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WAZL Goes "Standards"

M

mindy

WAZL is now playing what sounds like adult standards. But recorded promos still hawk the old format. There are still liners on the air promoing Mike Naydock in the morning and the Make Believe Rainbow Room. Naydock is long gone and the latter cancelled because if doesn't fit the new format. Huh???
Fox news also gone. Also absent: commerical messages.
Word has it that morning man Jude has bailed as well.
Things sound Rocky in more ways than one.
Is the WNAK simulcast next?
Will the last one left in Downtown Hazleton please turn off the lights!!
 
You can't have WNAK simulcasting all over the place. WCDL just switched to standards, now WAZL... something's up at Route 81 radio...



> WAZL is now playing what sounds like adult standards. But
> recorded promos still hawk the old format. There are still
> liners on the air promoing Mike Naydock in the morning and
> the Make Believe Rainbow Room. Naydock is long gone and the
> latter cancelled because if doesn't fit the new format.
> Huh???
> Fox news also gone. Also absent: commerical messages.
> Word has it that morning man Jude has bailed as well.
> Things sound Rocky in more ways than one.
> Is the WNAK simulcast next?
> Will the last one left in Downtown Hazleton please turn off
> the lights!!
>
 
> You can't have WNAK simulcasting all over the place.
WHY NOT???? WCDL just switched to standards, now WAZL...
something's up at Route 81 radio...

I predict the WNAK Good Music Network. You watch, they'll
sell it as the Good Sound of all of NEPA.
Yonkstur
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> > You can't have WNAK simulcasting all over the place. > WHY NOT???? WCDL just switched to standards, now WAZL...> something's up at Route 81 radio...> > I predict the WNAK Good Music Network. You watch, they'll> sell it as the Good Sound of all of NEPA. > Yonkstur> > > > > > > >> It's amazing....years ago, nearly everyone on the board (and in the papers) yelled about the demise of adult standards in NEPA; a market that apparently can support this format.Now, Rt 81 comes along, and makes everyone's wish a reality......................................I can't recall WAZL's old format, but I do remember the WCDL format very well, and the WNAK format under Bob.Neilson had it right, and served his listeners to the point where his AM was consistantly in the top 3 ARB's.The format switch, amongst the stations, is just a twitch from Rt 81 to formalize exactly what they said in their business statement; : "to serve the listeners of NEPA".............................The stations are doing exactly what the posters here on this board wanted them to do......so let it happen and grow.WNAK has a full air staff..WCDL also has a full airstaff and growing...and WAZL has been fully staffed.......My predictions: look for more local news and sports on the stations to complement the music......its really a good thing for NEPA right now.<P ID="signature">______________
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> > You can't have WNAK simulcasting all over the place.
> WHY NOT????

Well, you could..but why be redundant when you have an FM providing strong reception to the WCDL listenership, and the AM providing coverage to the WAZL listenership?
 
Actually WAZL is not fully staffed anymore. At my last count during the week they only have 2 live on air dj's. They are standards, which for me is neither here nor there. The thing that upsets me here is that their is very little that is local at WAZL anymore. They started off very well and have drifted off. They share their morning news guy with WCDL in Carbondale for crying out loud. I really hope this is only temporary and WAZL will be back to a fully local station. Another poster may have hit in on the head--in an effort to save money you may see a WNAK simulcasted network on WAZL. Especially since the staff at AZL is down to almost nothing. They got rid of the Make Believe Rainbow Room saying it did not fit with the new format--WHAT? Leo's program fits better with standards than it did with AC??? More evidence that a WNAK simulcast may be in WAZL's future. I sincerely hope I'm wrong hear, but I have a bad feeling about this.
 
> Actually WAZL is not fully staffed anymore. At my last count
> during the week they only have 2 live on air dj's. They are
> standards, which for me is neither here nor there. The thing
> that upsets me here is that their is very little that is
> local at WAZL anymore. They started off very well and have
> drifted off. They share their morning news guy with WCDL in
> Carbondale for crying out loud. I really hope this is only
> temporary and WAZL will be back to a fully local station.
> Another poster may have hit in on the head--in an effort to
> save money you may see a WNAK simulcasted network on WAZL.
> Especially since the staff at AZL is down to almost nothing.
> They got rid of the Make Believe Rainbow Room saying it did
> not fit with the new format--WHAT? Leo's program fits better
> with standards than it did with AC??? More evidence that a
> WNAK simulcast may be in WAZL's future. I sincerely hope I'm
> wrong hear, but I have a bad feeling about this.
>
Legally you cannot simulcast WAZL/WNAK-AM/WCDL. Too much signal overlap to make the FCC happy.
 
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