Raiding WKLB

[dhoule]

With the first country music station in 17 years having just been launched in NYC, how long will it take 94.7 Nash FM to raid country talent at other major market stations like WKLB. Could J.W. be headed for the Big Apple?

 

[tvradiogeek]

With the first country music station in 17 years having just been launched in NYC, how long will it take 94.7 Nash FM to raid country talent at other major market stations like WKLB. Could J.W. be headed for the Big Apple?

well since wklb is owned by a different company they would have to wait till the contracts expired! wokq is a different story.

 

[JustinT]

Could J.W. be headed for the Big Apple?

Family is very important to J.W.... honestly can't see him uprooting.

 

[dhoule]

I was giving JW's name as an example. It could be any talent at WKLB, the Cat, or WWYZ.

 

[ThatGuyOnTheRadio]

I was giving JW's name as an example. It could be any talent at WKLB, the Cat, or WWYZ.

It's possible, but I'd bet on Cumulus looking as their own bullpen first. They already operate several country stations nationwide.

 

[Joseph_Gallant]

I think Cumulus will replace all their local jocks at all their country stations with a national satellite-fed "Nash FM" network.

So Cumulus would end-up laying off dozens of announces, while a handful will start doing national shows for the "Nash" network.

Under such a scenario, it is possible that Cumulus may raid someone from WKLB-102.5, but I think that's not too likely.

 

[Jimmy128]

This is really nasty, getting rid of all local talent. I'm sure glad there's no Cumulus in Boston.

They should leave WOKQ alone. Why mess up what works?

 

[SixtiesGuy]

I wouldn't exactly go put my house on the market or picket the nearest Cumulus office based on some completely uniformed speculation.

 

[radioguy06]

Do you think Boston will ever be a 2 country station market again? If I'm correct it was back in the mid 90's. With KLB consistently pulling in the #'s, would someone try to challenge them?

 

[dumber than a box of hair]

This is really nasty, getting rid of all local talent. I'm sure glad there's no Cumulus in Boston.

And what makes you think that the other major group owners aren't headed down that exact same path? If Cumulus has even a modicum of success taking Nash national, the floodgates will open.

 

[pariho2013]

Do you think Boston will ever be a 2 country station market again? If I'm correct it was back in the mid 90's. With KLB consistently pulling in the #'s, would someone try to challenge them?

WBCS 96.9 actually BOUGHT 105.7 and took the WKLB calls....Funny their celebrating their 20th anniversary, which includes 3 sets of calls and 5 dial positions (if you include the WCLB 105.7 incarnation though that predates GM's purchase, it IS IMHO still part of the WKLB history...

NO, I don't think Boston can support 2 Country Stations as well as WKLB may currently be doing (WOKQ covers pretty much everything North of Boston and 98.1 does the same South of the city)

 

[robotique]

Do you think Boston will ever be a 2 country station market again? If I'm correct it was back in the mid 90's. With KLB consistently pulling in the #'s, would someone try to challenge them?

WBCS 96.9 actually BOUGHT 105.7 and took the WKLB calls....Funny their celebrating their 20th anniversary, which includes 3 sets of calls and 5 dial positions (if you include the WCLB 105.7 incarnation though that predates GM's purchase, it IS IMHO still part of the WKLB history...

NO, I don't think Boston can support 2 Country Stations as well as WKLB may currently be doing (WOKQ covers pretty much everything North of Boston and 98.1 does the same South of the city)

Don't forget WGFP 940 just south of Worcester lol

 

[raccoonradio]

5 dial positions or four, unless you count 96.9 twice? Or wait...didn't KLB simulcast on 1200
for a time? That may be it! (Unsure.)**

If you're going back twenty years (note: current GM property WBOS used to run country
but it was before that point--1983-89--and they weren't owned by GM till 96 I think)

96.9 WBCS, WKLB
99.5 WKLB
105.7 WCLB/WKLB
102.5 WKLB (switched with WCRB 99.5 on 12/1/06)

WCLB then owned by Fairbanks along with WKOX debuted on 1/12/93 as "the Country Club"

>>Fairbanks hoped to head off Greater Media's announced plans to flip WCDJ 96.9 to country in the summer of 1993, but Greater Media decided to push ahead, setting up a three-year fight for Boston's limited country audience. In July 1995, WCLB-FM changed calls to WKLB-FM, to alleviate ratings confusion with WCRB-FM 102.5 Boston, WCAV 97.7 Brockton, and even WCVB-TV 5 Boston.
http://bostonradio.org/stations/20438

99.5's history including the stint as WKLB, 1997-2006
http://bostonradio.org/stations/23441


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**--the following from Wikipedia under WXKS (AM) entry:
>> during the 1990s, the station changed formats constantly; following stints with satellite-fed oldies and talk radio, it became a simulcast of the FM station (by then WCLB-FM, a country music station) on March 1, 1993 (except for morning drive, which continued to be programmed separately)