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SC Dream Dial

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RadioOCD

Greenville-Spartanburg:
92.5 U92-Urban
93.3 Planet-active rock
93.7 B-CHR
94.5 WMUU-easy listening
96.7 WESC-classic country
98.1 Hot-Rhy CHR
98.9 Magic-classic hits/oldies
100.5 WSSL-country
101.1 Rock-classic rock
102.5 My-AC
103.3 X-alternative
103.9 Praise-black gospel
106.3 WORD-news/talk
107.3 JAMZ-Urban AC

Columbia:
92.1 Carolina-soft AC
93.1 MOVIN-Rhy AC
93.5 Q-alternative
93.9 Z-mainstream rock
94.3 The River-classic rock
95.3 Gospel-black gospel
96.7 Capitol-adult hits
97.5 WCOS-country
98.5 Magic-classic hits/oldies
99.3 WXRY-AAA
100.1 Star-Hot Urban AC (90's-now)
101.3 The Big DM-Urban AC
102.3 Fox-AOR
103.1 JAMZ-Urban/Hip-Hop
103.9 HOT-CHR
104.7 NOW-CHR
106.7 B-AC
107.5 The Game-sports

All of this is just of course my opinion. Feel free to play along if you like.
 
My dream radio dial 8)

Eastern Upstate SC (all freqs recieved near Gaffney):

92.5 The Escape - Alternative Rock
93.3 The Planet - Rock
93.7 B - Top 40 CHR
94.5 - 90s Gen X Radio Upstate
95.1 Kiss - Top 40 CHR
95.7 The Ride - Classic Hits
96.1 The Beat - Rhythmic CHR
96.7 The Spirit - Urban Gospel
97.3 WKBC - Hot AC
97.5 WCOS - Country
97.9 Power FM - Urban Hip Hop
98.1 Hot - Rhythmic CHR
98.9 Magic - AC/Soft Rock
99.3 WBT - News Talk
99.7 WRFX - The Fox Classic Rock
99.9 WKSF - Kiss FM - Urban Hip Hop
100.5 WSSL - Country
101.1 WROQ - Classic Rock
101.9 WBAV - Urban R&B & Soul
102.5 WMYI - Classic Hits / 80's & 90's
103.3 WOLT - Oldies
103.7 WSOC - Country
104.7 WKQC - Soft Rock AC
105.3 WNOW - Hit Music Now / Top 40
106.3 WYRD - Charlie FM
106.9 WMIT - Dance Classics & New Dance
107.3 Jamz - Urban R&B
107.9 WLNK - 90s Gen X Radio Charlotte
 
Charleston

92.5- Coast (hot AC)
93.3- Z93
94.3- News Radio 94.3
95.1- 95SX
95.9- FM 95.9 (oldies)
96.9- The Wolf
98.1- The Bridge (move from 105.5)
98.9- The Team (sports, simulcast with 910)
99.3- WSPO
99.7- Star (soul)
100.5- Gospel (WJNI)
100.9- Way FM
101.7- Wave (alternative)
102.5- Y102.5 (older oldies)
103.5- WEZL
104.5- Q104.5
105.5- 105.5X (new rock)
106.3- Spanish
107.3- Magic

AM

730- Talk (shows that don't get cleared now)
810- Spanish
910- The Team ESPN
950- Classic Country
980- Summerville/Dorchester County radio (oldies, very local)
1250- WTMA
1340- The Boardwalk
1390- WSPO
1450- Fox Sports
1480- Religious
 
88.5---Religious
89.3---Public Radio
90.7---Praise & Worship
91.5---Comtemp. Christian
92.5---Mainstream Urban
93.3---Easy Listening
94.3---Jazz
95.1---Urban Comtemp
95.9---Oldies
96.9---Top 40
98.1---Rock
98.9---Hispanic Rhythmic
99.3---Sports
99.7---Urban AC
100.5---HIS Radio
100.9- Way FM
101.7---Alternative
102.5---Hot AC
103.5---Today's Country
104.5---Variety
105.5---Country Greatest Hits
106.3---Gospel
107.3---Rhythmic AC

AM

730---News
810---Regional Mexican
910---Sports
950---Classic Country
980---Classic Rock
1250---Talk
1340---Rhythmic Oldies
1390---Sports
1450---Sports
1480---Children's
 
Okay, if we can dream:

Charlotte--Relax 102.9 from 1987-89
106.1 FM the way WAVO sounds now
96.9 FM the way WAME sounds now
Fayetteville/Florence--WIOZ at 106.9 FM as it sounded in the early 90s
102.5 FM and 102.3 FM WIOZ-AM as it sounded in 2006-07
WGFG 100.1 as it sounded in 1986
Myrtle Beach/Charleston Joy 92 as it sounded in the early 1980s
99.7 FM WNCK as it sounded in 1994 (and move 99.5 to Wilmington)
103.1 Big Yak with the songs they played back then
Greenville/Asheville WMIT 106.9 the way WPTL sounds now
WMUU 94.5 the way it sounds now
WLOS 99.9 the way it sounded in the 1980s
WQNS 104.9 the way WMXF sounded from 2000 to 2007

