Strange.
Anyhow, some comments regarding the WPPN-106.7 format change. It seems to have been executed in a sort of sloppy way.
After the "fish tank" noises end, Univision presumably takes control. There's a few minutes of dead air before you hear anything. The first thing that comes to air is part of a song with a "Pasion 106.7" ID in the end, but it cuts out quickly after that. You can hear a person walking down the hall for a second, and then another person drops something small, and says "Hello Hello", and if you listen very closely, someone in the background says, quickly, "You're on the air!". Then after another minute or so of dead air, some sort of elevator music starts playing, but it's very quiet for a minute, when it gets to full volume.
Finally, the station voices announce the new format, and do a legal ID, which interestingly, was done as "This is WZFS Des Plaines... Chicago", rather than "Esta es WZFS Des Plaines/Chicago" as one might expect.
I know this was going on in the middle of the night, so obviously it wasn't expected that anyone was listening. However, the recent ownership change of 106.9 KEAR in San Francisco shows that a transfer of ownership can sound smooth on the air.
I do have a question for David Eduardo (or anyone in the know at Univision Chicago). Where did the exact switchover take place? Was it at the Univision Chicago facilities in the former WIND-560 studios, or was it at the Arlington Heights transmitter until the Univision Chicago facilities were ready, or was it a collaboration between both? It would be interesting to know, after hearing the audio.
Anyhow, some comments regarding the WPPN-106.7 format change. It seems to have been executed in a sort of sloppy way.
After the "fish tank" noises end, Univision presumably takes control. There's a few minutes of dead air before you hear anything. The first thing that comes to air is part of a song with a "Pasion 106.7" ID in the end, but it cuts out quickly after that. You can hear a person walking down the hall for a second, and then another person drops something small, and says "Hello Hello", and if you listen very closely, someone in the background says, quickly, "You're on the air!". Then after another minute or so of dead air, some sort of elevator music starts playing, but it's very quiet for a minute, when it gets to full volume.
Finally, the station voices announce the new format, and do a legal ID, which interestingly, was done as "This is WZFS Des Plaines... Chicago", rather than "Esta es WZFS Des Plaines/Chicago" as one might expect.
I know this was going on in the middle of the night, so obviously it wasn't expected that anyone was listening. However, the recent ownership change of 106.9 KEAR in San Francisco shows that a transfer of ownership can sound smooth on the air.
I do have a question for David Eduardo (or anyone in the know at Univision Chicago). Where did the exact switchover take place? Was it at the Univision Chicago facilities in the former WIND-560 studios, or was it at the Arlington Heights transmitter until the Univision Chicago facilities were ready, or was it a collaboration between both? It would be interesting to know, after hearing the audio.