busterluck said:
102.7 does NOT have any back up transmitter! they were running off the exicter.
In fact Midwest does not have ANY back up transmitters at any of the Terre Jaute stations.
AND about 6 weeks ago they fired the chief engineer (very competent) so they have no local engineer.
I have never been impressed with Midwest Communications. When they first entered the market, their track record with their stations in Wisconsin would indicate that they would be good operators. Maybe Terre Haute is just to far away for Duke Wright to keep an eye on his operation. They really haven't done anything that well except launch a pretty good FM news/talk format.
-They have never been able to make anything on 95.9 work. A major lack of presence with this station, but it is hard to be visible when the lineup is all out of market voicetrackers.
-Air "talent" on WMGI is at an all-time low. How did they let so many good jocks get away? Is the PD really that impossible to work with? Mornings, Middays, and afternoons are just brutal to listen to. No real content or interaction during middays and afternoons is sad, as WMGI at one time (early 2000's) did the work day better than anyone else.
-The launch of Q102.7 was difficult because of the LMA, and while I like some of what they have done, at the end of the day, Midwest has made it mostly a voicetracked jukebox after Party Marty's live AM show.
-As stated above, I will give them credit for WIBQ. This area so badly needed the FM talk format, and the addition of Frank Rush has been superb.
I can't believe any company would operate a 6-station cluster without an engineer. No wonder it took a week to fix 102.7 after the storm last week.
