http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/98597/wdtw-flips-to-classic-rock-as-106-7-the-d
So The Beat is no more, wow. Really liked hearing it online
So The Beat is no more, wow. Really liked hearing it online
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The Beat is dead, out comes "The D"
- Thread starter d21ofnj
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Oh no!!!!!!! This is sad news. I loved The Beat - especially when they played a lot of forgotten Rhythmic AC hits. :-(
umfan said:
What is WRIF moving toward?
And when you say WOMC is trending away from oldies, do you mean it's moving more to "classic hits" or something else - like AC?
I got to my car see if 106.7 The Beat was gone and it is. Detroit has way to much Chr/top 40 anyways. Why Classic Rock again? Why not Country? Give WYCD a run for there money. With WYCD doing so good lately. Plus Detroit already has 93.1,94.7,101.1,95.1,100.7 at time's 93.9?
It's a problem when there's a CHR and a Hot AC or a CHR and a Rhythmic in the same cluster (ex. WKQI and WNIC, WHTZ and WKTU)... with the demise of 106.7 The Beat, at least Channel 955 can go back to a rhythmic lean as opposed to a pop-rock/adult lean
steve82655 said:
Tried it. Remember "The Fox"? Failed. Miserably. Then again, any station that lets listeners "choose the music" is bound to fail miserably.
As for the new 106.7 name - yes, Detroit is known in some circles as "The D" - but doesn't it sound as if they're stopping short of calling themselves by an old name ("The Drive")?
the d rock sucks I care less if I could care less if it went back to coutry I wont listen to those two station 106.7 the beat was the best ever heard now the frequency sucks again
Yeah your right I do Remember The Fox failing. What about Smooth Jazz 106.7 The Oasis. That will give it a full power signal in Detroit something else then another classic rock station that Detroit does not need.DToTheJ said:
I don't think this new "classic rock" station will do well. You've got WCSX in this market, too, and there is no way they will compete with WCSX.
You won't see country from Clear Channel for a long time probably... if anything I'd sooner expect it from Cumulus or Greater Media than CC
DToTheJ said:
It actually failed TWICE. Remember when "W4 Country" moved to Ann Arbor?
This station has had fiv different names in the last decade. It will chane again.
What about Smooth Jazz 106.7 The Oasis. That will give it a full power signal in Detroit something else then another classic rock station that Detroit does not need.
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Smooth Jazz on 106.7 would be terrific but very unlikely. :-(
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Smooth Jazz on 106.7 would be terrific but very unlikely. :-(
For those who care, the HD-2 has also changed... Pride Radio is gone and in its place is "The Alternative Project" from iHeartRadio (also heard on 104.7 WIOT HD2 in Toledo). How unimaginative. Hopefully 95.5 brings back Pride Radio as an HD-3 offering, as it was the only place in Detroit to hear actual dance music (Spin Cycle Radio does not count as dance IMO).
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