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Rock 104.5 is retiring
- Thread starter jpm3002
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The webstream window now reads under "Last Song Played" - "7:11PM James Taylor - Fire & Rain" when the page is refreshed.
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Jeremyollar
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I've been reading this thread as the posts roll in to try and make sense of all this figured I'd sign up to weigh in. I live in Jacksonville and I've been listening to see what it changes to. I'm more a fan of X and I never listened to 1045 before the best rock flip but it ended up being my backup to X. I'm really hoping that CC brings back planet to compete with X.
Sidebar, as we enjoy the "John Holmes extended version" of the same stunt loop...
Boston Randy: I must tip my hat to you and Steve Fox for putting Real Radio 106.5 down gently. For those who didn't hear it, Greaseman did a custom farewell at 9:55am, followed by two hours of Westwood One Adult Rock (which was standard after burying Bo Gritz on WZNZ), then Judy Jarvis (don't remember if she said anything), then right into the unmistakable pipes of perpetual Jacksonville imaging voice Craiger welcoming listeners to "The New Big 106.5, playing 10,000 songs in a row!"
While "Start Me Up" was still blasting through my woofers and my tweeters, I called the front desk, confirmed Steve was still PD, the left him a voicemail of congratulations and good luck. I had just met him maybe a week or two beforehand during a live Greaseman visit, and interviewed him for a school project. He had to be thinking, "Of all the people in this building, why does the local radio geek want to stalk ME?!"
Anyway, rambling aside, that was a model transition into a new format: we got a goodbye or two, which gave people a few hours of time to speculate or tell their friends, then they got on with it, right when afternoon drive began. The real stunt is the couple weeks of buzz as word of mouth and good old-fashioned dialing around turned into new listeners.
In other words, Cox, we're ready! Let us have it! ;-)
Boston Randy: I must tip my hat to you and Steve Fox for putting Real Radio 106.5 down gently. For those who didn't hear it, Greaseman did a custom farewell at 9:55am, followed by two hours of Westwood One Adult Rock (which was standard after burying Bo Gritz on WZNZ), then Judy Jarvis (don't remember if she said anything), then right into the unmistakable pipes of perpetual Jacksonville imaging voice Craiger welcoming listeners to "The New Big 106.5, playing 10,000 songs in a row!"
While "Start Me Up" was still blasting through my woofers and my tweeters, I called the front desk, confirmed Steve was still PD, the left him a voicemail of congratulations and good luck. I had just met him maybe a week or two beforehand during a live Greaseman visit, and interviewed him for a school project. He had to be thinking, "Of all the people in this building, why does the local radio geek want to stalk ME?!"
Anyway, rambling aside, that was a model transition into a new format: we got a goodbye or two, which gave people a few hours of time to speculate or tell their friends, then they got on with it, right when afternoon drive began. The real stunt is the couple weeks of buzz as word of mouth and good old-fashioned dialing around turned into new listeners.
In other words, Cox, we're ready! Let us have it! ;-)
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Jeremyollar
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I may give Easy some listening time if that's what it turns out to be. I wasn't minding what they were playing. Might be something to throw on while I do homework.
Jeremyollar said:
I'm not sure a rebirth of Planet would happen. You'd have two stations fighting it out for the same slice of the thin revenue pie. There are ways around that NTR-wise, such as "sponsored hours" and out-of-the-box ideas. Programming-wise, Rick Schmidt, Dick Dale, Crissy Matrick, Klinger, B-e-a-n-e-r, Nicole and the crew have moved on. While Chumley (Chad Kerch) is at Cox, I don't think there's enough top-level talent to pull it off, revenue notwithstanding.
TommyR said:
Tommy: nice Greaseman reference with the "John Holmes extended......". Well played. The last day of Real Radio 106.5 was hectic as there were so many people in the studio for the launch. Linda Byrd, John Richards, Richie Clemons, Steve Fox, yours truly and others who bopped in and out for the 3PM launch of Big 106.5. Loading all the song data into Selector was a chore as well. I finished all the entries just a couple of nights before to run the 10,000 song commercial free stunt.
As for Steve, he's a radio guy who loves talking radio with like-minded people, especially young guys like yourself. I still rank him as my favorite PD to work for and I used much of what he taught me for when I became a PD six years later.
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Jeremyollar
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BostonRandy said:
Maybe not Planet, but I hope someone steps up to challenge X. That being said I'm a massive fan of X. I'm in regular contact with Aaron and Jake (Tank) and I'm hoping to start working promotions for X when I graduate. (Senior at Englewood currently, Graduation and turning 18 in a month) I'm constantly badgering Tank and Aaron for radio info.
Jeremy: I'm sure there will be a future incarnation of rock on a Jax signal to battle X-102.9. It's the nature of the biz. IMO, X will be competition-free for a while, as WEJZ (Lite 96.1) is now......for now.
I was born a rocker, I will always be a rocker. With that said, some of the new rock is a bit too much for an almost-50 y/o guy like me, so, I anticipate the top end of X's P1 to be 44. The glory days of classic rock/AOR are gone, now relegated to almost a niche format.
What direction would a rival to X go? I"m not sure as it's anticipated that X will tweak its music templates a bit, but not too much. I don't expect to hear Zeppelin's "Kashmir" or "Layla" by Derek & the Dominoes on X-102.9 any time soon. But I've been wrong before. Many times.
I was born a rocker, I will always be a rocker. With that said, some of the new rock is a bit too much for an almost-50 y/o guy like me, so, I anticipate the top end of X's P1 to be 44. The glory days of classic rock/AOR are gone, now relegated to almost a niche format.
What direction would a rival to X go? I"m not sure as it's anticipated that X will tweak its music templates a bit, but not too much. I don't expect to hear Zeppelin's "Kashmir" or "Layla" by Derek & the Dominoes on X-102.9 any time soon. But I've been wrong before. Many times.
John Holcomb II said:
Perhaps it's me, but I'd consider George's "My Sweet Lord" as more of a classic hits entry, not lite/soft AC.
John Holcomb II said:
I heard it as well. If nothing else, it's interesting.
Just talk to someone who said to expect this to go on until at least Wednesday....however don't be surprise if this goes until Friday afternoon. I can see things better now after the talk because killing off a heritage station and having to replace it you need to draw some kind of attention to the fact something new is coming to 104.5
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