Radio One to move WRNB to 100.3

[aindik]

Dan Gross reports it:
http://twitter.com/#!/PhillyGossip/status/106786147694411776

No word on what they do with 107.9.

 

[Jul]

Dan Gross reports it:
http://twitter.com/#!/PhillyGossip/status/106786147694411776

No word on what they do with 107.9.

Link: http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/phillygossip/WRNB-1079--takes-over-1003-The-Beat--Sept-1.html

 

[WCAUTVNBC10]

Dan Gross reports it:
http://twitter.com/#!/PhillyGossip/status/106786147694411776

No word on what they do with 107.9.

Well we could use another rock station although that's not RadioOne's sorta thing. Still don't forgive them for killing Y100

 

[imhomerjay]

Might be time to let that go. Why not hold grudge against the previous owners who sold it?

 

[HGN2001]

Might be time to let that go. Why not hold grudge against the previous owners who sold it?

Are you kidding? They're still mourning the demise of Hot Hits WCAU-FM, Eagle 106, and WDRE around these parts. The Y100 lovefest will last for another couple of decades! As soon as YSP is toast, they'll be singing those praises too!

They don't let go easy, that's for sure.

 

[radioskeptic]

How about those of us who will never forgive Greedy Media for killing WFLN?

Personally, I enjoyed extreme Schadenfreude seeing their first three non-classical formats on 95.7 wither and die. And I'm somewhat satisfied knowing that while "Ben" is not a total and abject failure, it's an also-ran at best, not a real force in the market.

I hope CBS eats Greedy Media's lunch with their FM simulcast of WIP on 94.1. It should beat the dickens out of the present WPEN-FM -- a move-in from Trenton that doesn't adequately reach the southern part of the metro, thanks to having a directional pattern that protects a first-adjacent Class B that's licensed to Millville, but has its transmitter in Atlantic County, at the border with Cape May County (just close enough to Millville to have the COL barely within its city-grade contour; the goal was to cover Atlantic City).

But I'm not entirely happy with CBS either. I've never completely forgiven them for dropping Jim Nettleton's brilliant oldies programming of "Solid Gold Radio" WCAU-FM to become a disco station -- just as the disco fad was starting to fade! Even when they went back to Oldies as WOGL, it was never quite the same. And now, of course, they're not really an Oldies station anymore, but a Classic Hits station (meaning Classic rock seasoned with a liberal helping of Motown, plus a few records that really belong to soft AC).

 

[imhomerjay]

Point taken, HGN. Wow, not sure if it's more pathetic or comical, but point taken.

 

[HarrytheK1]

I still don't understand why WIP let Ken Garland go to WPEN.

 

[nd2023]

107.9 The Beat maybe...

This will be the second time The Beat moved in 7 years.

 

[wprt949]

and i wonder if radio-one is trying to get the contract of love lust and lies from WDAS 105.3 radio one does own that show

they took the show of some clear channel stations in other markets and placed it on the radio-one owned Urban ac

 

[Scholarm1111]

Perhaps a Radio One syndicated talk format on 107.9 - Sharpton, Ballantine, etc. ?

 

[wdb2003]

Radio One owns Tom Joyner show not Michael Baisden. Michael Baisden show is syndicated through Citadel Media (former ABC Radio Networks). His show airs on a few Radio One stations but mostly Clear Channel, Cumulus and Citadel Urban AC stations. I doubt WRNB will go syndicated anytime soon in the afternoon. They dropped Mo'Nique radio show before she walked away to focus on other projects.

 

[wprt949]

my bad i was wrong

 

[Irishfl]

Judging by the other thread it appears 107.9 will simply take over the beat's format repackaged as hot-1079.

If so this will be the 3rd radio frequency radio one's "hip hop & R&B" has been on under as many names. Is that a record? Same will be true if the calls move with it, which will probably happen since the WRNB calls will move to 100.3

 

[DToTheJ]

...They're still mourning the demise of Hot Hits WCAU-FM, Eagle 106, and WDRE around these parts.The Y100 lovefest will last for another couple of decades! As soon as YSP is toast, they'll be singing those praises too! They don't let go easy, that's for sure.

Remember, this is a market where a major network affiliate still uses the same news imaging from 1970! (Which does still sound good to this day, I must say...) An acquaintance of mine who's a Philly resident says it best: Philadelphians are creatures of habit!

 

[imhomerjay]

They use the same music, but take a look beynd the superficial stereotypes. The set, graphics, presentation styles, etc., have all moved forward.

Sure, we're creatures of habit, but the same can be said of many locations. And likely there are people with rather laughable grudges about basic business decisions lurking all across our country.

 

[wprt949]

why not just start simulcasting WRNB on 100.3 now ?

 

[imhomerjay]

Because they don't want to dump the hip hop format, but simply move it and rename it, perhaps?

 

[evolve991]

Might be time to let that go. Why not hold grudge against the previous owners who sold it?

I'm STILL bitter about DRE AND Y100....Hey it's PHILLY....even Rocky didn't go out on a bad note...

 

[JH_Radio]

KYW uses the same music (is that what you are talking about?) but in a different key .
I wasn't around in 1970 to notice, but have noticed since ages that they have used the same music which i is something i've never heard anywhere else.