WCSN "Sunny 105.7" Orange Beach sold

[passtheword]

Details below:

https://radioinsight.com/headlines/234150/station-sales-week-of-7-22/

 

[Poledo]

Does Lee Hagen have any more stations or did he retire?

 

[fedacct1]

I’m curious how this station sounds and missed it my last two trips to Pensacola. How does it compare to Jet 100.7?

I’m pretty certain I scanned the dial thoroughly and didn’t notice it. Does it even come in in Pensacola? With a name like “Sunny“, it sounds AC. Maybe that’s why I didn’t notice it.

 

[tomservo]

Sunny sounds like it'd be AC but it's much more wide-ranging than that or even a typical classic hits format. I've got it listed on my site as "variety hits" since it seems to dabble in everything from the mid-60's to today's pop currents. Their emphasis is on southern Baldwin County (Orange Beach, Gulf Shores, Foley) and Perdido Key, FL, but the signal does make it into Pensacola for the most part. Between the wide playlist and the extremely focused, local sound to commercials and PSAs, it doesn't sound like any of the bigger corporate stations.

Just my personal opinion, I do think it's "radio done right" and it appears their formula has been successful seeing as how it's been basically the same presentation and format for as long as I can remember.

The only reason I don't listen to it more often is because the overall sound quality (processing) of the station is horrific and annoys my ears. I'd say the squashed, midrange audio is like "AM, but on FM", but that is a disservice to some well-processed AM stations in our area! Much like the wide playlist and hyper-local focus, that has also not changed in as long as I can remember.

Jet has a much narrower playlist and has that bland Cumulus corporate sound to it. The audio quality is fantastic and the spot load seems to be pretty low, though, so that wins points in my book. 96-1 The Rocket has the narrowest (classic rock) playlist and is definitely heavier sounding than Jet or Sunny. (And has also had a weird audio issue where commercials and DJ banter all play only in the left channel, and it's been that way for YEARS.)

 

[davideduardo]

Their emphasis is on southern Baldwin County (Orange Beach, Gulf Shores, Foley) and Perdido Key, FL, but the signal does make it into Pensacola for the most part.

Up until 2018 we saw this one show in the Mobile book, but they were not subscribed and Nielsen does not show them any longer. Of course, it is home to the Mobile market as it is in Baldwin County, part of the Mobile MSA.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

Sunny sounds like it'd be AC but it's much more wide-ranging than that or even a typical classic hits format. I've got it listed on my site as "variety hits" since it seems to dabble in everything from the mid-60's to today's pop currents. Their emphasis is on southern Baldwin County (Orange Beach, Gulf Shores, Foley) and Perdido Key, FL, but the signal does make it into Pensacola for the most part. Between the wide playlist and the extremely focused, local sound to commercials and PSAs, it doesn't sound like any of the bigger corporate stations.

Just my personal opinion, I do think it's "radio done right" and it appears their formula has been successful seeing as how it's been basically the same presentation and format for as long as I can remember.

The only reason I don't listen to it more often is because the overall sound quality (processing) of the station is horrific and annoys my ears. I'd say the squashed, midrange audio is like "AM, but on FM", but that is a disservice to some well-processed AM stations in our area! Much like the wide playlist and hyper-local focus, that has also not changed in as long as I can remember.

Jet has a much narrower playlist and has that bland Cumulus corporate sound to it. The audio quality is fantastic and the spot load seems to be pretty low, though, so that wins points in my book. 96-1 The Rocket has the narrowest (classic rock) playlist and is definitely heavier sounding than Jet or Sunny. (And has also had a weird audio issue where commercials and DJ banter all play only in the left channel, and it's been that way for YEARS.)

Sunny sounds like a statuon I'm on, Hits 106 KLMI. Thoyugh we dont play much in the way of 60s at all, we do play some 70s... not much of todays current pop though at all. We're labeled mainly as AC, i think of us though, as "ac variety/jack fm on crack" lol.. ive had justin beiber into gloria gaynor or garth brooks into bruce springsteen before.

Our playlist is BIG but with rules and thought to it.. nothing too hard, soft, slow or sad.. if you were to sample us for a few hours, youd start to realize our overall sound is an upbeat mainstream AC despite the fact we play rock, pop, some soul, a little oldies, some pop and a bit of the softer alt world.

 

[Poledo]

The only reason I don't listen to it more often is because the overall sound quality (processing) of the station is horrific and annoys my ears. I'd say the squashed, midrange audio is like "AM, but on FM", but that is a disservice to some well-processed AM stations in our area! Much like the wide playlist and hyper-local focus, that has also not changed in as long as I can remember.

This is so true.