know that is the deal, or could he be calling someones bluff?

IT'S FREAKING RANDY MICHAELS!!! You don't get much better than him in creative ownership.
 
Not a fan for FM talk on any major market.
How long did that last in Baltimore & other markets.

I think we already have too much of that going on here specially on the "9-FM"s

Not that I really listen to Q101 but id hate to see the heritage station die.

I can still see it being a howdy-doody station, its Michaels. (fake name).
 
I would think (hope) that any such efforts would be different than the now-defunct "Free-FM" regional efforts...

And to be fair, there is still an FM sports-talk station in existence in Baltimore... granted, it's getting its clock cleaned and recently lost rights to Orioles games, but still...
 
DToTheJ said:
I would think (hope) that any such efforts would be different than the now-defunct "Free-FM" regional efforts...

And to be fair, there is still an FM sports-talk station in existence in Baltimore... granted, it's getting its clock cleaned and recently lost rights to Orioles games, but still...
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And yes the Balitmore station went from Hip Hop to FM talkradio to Sportstalk. Just my point.
 
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