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WCTC 1450 flips to oldies

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1450 WCTC New Brunswick, NJ flipped from talk to oldies yesterday. If this happened at this time last year, would WCBS-FM have not flipped back to oldies?
 
A small AM station that only covers a tiny fraction of the entire market would have had zero impact on a full power FM station with a heritage brand name that covers almost the whole market.
 
Is there much overlap in the coverage areas of WMTR and WCTC? For a while WMTR could also be heard on 1170 AM from Central NJ.

Bruce
 
I wonder why they flipped from talk back to (satellite) music to begin with. WCTC was pretty much the only talk station for central New Jersey (NJ 101.5 notwithstanding). :-\
 
MusicRadioUSA said:
Are the WCTC DJs Local or from Satellite ?
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The WCTC DJs are all locals and sometimes overlap with Magic 98.3 (WMGQ), the station they share a building with.

My bet is they switched to oldies because NJ 101.5 is a more popular talk station in Jersey and the two can't even begin to compete when it comes to popularity. They are mostly known within central Jersey, where oldies is a better idea to begin with.
 
Rock Chick Lex said:
They are mostly known within central Jersey, where oldies is a better idea to begin with.
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In this case, going dark is a better idea.
 
WMTR AND WCTC fired local staff except for their morning shows.They are both GOOD TIMES OLDIES-no fifties on 1250 anymore----blame it on the BUSH economy!!!"ctc should have gone country.WCBS-fm has nothing to fear!!!!Also 'mtr is playing tons more music now and that's good!!!!!
 
Rock Chick Lex said:
MusicRadioUSA said:
Are the WCTC DJs Local or from Satellite ?
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The WCTC DJs are all locals and sometimes overlap with Magic 98.3 (WMGQ), the station they share a building with.

My bet is they switched to oldies because NJ 101.5 is a more popular talk station in Jersey and the two can't even begin to compete when it comes to popularity. They are mostly known within central Jersey, where oldies is a better idea to begin with.
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WCTC DJ's are NOT local. Outside of Jack Ellery's morning show, 'CTC is airing "Good Time Oldies," a Jones Radio Network satellite format. All of the DJs are doing their shows out of Denver, I believe. Not even close to local.
 
I remember listening-- sometimes with difficulty!-- to WCTC for school closing announcements. I'm pretty sure it was Jack Ellery behind the mike then, and by then I mean the mid and late 1970's.

I have not listened in a long time, having moved away, but my parents kept the studio phone number on their bulletin board. I'm assuming that they won't be using it any more.
 
I worked at WMGQ (their sister station) for a little bit in 06, and I met a few of the WCTC DJs as well. They were local back then. I don't know about now, since I haven't kept in touch.
 
umtrr-author said:
but my parents kept the studio phone number on their bulletin board. I'm assuming that they won't be using it any more.
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doubt, doubt, doubt - if WCTC (as well as WMTR) are gonna be using the "Good Time Oldies" format, it's probably gonna be like an 800 number or something...I remember at one point a few years ago hearing it out of Indianapolis (thank goodness for Internet streaming!) and the DJ (Gary Clark) gave out an 800 number, but...who knows??
 
andreajesus said:
umtrr-author said:
but my parents kept the studio phone number on their bulletin board. I'm assuming that they won't be using it any more.
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doubt, doubt, doubt - if WCTC (as well as WMTR) are gonna be using the "Good Time Oldies" format, it's probably gonna be like an 800 number or something...I remember at one point a few years ago hearing it out of Indianapolis (thank goodness for Internet streaming!) and the DJ (Gary Clark) gave out an 800 number, but...who knows??
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It is an 800 number. The "Good Time Oldies" format is the only full-time oldies station for Charlotte, NC at 106.1 FM, and when I heard it (outside of the local morning show) requests and comments were to be called in using the network's 800 number. The official website of "Good Time Oldies" is http://www.theoldies.net/ although it is an extremely bare and uninformative website.

I think the format isn't even called "Good Time Oldies" anymore, but rather "Great Hit Radio," according to the website.
 
MusicRadioUSA said:
No...Its breaking the format as a Oldies Station...
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Formats all across the board have talk in the morning and since WCTC started out as a talk station, I don't see a reason for them to break tradition.
 
Looks like the Patriots Broadcasts will continue. I was wondering would that continue when the flip was a rumor.
 
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