Truly a Magical Time of Year

[mjb1124]

If Greater Media wanted to do a budget-cutting move, maybe they could've made it a simulcast of WMTR instead. That would've filled the 50s-60s oldies hole. Heck, that's what I thought they should've done with WCTC instead of flipping both stations to "Good Time Oldies" - a decision that thankfully was reverted in MTR's case. Hopefully history will repeat itself if Magic 100.1 fails - and I think it will fare about as well as Hit 106 has against its similarly long list of competitors.

 

[d21ofnj]

Or start listening to stations below 92.1

Here's the radio dial, below 92.1 in Ocean County:

88.1 - (WNJS - NJN Radio / WNJT - NJN Radio) very weak
88.3 - WVBH - Christian CHR
88.5 - WXPN - Adult Alternative
88.7 - WEHA - Gospel
88.9 - WBZC - Dance
89.1 - (WWCJ - Classical / WWFM - Classical) both weakly
89.3 - (WNJB - NJN Radio) very weak
89.5 - static
89.7 - WNJN - NJN Radio
89.9 - WNJM - NJN Radio
90.1 - WRTI - Classical & Jazz
90.3 - WNJO - NJN Radio
90.5 - (WVBV - Religious / WBJB - Adult Alternative / WWFP - Religious) all very weak & fighting each other
90.7 - WYRS - Religious
90.9 - WHYY - NPR
91.1 - WWNJ - Classical
91.3 - WRTQ - Classical & Jazz
91.5 - static
91.7 - WLFR - Stockton College freeform
91.9 - static

Sure is a lot of variety with the NJN Radio frequencies ;D

 

[GSP163]

Yeah while up here in NE Jersey there aren't any NJN stations...The closest ones are 88.5 WNJP & 89.3 WNJY and none of those signals make it this way.....There was a CP for a 103.1 translator in Pompton Lakes to carry NJN but that CP was deleted.....It's not that I want or we need an NJN station up here but its funny how some parts of the state have several NJN stations and some areas have none.

 

[nd2023]

magic1001.com links to a generic web template. It's funny how the "driving directions" link on the site is a map of a farm in Kansas.

 

[d21ofnj]

Ocean County's AC Congestion

It has been confirmed. I am hearing Magic 100.1 imaging on WJRZ as "Today's Best Variety." Sooooo...

92.7 WOBM, 95.1 WAYV (Top 40 sometimes) 96.9 WFPG, 99.7 WBHX, 100.1 WJRZ, SoJo 104.9 (sometimes Top 40)

So...where do we see a gap in Adult Contemporary here? Was it really necessary for now Adult Contemporary stations just like Top 40 stations to be floating all over the place? Whoever does the Arbitron surveys has to be injecting the good stuff. No way can everybody in every demo can enjoy the same formats on 5 or 6 different frequencies.

 

[MickeyD]

magic1001.com links to a generic web template. It's funny how the "driving directions" link on the site is a map of a farm in Kansas.

Well there is always WHTG-AM for OLdies.

 

[MickeyD]

Great, more soft rock. In order, the most overdone formats around here are Top 40, Adult Contemporary, Classic Rock, and Country. There's absolutely no diversity on the radio any more. The problem is that we're granting control of all of the AM/FM signals to to few broadcasters, and this is what happens. I'd like to see someone come in and occupy one of the blatant format holes in the area: Alternative or Active Rock, Talk (political/current events), Oldies (not Classic Hits, which is what WJRZ was), Dance, or Smooth Jazz.

Soft Schlok, less talk!

 

[Deeman1710]

Just sell the stations. Ethic groups are out there with money to buy. Let's face it there is no more live local radio. Having worked for CTC/QMR now MGQ when it was a real live information music news radio station was fun in the 70's @ 80's. Even remotes were exciting, there were no phone ins then 10 in a row you were doing live radio in front of people, reading live copy interacting with listeners. Now you couldn't pay me enough to work there. If simulcasting magic on 100.1 is GM answer to good radio maybe they don't know enough about the business anymore. Terrestrial radio is killing itself, those NBA commercials are a joke. If I want Voice Track radio I'll listen to Sirus/XM. Terrestrial radio is supposed to be LIVE RADIO remember Disc Jockeys? not computers big radio corporations of America.

 

[GSP163]

Just sell the stations

Which may not be too far off....Someone hinted on the NYRMB that there is a rumor that Greater Media may be selling its NJ stations....They never said if all are on the block or just some.

 

[JerseyShor]

Well there is always WHTG-AM for OLdies.

WHTG-AM doesn't overlap any of WJRZ-FM's coverage area though...

Best bet for most of WJRZ's oldies listeners is WOGL at 98.1 which covers 3/4 of WJRZ's area.

 

[nd2023]

Ughhhh another station that will soon be playing Katy Perry instead of Barry Manilow.
How about soft AC like 105.5 WDUV? The Dove is the #1 station in Tampa.

 

[d21ofnj]

Ughhhh another station that will soon be playing Katy Perry instead of Barry Manilow.
How about soft AC like 105.5 WDUV? The Dove is the #1 station in Tampa.

Ur kidding? How dare these corporations dare to be different. Why would they want to "think outside the box?" :