Savannah gets JACK'd

[TheMusicMan]

Re: Worst move in Savannah radio EVER.

>
> Ah, yes The Real Z 103 dot 1. The "Let's take on a big Top
> 40 station with a Rhythmic CHR on a crappy C3 signal". That
> was funny.
>

Ooh, forgot about that one! I smell a new thread...

 

[justphil]

Re: Worst move in Savannah radio EVER.

> > WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!?!?
>
> They weren't.
>
> 98.3 could have held off 103.9 long enough to make Cumulus
> blink.
>
> You want Jack? We've had Jack for the longest time now.
> It's called Q105.3.
>
> Disappointing & stupid come to mind. Can't wait to see if
> Phil's out there with a thought.
>
> G
>
It's the perfect format. When your objective is to run a station with as few people as possible, regardless of what the format landscape might be in the given market. With this flip, and the "retiring" Debbie Bolton, you can run seven stations with four and a half people, instead of six. 80's...90's...Jammin Oldies...Jack...Fred...Bob...Phil...Carol...Moesha...He Hate Me...Boutros Boutros Ghali...The Smoking Guy from The X Files...Eric Branch(the kid that beat me up in the sixth grade), whatever the name. What will they all have in common at the end of the day?

 

[FilmCritic3000]

Re: Worst move in Savannah radio EVER.

> > > WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!?!?
> >
> > They weren't.
> >
> > 98.3 could have held off 103.9 long enough to make Cumulus
>
> > blink.
> >
> > You want Jack? We've had Jack for the longest time now.
> > It's called Q105.3.
> >
> > Disappointing & stupid come to mind. Can't wait to see if
>
> > Phil's out there with a thought.
> >
> > G
> >
> It's the perfect format. When your objective is to run a
> station with as few people as possible, regardless of what
> the format landscape might be in the given market. With this
> flip, and the "retiring" Debbie Bolton, you can run seven
> stations with four and a half people, instead of six.
> 80's...90's...Jammin
> Oldies...Jack...Fred...Bob...Phil...Carol...Moesha...He Hate
> Me...Boutros Boutros Ghali...The Smoking Guy from The X
> Files...Eric Branch(the kid that beat me up in the sixth
> grade), whatever the name. What will they all have in common
> at the end of the day?
>

Good to see you on the board again, Phil. Don't be a stranger.

<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by FilmCritic3000 on 10/09/05 05:20 PM.</FONT></P>

 

[radionut987]

Re: Worst move in Savannah radio EVER.

> > And look around the market people! We've got Wave, The
> > Drive, Q105.3, I-95, The River - a good five stations
> (with
> > the latter three doing quite well) trying to appeal to the
>
> > same audience that Jack will and playing a lot of the same
>
> > music.
>
> I think that The Drive will change formats very soon. I
> don't see Triad keeping that station with that format for
> much longer. Between 98.3 JACK FM and Wave 104.9, you're
> hitting the same artists.
>
> The question remains...what could they flip WGZO to? Maybe
> move Oldies there? I doubt it as blowing up Oldies was a
> noise sounder and I think that's what Triad wanted: to
> garner attention and this does so in a *very* big way.
>
> We'll see. The next few months in Savannah radio are going
> to be interesting.
>
> Maybe I'm wrong but won't WGCO's flip to JACK FM show in the
> next Arbs? I certainly hope so.
>

How about an FM sports station in Savannah? Especially with 1130 putting out a weak, dismal signal in the area day and night.

 

[FilmCritic3000]

Re: Worst move in Savannah radio EVER.

> > > And look around the market people! We've got Wave, The
> > > Drive, Q105.3, I-95, The River - a good five stations
> > (with
> > > the latter three doing quite well) trying to appeal to
> the
> >
> > > same audience that Jack will and playing a lot of the
> same
> >
> > > music.
> >
> > I think that The Drive will change formats very soon. I
> > don't see Triad keeping that station with that format for
> > much longer. Between 98.3 JACK FM and Wave 104.9, you're
> > hitting the same artists.
> >
> > The question remains...what could they flip WGZO to? Maybe
>
> > move Oldies there? I doubt it as blowing up Oldies was a
> > noise sounder and I think that's what Triad wanted: to
> > garner attention and this does so in a *very* big way.
> >
> > We'll see. The next few months in Savannah radio are going
>
> > to be interesting.
> >
> > Maybe I'm wrong but won't WGCO's flip to JACK FM show in
> the
> > next Arbs? I certainly hope so.
> >
>
> How about an FM sports station in Savannah? Especially with
> 1130 putting out a weak, dismal signal in the area day and
> night.
>

That's definitely an idea. I'd love to see Triad try Progressive Talk but they don't have the nerve.

Outside of those (Sports Talk and Progressive/Air America), I can't think of any other formats to put on WGZO at the moment.

 

[SquiggyFM]

Prog Talk in Savannah

> That's definitely an idea. I'd love to see Triad try
> Progressive Talk but they don't have the nerve.
>
> Outside of those (Sports Talk and Progressive/Air America),
> I can't think of any other formats to put on WGZO at the
> moment.


I think they're correct in not giving a stick to AAR (or Prog talk), Chucktown is very similar to Savannah and Progressive talk didn't do so swimingly there.

When you break down the demographics of Democrats in the Savannah metro (most of whom live in Savannah city, which is overwhelmingly urban)...they already have their station, and I doubt Franken would appeal to them. I doubt theres enough left over in the Democratic arena in Savannah to make a profitable station, esp on one of the weak signals for Triad/Adventure.

 

[Kent]

Re: Worst move in Savannah radio EVER. [UPDATE]

> Well, what do you know? WTYB has a website in development!
>
> Check out http://www.cool1039.com
>
> They'll need to step up their marketing presence for all of
> those listeners displaced by 98.3 JACK FM.

Looks a lot like one of my former stations KJMO. You'd probably guess they're co-owned.