What is wrong with "Classic Rock 102.9 MGK" (WMGK 102.9 FM) In your opinion

[eatspaste]

Re: What is wrong with "Classic Rock 102.9 MGK" (WMGK 102.9 FM) In your opinion

I also invite the MGK management and the DJ's to also talk about this if they want to.

Yes, indeed, if WMGK management could come on a little message board like this and list everything wrong with their radio station, that'd be great. After that, if the air staff could come on here and post everything they think is wrong with the station, too, that'd be super. I'm sure that would be an extremely wise business and personnel decision. Why have consultants and a board room when you have Julius inviting you to air everything out here!

I'll e-mail this to WMGK because they're not able to come here themselves. Glad to see you're providing entertainment (in more ways than one) to people who work at One Bala!

 

[odomski]

Re: What is wrong with "Classic Rock 102.9 MGK" (WMGK 102.9 FM) In your opinion

Julius: Instead of asking the same questions over and over (since the concerns you brought up originally have already been addressed), perhaps you could provide your own insight on the playlist and so forth on WMGK. Is there anything about the station that you like? Dislike? What are YOUR thoughts?

As for me, I don't have any problems with the station. The playlist seems fine to me. However, I don't understand how they can be called Classic Rock...when I barely hear any Classic Rock tunes on the station. That has baffled me for quite a while now. Perhaps Julius or someone else can address that (if it hasn't been addressed already...maybe I just missed that part).

 

[Jul]

Re: What is wrong with "Classic Rock 102.9 MGK" (WMGK 102.9 FM) In your opinion

Julius: Instead of asking the same questions over and over (since the concerns you brought up originally have already been addressed), perhaps you could provide your own insight on the playlist and so forth on WMGK. Is there anything about the station that you like? Dislike? What are YOUR thoughts?

As for me, I don't have any problems with the station. The playlist seems fine to me. However, I don't understand how they can be called Classic Rock...when I barely hear any Classic Rock tunes on the station. That has baffled me for quite a while now. Perhaps Julius or someone else can address that (if it hasn't been addressed already...maybe I just missed that part).

I don't know the business enough to give my thoughts on this. I just started this thread because I didn't see any good things about WMGK's format on the boards.

 

[odomski]

Re: What is wrong with "Classic Rock 102.9 MGK" (WMGK 102.9 FM) In your opinion

Julius: where did you see these supposed negative comments towards WMGK on the boards recently? I haven't seen any here as of late. Perhaps you could shed some light on your claims. If these comments were on the Brand X Board, I didn't see them...because I rarely visit that cess pool message board. Or is this just another reason for you to not have an opinion on anything...since you now claim you don't know enough about the business to give an opinion?

My response to your post above: :

 

[Jul]

Re: What is wrong with "Classic Rock 102.9 MGK" (WMGK 102.9 FM) In your opinion

Julius: where did you see these supposed negative comments towards WMGK on the boards recently? I haven't seen any here as of late. Perhaps you could shed some light on your claims. If these comments were on the Brand X Board, I didn't see them...because I rarely visit that cess pool message board. Or is this just another reason for you to not have an opinion on anything...since you now claim you don't know enough about the business to give an opinion?

My response to your post above: :

Don't know but I have seen people say that they don't like the format on MGK because of their playlist but maybe I was wrong in bringing this topic up if I don't have the info to back it up.

 

[amfmsw]

Re: What is wrong with "Classic Rock 102.9 MGK" (WMGK 102.9 FM) In your opinion

Sorry Guys, but...

Julius is probably right here. Rest assured, the stations, big and small, DO read these boards. Maybe not the group GM, but jocks and pd's and md's and production, imaging, engineering, sales...the people who execute the company's goals, DO. Who knows what next great idea will fly outta nowhere.

The press reads too. Hell, just look at what happens when someone posts or misquotes from an article from the Inky! The writer himself posts and corrects.

The sparks flying from your grimy, rusty, dull axe as you grind away against Julius is, as a spectator here, seem to be clouding your writings. Lighten up.

 

[odomski]

Re: What is wrong with "Classic Rock 102.9 MGK" (WMGK 102.9 FM) In your opinion

I don't need to lighten up. I simply asked Mr. May where he saw people posting negative comments towards WMGK...because I don't recall seeing any...on this forum or the Brand X Board. He was unable to backup his claims with facts...as usual.

I don't doubt that any station's management reads this board. They would be stupid if they didn't read this forum!

I'm not grinding my axe against Julius. I never stated that he was wrong in starting this thread. I simply asked him to back up his outlandish claims...and he was unable to do that. That's not my fault. The responses that this thread got were very informative. However, the original author should have simply accepted what was said...instead of asking the same questions again...just because he didn't like the answers people gave him. Too damn bad. Get over it.

 

[Jul]

Re: What is wrong with "Classic Rock 102.9 MGK" (WMGK 102.9 FM) In your opinion

Guys, do you think that MGK being co-owned with 93.3 WMMR is hampering the play list and the classic rock format on MGK in some way?

 

[eatspaste]

Re: What is wrong with "Classic Rock 102.9 MGK" (WMGK 102.9 FM) In your opinion

Guys, do you think that MGK being co-owned with 93.3 WMMR is hampering the play list and the classic rock format on MGK in some way?

Julius, if you go to page 5 of this board, you'll see that we talked about this exact topic a couple months ago.

 

[odomski]

Re: What is wrong with "Classic Rock 102.9 MGK" (WMGK 102.9 FM) In your opinion

Thank you Mr. Paste.

