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Nice web site. I wish the best to any new station, but I dont know if going up against DRM was such a good idea. Are they broadcasting from the new tx site now?
Cumulus 'parked' the WWFF calls on 660 AM in Fairhope/Mobile.
They've probably had this in mind (perhaps not exclusively for Huntsville) for a while.
They've probably had this in mind (perhaps not exclusively for Huntsville) for a while.
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My apologies. It appears that Cumulus has rerouted the site to their company web page. For those who missed it... it will be called WOLF 933. 40 Minutes of Continuous County... blah blah blah. Check out the WOLF's website in Dallas... even the same logo.
Interesting name.
Although when I hear the WOLF brand name, I think of classic rock more than country. Must be because the Eagle is used for classic and I get the animal names format usage confused a lot.
Although when I hear the WOLF brand name, I think of classic rock more than country. Must be because the Eagle is used for classic and I get the animal names format usage confused a lot.
As of New Years Day at 10:00am they have not flipped yet. BUT WHRP call letters are officially on 94.1 now and 93.3's call letters are officially WWFF now. It'll be any minute now though. I wonder if they will just flip it or if they will stunt with something crazy like they did when 93.3 flipped to "the possum" years back and had a computerized voice count down till the day they flipped saying crazy stuff in between counting down like "I'm coo coo for coco puffs". Does anyone remember that? It was on for 3 or 4 days I think before they actually debuted. They used to have drops that would say "The only station in Huntsville that can hang upside down from a tree by it's tail, 93.3 The Possum" HAHA! Those were the days. They had the whole entire city listening when it counted down to zero and The Possum launched.
You're not the only one. I know a lot of classic rock stations that call themselves The Wolf. I guess it works for both formats.
BlueWanderer said:
You're not the only one. I know a lot of classic rock stations that call themselves The Wolf. I guess it works for both formats.
Tibbs2 said:
LOL I see what you mean. Never noticed that before HAHA!. On a serious note though, I don't think there are any plans to re-name the Urban A/C where the WHRP calls reside now. They are just calling it "94.1 WHRP." The WHRP calls are the calls they used when the station was "Power 93.3". They just never changed it when they flipped to Urban A/C.
OK I'm confused. Are we talking about the same station here? 93.3 in Huntsville. The calls WBGY were never on 93.3 in Huntsville, and if that article says that the calls were WKQD when the station was urban as Power 93.3 it is wrong. The calls were changed to WHRP in October of 2003 when it flipped from country WUSX "US 93" to urban WHRP "power 93.3." The "HRP" stood for "Huntsville's Power". They wanted WHPR but those calls were already in use from another station so I guess they just flipped the R and the P around. They never changed them when they changed the format to urban a/c. WKQD was the calls years and years ago way back in 1983 when the signal first signed on the air, even before they were 93.3 the possum. They went through SEVERAL call changes since then. Here is a link to the FCC database of call sign history for 93.3. http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/call_hist.pl?Facility_id=65223&Callsign=WWFF-FMcaindog said:
Right, sorry, I was talking about the original adult CHR "Power 93" from 1987-1990 when 93.3 first moved into the Huntsville market from Tullahoma. (Confession: I got my start in radio at WKQD so I know it pretty well.) That FCC database only goes back to callsign changes made after 1980 so that 11/15/1986 change to WKQD is when it swicthed calls from WBGY, not when it first signed on as a radio station. Somewhere in the collection I still have the old station log clipboard still covered in vintage WBGY bumperstickers. After Power 93 the station flipped to rock as "The Ugly FM" in early Fall 1990 which is when I left to help start WKXJ "97 Kicks" in Chattanooga. It was during that period that the station was sold to Dunnavant who took it country in a doomed attempt to take WDRM down a peg.
I'd read on al.com about the urban "Power 93" but I'll confess it slipped my mind when I was posting at 3am.
I'd read on al.com about the urban "Power 93" but I'll confess it slipped my mind when I was posting at 3am.
RollTide said:
That was probably the first time I'd ever heard a station stunting, and certainly the first (but not last) time I'd heard the computerized countdown on the radio.
A friend and I were on our way out of Huntsville at night, driving down US 231 "the back way" to Birmingham. It seems like I found the station while in town and we wound up ditching his CDs and listening to the countdown until we lost it in Oneonta.
The things people will listen to. We thought it was armageddon or something. :
BOOGIE 93 was a pretty awesome station back in the late 70's to early 80's (I think that's the right years...) It was pretty
easy to pick up in South Nashville...and was still licensed to Tullahoma as WBGY. I know it switched to something worthless
and I never listened after that.
easy to pick up in South Nashville...and was still licensed to Tullahoma as WBGY. I know it switched to something worthless
and I never listened after that.
caindog said:
Aahh OK. I get it now. The "boogie 93" days were before my time I must admit and I completely forgot that they called it Power 93 way back in the late 80s when it was the original CHR. That was when I first gained knowledge of the station because it moved into Huntsville. Thats where my confusion came in on when the station first signed on the air because I was never in listening range of it before it moved into Huntsville. Thanks for clarifying that for me because I sure was confused LOL. I was stuck on the Power 93.3 urban days just a couple of years ago.
