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WCNZ 1660 & WMYR 1410 "The Avenue"

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FLORIDA RADIO 386

Conditions were right last night DXing I was able to receive WCNZ 1660 "The Avenue" clearly for a little over a half hour....not bad...considering they are supposed to be at 1KW at night and I am in Volusia County (about 250 miles from where they are xmitting from). I know WCNZ/WMYR flipped around the fall of '09 to this eclectic format...is this making any inroads in Naples/Ft. Meyers?

http://www.avenue1410and1660.com
 
No impact to this area what so ever to my knowledge. They would have been better off staying with Scott Shannen's Oldies. I bet half of the population in this area does not even know that these two stations exist.
 
According to this link http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/68863/timeless-cool-music-ready-to-roll this is a new format "Timeless Cool" apparently (definately) not to be confused with "Timeless" from ABC/Citadel. Says the roll out is due 1/25, yet here it is. The timelesscool.com website is not yet active. Interesting choice for these stations. I too preferred the True Oldies Channel but this may work for them. Like SWFL says, they will have to promote the he!! out of them.
 
No sooner than I hit the send button a banner ad for them appeared here on the R-I page . correction to the website www.timelesscoolmusic.com and it is live. Odd they are imaging it as both "The Avenue" and "Timeless Cool". Steve March Torme did the voice imaging I heard, but he is still listed on the Music of your Life website. Looks like he is holding down two gigs.
 
I was down in Fort Myers-Naples about a month ago and listened to "The Avenue" a good bit. Nostalgia isn't my usual preference--I tend to listen to news/sports and full-service AC--but I thought it sounded pretty damn good. I'm a 60-year old caucasian guy and my wife and I felt like we were among the younger demos down there, but it wouldn't surprise me if this format caught on in that market.

Sure, it would help if they had it on a Class C FM. But as well as WINK-AM does with their N/T format on the double AM arrangement they have, this thing could survive. Hope they have enough money to get through a long incubation period and enough to promote the hell out of it.

But from a pure programming standpoint, it sounded pretty cool to me. Lot of unfamiliar tunes, but the mix of songs was excellent. I'm guessing it's aimed at upscale sixty-and-seventy-somethings. And in FM/N, that's a very viable target.
 
I don't know... While I love eclectic music mixes, "The Avenue" does nothing for me. And, annoyingly, most of the music is not identified. No help if you actually wanted to find it somewhere.

They could accomplish the same goal with some more familiar, but not played to death tracks. And, some variety in the commercial voicing, please!

The True Oldies Channel is still on 1480 out of Marco, but the signal is terrible.
 
Heard the avenue at about two weeks ago here in Cullman, Alabama - Approxamately 650 miles from Fort Myers. The Avenue had a very audible and listenable signal for about thirty minutes or so from around 3:00 to 3:30 AM.

-Travis
 
Much livelier sounding than WAVV.
WAVV still claims to be top rated, but when is their last listener scheduled to uh...leave?
WAVV's signal is among the best and absolutely the best for reaching southeast Florida on chilly morns.
 
I was sorry to discover WAVV discontinued streaming over the internet as they indeed have a very unique sound. "The Avenue", on the other hand, is sounding particularly unique as well.
 
A station similar to WAVV streams from Corpus Christie, TX. I have heard 89.5 several times by E skip.
Seeing what most Google hits point to, I think few callsigns would be worse than KLUX!
 
Was told that WAVV had to keep costs down...not only closing the Web feed, but also the IBOC.

WAVV & "Clucks" are different animals. KLUX is the more traditional sounding B/EZ one would hear on FMs in the 70s....WAVV has that plus a few lounge-style artists, some quite modern (Buble e.g.)

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jmtillery said:
Has anyone listened to The Avenue 1410/1660 lately? Your thoughts?
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As I've already stated, they stream live. Go to: http://www.avenuefla.com/.

I have to say that their playlist is interesting. There's an emphasis on jazz with some album cuts thrown in from other similar genres. The oddest thing I heard this network play was "Pride and Joy" by Stevie Ray Vaughn. But that was early on and I'm not so sure that they'd still play it. All in all, I say radio should be more like this! I'd like to see more Americana and AAA stations as well. Even if the stations were on AM, that would be OK, but that's me.
 
jmtillery said:
Your thoughts?
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Avenue's concept reminds me of my very favorite pre-merger XM channel, "Fine Tuning". Similar but different.

BTW...their web feed is either processed for AM or awfully high for this platform. I hear pumping.
 
klutch00 said:
jmtillery said:
Has anyone listened to The Avenue 1410/1660 lately? Your thoughts?
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As I've already stated, they stream live. Go to: http://www.avenuefla.com/.
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Yes, and thank you for giving the link in your original post. I have listened off-and-on over the past few weeks and like the music mix very much. I was simply asking for other opinions that may agree with or differ from my own. I am curious as to what anyone else may like or dislike about The Avenue. I thank you for your input and brief explanation regarding what you like about the format.
 
jmtillery said:
klutch00 said:
jmtillery said:
Has anyone listened to The Avenue 1410/1660 lately? Your thoughts?
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As I've already stated, they stream live. Go to: http://www.avenuefla.com/.
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Yes, and thank you for giving the link in your original post. I have listened off-and-on over the past few weeks and like the music mix very much. I was simply asking for other opinions that may agree with or differ from my own. I am curious as to what anyone else may like or dislike about The Avenue. I thank you for your input and brief explanation regarding what you like about the format.
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You're quite welcome!

Actually come to think of it, I will complain about something: I wish the DJs would announce the songs either before or after they're played!
 
There's a similar format around called "Route 66" that is what "The Avenue" wishes it was.
 
klutch00 said:
Actually come to think of it, I will complain about something: I wish the DJs would announce the songs either before or after they're played!
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That was a necessary evil before artist and title fields became standard on all radios.
 
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