Re: 8 country stations in Orlando

[PuertoRicanSoul]

Re: 8 country stations in Orlando

Well well, people dare to say that just because some stations were "out-of-market," qualifies as saying that Orlando NEVER had more than 2 country stations. This argument is very much like the ones that say that New York has NO professional football teams, being that the Giants and Jets play in New Jersey. While geographically accurate, most New Yorkers (save for the land surveyors) consider them to be "NEW YORK TEAMS."

Ok, boo-hoo....excuse me if the stations that had strong signals in Orlando were in distant faraway lands like Ocala and Tampa or Daytona Beach. As though these locales couldn't possibly penetrate the Orlando market right? As though the Orlando market frequencies were just too strong for any "out of town" station to penetrate. Gimme a break...you jurisdiction-weirdos should know better than that. Twelve years ago, many signals that broadcasted in the Orlando area originated from outside the city limits.

My claim was not based on radio-directory listings, but what was actually heard ON the radio dial back in the '90s. There was even once a Friday-weekend insert in the Orlando Sentinel called "CALENDAR" that would have a radio listings column, where even the average radio-outsider can see in plain english exactly how many stations per genre broadcasted in the Orlando listening area.

 

[OldiesCat]

you are high, sir

The football teams around NY is a terrible analogy.

A more accurate comparison might be to use newspapers- yes, there are a number of daily newspapers published around an area like Orlando, but let's face it--
most everybody in the Orlando metro reads the Orlando Sentinel. They would not use the Daytona or Ocala, Tampa or Lakeland papers to get their Orlando-area news fix.

So, no, sorry- Orlando (nor any market) has had 8 useable, competing country stations at one time (not to mention AM wouldn't even count because virtually nobody uses AM for contemporary music).


> Well well, people dare to say that just because some
> stations were "out-of-market," qualifies as saying that
> Orlando NEVER had more than 2 country stations. This
> argument is very much like the ones that say that New York
> has NO professional football teams, being that the Giants
> and Jets play in New Jersey. While geographically accurate,
> most New Yorkers (save for the land surveyors) consider them
> to be "NEW YORK TEAMS."
>
> Ok, boo-hoo....excuse me if the stations that had strong
> signals in Orlando were in distant faraway lands like Ocala
> and Tampa or Daytona Beach. As though these locales
> couldn't possibly penetrate the Orlando market right? As
> though the Orlando market frequencies were just too strong
> for any "out of town" station to penetrate. Gimme a
> break...you jurisdiction-weirdos should know better than
> that. Twelve years ago, many signals that broadcasted in
> the Orlando area originated from outside the city limits.
>
> My claim was not based on radio-directory listings, but what
> was actually heard ON the radio dial back in the '90s.
> There was even once a Friday-weekend insert in the Orlando
> Sentinel called "CALENDAR" that would have a radio listings
> column, where even the average radio-outsider can see in
> plain english exactly how many stations per genre
> broadcasted in the Orlando listening area.
>

 

[romer979fm]

Re: you are high, sir

So, no, sorry- Orlando (nor any market) has had 8 useable,
competing country stations at one time (not to mention AM
wouldn't even count because virtually nobody uses AM for
contemporary music).

I'm in Nashvile...we don't have listenable 8 country signals.
Three signals licensed to Nashville (WSM, WSIX, WKDF)...out-of-county
FM signals include WANT Lebanon...WUCZ Carthage...WGGC Glasgow, KY...
and 94.7 Cookeville. You can hear these guys in parts of Nashville...
but not one of them covers the city.
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[RMarino]

Re: you are high, sir

> I'm in Nashvile...we don't have listenable 8 country
> signals.
> Three signals licensed to Nashville (WSM, WSIX,
> WKDF)...out-of-county
> FM signals include WANT Lebanon...WUCZ Carthage...WGGC
> Glasgow, KY...
> and 94.7 Cookeville. You can hear these guys in parts of
> Nashville...
> but not one of them covers the city.

Actually I hear 100.3 The Beaver in Nashville too, plus 650 WSM, 950 WAKM, 1010 WHIN, 900 WCOR.. geez we have a lot. But that's a discussion for the Nashville board I guess.

 

[OldiesCat]

he's still high

but in reality, you have WSM A/F, WSIX and WKDF. The other AMs and fringe FM signals are not competitive and they're not credible players in the market (therefore, from the point the original goofball was trying to make, it's a moot point)
>

> Actually I hear 100.3 The Beaver in Nashville too, plus 650
> WSM, 950 WAKM, 1010 WHIN, 900 WCOR.. geez we have a lot. But
> that's a discussion for the Nashville board I guess.
>

 

[RMarino]

Re: he's still high

> but in reality, you have WSM A/F, WSIX and WKDF. The other
> AMs and fringe FM signals are not competitive and they're
> not credible players in the market (therefore, from the
> point the original goofball was trying to make, it's a moot
> point)

I understand that, and I agree with YOU and the point you made in post #2 of this thread, but I was responding to Romer who said we didn't have "8 listenable country signals" in Nashville.

 

[romer979fm]

Re: he's still high

> > but in reality, you have WSM A/F, WSIX and WKDF. The
> other
> > AMs and fringe FM signals are not competitive and they're
> > not credible players in the market (therefore, from the
> > point the original goofball was trying to make, it's a
> moot
> > point)
>
> I understand that, and I agree with YOU and the point you
> made in post #2 of this thread, but I was responding to
> Romer who said we didn't have "8 listenable country signals"
> in Nashville.
>
actually the whole point was "8 listenable country FM signals"...
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