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I know this is the Atlanta board.
But just spent two weeks in and around Savannah, Hilton Head. Let me tell you, the radio stations in that market blow Atlanta away. The variety you have is truly amazing. You hear just about every Genre possible, the station themselves sound great too. Atlanta is like market 300 in my opinion. The radio here just plain SUCKS and is somewhat embarrising.
 
Not exactly a revelation, but I share your opinion. Actually for the past 20 years, the best radio in America has been found in small to medium markets, not in the bigs.
 
That is so true, even driving back from there you can find amazing station's is SE GA while you scan. It just makes me sick we have the kind of crap on the dial. The stations are so so boring.
 
Major market radio for many years has been over-researched and over-managed by cretins with no imagination and no willingness to take risks. It's amusing how many so called program directors believe that the way to grow your audience is to make it smaller, but that's the mold they were all cut from when the consolidators took control. Where I come from, if you only ask for one bite of the pie, that's all you're gonna get.
 
I'm actually impressed with Rock 106.1 out of Savannah. Weekdays at 11PM, they have a show called "You Hear It First." It is an hour of music no older than a year old. I sometimes punch them up and listen to them online. It is similar to what 99X had with Sunday School, only better and not as obscure. I know 99X at 97.9 does play a few songs at 11PM weekdays which are new, but how about an entire hour?

Good call on the Savannah radio scene...
 
I live about 100 miles from Savannah, and I like many of Savannah's stations. They are less boring than the ones in Charleston, and much better than the boring Atlanta radio. I can pick up Savannah stations almost all the time where I live.

They have two decent news-talk stations, each that had local talk shows in the morning (but WBMQ dropped their local morning show and replaced it with Smercomish, just like WGST), two good AC stations (98.7 The River, where John Weatherbee is now and 107.9 the Coast), Kiss at 97.3, a good urban battle between four stations (each different urban formats), two full-signaled country stations that battle each other, I-95 and Rock 106.1 (two very good, local rock stations), and several religious stations that get good ratings.

They even have an adult standards station (Star 1400), and Big 98 is a decent classic hits station (but was much better). One of the only things Savannah doesn't have is a good sports station. 900 switched to sports, and it doesn't have one local show, and it only has Falcons games (I believe). WFXH-AM is a rimshot from Hilton Head, and it is the sixth station in a 6-station cluster, all-satellite with the only local programming being HS football games, Clemson football, and a few other events.
 
It's a matter of perspective I guess. I'm in Savannah & I think local radio here, for the most part, blows.

Rock 106.1 is the only real shining star here. I-95 is basically a classic rocker that also plays Nickelback. I never understood why some go ga-ga over this station. The urbans are urban.

Honorable mention has to go to WRHQ. The only locally owned & operated station here (save maybe AM 1400), doing their own unique blend of AAA that's designed to appeal to the locals.

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The appeal of small-market radio isn't new. Wide 107 and 97 FOX were great top 40 before they moved in, and I miss both Lake 102 and Sunny 100.
 
jabba17 said:
The appeal of small-market radio isn't new. Wide 107 and 97 FOX were great top 40 before they moved in, and I miss both Lake 102 and Sunny 100.
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These were the best ever at their height. You could call Lake 102 with a request and it would come on in the next two or three songs, same with Sunny. It is really a shame with what radio has come to in this Country.
 
I just got back from Savannah - I agree. My guess is that there is more actual decision making power at the station in a smaller market.

Just say no to San Antionio!
 
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