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The Party is over
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People liked 95.3 Party for its dance format. A station called “Party” that isn’t playing dance music wouldn’t have that audience
It’s 1:36 pm and WPYO is still simulcasting WDBO (AM). I thought SBS was going to take over operations at 12:00 pm today.
I don't disagree, but more than 50% of the music on Party -- even in its heyday -- was pop/hip hop. Power was trending towards a similar balance of dance music towards the end, with dance remixes of downtempo pop songs. Playing 1 "throwback" Party era song an hour, on top of the branding, wouldn't push that audience away.
As expected, Alex Sensation will be on at 11 am and WMEG's afternoon show with Jorge Pabón "El Molusco", Alí Warrington and Pamela Noa in afternoons.
And I called it. 6 am will be "El Despelote" from WODA. That is Rocky the Kid and Angelique Burgos's voice. Clearly, the big drives lean very Boricua.
Have to check what they'll play in Tampa, which is less Boricua than Orlando.
And I called it. 6 am will be "El Despelote" from WODA. That is Rocky the Kid and Angelique Burgos's voice. Clearly, the big drives lean very Boricua.
Have to check what they'll play in Tampa, which is less Boricua than Orlando.
That is a show from a station that plays mostly English language CHR, leaning mostly rhythmic .
And that is a show from a nearly pure reggaetón station. Worth watching the playlists.
But the under-50 group is mostly from the Island.
Quite true, but both groups have similar young demographics. They can always adjust the playlists in Florida, at least.
Oddly enough, El Despelote started at WMEG and moved to WODA when Gangster and Funky joined. WMEG's playlist was even more English language-heavy until then, when they got closer to a CHR. RIP Billy Fourquet.
Then they will have to voice-track the show or record segments and only use ones that don't mention music that is not played in Orlando.
Billy was one of the great programmers in Puerto Rican radio. A good an noble competitor. And, yes, the Mega music was not only nearly all in English but also more rock leaning then. Mega had staff who had come from 95-X, including iHeart's Pedro Javier González.
Gonna be tricky. Molusco has announced that the show "va ser en vivo, no va a ser graba'o".
Billy Fourquet himself came from WZAR, didn't he?
RadioInsight wrote an article about this latest development. Both WPYO (95.3) in Orlando and WSUN (97.1) in Tampa are playing promotional loops to announce the forthcoming arrival of El Zol 95.3/97.1. El Zol will launch on Monday, May 9 at 6:00 am, one week later than what is written on RadioInsight. On 95.3, the announcer says that on May 9, "Radio in Orlando* will change forever." Those of us who are outside of the Orlando metropolitan area can listen to the station here.
* = "Tampa" on 97.1
* = "Tampa" on 97.1
If you aren't Puerto Rican, you might not get some of the jokes. Like Molusco talking about somebody being so dumb they thought they needed a passport to go from the seaside district of Piñones to the mountain town of Orocovis.
Then again, I'm not Mexican, and I still manage to let out a chuckle whenever Erazno y la Chokolata makes a Vicente Fox joke on the Regional Mexican station.
Confirmed. Despelote is mostly live, but there are voice-tracked segments introducing songs. Rocky introduced a Shakira song, which was followed by an Aventura track. The former would play on WODA; the latter, not so much unless Romeo were collabing with a rapper. And this after a liner from Zacarías Ferrera, who gets played once in a blue moon if ever in Puerto Rico, but is definitely more at home in WSKQ or WPAT.
It helps that Zol's format overlaps some songs with WODA's, even if Zol is not pure reggaetón like la 94 is, it is a huge part of the format.
Zol sounding good so far, but something that has always bothered me about SBS...
Why do they only refer to WMEG's afternoon show as only Molusco's. I'm not knocking Jorge Pabón at all, he is very talented on the mike. But it's not like he's the only guy on the show! Yes, he's the producer but really? We're going to ignore Alí Warrington? The guy he was paired with at Salsoul and was a success with for years? The son of one of Puerto Rico's greatest comedians? Hell, Pamela Noa shouldn't be ignored either. She was in WMEG's afternoon show before them AND worked with Gangster and Funky. She deserves recognition too.
It's not MOLUSCO y Los Reyes de La Punta. It's Los Reyes de la Punta, Molusco, Alí y Pamela. All for one and one for all.
Why do they only refer to WMEG's afternoon show as only Molusco's. I'm not knocking Jorge Pabón at all, he is very talented on the mike. But it's not like he's the only guy on the show! Yes, he's the producer but really? We're going to ignore Alí Warrington? The guy he was paired with at Salsoul and was a success with for years? The son of one of Puerto Rico's greatest comedians? Hell, Pamela Noa shouldn't be ignored either. She was in WMEG's afternoon show before them AND worked with Gangster and Funky. She deserves recognition too.
It's not MOLUSCO y Los Reyes de La Punta. It's Los Reyes de la Punta, Molusco, Alí y Pamela. All for one and one for all.
I saw that too. I know it's the overall ratings, but still it's pretty sad when a full powered station loses to a translator of an HD sub-channel. Especially (in WTKS's case) when it's your own.
Orlando
Nielsen Audio PPM Monthly Ratings Orlando (Market #29) Population: 2,141,200 Black: 354,000 - Hispanic: 769,400 Average Quarter Hour Share for Persons
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What’s amazing is that 104.5 is doing so well, relatively speaking, despite a terrible signal in so many areas.I saw that too. I know it's the overall ratings, but still it's pretty sad when a full powered station loses to a translator of an HD sub-channel. Especially (in WTKS's case) when it's your own.
Orlando
Nielsen Audio PPM Monthly Ratings Orlando (Market #29) Population: 2,141,200 Black: 354,000 - Hispanic: 769,400 Average Quarter Hour Share for Persons
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