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Q100 Mobile Stunting
- Thread starter Poledo
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Cool new format? From Cumulus? Really? ;D
news talk WCOA-FM maybe?
passtheword said:
Wouldn't that force Clear Channel's hand to put WNTM on one of their 100kw sticks? That would suck. The only way WNTM going 100kw makes since to me would be to put it on 96.1 and move the Rocket to the inferior Pensacola signal 107.3.
Lets keep hoping Cumulus goes for Sports with Bama and AU (put the secondary team on 104.1)
Pardon my rambling but I noticed something odd about this loop. At the TOH, there's one advert: Cap-N Fun on Pensacola Beach. After that, they top of the hour ID: WKLQ Pensacola. I thought I mis-heard it before, but no… they're saying it wrong. The loop does change hour-to-hour. :
The first thing ya gotta do… is say the call letters right! W-JJJJJJJJJJJJJJ-L-Q!
The first thing ya gotta do… is say the call letters right! W-JJJJJJJJJJJJJJ-L-Q!
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Mario500
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Zach said:I am, in fact, an idiot. Having heard it AGAIN, it is WJLQ, just affected somewhat. And the loop does NOT change. Stupid brain, why are you so stupid!?
Don't be negative on yourself. No human is perfect, even with good intentions. All we could do is our best.
As for the transition to a new format for WJLQ-FM, I hope we get something different in the broadcast area between Mobile and Pensacola (this transition period gives me an idea: a radio program dedicated not only to TV theme music, but movie music, video game music, and other production music for TV programs as well). Currently the only radio programs I schedule my time around are "The Kim Komando Show" broadcast by WAVH-FM from 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM (I wish it was broadcast live from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM) and "On the Media" broadcast by WHIL-FM from 6:00 AM and 7:00 AM on Saturdays.
Occasionally I hear "Radio Avalon" broadcast by WZEW-FM or "All Things Considered" from WHIL-FM. I usually hear "Leo Laporte the Tech Guy" while online and recently I've been listening to the BBC World Service streamed by Alabama Public Radio.
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Groove1670
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Maybe "Journey 100"
Mario-500 said:
As musiconradio notes, the format is probably going to be a "Journey" clone like they have in Cincinnati and Atlanta. 80s and 90s hits or some hogwash. There's a post on the Northern Florida board where someone uncovered a JAM jingle entry on the ASCAP website mentioning 'Journey 100 Pensacola'.
That format will overlap with several other stations in the market, including Jack and Mix. Yuck.
I remember the stunting Q 100 did several years ago (already?) when they switched to I 100. Driving down I-65 I picked it up in Greenville and listened nonstop (I think 3 rotations) all the way to Biloxi. It was a great way to stay awake driving at 4:30 AM in the morning and it was FAR more entertaining than what came to be. I remember about a 20 minute portion devoted to Michael Jackson and his hits (this was mere weeks after his death) and I would have loved to have a digital copy of that portion.
Ever since the original Q 100 and Arrow 100.7, that poor station has just crashed and burned despite its mighty signal. Sounds compressed in Montgomery between Lite 100.5 and Alex FM 100.9, but between 10 PM and 7 AM its usually on with a decent signal outside the city clutter.
Good luck Cumulus on both north and south Alabama stunting. Gee, I wonder which Montgomery station is next.
Ever since the original Q 100 and Arrow 100.7, that poor station has just crashed and burned despite its mighty signal. Sounds compressed in Montgomery between Lite 100.5 and Alex FM 100.9, but between 10 PM and 7 AM its usually on with a decent signal outside the city clutter.
Good luck Cumulus on both north and south Alabama stunting. Gee, I wonder which Montgomery station is next.
jay said:
-Don't forget that 96.1 is in the Mobile market(#93) and 100.7 is in the Pensacola market(#123)... technically. That's the problem... all Pensacola FMs city grade Mobile (except 106.1), so Country, AC, and CHR take up too many frequencies on the dial. No room left for variety... at least in Pensacola. I wish Arbitron would just go ahead and combine the markets and add a couple counties to get us up closer to market #50.
-I wonder why 100.7 didn't decide to stunt with a simulcast of sister station WZNS Z96 to give loyal listeners (in Florida) instructions on where to go get a CHR fix? Isn't that what they did when they ended the double barreled attack on WABB by combining CHRs 100.7 and 104.1 into Star 104.1.
-With the Huntsville Journey launching at 9:33 am, I wonder why WJLQ isn't launching at 10:07 instead of 1:00? Lack of coordination at Cumulus headquarters? (Details...I'm picky.)
Zach said:Pardon my rambling but I noticed something odd about this loop. At the TOH, there's one advert: Cap-N Fun on Pensacola Beach. After that, they top of the hour ID: WKLQ Pensacola. I thought I mis-heard it before, but no… they're saying it wrong. The loop does change hour-to-hour. :
The first thing ya gotta do… is say the call letters right! W-JJJJJJJJJJJJJJ-L-Q!
Tuning in this afternoon, I heard that same ID, preceded by the same advertisement too. It doessound like Announcer Guy is saying K-L-Q.
jay said:
As poledo mentions, people used to listen to Mobile stations in Mobile and Pensacola stations in Pensacola. There really never has been much overlap, though I seem to remember the old WAVH 96.1 ("Oldies 96 The Wave") used to pull okay numbers in Pensacola 20 years ago. Of course, after someone got 104.1 and flipped it from rock to country as "The Dawg," WKSJ bought WAVH and took it country to try to keep its new competitor from getting off the ground. 96.1 never got numbers like that in Pensacola ever again, and I don't think anyone there really cared.
What's really weird is that there are some Mobile and Pensacola stations on the same towers, but they're still almost non-existent in terms of listeners in the other market!
Isn't it kind of the same deal with broadcast TV? WEAR focuses almost exclusively on Pensacola, while WPMI, WALA and WKRG are all Mobile-centric. Yet they're all broadcasting from Baldwin County. Heck it may even happen with APT versus WSRE, although I watch WSRE almost exclusively OTA because it's a stronger signal.
Kent said:
Wasn't "The Dawg" a Clear Channel station? Did Clear Channel not own WKSJ and the Dawg at the same time?
The only Mobile stations that get ratings in Pensacola are the two with no competition... The Rocket and BLX. The only Pensacola station that matters to Mobile... TK101.
Kent said:
And this is just one of those. Cumulus Pensacola's 100.7 is on the same tower and the same height with the same power as Cumulus Mobile's 104.1 Jack FM. Putting Cumulus' own variation of Adult Hits on Pensacola's 100.7 and leaving Jack alone doesn't make any sense unless they are trying to take down another station that doesn't exist. This isn't going to hurt WABB... Maybe a minimal hit on 94.1 and 99.9.
Musiconradio pointed out that Jack targets men and Journey will probably target women... but where are they drawing the women from? Jack? Why bother shifting 20% of your audience from one station to another? I just don't get it unless this is a serious swerve or maybe Jack is on the list for a Xmas format spin. The combined Mobile and Pensacola ratings for 100.7 and 104.1 can't go up with these two similar formats.
So very very disappointing.
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