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The All New Power 108 Jams!

In Altoona during the 90s, all the kiddos knew that WPRR was the place to turn to (although I never listened).

It wasn't until recent years that someone decided it would be a good idea to take a recognizable name (and a station with decent ratings) and call it Power 100. After about a year of that, the same someone decided that people were finally catching on to the idea that WPRR was Power 100 and did exactly what you would expect them to do--they changed the name to Hot 100. They changed the heritage calls of the top 40 station at that same time. If you ask a kiddo in Blair County where they go for the latest tunes today, they'll tell you pandora or myspace.
 
mock3 said:
In Altoona during the 90s, all the kiddos knew that WPRR was the place to turn to (although I never listened).

It wasn't until recent years that someone decided it would be a good idea to take a recognizable name (and a station with decent ratings) and call it Power 100. After about a year of that, the same someone decided that people were finally catching on to the idea that WPRR was Power 100 and did exactly what you would expect them to do--they changed the name to Hot 100. They changed the heritage calls of the top 40 station at that same time. If you ask a kiddo in Blair County where they go for the latest tunes today, they'll tell you pandora or myspace.
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Or I-tunes
 
I will tell you this it's much higher than they are proposing for terrestrial radio. If you real question is am I streaming legally and in compliance with royalty licensing, ascap, bmi, soundexchange... the answer is yes.
 
mock3 said:
In Altoona during the 90s, all the kiddos knew that WPRR was the place to turn to (although I never listened).

It wasn't until recent years that someone decided it would be a good idea to take a recognizable name (and a station with decent ratings) and call it Power 100. After about a year of that, the same someone decided that people were finally catching on to the idea that WPRR was Power 100 and did exactly what you would expect them to do--they changed the name to Hot 100. They changed the heritage calls of the top 40 station at that same time. If you ask a kiddo in Blair County where they go for the latest tunes today, they'll tell you pandora or myspace.
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Power 100 was a miserable failure. Forever took a station with ten and twelve shares as CHR WPRR and turned it into Hot AC Power 100 and dropped to a six in one book, with that horrible syndicated morning show. Then they rolled out the "Alphabet Posse", where everybody changed their air names overnight ("Downtown" Jimi Brown suddenly became Jimmy V.) except Danice Bell, who flatly refused (good for you Danice). It was Poorly programmed and poorly managed.

Now WPRR in the late 80's and early 90's, that was a radio station...
 
I don't think it was the name change that killed it. There were some interesting decisions made that did, but switching to a slogan would have only helped them in years prior to when Forever took over.
 
Now I heard that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company was the original owner when it was an AM station. They (the railroad) got the CP about the same year they built the Altoona Hospital. That's what the "PRR" in WPRR stood for. I don't know what happened to their old AM frequency.
 
That must be the earliest CP on record, since the Altoona Hospital opened on January 1st., 1886.
WVAM-FM was operational in the early 1960's, part-time, simulcasting the 1430 WVAM-AM signal from 7PM till signoff, at Midnite or 1 AM.
 
fryman said:
Now I heard that the Pennsylvania Railroad Company was the original owner when it was an AM station. They (the railroad) got the CP about the same year they built the Altoona Hospital. That's what the "PRR" in WPRR stood for. I don't know what happened to their old AM frequency.
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Great, sean mckay, that was a riot no dismissing your recall. if you;d just be funny qabout it. you neee another free meal from barger.
 
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