I remember 97 kicks in Chattanooga too! I LOVED that station. "Hot Jammin' Kicks FM!" I remember putting up antennas EVERYWHERE straining trying to pick it up in north madison county. Anytime I would be on the east side of Monte Sano I would tune it in because I could pick it up. They used to simulcast on 99.3 and WSGC at the time right? That killed me when they flipped the format. While we're taking a trip down memory lane, does anyone remember "The rhythm of Huntsville, 94.1 & 92.5 WXQ". Thats another one I miss a lot. I remember they used to have catchy drops too saying things like "putting the bump in your rump, the rhythm of Huntsville WXQ" LOL. They used to attack WZYP all the time with drops like "we don't play any hard rocker tinny bopper crap like ZYP!" HAHA! Those were the days. I wish I had old recording of this stuff!
Zach said:RollTide said:
That was probably the first time I'd ever heard a station stunting, and certainly the first (but not last) time I'd heard the computerized countdown on the radio.
A friend and I were on our way out of Huntsville at night, driving down US 231 "the back way" to Birmingham. It seems like I found the station while in town and we wound up ditching his CDs and listening to the countdown until we lost it in Oneonta.
The things people will listen to. We thought it was armageddon or something. :
HAHA! You're right. The things people will listen too LOL. I think everyone listened to that countdown. I believe that was probably the first time I had ever heard a station stunt before as well. We listened to that countdown for hours trying to hear all the different things it would say. I'm not much of a country fan but I have to admit I was kinda sad to see "The Possum" go. They sure did have a very original sound and catchy imaging.
Caindog is pretty accurate about the "orginal" Power 93 in H'ville.
It was a "move in" from Tullahoma, TN. It was "BOOGIE 93" sometime earlier, but we signed on from the brand new studios on W. University in Huntsville in October of '88.
As as matter of fact, after working partime in Nashville, my first fulltime job was at WKQD. Worked out of T-homa for about 3 weeks in preperation for the move to H'ville. I think I was the last guy on the air from the Tullahoma studios. At midnight, after my airshift I loaded all of the carts and CD's in to my car and drove to our Huntsville studios (i think they '93.3' down for a day of 2 during the transfer).
We called it: "Power 93, The Best Mix Of Music". Pretty much Hot AC/Adult CHR going up against WAHR and WZYP. VP Micahel St. John created the format, Jay Hasting (later of WABB Mobiel fame was PD). St. John and Hasting were at WWKX Kicks 104 Nashville in the late 70's/early 80's. I grew up on that station; what a thrill to work at Power 93 (a throwback in sorts to "Kicks 104").
What a magical time; and what great people to work "with" and "for". It was really good radio. But it didn't last all that long...I think in 1990 the format was flipped?
I left for Mississippi radio; Hasting, Trent "The Pimp" and engineer Bob "Chief" Mayben went to Chattanooga to start WKXJ. Maybe a few others?
Caindog, you worked at both stations? Who are you? Did we work together?
Peace,
Crash
It was a "move in" from Tullahoma, TN. It was "BOOGIE 93" sometime earlier, but we signed on from the brand new studios on W. University in Huntsville in October of '88.
As as matter of fact, after working partime in Nashville, my first fulltime job was at WKQD. Worked out of T-homa for about 3 weeks in preperation for the move to H'ville. I think I was the last guy on the air from the Tullahoma studios. At midnight, after my airshift I loaded all of the carts and CD's in to my car and drove to our Huntsville studios (i think they '93.3' down for a day of 2 during the transfer).
We called it: "Power 93, The Best Mix Of Music". Pretty much Hot AC/Adult CHR going up against WAHR and WZYP. VP Micahel St. John created the format, Jay Hasting (later of WABB Mobiel fame was PD). St. John and Hasting were at WWKX Kicks 104 Nashville in the late 70's/early 80's. I grew up on that station; what a thrill to work at Power 93 (a throwback in sorts to "Kicks 104").
What a magical time; and what great people to work "with" and "for". It was really good radio. But it didn't last all that long...I think in 1990 the format was flipped?
I left for Mississippi radio; Hasting, Trent "The Pimp" and engineer Bob "Chief" Mayben went to Chattanooga to start WKXJ. Maybe a few others?
Caindog, you worked at both stations? Who are you? Did we work together?
Peace,
Crash
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