I can't really disagree with anything you say. I've been an advocate of classic hits on 96.7 for ages, especially since MY has adjusted and ticked off some of the upper end of 25-54. It would keep them from defecting to 101 and 98.9. I would think that several years ago, classic hits would have been a threat to 102.5 (who was doing very well at the time) as they were heavy on 70s/80s for an AC. I guess Shine is just the station that will never go away...absolutely wretched sounding, though. Guess it's doing well enough for them.CraigD said:
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Joy 92 from 1982.
Easy 105.9 from 2001 or even 2005.
WLOW from 1994.
WBFM from the early 90s.
WSPA-FM from the 80s.
Easy 105.9 from 2001 or even 2005.
WLOW from 1994.
WBFM from the early 90s.
WSPA-FM from the 80s.
61 Big Ways. Growing up I could stand in our front yard (on Peachtree Road) looking directly away from the house, right into their four huge towers (looking west/northwest). A friend of mine and I (both under 10 years of age) walked through the woods a few times and got tours of the station. Mike Greene! Long John Silver! When we would go to Myrtle Beach we could hear Big Ways' highly-directional 5,000-watt signal all the way to Galivants Ferry. Couldn't get non-directional 50,000-watt WBT - with its much shorter wavelength - that far.
WTGR-1520. The Myrtle Beach equivalent of WAYS, but with a much less potent signal. Myrtle Beach would have been massively fun without it, but it made MB that much more fun.
WTGR-1520. The Myrtle Beach equivalent of WAYS, but with a much less potent signal. Myrtle Beach would have been massively fun without it, but it made MB that much more fun.
carolinaradio said:I can't really disagree with anything you say. I've been an advocate of classic hits on 96.7 for ages, especially since MY has adjusted and ticked off some of the upper end of 25-54. It would keep them from defecting to 101 and 98.9. I would think that several years ago, classic hits would have been a threat to 102.5 (who was doing very well at the time) as they were heavy on 70s/80s for an AC. I guess Shine is just the station that will never go away...absolutely wretched sounding, though. Guess it's doing well enough for them.CraigD said:carolinaradio said:Oh, how can I forget 96.7 The Buzzard. Their playlist with classic rock towards the end blew WROQ out of the water, IMO.
Doing full on classic rock days and new rock nights was a last ditch effort to save the beloved 96-7 The Buzzard. When I was given the green light to do that, it was already decided that CC was going to do what they're doing now. I guess it was best they kept me in the dark as I gave it everything I had right up to the end. Really had two stations in one complete with separate imaging and voice guys. Looking back at what that station was for (a weapon to boost WSSL over ROQ), it would've been great to have started out that way instead of the mainstream rock mix with extreme attitude. Might still be on. It was making a difference - but it was too late. An attempt to switch to classic hits was also shot down at the time. I believe either would be more successful at this current time and would be a great compliment to MY's new direction. They could squeeze some older listeners out of Magic and default listeners from ROQ.
doing well enough for the bottom line low power. usc sports with money attached. three other fm stations that are more priority craig d did a great job while there just not on the list to save. who are the stepchildren of entercom or cox?
Subtle, like WLS's John Records Landecker's aunt Mary Records lived in Spartanburg?Ssummers said:...I know I took the liberty of naming two non-SC stations, but there are some very subtle SC connections to those two....
Subtle enough for ya?
910 WORD in the 60's & 70's. Bob Canada, Bob Morgan, Mel Black, Mal Harrison, Tony Brooks, etc.
I wasn't a country fan, but I loved WESC's catch phrase, " six sixty in Dixie."
+1 listening to WLS booming in from Chicago at night in the 70's.
+1 to WAPE shooting up the beach from Jax. "The Big Sixty-nine," with the Greaseman & Cleveland Wheeler.
I wasn't a country fan, but I loved WESC's catch phrase, " six sixty in Dixie."
+1 listening to WLS booming in from Chicago at night in the 70's.
+1 to WAPE shooting up the beach from Jax. "The Big Sixty-nine," with the Greaseman & Cleveland Wheeler.
CUTiger78 said:Subtle, like WLS's John Records Landecker's aunt Mary Records lived in Spartanburg?Ssummers said:...I know I took the liberty of naming two non-SC stations, but there are some very subtle SC connections to those two....
Subtle enough for ya?
Actually, I wasn't aware of that, but that's some interesting info, to be sure. I was referring to another subtle connection that WLS-AM had with SC radio (Tom Kent was briefly the PD at WNOK-FM in late 1983) and the connection that Q105 had with SC radio(Cat Summers <aka -Shotgun Jeff Stone at WKZQ> and I both used to work at Q105).
The thing about TK was that his personality as PD was somewhat abrasive to many. Personally, I consider him a friend. Professionally, I owe him a lot. He hired me to do nights the day after I got fired at Z96 (get this) for missing a staff meeting because I was taking an exam at USC(different story for a different thread and time...lol). At the time, he had retooled the staff to debut about three or four weeks later with Phil Gardner doing mornings, Pandora 10a-3p, TK 3-6, Hunter Herring 6p-10p, Me 10p-2a and Jimmy Duncan 2a-6a. I consider Hunter a dear friend and mentor(he was the first one to hire me in a medium market in 1980), and tho he might not mention it nowadays, I know it really chapped his ass that TK wanted him to call himself "Hitman" Hunter. Anyway, they had several professional differences of opinion(and I don't pretend to be familiar with a lot of them) and there was a falling out. Shortly thereafter, Hunter and WNOK parted ways. Since Hunter had been the MD, Tom moved me to 6p-10p and gave me MD stripes. It was the first time anyone had given me responsibility other than an airshift. He then hired John Rocke(who had also been fired at Z96 shortly after I was fired) to do 10p-2a. Then, a couple of months later, I think Mr. McElveen had had enough after TK went to the transmitter and tinkered with the processing without the engineer...I know this because TK took me with him. I'm sure there were other reasons why he got the boot, but that was what I'd heard had broken the camel's back. Anyway, that's when I got moved to afternoon drive. All in all, I think TK was at NOK for 3 or 4 months total, so his impact was minimal, other than the fact that he revamped the entire station's lineup. You're right tho, he did an admirable job in Washington at WAVA. He's a very knowledgeable fellow, plus, a little known fact is that he had a pretty good sense of humor, too.
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