WGUN 1010-In Transtion

[amlover]

WGUN is in transtion and sounding so much better. Gone the old imaging and gun blast. The station will still have paid shows along with standards music, 60's and 70's tunes. WGUN is back to daytime operation now, sunrise to sunset. A great daytime signal with a much better sound.

 

[jabba17]

I assume they are still running their 45kW critical hours construction permit.

 

[amlover]

45,000 at sign on. 50,000 2 hours later. Same before sign off, 45,000 2 hours before sunset.

 

[cd637299]

I don't live there....what programming were they running at night, how much power, and how was reception?

cd

 

[radioslick]

Are they paying the EMPLOYEES yet? Big changes had taken place now that Georgia is out....

 

[jabba17]

I don't live there....what programming were they running at night, how much power, and how was reception?

cd

Still only 78W at night, on someone else's clear channel. No idea what the run at night--I have heard that they let broadcasting schools use their night shift for practice/classes/homework/airchecks.

 

[taylorengineer]

I don't live there....what programming were they running at night, how much power, and how was reception?

cd

The 78 watt signal at night was not bad.....Atlanta AM propagation being about zilch must be taken into account. Covered about 5-6 miles from transmitter site with no interference. That would be most of Decatur, the east side of Atlanta, and most of southern Dekalb county.
The format was gospel(at least last time I listened) which is the natural format for the area it covered at night. Problem was(is):
1)that practically no one listens for music on AM anymore
2) no money was spent to advertise the programming
3)the programming was not very good to start with
If money were no object(and it always is unless you're Joe Webber)you could move the night site into Atlanta and maybe do a niche format of some sort. I'm not sure if any of the pea whistle AM stations are making any money at night.......
I was happy to hear the Red Skelton show, as usual,this morning. It's become a Sunday morning habit! AM Lover sounds good.....as always!

 

[RoddyFreeman]

AM Lover said they're not staying on at night.

 

[CompleteGame]

Still only 78W at night, on someone else's clear channel. No idea what the run at night--I have heard that they let broadcasting schools use their night shift for practice/classes/homework/airchecks.

In the past but not recently...I hope they put a little dough into engineering the console. Last time we were there, all four studio mikes ran through the same pot - kind of hard to mix the big bellower with the meek guy.

 

[jabba17]

WGUN is in transtion and sounding so much better. Gone the old imaging and gun blast. The station will still have paid shows along with standards music, 60's and 70's tunes. WGUN is back to daytime operation now, sunrise to sunset. A great daytime signal with a much better sound.

I should have mentioned this in my first response--during the day (and CH), WGUN IS sounding really good. Really good for AM. Nice, clean, interference-free signal (for AM). Almost as good as WYAY (that's a hint, Citadel). The oldies format is nice.

 

[mr. positive]

yes i'm listening right now - it sounds like they're playing an old episode of 'cbs radio mystery theatre'. wow, this is taking me back to when i was like 7 years old, going to sleep, sneaking on a scary episode without my folks knowing.

 

[BarryATL]

WRNG (now WCNN) used to play CBS Radio Mystery Theater during the summer months an hour before sign off. I loved it. In those days WRNG was 25,000 non-directional sunrise to sunset with no night or pre-sunrise authority.

 

[mr. positive]

yep, loved those old shows. actually, the one i just heard on the GUN was an NBC show, sounds kind of like a rip-off of CBS radio mystery theatre. they didn't have the scary intros and outros, tho, and of course they weren't narrated by the legendary EG marshall

 

[taylorengineer]

The 30's and 40's were radio's heyday. George Burns, Gracie Allen, Bob Hope, Red Skelton, Abbott & Costello, Bing Crosby, Sinatra.......I could go on and on.....this was real, honest to gawd talent! The shows are just as funny and fresh today as they were back then.
Y'all are tired of hearing me say this (I know!) but radio today is just painfully boring. Music is mostly same ol' same ol'........ Rock....Urban....Country.....Alternative.....different flavors but all high calorie and little nourishment. Vacuous personalities whose main topics of interest/conversation are what happened on network television last night.
Does our media only mirror society or does society simply mirror the media? Are we, as a society, capable of, and wanting of better radio or does radio deliver exactly what we want?
Radio like "the old days" would be incredibly expensive.....but wouldn't it be great!!

 

[secondchoice]

Does our media only mirror society or does society simply mirror the media?

This could be subject all to itself. The first generation MTV viewers are now parents. God help us all if anybody who watchs MTV now has children. Now I know how my parents felt about Rock & Roll!

 

[jabba17]

Does our media only mirror society or does society simply mirror the media?

This could be subject all to itself. The first generation MTV viewers are now parents. God help us all if anybody who watchs MTV now has children. Now I know how my parents felt about Rock & Roll!

Except MTV no longer lives up to its name. One of these days they will completely drop the "Music Television" name, a la American Telephone and Telegraph.

 

[amlover]

Does our media only mirror society or does society simply mirror the media?

This could be subject all to itself. The first generation MTV viewers are now parents. God help us all if anybody who watchs MTV now has children. Now I know how my parents felt about Rock & Roll!

I totally AGREE Tom!

 

[LoungeLizard2]

I watched the launch of MTV in the early 80's - I used to be hooked on HBO's Video JukeBox before that, or the late night videos that showed on TBS. I remember the sign on, the moon men, Buggles' video....I also remember the switch when MTV started hosting "Yo! MTV Raps!" That was the beginning of the downfall of MTV as a music intensive service. Ah well - things change, don't they?

My children watched MTV, and I started watching VH1. Now VH1 is just like MTV - very little music, some movies, mostly talk shows or reality programming for the emotionally and intellectually retarded. I took MTV off the cable box (remember those, kiddies?) in the mid-late 90's and my kids howled. Now, they have children and they won't play MTV or VH1 in their homes around their kids.

I like what WGUN is doing, I love the older formats (I am way to young for the average demo), but it offers something that isn't offensive to a grandparent, great grandparent or my younger family. Radio theatre is a lost art that we need to celebrate, revive and support.

@secondchoice - AT&T is still American Telephone and Telegraph, they just use the moniker AT&T 'cause its an easy to remember and long lived brand name. MTV will always be MTV, even though they don't play long stretches of music videos - they are a brand, burned into the world's subconscious now.

My lawn, yes - you can get off it now.

 

[secondchoice]

@secondchoice - AT&T is still American Telephone and Telegraph, they just use the moniker AT&T 'cause its an easy to remember and long lived brand name. MTV will always be MTV, even though they don't play long stretches of music videos - they are a brand, burned into the world's subconscious now.

My lawn, yes - you can get off it now.

I have stake in both the AT&T and Lucent (now a French Corp.) retirement plans. Your argument is with Jabba 17. I am ashamed to admit I use to own Viacom stock.