Let me address a couple of questions...and make a few comments here.
Why did WZLR change? Well, basically because we found a "hole" for Classic Hits in Dayton. 'ZLR came on and, in the beginning because WTUE couldn't decide at the time whether it wanted to be "current" or "classic", 'ZLR had an initial impact on them. To their credit, they picked a direction and stuck with it. That, over time, reduced the market for a Class A peashooter. We transitioned to Classic Hits over several months time to reduce the impact that the slight change in direction would have. Now, 'TUE has their end of the street, and we have ours. Granted...we share some titles with Fly, expected (and got) an initial hit. We'll see how that goes, but we were encouraged by the latest trend. I still wish them well.
Eagle has never moved its' tower. It's still there in the horse pasture on Route 68 about halfway between Xenia and I-71. We did, however, get a new transmitter and processing in the past 2 years and it did help the signal a bit.
I was aware of the 95.3 "experiment" with all-80's before we put Star 107.9 on the air in Columbus. And, before we imaged it as the "first" all 80's station, I talked with a couple of consultants, as well as people like Kid Kelly (of "Backtrax USA" fame...who also was aware of the experiment). The general consensus was, though 95.3 did try it, it didn't last long enough to be considered a real "attempt" at a format, and I could feel confident enough to claim the mantle with Star. Since then, people close to the situation in the market have told me that, at the time it happened, the station was about 30 days away from changing owners and those in charge at the time were basically telling people to "play whatever you want". I've also been told it wasn't exclusively "all 80's"...that some wierd stuff was also getting on the air. Hence...my continued claim with Star.
Put me and other jocks on the air with Eagle? Well, thanks for the compliment, I do appreciate it. I won't completely ever rule that out. But having "no DJ's" seems to be a plus for the listeners right now and we wouldn't want to rock the boat. But, who knows?
And, my friend "Kentucky Media" also raises some good points. With the potential Clear Channel sales looming, who knows what the texture or landscape of the Dayton radio market may look like 12 months from now? I'm sure there's likely to be some changing of hands...what goes where to whom I haven't a clue. But it would be a plus to the market (I think) to get some fresh blood into the ownership of Dayton radio. I think listeners are getting tired of the 17-23 units an hour that is "less is more" (sorry, but that's my personal opinion there).
It's gonna get interesting around here....
Why did WZLR change? Well, basically because we found a "hole" for Classic Hits in Dayton. 'ZLR came on and, in the beginning because WTUE couldn't decide at the time whether it wanted to be "current" or "classic", 'ZLR had an initial impact on them. To their credit, they picked a direction and stuck with it. That, over time, reduced the market for a Class A peashooter. We transitioned to Classic Hits over several months time to reduce the impact that the slight change in direction would have. Now, 'TUE has their end of the street, and we have ours. Granted...we share some titles with Fly, expected (and got) an initial hit. We'll see how that goes, but we were encouraged by the latest trend. I still wish them well.
Eagle has never moved its' tower. It's still there in the horse pasture on Route 68 about halfway between Xenia and I-71. We did, however, get a new transmitter and processing in the past 2 years and it did help the signal a bit.
I was aware of the 95.3 "experiment" with all-80's before we put Star 107.9 on the air in Columbus. And, before we imaged it as the "first" all 80's station, I talked with a couple of consultants, as well as people like Kid Kelly (of "Backtrax USA" fame...who also was aware of the experiment). The general consensus was, though 95.3 did try it, it didn't last long enough to be considered a real "attempt" at a format, and I could feel confident enough to claim the mantle with Star. Since then, people close to the situation in the market have told me that, at the time it happened, the station was about 30 days away from changing owners and those in charge at the time were basically telling people to "play whatever you want". I've also been told it wasn't exclusively "all 80's"...that some wierd stuff was also getting on the air. Hence...my continued claim with Star.
Put me and other jocks on the air with Eagle? Well, thanks for the compliment, I do appreciate it. I won't completely ever rule that out. But having "no DJ's" seems to be a plus for the listeners right now and we wouldn't want to rock the boat. But, who knows?
And, my friend "Kentucky Media" also raises some good points. With the potential Clear Channel sales looming, who knows what the texture or landscape of the Dayton radio market may look like 12 months from now? I'm sure there's likely to be some changing of hands...what goes where to whom I haven't a clue. But it would be a plus to the market (I think) to get some fresh blood into the ownership of Dayton radio. I think listeners are getting tired of the 17-23 units an hour that is "less is more" (sorry, but that's my personal opinion there).
It's gonna get interesting around here....