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RADIO ONE CHARLOTTE

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ShawtyBlack_ATL

Radio One Charlotte has purchased WNOW-FM/105.3, WZZQ-am/1500 and W282AX/104.3 from Gaffney Broadcasting for $7.75 Million. They will begin operations via LMA September 4th. This will now give Radio One Charlotte a 3rd outlet to pair with PRAISE 100.9 and My 92.7. Radio One has done Hip-Hop in Charlotte before on 92.7 as HOT 92.7.

Could we see a return to Hip-Hop with HOT 105.3/Rickey Smiley In The Mornings? ? ?
 
ShawtyBlack_ATL said:
Radio One Charlotte has purchased WNOW-FM/105.3, WZZQ-am/1500 and W282AX/104.3 from Gaffney Broadcasting for $7.75 Million. They will begin operations via LMA September 4th. This will now give Radio One Charlotte a 3rd outlet to pair with PRAISE 100.9 and My 92.7. Radio One has done Hip-Hop in Charlotte before on 92.7 as HOT 92.7.

Could we see a return to Hip-Hop with HOT 105.3/Rickey Smiley In The Mornings? ? ?
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So I guess their divestment in their Charlotte properties is now on hold or was Davis Broadcasting unable to find a secure line of credit to close the deal...

Oh yeah, on Rickey Smiley I don't think that will fly over too well to win those whom like the local morning show CBS's "Power 98FM". CBS knows what they are dealing with when it comes to Radio One.
 
kilamanjero said:
ShawtyBlack_ATL said:
Radio One Charlotte has purchased WNOW-FM/105.3, WZZQ-am/1500 and W282AX/104.3 from Gaffney Broadcasting for $7.75 Million. They will begin operations via LMA September 4th. This will now give Radio One Charlotte a 3rd outlet to pair with PRAISE 100.9 and My 92.7. Radio One has done Hip-Hop in Charlotte before on 92.7 as HOT 92.7.

Could we see a return to Hip-Hop with HOT 105.3/Rickey Smiley In The Mornings? ? ?
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So I guess their divestment in their Charlotte properties is now on hold or was Davis Broadcasting unable to find a secure line of credit to close the deal...

Oh yeah, on Rickey Smiley I don't think that will fly over too well to win those whom like the local morning show CBS's "Power 98FM". CBS knows what they are dealing with when it comes to Radio One.
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I guess the Davis deal to buy Charlotte didn't go through. On the other note, Radio One could go a different direction with a non Urban format (ex. Houston, Columbus,Indianapolis) but Charlotte's African American population is growing from what I've been told. As for Rickey Smiley, I don't think Radio One is in the buisness to launch any new local Urban morning shows.
 
ShawtyBlack_ATL said:
Radio One Charlotte has purchased WNOW-FM/105.3, WZZQ-am/1500 and W282AX/104.3 from Gaffney Broadcasting for $7.75 Million. They will begin operations via LMA September 4th. This will now give Radio One Charlotte a 3rd outlet to pair with PRAISE 100.9 and My 92.7. Radio One has done Hip-Hop in Charlotte before on 92.7 as HOT 92.7.

Could we see a return to Hip-Hop with HOT 105.3/Rickey Smiley In The Mornings? ? ?
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With those call letters, are you sure Radio One won't go Top 40 as "105.3 Radio Now" like they are doing in Indianapolis? After all, that is the format of the moment....
 
bucwhyl said:
ShawtyBlack_ATL said:
Radio One Charlotte has purchased WNOW-FM/105.3, WZZQ-am/1500 and W282AX/104.3 from Gaffney Broadcasting for $7.75 Million. They will begin operations via LMA September 4th. This will now give Radio One Charlotte a 3rd outlet to pair with PRAISE 100.9 and My 92.7. Radio One has done Hip-Hop in Charlotte before on 92.7 as HOT 92.7.

