Here we go 98.7 is a 100,000 watt signal that serves a huge chunk of North Carolina and some of South Carolina.
It is a known fact that it will be a 90s based modern rocker, that being said.
Sunrise does not seem to make blunders in my opinion. I am hoping they will have a wide playlist of songs that will utilize 80s alternative as well as some classics from the early 00s IE a Gen X format but in modern rock form.
I only hope they do not play the same 500 songs over and over again; the 90s had so many great artiest and too many timeless tracks to count. If they have a huge playlist ready to go I hope they don't shrink it as most stations debut with 1,000 songs and after a month they are down to 300; I don't understand why stations do this.
98.7 is covering such a huge area that if I ran the station I would have more than one station vehicle and do remotes from Wilmington to Wallace as the old "Lite 98.7" did.
In "The Wilmington Star News" Sunrise says they are going to be family friendly and refuse any adds from adult entertainment; GOOD I love friendly events where t shirts and tickets are handed out with a smile. I'm sorry but the fact that The Bone is always at a strip club every time I turn around is just pure trash.
I am hoping everyone from the PD down to the jocks are live, local and most of all know their community and know what they are doing.
Bottom Line is I hope the new 98.7 is a well oiled machine of a radio station and not another "Lite" or "Will" with a rock twist.
What are your hopes and suggestions?
It is a known fact that it will be a 90s based modern rocker, that being said.
Sunrise does not seem to make blunders in my opinion. I am hoping they will have a wide playlist of songs that will utilize 80s alternative as well as some classics from the early 00s IE a Gen X format but in modern rock form.
I only hope they do not play the same 500 songs over and over again; the 90s had so many great artiest and too many timeless tracks to count. If they have a huge playlist ready to go I hope they don't shrink it as most stations debut with 1,000 songs and after a month they are down to 300; I don't understand why stations do this.
98.7 is covering such a huge area that if I ran the station I would have more than one station vehicle and do remotes from Wilmington to Wallace as the old "Lite 98.7" did.
In "The Wilmington Star News" Sunrise says they are going to be family friendly and refuse any adds from adult entertainment; GOOD I love friendly events where t shirts and tickets are handed out with a smile. I'm sorry but the fact that The Bone is always at a strip club every time I turn around is just pure trash.
I am hoping everyone from the PD down to the jocks are live, local and most of all know their community and know what they are doing.
Bottom Line is I hope the new 98.7 is a well oiled machine of a radio station and not another "Lite" or "Will" with a rock twist.
What are your hopes and suggestions?
My answer is simple. Do not accept adult entertainment ads or go to strip clubs like The Bone. Always have friendly staff on and off the air. Have your remotes at businesses that already have traffic from families IE car dealers or grocery stores. Last and most important whatever you do DON"T play songs where every other word has to be edited or cut out; Coast 97.3 and Z1075 I'm looking at you.