Well Wrll.

[wellander]

Hi,
Earlier this evening I heard Ron Smith say that Larry Lujack and Tommy Edwards will have more info about the demmise of the station.
Happeing soon?
Does anyone have any info on this?

 

[GrampaSquirrel]

I just called Tommy Edwards this morning a few moments ago, and he said that the station may go blank, in other words no transmitting signal, or they might leave it as is. but the format they may have are shows like: Farm Report, Health Shows, Financial Shows, and others such as Frank Sinatra with Sid Marks and Elvis Only with Jay Gordon and Maybe Little Walter's Time Machine.

 

[mario]

Grampa,

Was there a timetable for all this to happen??

 

[GrampaSquirrel]

According to the Robert Feeder of the Chicago Sun-Times,
this is what robert Feeder Had Said:

+ No date is set for the demise of "Real Oldies" at WRLL-AM (1690),
but Clear Channel insiders fear that Tommy Edwards, Larry Lujack
and their colleagues won't make it to the start of Arbitron's fall ratings period.
Stay tuned for further details for this fall.

 

[HenryOchs]

I'm so sorry to see Real Oldies 1690 go! I listened to this wonderful station on
the world wide web all the way in Hayward, California!!!! Maybe Clear Channel
should keep this format as an internet only radio station as they did with KABL
in San Francisco!!!!!

 

[wellander]

According to the Robert Feeder of the Chicago Sun-Times,
this is what robert Feeder Had Said:

+ No date is set for the demise of "Real Oldies" at WRLL-AM (1690),
but Clear Channel insiders fear that Tommy Edwards, Larry Lujack
and their colleagues won't make it to the start of Arbitron's fall ratings period.
Stay tuned for further details for this fall.
Hi,
Thats is too bad.
And when does the fall numbers start? Spetmeber? Or October?
Where will they goto?

 

[flytrap]

I have a neat little free program that lets you record streaming radio stations. WRLL is on its station list. MP3 streams are broken up into individual tracks but windows streams such as WRLL record in one long WMA track. Just don't record too long or you'll wind up with too big of a file and it may not fit on the cd if your're going to keep it. If anyone wants to aircheck 1690 before its gone you may want to try it. I got it from Download.com. The website is www.screamer-radio.com

 

[kszaflik]

According to the http://www.realoldies1690.com/ website, it says: "Listen to your
favorite Real Oldies
on
1690AM
Now to September 17, 2006
Click Here To Listen Online

***

WVON "The Voice"
Debuts
September 18, 2006
on
1690AM"

 

[mario]

Does anyone else think it was appropriate that Realoldies was killed off on the anniversary of Elvis's death????

 

[DeltaDon]

No cigar, Mario.

Real Oldies music will continue on 1690 through the middle of next month, but without disc jockeys. They were let go yesterday, August 15.

 

[TheFonz]

[quote According to the http://www.realoldies1690.com/ website, it says: "Listen to your
favorite Real Oldies
on
1690AM
Now to September 17, 2006
[/quote]


That date would be right around WRLL's 3rd anniversary. Oh well, they did better than Cincinnati's WSAI. That station only lasted 2 years.

 

[RSgreenway]

I guess they were able to make it so long because they were "hidden" at 1690am.

 

[Gnash]

When it comes to great duos (like Carson & McMahon) I dont think there were ever any two radio people with as dynamic a presence as Tommy and Larry.

They will always be the "radio" that I remembered from my teens, and even though I live a couple thousand miles from Chicago these days, thanks to the internet, it was wonderful to hear these two daily, they and Kathy will be sadly missed...

Hey SIRIUS listen up, here's a great show idea! Imagine old Uncle Lar and little snot-nosed Tommy nationwide and uncensored... WOW!

 

[cyberdad]

That date would be right around WRLL's 3rd anniversary. Oh well, they did better than Cincinnati's WSAI. That station only lasted 2 years.

True, but after the plug was pulled, the WSAI jocks went out and created their own station (leased it, actually). Then they proceeded to pull better numbers than what CC got with their replacement! And they managed to pull this off with a lesser signal! Meanwhile, WSAI's former frequency flipped again a few weeks ago!

 

[radiobop]

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[FightingIrish]

That date would be right around WRLL's 3rd anniversary. Oh well, they did better than Cincinnati's WSAI. That station only lasted 2 years.

True, but after the plug was pulled, the WSAI jocks went out and created their own station (leased it, actually). Then they proceeded to pull better numbers than what CC got with their replacement! And they managed to pull this off with a lesser signal! Meanwhile, WSAI's former frequency flipped again a few weeks ago!

I'd like to see demographic comparisons for 1530 with both 'real oldies' and 'progressive talk'. Overalls are pretty similar between the two, but I'm guessing they're pulling in younger demos with the talk (which is what they want). The overnight brokered programming will probably cripple anything that goes over there. Never give your listeners a reason to tune away from the station.

And now it's sports, with 1360 and 1530 swapping formats.

There's a good discussion on the Cincy board about how badly CC has mangled the automation and promotion on their Cincy AM stations.

 

[cyberdad]

I'd like to see demographic comparisons for 1530 with both 'real oldies' and 'progressive talk'. Overalls are pretty similar between the two, but I'm guessing they're pulling in younger demos with the talk (which is what they want). The overnight brokered programming will probably cripple anything that goes over there. Never give your listeners a reason to tune away from the station.

And now it's sports, with 1360 and 1530 swapping formats.

There's a good discussion on the Cincy board about how badly CC has mangled the automation and promotion on their Cincy AM stations.

I've seen that discussion. Some excellent stuff there. And while I think Dusty and company have done a whale of a job putting out a fantastic-sounding product with some positive results in the numbers, I believe the jury is still out on whether this will translate to financial success. (Here's hoping it definitely will!)

 

[1q2w3e]

That date would be right around WRLL's 3rd anniversary. Oh well, they did better than Cincinnati's WSAI. That station only lasted 2 years.

True, but after the plug was pulled, the WSAI jocks went out and created their own station (leased it, actually). Then they proceeded to pull better numbers than what CC got with their replacement! And they managed to pull this off with a lesser signal! Meanwhile, WSAI's former frequency flipped again a few weeks ago!

I'd like to see demographic comparisons for 1530 with both 'real oldies' and 'progressive talk'. Overalls are pretty similar between the two, but I'm guessing they're pulling in younger demos with the talk (which is what they want). The overnight brokered programming will probably cripple anything that goes over there. Never give your listeners a reason to tune away from the station.

And now it's sports, with 1360 and 1530 swapping formats.

There's a good discussion on the Cincy board about how badly CC has mangled the automation and promotion on their Cincy AM stations.

Funny thing is that a lot of CC engineering management is in Cincy.