Could we see a return to Hip-Hop with HOT 105.3/Rickey Smiley In The Mornings? ? ?
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With those call letters, are you sure Radio One won't go Top 40 as "105.3 Radio Now" like they are doing in Indianapolis? After all, that is the format of the moment....
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I said the same thing about the "WNOW" call letters on the Charlotte board, but I don't know if those calls are going to RadioOne. Charlotte already has 2 established CHR stations. CBS owned KISS 95.1 and Clear Channel's CHANNEL 96.1.
 
But Shawty, you know we have three CHRs here in the DFW. That is the most popular format right now.
 
ShawtyBlack_ATL said:
Radio One Charlotte has purchased WNOW-FM/105.3, WZZQ-am/1500 and W282AX/104.3 from Gaffney Broadcasting for $7.75 Million. They will begin operations via LMA September 4th. This will now give Radio One Charlotte a 3rd outlet to pair with PRAISE 100.9 and My 92.7. Radio One has done Hip-Hop in Charlotte before on 92.7 as HOT 92.7.

Could we see a return to Hip-Hop with HOT 105.3/Rickey Smiley In The Mornings? ? ?
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Power 98 sounds decent in the afternoons when they play hip-hop, but most of the day they lean heavily R&B. Charlotte could use a second station that leans hip-hop and less R&B targeting younger listeners.
 
It's Radio One, u know they're not gonna put any money (or effort) into it. Maybe an early surge, but it'll fall right back off. Cookie cutter radio doesn't work in Charlotte, especially with no community involvement.
 
Mike said:
just because radio-one brought it does not mean its going Urban they could do a number of things with 105.3
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..which is true, but they need to stick to Urban. Heard the All News station they run in Houston isn't pulling numbers.
 
ShawtyBlack_ATL said:
Heard the All News station they run in Houston isn't pulling numbers.
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Well, the Houston division did recently invest in more office space for a newsroom for KROI, so not sure if all news is leaving. Even if the ratings are far less than the old gospel format, they are still interested in charging more money for ad space on air than their old prices under when it was "Praise."
 
ShawtyBlack_ATL said:
kilamanjero said:
ShawtyBlack_ATL said:
Radio One Charlotte has purchased WNOW-FM/105.3, WZZQ-am/1500 and W282AX/104.3 from Gaffney Broadcasting for $7.75 Million. They will begin operations via LMA September 4th. This will now give Radio One Charlotte a 3rd outlet to pair with PRAISE 100.9 and My 92.7. Radio One has done Hip-Hop in Charlotte before on 92.7 as HOT 92.7.

Could we see a return to Hip-Hop with HOT 105.3/Rickey Smiley In The Mornings? ? ?
Click to expand...

So I guess their divestment in their Charlotte properties is now on hold or was Davis Broadcasting unable to find a secure line of credit to close the deal...

Oh yeah, on Rickey Smiley I don't think that will fly over too well to win those whom like the local morning show CBS's "Power 98FM". CBS knows what they are dealing with when it comes to Radio One.
Click to expand...

I guess the Davis deal to buy Charlotte didn't go through. On the other note, Radio One could go a different direction with a non Urban format (ex. Houston, Columbus,Indianapolis) but Charlotte's African American population is growing from what I've been told. As for Rickey Smiley, I don't think Radio One is in the buisness to launch any new local Urban morning shows.
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I am hoping otherwise, but then again, that's Radio One for you ever since they opened up their syndication dept years ago. At least Houston and Columbus still got it made locally (since they have local choices despite being underserved urban markets) but that depends on how long the DJs staying power can be since many are approaching 40 years of age.
 
It really doesn't matter what format they debut in Charlotte, local management will still be handicapped as long as Jay Stevens is over programming. They need to hurry up and dump him, then hire somebody COMPETENT.
 
Well Old School 105.3 debuted today at 5pm eastern time, and it appears a change is coming to 92.7. Hope that Old School is better than the one here in DFW. I really liked My 92.7.
 
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