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ScottBurns

For all the ills of radio today - corporate homogenization, automation, voicetracking, liner-card reading jocks, etc. - WBLI is still a fresh-sounding CHR station. As an outsider who recently visited Long Island for the first time in at least a decade, I must say that I am impressed. The music variety is good, and the jocks still sound fresh. It was great hearing Al Levine again! Having spent a good chunk of my life in the Providence area, I missed listening to "Levine on the Scene." Back in the early 90s, when he worked at Q105 (WQGN/Groton), he was easily the most talented jock in the area. When he weekended at WPRO/Providence, he put more into his once-a-week shift than any of the full-time jocks.

All in all, 'BLI sounds even better than Z100.
 
In my opinion, Al Levine is the best Jock on Long Island. And BLI is the only station on Long Island that has someone live 24 hours a day.
 
radiosgreatest1 said:
In my opinion, Al Levine is the best Jock on Long Island. And BLI is the only station on Long Island that has someone live 24 hours a day.
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What about WLNG?
 
Nick said:
radiosgreatest1 said:
In my opinion, Al Levine is the best Jock on Long Island. And BLI is the only station on Long Island that has someone live 24 hours a day.
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What about WLNG?
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LNG Is voicetracked overnight!
 
radiosgreatest1 said:
In my opinion, Al Levine is the best Jock on Long Island. And BLI is the only station on Long Island that has someone live 24 hours a day.
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What is amazing is that there has never been a moment when Al Levine isn't high energy. He's also outstanding on the phones.

I actually have some air checks of him working a Rhythmic format in Boston back when WJMN debuted. He sounded just as good.
 
I still am wondering if Cox is going simulcast WBLI on 96.7 when it moves to the island.....That would give WBLI just about full coverage of the island plus adding NYC, Westchester and NE Jersey.
 
GSP163 said:
I still am wondering if Cox is going simulcast WBLI on 96.7 when it moves to the island.....That would give WBLI just about full coverage of the island plus adding NYC, Westchester and NE Jersey.
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That's a very good idea. It would give BLI more clout.
 
Levine is always great on the Scene! But the timeline is a little off. He hasn't been on Q105 since the mid (early?) 80's. He hit TIC-FM/Hartford around 84-85 or so. He's phenomenal.
 
I have tapes of Levine on Q105 as late as the summer of 1994. You are right about him being at WTIC-FM in the '80s. I believe that Q105 was his last stop in Connecticut before going to 'BLI. It was between 1992-1993 that Levine worked weekends at WPRO-FM/Providence (working Saturdays 2-6) and WZOU (and later WJMN)/Boston, working 10P-2A.
 
ScottBurns said:
For all the ills of radio today - corporate homogenization, automation, voicetracking, liner-card reading jocks, etc. - WBLI is still a fresh-sounding CHR station. As an outsider who recently visited Long Island for the first time in at least a decade, I must say that I am impressed. The music variety is good, and the jocks still sound fresh. It was great hearing Al Levine again! Having spent a good chunk of my life in the Providence area, I missed listening to "Levine on the Scene." Back in the early 90s, when he worked at Q105 (WQGN/Groton), he was easily the most talented jock in the area. When he weekended at WPRO/Providence, he put more into his once-a-week shift than any of the full-time jocks.

All in all, 'BLI sounds even better than Z100.
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Yes, Levine on the Scene is the ultimate Jock. He is upbeat, keeps the tempo moving and interjects some humor and personality into his show. I'm a big fan and enjoy every opportunity I get to listen to Al. That's where it ends.....
The morning show sounds out of place & unprofessional (who put those 3 together?)
How dare you even try compare BLI with Z-100. BLI, other than Al's show sounds no better than a college Hit radio station (with a big budget voice guy). At least Z let's the music drive the station. BLI jocks try to yuck it up and interject personality where there is none. Tim Clark should go back to doing Traffic...oh wait, he still does that, and Astra should realize who her audience is at night and save the sexual statistics for late night listening.
 
ScottBurns said:
I have tapes of Levine on Q105 as late as the summer of 1994. You are right about him being at WTIC-FM in the '80s. I believe that Q105 was his last stop in Connecticut before going to 'BLI. It was between 1992-1993 that Levine worked weekends at WPRO-FM/Providence (working Saturdays 2-6) and WZOU (and later WJMN)/Boston, working 10P-2A.
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That's right! I forgot the "lean years" after TIC-FM and before full-time at BLI.
 
radioli said:
BLI jocks try to yuck it up and interject personality where there is none. Tim Clark should go back to doing Traffic...oh wait, he still does that, and Astra should realize who her audience is at night and save the sexual statistics for late night listening.
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IMO -- Comparing Z100 to WBLI isn't really fair. Z100 is Z100 ... 'nuff said there

WBLI is a great sounding uptempo fun radio station. Most CHR's including Clear Channel are now so cookie cutter and talentless I would rather listen to my ipod. WBLI is one of the few stations in the country that has jocks doing a "show" and not reading liner cards. They keep the breaks tight but at the same time insert personality and fun into the shifts. I haven't heard Astra At Night but Tim sounds great and if I recall he's not even 21 yet.
 
RadioActiveA said:
Tim is not 21 yet and he's the MD. Give the kid props.
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Kudos Tim. Looks great on a resume but thats about it. Not too difficult to be an MD at a Cox station which is heavily consulted.
 
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