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Save the Hog Campaign

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Wilbie

What was that all about? Did any of you hear this mentioned on 92.7? The station wanted you to write, fax, or email them saying you wanted to "Save the Hog". Save the Hog from what? All they did was move it!

Shouldn't it have been a "Save Music Radio-1057" campaign?
Yea, "The Hog" is safe (just relocated), but where's our WLSQ? What a joke! I turned off the radio this AM, when I realized what had happened...

I'm at work in Knox now, so I can't listen (even if I chose to)...Does anyone know if the WLSQ DJ's are still there?
 
I listened to 105.7 for a while today and I did hear the DJ's from WLSQ. Still can't believe that they changed such a great format!
 
About "Save the Hog", all I know is that I was listening today and at the end of one of their commercials, which was voiced by the sponsor himself, he said "...and thanks for saving the hog." So it must have been a campaign of some sort for them to see how much interest there was in one station vs. the other. Interestingly, I never heard a "Save WLSQ" campaign either.

I would say that WLSQ's format was too good for Crossville and it belongs on a Knoxville signal, but with B-97.5 playing a lot more '70s these days, I doubt there would be room demographically.

I spent some more time listening to "The Hog" today and I must say that it wasn't too long before I was bored out of my mind. Any guesses on how long before they move along to the next format?
 
I would say that WLSQ's format was too good for Crossville and it belongs on a Knoxville signal, but with B-97.5 playing a lot more '70s these days, I doubt there would be room demographically.
RMarino

You are right about WLSQ being to good for Crossville, imagine growing up in Crossville in 1975, 76, & 77 time period, there was no outlet for that kind of music there. Country was the dominating sound back then or Album rock artists Like Steve Miller, Bob Seger, Lynard Skynard, Doobies. Disco, Soul, & R & B crossovers were not, so how could Crossville expect to embrace a format like vintage Top 40 that is Disco, Soul, & R & B dominated. Judging by a lot of these posts on the loss of this little station Knoxville did embrace this format more so than say Crossville, Rockwood or maybe Harriman. So yes it tells me that Knoxville was and still is quite thirsty for a Music Radio style or Golden format of some sort again. Yes B-97.5 is turning back to the 70's over the weekend and have added gold cuts during the day as well but they still use the same jingle package they use day to day, and the jocks don't deliver the 70's any different than they do with their regular programming. What WLSQ seemed to do was recreate radio from 30 years ago. Did people notice the reverb on the station, the vintage 89 WLS jingles, the high personality disc jockeys it sounded like we were listening to a Top 40 AM station circa 1977 or something. Only it was on FM. Even the newscasts reminded me of when I was a kid and my favorite T-40 played the news every hour. It was nostalgic to some degree. I also noticed they never gave the years out to the songs they played. Almost as if they were back in time except the dj's did topical current humor. I remember hearing them do jokes about Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan jokes and other topical current events. So in a way if Knoxville picked up that format on one of their failing stations I don't think it would effect B-97.5. They did well before they started doing heavy 70's. I think the only reason they started the flashback was because they knew their company messed up a couple years ago when they dumped their oldies to go Jack. They knew there was still a thirst for that music but didn't want to completely change B around. I was a WLSQ fan like most. Maybe the nostalgic delivery was what the charm was all about! I wonder if a bigger company could recreate that as well without consultants screwing things up!
 
I agree that WLSQ sounded great, but really if another company brought this in to Knoxville, it would be hard to tear that demo away from B-97.5, because that's what they are used to hearing. And no doubt would B-97.5 beef up their '70s programming to blok any competition.

HOWEVER... If South Central were to put some kind of classic hits format on 95.7/106.7, then B-97.5 could be strategically moved more current (maybe even to a Hot AC to take away from Star's audience.) Would it happen? Highly doubt it. But it's just a theory.
 
WE LOVE CHRIS CANNON & DAVE BARTLEY!!!!!


We LOVE Chris Cannon & Dave Bartley. We get to work and can't wait to hear Chris Cannon & Dave.
If anyone knows where they are, please tell us. The music was great, but frankly, we don't care if they were playing Gospel, they were FUNNY!
WE WANT OUR CHRIS CANNON!
 