And to heck with all the other dial positions
 
Yes, If we can only dream:

Hilton Head/SAV:

88.1: SCAD Radio (they deserved that station, but that's a looong story...)
88.7: ETV Classical
89.5: GPB Talk (my imagination, I know)
89.9: ETV Talk
90.3: as-is
91.1: GPB Classical
91.9: as-is
92.3: Blu 92-3...like a cross between all 80's and the Movin' format
93.1: as-is
94.1: as-is
95.5: as-is
96.5: as-is
97.3: Needs a CHR makeover. It's stale.
98.3: Put the station in mono and flip it to talk. HUGE SIGNAL and they could still call themselves "Georgia's BIG 98"
98.7: as-is
99.1: Somebody should sign this CP on and put talk or modern rock on it. Decent rimshot to both markets.
100.1: Locally programmed gospel music.
101.1: as-is
102.1: Full-blown, in your face CHR. Or just go lite AC and blow 107.9 out.
103.1: ESPN Radio 103.1/1130 The Lowcountry and Coastal Empire's Sports Leader. Maybe AAA
103.9: as-is-
104.7: Would simulcast with 104.9/HHI
104.9: as-is
105.3: Too heritage to blow up. I'd morph it into a AAA/Progressive Rocker
106.1: as-is
106.9: Another possibility is to blow up the iffy format on here, drop oldies onto this signal, and blow the local guys on 104.9 out of the water
107.9: AAA Wave 107-9

Radio-X
 
Forgot one!

Put classical music on WKVC. Shame on S.C. Educational Radio for depriving Myrtle Beach of classical music.

I wouldn't move K-Love anywhere new, but if it had to go somewhere ... a commercial frequency. How about 107.1 since it never stays in one format for long.l
 
vchimpanzee said:
Forgot one!

Put classical music on WKVC. Shame on S.C. Educational Radio for depriving Myrtle Beach of classical music.
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This has been my head-scratcher of the century. Although I KNOW SCERN has two networks (and should be commended for being one of the first in the US with the two schedules)...I would have thought ETV would have been all over HD technology. At WJWJ-FM down here, the "first" of the new ETV radio stations, I could see a classical HD2 and maybe "Carolina's Jazz" on HD3. Or do what WJCT in Jacksonville does and put local NOAA weather radio on HD3.

Now maybe I'm lucky, but I get jazz from 90.3 WHCJ Savannah, Classical (in spotty HD!) from WSVH (now out in Pembroke, GA). I'd just like to pick up more than a spotty signal for some of the music shows I now have to whip out the fancy equipment and pick up off of 89.3/Chucktown.

I'm sure the same thing goes in MYB. Spotty signal from WHQR in Wilmington, iffy signal from WSCI Charleston, and we are pretty much stuck with the announcerless "ETV Radio" from Columbia.

I commend them for having 2-3 different programs, but I'm paying 'em good tax and donation money...figure something out about it!!!

Radio-X
(Who is still happy to live in an area with NPR talk...my hometown of Richmond, VA JUST got a NPR talk translator)
 
ETV didn't have the budget or the desire to figure out what to do with HD radio. They've just now implemented RDS.

When PFTP and CPB was doling out money for HD upgrades, ETV Radio had a number of pressing needs for upgrades to their analog transmission system. For example, Rock Hill needed a new antenna and transmitter.

Almost all the digital funds went to the DTV transition. ETV's multicast DTV is a fantastic service.

Radio is still originating from almost 20 year old studios and is automated using circa 1995 Arrakis Digilinks.
 
DudeFan said:
ETV didn't have the budget or the desire to figure out what to do with HD radio. They've just now implemented RDS.

When PFTP and CPB was doling out money for HD upgrades, ETV Radio had a number of pressing needs for upgrades to their analog transmission system. For example, Rock Hill needed a new antenna and transmitter.

Almost all the digital funds went to the DTV transition. ETV's multicast DTV is a fantastic service.

Radio is still originating from almost 20 year old studios and is automated using circa 1995 Arrakis Digilinks.
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Agreed. I love ETV. IMO, one of the south's best PBS affiliates.

It just seems like ETV radio is lacking significantly. The split network is brilliant given the fact the ETV Radio no longer really serves its "Educational" purpose. It just seems they're the last NPR group in these neck of the woods to go HD. Hell, they helped to design Mississippi Public Radio/ METV and they seem to be well ahead of SCETV.

It's almost as if the radio side of things just gave up on innovation 10+ years ago. Sad, because I like NPR and donate to ETV. But I find myself listening to other NPR stations on the net more and more these days...

So, my ideal SC dream dial would be

Classical ETV:
HD1: Classical ETV
HD2: ETV News/Talk
HD3: Maybe a local "community access" channel? Don't most of these ETV stations still have local studios? If not, why not "Carolina's Jazz" or do like WJCT-FM and relay local NOAA Radio. Maybe WXRY?

Just reverse the two HD's for the other News/Talk stations. This would give all of SC all of ETV Radio's offerings.

Radio-X

(PS: I've dealt with old Arrakis automation, all of which have blown parts of a body I can't mention without getting fined :)
 
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