Underappreciated 92.1; Overappreciated 1260

[bierkenstock]

I was listening to Oldies 92.1 FM, WVLT today. They sounded really good.

More than ever, I don't get all the fascination with a pip-squeek Newark Oldies stations playing a canned, syndicated oldies format. 92.1 FM is independent, locally-owned, has local-live jocks, local news, commercials for local businesses and FM sound. It's got a good mix of Oldies and Real Oldies. It's been around with this format for some time. In contrast 1260 has a lousy AM signal and keeps changing formats and people keep giving it praise it does not deserve (and 92.1 does).

 

[apco25]

> I was listening to Oldies 92.1 FM, WVLT today. They sounded
> really good.
>
> More than ever, I don't get all the fascination with a
> pip-squeek Newark Oldies stations playing a canned,
> syndicated oldies format. 92.1 FM is independent,
> locally-owned, has local-live jocks, local news, commercials
> for local businesses and FM sound. It's got a good mix of
> Oldies and Real Oldies. It's been around with this format
> for some time. In contrast 1260 has a lousy AM signal and
> keeps changing formats and people keep giving it praise it
> does not deserve (and 92.1 does).
>


What about WPEN, WNPV, WNAR, WTEL etc.?? How come I don't hear enough about them? There on AM. And they don't play any oldies, and not one thread about them. What I'm I suppose to do.....listen to XM?

 

[JerseyShor]

> I was listening to Oldies 92.1 FM, WVLT today. They sounded
> really good.
>
> More than ever, I don't get all the fascination with a
> pip-squeek Newark Oldies stations playing a canned,
> syndicated oldies format. 92.1 FM is independent,
> locally-owned, has local-live jocks, local news, commercials
> for local businesses and FM sound. It's got a good mix of
> Oldies and Real Oldies. It's been around with this format
> for some time. In contrast 1260 has a lousy AM signal and
> keeps changing formats and people keep giving it praise it
> does not deserve (and 92.1 does).
>

The processing on WVLT is pathetic
The format isn't "real oldies" - it's obscure oldies with no focus
The station is a Philadelphia wanna-be
The station only serves Cumberland County because it doesn't have a good enough signal to get ratings in Philadelphia or Atlantic City

 

[MikefromDelaware]

I used to tune in sometimes to WVLT. I agree that they have a better mix than the WOGL. The jocks aren't as good though. However, for MY ear, frankly I prefer the music mix on 1260 WAMS over WVLT and most definitely over WOGL. It's not a fascination with WAMS, it's that they are now playing the music I want to hear. When WAMS played gospel music, I didn't tune in as I don't particularly care for gospel music.

So basically I am now listening to WILM for news/ talk/informational programming, WHYY-FM for indepth news/informational programming, WAMS for Oldies, WRTI for Classical, WXCY for country, and WVCH for the one preacher on there that I like "Allister Bagh". I do scan around both AM and FM dials to hear what the others are doing, but those stations above are where I spend the most time. It's ok if you prefer WVLT for oldies over WAMS, that's what free choice is all about.

> I was listening to Oldies 92.1 FM, WVLT today. They sounded
> really good.
>
> More than ever, I don't get all the fascination with a
> pip-squeek Newark Oldies stations playing a canned,
> syndicated oldies format. 92.1 FM is independent,
> locally-owned, has local-live jocks, local news, commercials
> for local businesses and FM sound. It's got a good mix of
> Oldies and Real Oldies. It's been around with this format
> for some time. In contrast 1260 has a lousy AM signal and
> keeps changing formats and people keep giving it praise it
> does not deserve (and 92.1 does).
>

 

[Funtastic]

I agree with you. WVLT is all over the place. They could do much better. Its another WJKS (Kiss) they want to be a Wilmington or Philly station and that, they will never be.

 

[KlassikKountry]

They sounded decent a few years back with Volvo, Gerace and Michaels, aka Delsi, the music was better also (no obscure R&B that J.D. loves to stick in, which never charted). Since they revived the Geator Gold wanna-be's, Dee, Costello and others, (Fleetwood is bearable), they sound like the disgusting WPGR. Then you have Mister Hot Sauce and RJ, what more can I say.

 

[bierkenstock]

Even Calvin Klein doesn't have this much Obsession

When you two started obsessing about 1260, you kept going on about "variety." But WVLT gets mentioned and you start carping about how it's "all over the place." Can't have it both ways.

WVLT does specialty/brokered programming in the evening and on weekends but their regular playlist is more focused than ABC's one-size-fits-all vanilla playlist for marginal and small market operations. Stations which get numbers don't use 24/7 music formats (except in the off-off hours sometimes); stations which use 24/7 music formats don't get numbers.

And even baby-boomer listeners (more than eight out of ten)are listening to FM. The number is even higher for just music formats. Most people don't nit-pick over playlists but they can tell the difference between FM and AM, between static and static-free. People in the real world don't have the tolerance for poor, noisy or weak signals that people on radio boards do.

You can like what you want but don't pass yourselves off as experts. And your obsessions about this station have put you in the same league as Julius.