I have some great memories of radio stations that I miss listening to. I saw this on the Central PA board, and I just want to stir up some discussion. You can list any station that you listened to inside the state.
Here is my list:
Coast 92.5 (WCSQ), 2003-2005: This station was an excellent station, with a great mix of AC and good personalities. They didn't do that well in the ratings, but I liked it a lot because they had good jingles. I hated it when they switched to B92, because it took away the AC competition and made 102.5 the AC station.
WXLY (Oldies 102.5), 1997-2006: This was one of the best oldies stations in the Southeast. For about 2 or 3 years, they sounded almost exactly like WCBS-FM, as they used their jingle package. They had all the great JAM oldies packages, which made the station sound much bigger than it was.
The personalities were good, catering to the audience, as you had for much of this time (all great personalities) Bill Shannon mornings, leading into Kain Cameron middays, then Jae Gregory and others afternoons, a good night show, even overnights and lots of weekends live. You had great specialty shows like SuperGold, American Gold and Dick Clark on weekends, and that was a top 5 station for a decade.
WSUY (Sunny 96.9), 2000-2007: Another station I miss listening to. That huge signal, great involvement in the community (many remotes), good morning shows, and a commitment to news when it was important. They didn't sound as good as WTCB, but had great jingles (many of which are still online), and were enjoyable to listen to. I was sad when they flipped to the Wolf.
WCOO, 2004-06: When they flipped from Cool to the Bridge, they were a great station. They had lots of local artists, personalities who knew the music, good involvement in the community, and reflected what a good rock station should sound like. Now, even though they say they are the "Sound of Charleston", they sound like any other adult rock station.
Charleston radio dial, mid 2000-2002: This dial was one of the best in the country, IMO, when I started really paying attention. Every major format was a battle. News-Talk was heated between 730 and WTMA. Country was spirited between WEZL and Cat Country.
The rim-shots at 92.5 and 99.7 had some impact on the market. You had a great selection for oldies (102.5 for 60's, 105.5 for that well-executed groovin' oldies). 96Wave was still doing very well (with Stern mornings, before he went to 98Rock). Q104.5 was a good station. Z93 and 94.3 the Beat had competition for urban. The only station alone in its format was 95SX.
AM was decent, as you had gospel on several stations, but Kirkman had three sports stations, and 910 was Citadel, with a good standards format, and then they flipped to a hot talk/sports mix, and were one of the first Fox Sports affiliates. For a brief time, we had four sports stations.
What do you remember?
Here is my list:
Coast 92.5 (WCSQ), 2003-2005: This station was an excellent station, with a great mix of AC and good personalities. They didn't do that well in the ratings, but I liked it a lot because they had good jingles. I hated it when they switched to B92, because it took away the AC competition and made 102.5 the AC station.
WXLY (Oldies 102.5), 1997-2006: This was one of the best oldies stations in the Southeast. For about 2 or 3 years, they sounded almost exactly like WCBS-FM, as they used their jingle package. They had all the great JAM oldies packages, which made the station sound much bigger than it was.
The personalities were good, catering to the audience, as you had for much of this time (all great personalities) Bill Shannon mornings, leading into Kain Cameron middays, then Jae Gregory and others afternoons, a good night show, even overnights and lots of weekends live. You had great specialty shows like SuperGold, American Gold and Dick Clark on weekends, and that was a top 5 station for a decade.
WSUY (Sunny 96.9), 2000-2007: Another station I miss listening to. That huge signal, great involvement in the community (many remotes), good morning shows, and a commitment to news when it was important. They didn't sound as good as WTCB, but had great jingles (many of which are still online), and were enjoyable to listen to. I was sad when they flipped to the Wolf.
WCOO, 2004-06: When they flipped from Cool to the Bridge, they were a great station. They had lots of local artists, personalities who knew the music, good involvement in the community, and reflected what a good rock station should sound like. Now, even though they say they are the "Sound of Charleston", they sound like any other adult rock station.
Charleston radio dial, mid 2000-2002: This dial was one of the best in the country, IMO, when I started really paying attention. Every major format was a battle. News-Talk was heated between 730 and WTMA. Country was spirited between WEZL and Cat Country.
The rim-shots at 92.5 and 99.7 had some impact on the market. You had a great selection for oldies (102.5 for 60's, 105.5 for that well-executed groovin' oldies). 96Wave was still doing very well (with Stern mornings, before he went to 98Rock). Q104.5 was a good station. Z93 and 94.3 the Beat had competition for urban. The only station alone in its format was 95SX.
AM was decent, as you had gospel on several stations, but Kirkman had three sports stations, and 910 was Citadel, with a good standards format, and then they flipped to a hot talk/sports mix, and were one of the first Fox Sports affiliates. For a brief time, we had four sports stations.
What do you remember?
