Doesn't Bangor Have Z 107.3?
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Waiting for New CHR for Bangor....
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chuckfoster
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It does. The station ID is WBZN Old Town/Bangor. Licensed to Old Town, studio in Brewer.
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chuckfoster
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Backtrax has run early Sunday morning since it started back in the days of Danny Cashman. Seacrest was replaced by Billy Bush. Rick Dees Weekly Top 40 was pulled a few years back by the syndicator when they started using him mornings on WWBX. Possibly they planned to do the same before the switch to sports on 97.1? I think we repeat Backtrax 12 AM Mondays. Me? If you check the stream at www.wbzn-fm.com I may be there 6-12 M-F.
The general concensus for some of us that have been in broadcasting and in the Bangor market for a long, long time is that there really needs to be fewer stations. This market is saturated! Time for a little pruning. We all know the benefits of pruning. Bangor already has a rockin' CHR in Z107.3. Fewer stations means more revenue for those that remain, hence....I'm preachin' to the choir, huh?
Ben.. at the risk of being rude... oh heck.. I'm going to be rude ;D
You're a teenager playing at radio.. and alot of people who post here, have either been affected by the budget cuts, and are out of jobs or have lost good friends, and coworkers who are currently unemployed. So I'm sorry that the radio stations aren't playing your type of music, that they don't pitch, that they don't do this or that, or for you, that there isn't a second or third or fourth CHR in Bangor. You get to go home to Mom and Dad and have a nice dinner, while many are worried about where they're going to get their next paycheck, or if their paycheck is going to be coming in the weeks ahead. So... please a little dose of reality.
Sorry... had to get it off my chest... we'll see how long the post stays.. but I feel much better now... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
You're a teenager playing at radio.. and alot of people who post here, have either been affected by the budget cuts, and are out of jobs or have lost good friends, and coworkers who are currently unemployed. So I'm sorry that the radio stations aren't playing your type of music, that they don't pitch, that they don't do this or that, or for you, that there isn't a second or third or fourth CHR in Bangor. You get to go home to Mom and Dad and have a nice dinner, while many are worried about where they're going to get their next paycheck, or if their paycheck is going to be coming in the weeks ahead. So... please a little dose of reality.
Sorry... had to get it off my chest... we'll see how long the post stays.. but I feel much better now... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
popman said:
i kind of take offensive to this popman, if you honestly don't have something on the subject of a new CHR/CHR in the market, anything in that matter than why even post something. This is just rude, I DO understand how the economy is right now, I really do. But why should we have to suffer with formats that do not work, or REPEATED IN THE MARKET like WABI 910 AND WAEI. IT'S THE SAME THING AND IT'S ON 2 DIFFERENT FREQUENCIES!!! What a WASTE of space! Even an automated/taped CHR could have been more profitable than having 2 OF THE SAME thing!
I'm sorry if CHR isn't your thing, it's just too bad because most people are satified with their format in the market they live in, hopefully. I'm not, Rythmic CHR was in the market but got "taken away". I like Z 107 alot, do not get my wrong, but this is why stations compete with each other, for example there are 2 country's in the market, WQCB, WBFB (and WLKE is audible). They are COMPETING with each other. WEZQ/WNSX is kind of competing since they have almost the same format. But then theres WBZN, there is no other Top-40 until Augusta's WMME but even they don't play the "real" Top-40, it's mixed with 80's/90's hits. I liked B97, for many reasons.
1. It satisfied my needs (and many young people's needs (go to UMaine and Orono and find out why))
2. It was entertaining. There was live shows on, they pitched their music (you knew that was coming). Their CC website had all kinds of information like Last Played, Entertainment News, Who's On, etc.
3. It's was different. It wasn't just another station that played country or that dried out 90's song. It may have not gotten the attention it deserved probably because of the hip/hop it played sometimes, but it works for some people. (me). The same could all be said for WRED in Portland- it got a different demographic than JBQ.
Is this the most rythmic/variety that Maine can offer? 2 real Top40 (WJBQ/WBZN), 1 taped Top40 ('CRQ) and 1 Top40 with 80's and 90's(WMME). And now WBZN is cutting back, offering less syndicated programming and DJ's and more taped.
But it's so easy to get a religious translator put up, it seems.
There's my rant on this Election Day.....
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Curb
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Benwnn91...you have SO much to learn. I've been involved with students at UMO for years. CHR is NOT the top choice. Alternative rock and classic rock are the big winners. A good majority of UMO students don't even listen to radio. Take a drive thru campus any day and you'll see most students hooked up to ipods. I agree with popman...you really need to stop your endless moaning about what YOU want in radio. Until you work in the industry, you won't ever get it.
As an advisor to a campus station, Curb is 100% right. Alternative and classic rock are big, with R&b/hiphop coming in a distant third. CHR is way down there with country in popularity.
Benwnn's post about a CHR being more profitable than the sports simulcast is just....laughable. If you're going to make statements like that, have at least something to support it.