I have to agree about Chris and Dave! They really have alot of personality and sometimes that is just as much fun as the music! I don't think that people realize that sometimes you tune in to a station not just for the music, but also for the DJs. Alot of the stations that I have heard have someone behind the mic, but not much personality. These guys seem to really enjoy what they do!
 
As a 50 yr old male, B97.5 just does not cut it in my book. I have tried to listen to the flashback weekends but there is just too much disco being played. I liked disco then and I like it now, but they are overdoing it at the expense of other 70's songs.
 
Do you think they may have beefed up the disco due to Music Radio WLSQ coming on the scene several months ago? Cause I got to believe that WLSQ in a small way may have grabbed the music programmers at B-97.5's attention if only just a little bit, enough to say, who is this little flea that keeps biting us, we need to swat them away." Although they didn't play wall to wall disco. They played it all. Pop, Rock, Disco, Soul & Motown. To bad advertisement dollars became their demise, they were good sounding! RIP WLSQ
 
Musiclovlady wrote:
musiclovlady said:
I don't think that people realize that sometimes you tune in to a station not just for the music, but also for the DJs. Alot of the stations that I have heard have someone behind the mic, but not much personality. These guys seem to really enjoy what they do!
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Thank you and Amen to that! Contrary to what some big-wigs in radio think today, we are important to the station. Now granted, I don't include myself in that category (sorry, but I don't think I'm that great, plus even if I did, I'd never say it...but I don't. Wait, why am I apologizing to you? I'm badmouthing myself), but there are a lot of extremely talented people in radio...even in East Tennessee. If I just wanted to listen to music, I'd pop in a CD. I guess that's one reason I listen to a lot of AM radio (news/talk and sports). I kind of like those stations in Gray (WJCW and WXSM)...pretty good stuff.
 
RMarino said:
I agree that WLSQ sounded great, but really if another company brought this in to Knoxville, it would be hard to tear that demo away from B-97.5, because that's what they are used to hearing. And no doubt would B-97.5 beef up their '70s programming to blok any competition.
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Sounded great?????? Maybe for Crossville.... DJ's were horrible... They would sometimes also go into stopsets without talking and no calls? Come on guys...I know you're hungry for the old days...but this was no WLS!
 
Sounded great?????? Maybe for Crossville.... DJ's were horrible... They would sometimes also go into stopsets without talking and no calls? Come on guys...I know you're hungry for the old days...but this was no WLS!
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Well, I wouldn't go that far. I listened to WLS a lot all thru the 70's and into the 80's and this was the closest thing I've heard to them in a long time. They played a better selection of oldies than any Knoxville station I've heard since moving here to Knoxville in 2001. There will never be another true WLS but at least we were able to enjoy a fine oldies station for a short while. They were smart enough to pick up the Tom Kent syndicated show - I really enjoyed it when 95.7/106.7 had that prior to the Jack invasion.
 
Well, I wouldn't go that far. I listened to WLS a lot all thru the 70's and into the 80's and this was the closest thing I've heard to them in a long time. They played a better selection of oldies than any Knoxville station I've heard since moving here to Knoxville in 2001. There will never be another true WLS but at least we were able to enjoy a fine oldies station for a short while. They were smart enough to pick up the Tom Kent syndicated show - I really enjoyed it when 95.7/106.7 had that prior to the Jack invasion.


I will agree it was a really dumb move on Crossville's part. Between the two...WLSQ won hands down. The Hog is just another Classic Rock station...we had too many already!
 
tk said:
I will agree it was a really dumb move on Crossville's part. Between the two...WLSQ won hands down. The Hog is just another Classic Rock station...we had too many already!
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Yes- I have grown tired of the classic rock format. I've been an album format/progressive rock listener since the late 60's so I know just how restricted the classic rock formats of today are. There is a ton of good rock music that was very popular in the 60's and 70's that is not being played. Kids these days who listen to WIMZ must scratch their heads and wonder if that was all we had back then. I used to listen to WQUT a lot but they're little better than WIMZ anymore. About the only time I listen to WQUT is on Sunday afternoons when the "Flashback" program is on. And as far as Top 40, we need Tom Kent on 24 hrs a day.
 
