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WALJ Northport is on the air

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Groove1670

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Auction 91 WALJ is on the air. Via LMA. Also the Livingston FM has calls WLYB, Coosada also has calls WGMP.

In the latest auction scheduled for sometime next year. No Alabama FM allocations are on the list.
 
Does anyone know what happened to the translator that was on 105.1 previously? It was relaying WTBC-AM. It has a CP to move to 100.1 and I'm wondering if they've moved already.

It's just a technicality, but at the moment I see three signals licensed to 105.1 in T-Town. This station, the WTBC-AM translator and W286AQ licensed to Northport, although it's really somewhere out in Coosa County.

Edit: Nevermind. I see the WTBC-AM translator filed a license to cover for their CP on 100.1.
 
The Translator for WTBC is on at 100.1, most of the time.

Just to take a guess on the other two based on call letters:
WGMP = The Gump on a real FM
WLYB = no idea.
 
We Love Yummy Butter? (farm news)

We're Livingston's Yodeling Broadcaster? (uh, self explanatory)

We Love Young Boys (catholic radio)

What? Larry's Your Boyfriend? (female-targeted relationship advice)

;D

And I'll go ahead and apologize for that third one. Sorry.
 
Zach said:
We Love Yummy Butter? (farm news)

We're Livingston's Yodeling Broadcaster? (uh, self explanatory)

We Love Young Boys (catholic radio)

What? Larry's Your Boyfriend? (female-targeted relationship advice)

;D

And I'll go ahead and apologize for that third one. Sorry.
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BWHAHAHAHAHA, thanks for makin my night bro.
 
From yesterday's issue of Taylor on Radio-Info:

Tuscaloosa GSM Linda McNeal says the new station [WALJ] will "address the needs of the local business community and deliver a needed and popular format niche to West Alabama.

How is an urban format a "niche format"? ::) It is about as "niche" as the country format. And "needed"...how so? We already have more than enough stations here competing in this genre. It's the same reason that markets don't need 3 country stations, 3 talk stations, or 3 of "fill in whatever other oversaturated format that's out there".
 
passtheword said:
How is an urban format a "niche format"? ::) It is about as "niche" as the country format. And "needed"...how so? We already have more than enough stations here competing in this genre. It's the same reason that markets don't need 3 country stations, 3 talk stations, or 3 of "fill in whatever other oversaturated format that's out there".
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Actually, you don't have "more than enough" urban stations in Tuscaloosa. There is exactly one straight ahead urban that isn't a Birmingham station that gets ratings in Tuscaloosa, and it's a rimshot that doesn't put a 60 dBu signal contour into the city. Most of your Tuscaloosa area businesses won't pay Birmingham rates to advertise. The move makes a lot of sense. The city of Tuscaloosa itself has a black population of more than 40%.
 
Kent said:
Actually, you don't have "more than enough" urban stations in Tuscaloosa. There is exactly one straight ahead urban that isn't a Birmingham station that gets ratings in Tuscaloosa, and it's a rimshot that doesn't put a 60 dBu signal contour into the city. Most of your Tuscaloosa area businesses won't pay Birmingham rates to advertise. The move makes a lot of sense. The city of Tuscaloosa itself has a black population of more than 40%.
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I'm not sure about the 'one' rimshot urban part--aren't you forgetting the 100kw WTUG, who used to be the young folks' urban before WBHJ/Jamz came along (and before urban stations chose a lean toward young listeners or adults)?

But I put your what I think is your best point in bold: The UA and Stillman kids blasting 95.7 (assuming it receives well there) don't help the fortunes of Birmingham's WBHJ anyway--T-town is a radio market unto itself. So why not mine that advertising money in-market before Cumulus (nee Citadel) and Clear Channel do it?
 
I remember after the upgrade in the early 90s, they were catering to the Hip-Hop sound. Their moniker at that time was Power 93 (92.9 FM) WTUG.

R.D.P. <><
 
Zach is correct. WTUG 92.9 isn't straight-ahead urban; it's urban AC and has been for quite awhile. The only straight-ahead urban station that's not from Birmingham (prior to 105.1) is WWPG 104.3, which is an extreme rimshot.
 
Kent said:
Zach is correct. WTUG 92.9 isn't straight-ahead urban; it's urban AC and has been for quite awhile. The only straight-ahead urban station that's not from Birmingham (prior to 105.1) is WWPG 104.3, which is an extreme rimshot.
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An extreme rimshot that has always broadcast in mono, at least until recently, AND one of the early adopters of a translator right in Tuscaloosa. IIRC it was on 97.3 well before WEDA debuted in Birmingham. For a long time that frequency was quite a mess around the Mercedes plant when the two were active.
 
I would have to agree that giving Tuscaloosa its own urban mainstream is a very good idea. I've been waiting for that to happen ever since WBHJ's move into Birmingham. I'm suprised it has taken this long honestly. The audience is certainly big for urban there and I agree that Tuscaloosa businesses aren't going to pay Birmingham rates for advertisement. Tuscaloosa is an after thought to 95.7 and the feeling will be mutual with Tuscaloosa having its own urban station. Sure you can get 95.7 well in the car but it doesn't penetrate buildings very well. Compare WTUG with WBHK or WZBQ with WQEN in the Tuscaloosa ratings. Its easy to see that the Birmingham stations are not real players in Tuscaloosa when Tuscaloosa has a station of its own of the same format. Tuscaloosa market residence are loyal to their own stations. Why wouldn't it be the same with an urban mainstream station? I just don't think WALJ should call itself "Jamz" since there is listeners to 95-7 Jamz there. There are LOTS of urban fitting names that they could go with to be different. Oh and I don't even include WWPG as a player because of the rimshot signal & you can tell listeners feel the same with the almost nonexistant ratings.
 
I think WWPQ is back to broadcasting in Mono. I listened the other day for about ten mins or so... I never heard any positioning, but it sounded more Contemporary Urban Gospel than straight-up Urban.
 
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