JUST WONDERING IF ANYBODY ELSE AGREES THAT WCBSFM-HD2 SHOULD BE WHERE THAT STATION SHOULD PLAY 1950-1963 CUTS AND HAVE THE OLD ADVERTISMENTS AND COMMERCIALS RUNNING THERE AND LET JEFF MAZZIE RUN IT. LET'S FACE IT JEFF DID A WONDERFUL JOB KEEPING WCBSFM ALIVE FOR 2 YEARS. BY DOING THIS THEY CAN LEAVE THE NEW FORMAT AS IS WITH A FEW TWEAKS HERE AND THERE.
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Right now the True Oldies Channel with Scott Shannon is heard on WPLJ-HD3. I do like the idea of a 50s early 60s station on WCBS-FM HD2, but there are so few HD radios out there. Is it worthwhile for CBS to put money into a station with so few listeners. They obviously would webcast it, but it would hurt the bottom line. It would incur a cost to produce and little if any revenue to show for it.
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WTUX
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Oldies from the 50's and pre-Beatles appeal to an age group that is not rushing out to buy HD radios. It's pretty much a waste of money for a station to tie up and HD channel with that.
WPLJ runs True Oldies primarily as a favor to Scott to give his channel a claim to a NYC outlet for sales purposes.
WPLJ runs True Oldies primarily as a favor to Scott to give his channel a claim to a NYC outlet for sales purposes.
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WTUX said:
Is there any age group rushing out to buy HD radios?
In fact, I'm tempted to argue the hypothetical reverse, i.e. HD radios are A-1 perfect for the geezer demo who've traditionally been associated with Caddy/Lincoln land yachts, etc.
I tend to disagree with you WTUX I believe that there is indeed a following of WCBS-FM listeners that would go out and buy an HD radio just
to have there oldies station back in its former days. I do believe as the signals become stronger on the HD-2 channels and they are tweaked people will invest. Also I remember that when WCBS-FM dropped oldies in 2005 there was such an out pour of anger, and then when they returned all people talked about was how they want to see WCBS-FM return to its original format, but we all know that is not going to happen, so it is only logical that putting WCBS-FM 1950-1963 on HD-2 would make alot of listeners happy.
to have there oldies station back in its former days. I do believe as the signals become stronger on the HD-2 channels and they are tweaked people will invest. Also I remember that when WCBS-FM dropped oldies in 2005 there was such an out pour of anger, and then when they returned all people talked about was how they want to see WCBS-FM return to its original format, but we all know that is not going to happen, so it is only logical that putting WCBS-FM 1950-1963 on HD-2 would make alot of listeners happy.
lalumia said:
Yeah great,I ran out and got an hd radio for the 70s format they killed for the true oldies channel,and I got burned! Just like Fms in NYC,formats change too frequently!
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