tk said:
RMarino said:
I agree that WLSQ sounded great, but really if another company brought this in to Knoxville, it would be hard to tear that demo away from B-97.5, because that's what they are used to hearing. And no doubt would B-97.5 beef up their '70s programming to blok any competition.
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Sounded great?????? Maybe for Crossville.... DJ's were horrible... They would sometimes also go into stopsets without talking and no calls? Come on guys...I know you're hungry for the old days...but this was no WLS!
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TK? You sound a bit jealous! LOL Are you in the business? Going into a 'commercial break' has nothing to do with talent, program director maybe, those jocks were fantastic!
They were funny, and their timing was impeccable, and in a format like that, you have to be talented to pull that off.
I miss WLSQ too, but I also grew up with classic rock, and although you can get that format in any big city, it's because of the jocks that are on there now, that I continue to listen.
We all change the dial from time to time, but I will follow talent, and have.
Rock on 105.7 WIHG!
Knoxville still loves you!


 
ButtermilkKitten said:
Rock on 105.7 WIHG!
Knoxville still loves you!
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The problem I have with "The Hog" is that sometimes it sounds like a classic hits station and sometimes it's classic rock.

I've heard Dan Fogelburg "Leader Of The Band", Hall & Oates "She's Gone" and Suglarloaf "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" on the same station as Ozzy's "Crazy Train", AC/DC stuff and other WIMZ overplayed regulars. They need to pick one side of the fence or the other. Personally I'd like them to lean more toward classic hits. One WIMZ is enough, we don't need two of them.
 

TK? You sound a bit jealous! LOL Are you in the business? Going into a 'commercial break' has nothing to do with talent, program director maybe, those jocks were fantastic!
They were funny, and their timing was impeccable, and in a format like that, you have to be talented to pull that off.
I miss WLSQ too, but I also grew up with classic rock, and although you can get that format in any big city, it's because of the jocks that are on there now, that I continue to listen.
We all change the dial from time to time, but I will follow talent, and have.
Rock on 105.7 WIHG!
Knoxville still loves you!

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WOW....those jocks were real bad...you should get out of the woods more and raise your standard a bit. Try WCBSFM.com or kearth101.com for starters.
 
The coolest radio I ever heard was in 1987 to 1988 on the now defunct 66 WNBC in NYC (now The Fan WFAN). They did a weekend show that kicked off Friday overnight at midnight and ran til 12 midnight on Sunday. It was called "The Time Machine" the station was primarily an AC sounding station until the weekend. They basically re-created 77 WABC during their glory years, a tinge of late 50's all the 60's & 70's Top 40. With heavy reverb and recreated PAMS jingle packages. Jocks included Big Jay Sorenson, Dan Taylor ( Dan Ingram soundalike), who's now morning man on WCBS FM. The Real Bob James, and a few more guys. I have a 10 year 66 WNBC Time Machine tribute cd that came out in 1998 it is the story on how it got started. I've never heard anyone since 1988 do it as well as them. But I've got to give credit to WLSQ because they had the right idea, they were close to recapturing that sound. Sure they were a far cry from NYC, and NYC seasoned jocks, but those jocks on Music Radio WLSQ were not that bad at all. It was impressive enough for me to roll tape on them, and I don't find myself doing that hardly at all anymore! They seemed to get it. I'm sure they listened to 1970's air checks to get the idea. I don't think some of them were from this area originally they didn't sound like southerners. So for Crossville I was impressed! Knoxville seemed to like them alright, and there's no one more critical than Knoxville listeners, they will tell you how it is. I don't listen to The Hog because like everyone I've been reading on these posts, you can get that music anywhere, the owner in my opinion did wrong by slashing Music Radio, that was unique and to emanate from Crossville? Come on, what other talented jocks or stations do you hear that are impessive in Crossville? I rest my case!
BTW why did musicradio WLSQ change again?
 
Any of you radio ratings guru's know if the moron's on the mountain made the right decision when they "saved the hog" instead of keeping the WLSQ format. Or did either of those station's  even show up in the Knoxville TSA?
 
WLSQ

Yep, WLSQ showed up with a 0.5 in the Knoxville book almost tied with WOKI. I'll bet that's the last time a Crossville station makes any kind of showing in Knoxville.
 
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