 

[eyg2181]

Re: What is wrong with "Classic Rock 102.9 MGK" (WMGK 102.9 FM) In your opinion

yes, they bastardize MGK to protect MMR, but there is no need to do that being that MMR always was philadelphias best radio station. 97.5 was up there to but now the only one worth anything is 93.3...they should definitly improve MGK and stop bastardizing it to protect MMR because MMR doesnt need protection, nothing can kill MMR or stop it from being the best.

 

[rdcuffpa1]

Re: What is wrong with "Classic Rock 102.9 MGK" (WMGK 102.9 FM) In your opinion

nothing can kill MMR or stop it from being the best.

A transmitter fire might slow it down, though... ;-)

I'm of the age when WMMR was last relevant in 1979 or so...

Richard in Allentown

 

[eyg2181]

Re: What is wrong with "Classic Rock 102.9 MGK" (WMGK 102.9 FM) In your opinion

LOL

yea, how do transmitter fires happen though?

 

[radiofree]

Re: What is wrong with "Classic Rock 102.9 MGK" (WMGK 102.9 FM) In your opinion

What is wrong with "Classic Rock 102.9 MGK"

Cruz

 

[wesdev224]

Re: What is wrong with "Classic Rock 102.9 MGK" (WMGK 102.9 FM) In your opinion

What is wrong with "Classic Rock 102.9 MGK"

Cruz


Your station is boring and lifeless. But, don't look for answers here. You'll get more confusing quarterbacking than Carter has little pills. You have a staff of legendary Philly jocks on your roster. They have all spent a good chunk of their professional lives in Philly. They, more than anyone, know what Philly likes. Tearson alone is the pot of gold at the end of your rainbow. Tap their talent first, then ask the listeners. Your station, as have most classic rock stations, has destroyed the music of my youth by grinding it into the ground. You bore me to death. I am happy to turn $12.95 over to XM to get my Deep Tracks fix. You don't need to duplicate what they are doing, but you have to freshen up your playlist. A good start would be moving Saturday Morning Sixties to a time when most of your listerers are awake. Spare us the theme weekends where you play the same tired tracks that you played into the ground during the week. Stop thinking like a robot and use some imagination. Make WMGK a true Philly station, and throw the corporate programming book out the window. It will get you nothing. Your only saving grace, is that you are the only game in town for classic rock. Don't rest on that laurel. Good luck!

 

[vibe]

Re: What is wrong with "Classic Rock 102.9 MGK" (WMGK 102.9 FM) In your opinion

I'm based in New England but I always set my preset to 102.9 and tune in while driving in NJ and DE; it is one of the better classic rock stations; much better than Boston's WZLX. But I have heard some of the very tired old hits that seem to pervade every classic rock station like some form of virus.

 

[rdcuffpa1]

Re: What is wrong with "Classic Rock 102.9 MGK" (WMGK 102.9 FM) In your opinion

I'm based in New England but I always set my preset to 102.9 and tune in while driving in NJ and DE; it is one of the better classic rock stations; much better than Boston's WZLX. But I have heard some of the very tired old hits that seem to pervade every classic rock station like some form of virus.

In my own case, my tolerance for "deep cuts" depends widely on the artist involved. I find that I rarely find one I like on the Sirius analog, "The vault". If I am reasonably representative, that suggests to me that Classic Rock becomes dicey if it strays too far from the top (400, 500, whatever...) playlist.

If stations want to program "deep cuts" or "classic album hours", do so in the evening or overnight, and let me know about those programs on your website in case I am not listening that much during the day. That way I can set up Replay Radio or a cassette recorder (!) on a timer and listen when I want and maybe hear an advertisement or two.

On second thought, don't bother. I know what I like and what I don't like, and I can program my iPod or CD/MP3 player with my own 8-hour mix of deep cuts, and I can press the "pause" button to tune for traffic on KYW on the 2's, or at the end of the stop sets on the music stations.

Richard in Allentown

 

[Bill_W]

Re: What is wrong with "Classic Rock 102.9 MGK" (WMGK 102.9 FM) In your opinion

nothing can kill MMR or stop it from being the best.

A transmitter fire might slow it down, though... ;-)

I'm of the age when WMMR was last relevant in 1979 or so...

Richard in Allentown

Tramsmitter fire? If there is a fire on the top of One Liberty Place, they transmit from the top of the PSFS Bldg and I'm pretty sure WMMR.com stays working on the fancy thinking boxes.

 

[gunsmoke]

Re: What is wrong with "Classic Rock 102.9 MGK" (WMGK 102.9 FM) In your opinion

Personally, they get out much further using that 25kw flamethrower on the PSFS, they only moved because Liberty blocked their signal going west. On a few occasions, they used the PSFS site and they were much stronger, even with Liberty in the way. I don't know how old posters are here, but if anyone remembers in the early 70's Metromedia was going to flip MMR to MOR due to ratings around 1.5. Thousands of listeners turned out on the square and there was a big protest, thus the idea was squashed. This story was covered in Philadelphia Magazine, with pictures and a large writeup, I remember looking at it, this was around 1973-74, if my memory serves me correct. So at one time MMR was going away...If anyone has that article or remembers it please share...

 

[dlewin]

Re: What is wrong with "Classic Rock 102.9 MGK" (WMGK 102.9 FM) In your opinion

it's very boring and dry!!.. and feels like they only play the same 20 songs or so over and over!!!!! they really need to come up with a new play list!!!!