WFCF's reenactment of War of the Worlds

[N1WVQ]

Did anybody catch WFCF's War of the Worlds on either night, 10/30 or 10/31? I tried to tune in via the web but their page seems to be down.

 

[JAWilson]

As a student of Flagler College and as Operations Manager and a Board-Op at WFCF, I will explain why you can not hear us online. With the battles that have been going on with how much broadcasters streaming online will pay for royalties it was a decision of the station to remove the online stream. As of right now into the unforeseeable future WFCF will most likely not be streaming its broadcast online. The only way to listen is to tune us in at 88.5 FM down here in St. Augustine. Thanks.

J. Wilson

 

[Rob]

The only thing I have to say about the MafIAA is **** off.

I still hear plenty of stations streaming with ads.

You shouldn't stop at all.

-Rob

 

[N1WVQ]

I can't even get the WFCF website on the college's page though! When I click on the WFCF link it comes up as "page not found."

Just out of curiosity, as someone who is in their late teens or early 20s, does radio still draw you & interest you? I'm 29 & I started in radio in 1996. Stations were still good then but now I find myself station-hopping & woeful for the lack of interesting programming on both A.M. & F.M.! Here in New England there are mostly college stations in the educational band (we just got religious radio here in that portion ~2006 & it's still weak-signal) that are lackluster but they still try. The commercial F.M.s are mostly bland but there are a few as well as the full-service A.M. stations.

Please tell D.M.C. I say "hi!"

Jay Rogers (class of 2k)

 

[JAWilson]

Hey I will let D.M.C. know that you said hi. I find that radio interest me still and there are stations that I still see out there that are like stations that are the ones that set themselves apart. Let me tell you this Jay when you went to Flagler the Jacksonville radio landscape was totally different then what is today. Cox, Clear Channel and Renda own the majority of the stations in Jacksonville. The one group that is starting to become a strong player in this market is Seven Bridge Radio, LLC which owns 1010XL which by far is the best sports station to have been put together in Jacksonville period. They are live and local for most of the day parts that get ratings and they do it with excellence. Seven Bridges actually not only broadcast in the AM side of the dial at 1010X: but the also simulcast 1010XL at 105.3 FM in Jacksonville and they also have St. Augustine's True Oldies Channel 105.5 down here in St. Augustine..(if you remember when you was down here that 105.5 use to be country then when to the simulcast on New Year's Eve 1999 as Millennium 105.3/105.5 as a Groovin' Oldies station..then it went to Hot AC/Mix, Smooth Jazz, Rhythmic AC before being split apart in August with what I mentioned above). I am not going to let the current market conditions let me down. I let my knowledge of things and my talents do the speaking for me which will hopefully land me that job. Anyways thanks for checking in on us down here in sunny Florida.

B.T.W. WFCF just turn 15 years old today!!! Happy Birthday WFCF!!!

 

[N1WVQ]

Those 3 companies were around when I was there but yeah, things HAVE changed! The big sports station was 600 The Ball. WOKV was a powerhouse during the day & 106.5 was hot talk then a great classic rocker as Big 106.5. Next best classic rocker was Arrow 100.7 followed way behind but inexplicably the most popular was Rock 105 (I always thought Lex & Terry were lame). WFOY was owned by Shull Broadcasting & was talk but a little bit different line up (a few Flaglerites ended up over there from time to time). 105.5 was country as WJQR (my friend Kathy LOVED this station & may even write about it if she sees this). Also with country were WIYD-Palatka, WQIK-FM (where I ended up for a few months in 2001) & Rooster Country 107. In S.A., 1170 & 1420 were trying to compete with WFOY; 1170 a little more so even though they played nostalgia for most of the day. Their offices were in the Ponce de Leon mall. Planet was a lame alt-rocker on 93.3. The Beat was on 92.7 & 102 Jamz was bassy as hell! V101.5 was great to listen to for soul. There was only one WSOS & it was 94.1 first as "WSOS to the rescue" before it was the muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuusic station. I always hated that later slogan. Cool 96.9 was a stale oldies station. The Big Ape was there on 95.1. Rock station the KRO was on 93.1 & the HOG was on 95.7. For A.C. it was Mix 103 or Lite 96.1. Way of Life 92 had just started in 1995 (am I boring you yet?) 97.9 was smooth jazz & 99.9 was based in Daytona as 99.9 Kiss FM. 105.9 was another "Cool" station which that name couldn't be disposed of fast enough! WSVE/1280 was still on air then from Jax doing religion from Bro. Willis sunup-sundown. WJXR was a wacky station. On TV, ABC was on 17. 25 had just come on the air in 1997 & simulcasted on 21/WBSG. 1010 was oldies WIOJ before becoming religion. 970 was an also-ran talker with Spanish on Saturday (used to love hearing the salsa from there!) 930 was WNZS & then WFXJ Fox Sports Radio. 1460 was WZNZ. 1600 was WNCM. 88.1 was WNCM-FM.
Around the station a few of us listened to BIG & The Arrow. Others had on Planet. Later when O-Rock came on we listened to that. I have to say 1999 was my best year there. I think the lineup was strongest then. We had quite a few jocks who were over the initial fear of radio & added some personality into their shows. I was on Friday night 9:30-Midnight (including New Year's Eve 1999-2000 which I recorded & forgot to do the legal ID @ midnight-oops!). Before me was Coz (nee The Cosgrove Kid) who had moved from mornings. After he graduated, Oscar took the Friday 7-9:30P show. We had a metal show with Pete The Baker on Wednesdays fro 9:30-Midnight. We had A.J. on with A.J.'s Cafe. In the fall the sports department picked up bigtime with Ryan Hubler, Dylan Rumrell, Marc Drees (also on-air as Marco Polo), Eric Hogan & Ellen Czajkowski. I was the wire monkey who would run the lines under the rafters @ the gym. Marc would be the board-op & afterwards, we'd all go out to eat @ Outback-everytime! It became close-knit. I'm thankful I've been able to carry that to other stations like WPEP where I was program director @ age 24.
One final thing: when we did an away game in basketball against Embry Riddle, E.R. dressed a guy in an old Domino's Noid costume & on his belly was Flagler College. We hated that but looking back it's funny.

Keep making us ex-WFCFers proud!

 

[WorkingClassHero]

I can't even get the WFCF website on the college's page though! When I click on the WFCF link it comes up as "page not found."

Just out of curiosity, as someone who is in their late teens or early 20s, does radio still draw you & interest you?
Jay Rogers (class of 2k)

You know how it is Jay. The programming isn't supposed to appeal to our tastes, which are way, waaayyyy too sophisticated and getting more so as our experience grows.

Kathy Sherwood (volunteer air staff, class of '96 - '06, aka The Ten Year Program )

 

[N1WVQ]

Yeah, I know! What I want to know is whose tastes are we then appealing to? Music radio's mostly what I call "Tier-1" (music for people who haven't been burned out on the same 5 bands) programming anyway.

Hey Kathy, look me up on Facebook. I don't think I have your e-mail anymore. Or try shooting it via private message here.

Jay