Benwnn's post about a CHR being more profitable than the sports simulcast is just....laughable. If you're going to make statements like that, have at least something to support it.
Curb said:
NHRadio said:
I speak my mind about an issue... and I get so much criticism for it. The negative criticism on here is horrible. Curb, just because the college station, WMEB plays an alternative rock/rock format DOESN'T MEAN everyone in the college listens to that. Obviously?
And even if CHR isn't the #1 format, then I would settle (and ALOT of others) would settle on an R&B/hip hop station kind of like WRED.
Why not?
Instead of the typical classic hits/ac station?
SOMETHING DIFFERENT
I'm not hear to be rude and thoughtless like some people (cough), I am hear to spread an awareness, and to see SOME CONSTRUCTIVE RESPONSES FROM THAT
And when has it become of what I want in radio, just ask many 17-30 year olds, radio COULD HAVE been the answer in Bangor, and now IT most likely isn't (for those who liked CHR in the market, at least).
I'm not being rude, I'm fed up with the negativity about radio here
It's not like Bangor's population dropped, it's actually rose considerably meaning more chance of a new station????
True Grit said:
maybe THAT company isn't working out, what makes it so that ALL OF radio is at a slump? I'm sorry about all of the lay offs, but are you going to do? Sit back and accept it? You (should) be getting out and exploring new possibilities, the end is never here, ever!
Heck, I'll put one up. I have a good place for it too. All i need now is an obscene amount of money
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elocut6
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Why is all of radio in a slump? The internet, more specifically Google. The lights stay on because of ad revenue. If businesses don't think that they have to advertise because their services can just be Googled, that's money out of the station's bottom line.
You also have the iPhone with the free Pandora app which can stream exactly the music you want to hear (not to mention iheartradio and Radiolicious, which streams terrestrial stations from all over the country) over the internet and into your car and pocket. Throw XM into the mix, and there is A LOT competing with terrestrial radio.
In addition to that, who listens to CHR? 14 year olds. 14 year olds aren't out working to make and spend money. This is a business driven by ad revenue. It's hard to convince advertisers to buy slots on a CHR, when the listeners have no means but their parents to support them. What are the parents listening to? Rock, AC and Talk.
If anything, the hole created by the former B97 could open the possibility of playing the more Rhythmic CHR to snatch up listeners like you who miss Timbo and Luda. I got the impression that Z107 was always trying to create their own niche right in between Kiss and B97. But again, the younger crowds have iPhones which opens up a lot of other options.
Until your at that point when you can see how radio works from not just a programming and listening point, and you see how it has to work as a viable business, hold out on the Z.
I understand your frustration, that radio is not as magical as it's often portrayed. It is a business. So it's not negativity you're receiving - it's realism.
You also have the iPhone with the free Pandora app which can stream exactly the music you want to hear (not to mention iheartradio and Radiolicious, which streams terrestrial stations from all over the country) over the internet and into your car and pocket. Throw XM into the mix, and there is A LOT competing with terrestrial radio.
In addition to that, who listens to CHR? 14 year olds. 14 year olds aren't out working to make and spend money. This is a business driven by ad revenue. It's hard to convince advertisers to buy slots on a CHR, when the listeners have no means but their parents to support them. What are the parents listening to? Rock, AC and Talk.
If anything, the hole created by the former B97 could open the possibility of playing the more Rhythmic CHR to snatch up listeners like you who miss Timbo and Luda. I got the impression that Z107 was always trying to create their own niche right in between Kiss and B97. But again, the younger crowds have iPhones which opens up a lot of other options.
Until your at that point when you can see how radio works from not just a programming and listening point, and you see how it has to work as a viable business, hold out on the Z.
I understand your frustration, that radio is not as magical as it's often portrayed. It is a business. So it's not negativity you're receiving - it's realism.
MassMusicMan
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elocut6 said:
Really, dude? This is your first post? Come on. Parents listen to CHR too.
elocut6 said:
First of all, I like how on these boards we are quick to say "well it doesn't effect me because I don't like CHR and it's too bad for you".
Good for you if you have an iPod touch or iPHone that has applications that are similar to radio stations. The fact is the same people on here who are quick to mention CHR is dying would probably be saying THE SAME THING if their desired format was going under as well. How quick are we to judge ......
And CHR just doesn't go out of style like said on here. CHR is going to come back to bangor at least, honestly elocut6, is just 14 year old who listen to radio? 14 year olds don't have access to radio's, they don't have cars yet so ??? CHR targets the 15-30 market, depending on the type of CHR..... your just clueless. There are alot of young people, college students, for example in the Bangor area, the University of Maine is Maine's largest college filled with 18-25 year olds... THAT FIT in that demographic? I just don't get it anymore. Have a great time with your stupid sports 'EEI
dude, most markets only have one CHR and Bangor is no exception, you still got Z107.3. Sure Z is owned by Cumulus and music is picked by Jan Jeffries in ATL, so it's a bit behind on the hot new songs, but it's better than nothing.
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