power pig on bigger stick and go after wnci...take em down.
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What station would you bring back?
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alans613 said:Had Power Pig/Hot/Kiss-FM been on a bigger signal, they would've definitely given WNCI a run for their money. If they existed today, WNCI wouldn't be the coasting-down-the-highway, syndicated-loving vehicle they are today.wilson1000 said:
92X was on a nice big signal and always ended up playing second fiddle to WNCI over the years. Although if a second CHR hit this market today i do agree WNCI would have to make some changes, but like it or not they are drawing a good audience for any CHR, They have done what a lot of young targeted stations haven't been able to do, keep them tuning into radio at all.
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ohgary
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WDAO-FM from the early 80's...
WCOL-AM and WXGT-FM....under a NEW owner
Clear Channel has ruined this station with (very few) "Real Oldies" voice trackers,the switching to liberal talk,then to conservative talk and now sports mixed with talk....1230 is STILL at the bottom!
Somebody (if anyone) who may have been with Great Trails should think about buying it and bring it back along with 92-X and "stereo quad" Suzie Waud!
Clear Channel has ruined this station with (very few) "Real Oldies" voice trackers,the switching to liberal talk,then to conservative talk and now sports mixed with talk....1230 is STILL at the bottom!
Somebody (if anyone) who may have been with Great Trails should think about buying it and bring it back along with 92-X and "stereo quad" Suzie Waud!
If I could turn back time, hands down it would be The New 1230 WCOL. With this walk down memory lane, we of course would be bring back WCOL’s 30 to near 50 share rating numbers they enjoyed from the early to mid 1970’s.
I was always amazed at their homegrown and hugely successful promotion campaign, “I KEEP IT ON WCOL”. There were tens of thousands of listener created signs plastered across Central Ohio, hoping to entice a visit from the prize patrol van..
Times were crazy when people would paint garage doors and sides of houses with WCOL’s call letters.
I was always amazed at their homegrown and hugely successful promotion campaign, “I KEEP IT ON WCOL”. There were tens of thousands of listener created signs plastered across Central Ohio, hoping to entice a visit from the prize patrol van..
Times were crazy when people would paint garage doors and sides of houses with WCOL’s call letters.
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del_griffith
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Ok, I'm one of the older guys around here, but here goes. And for most, my type of radio preference is probably passe. But here goes.
For me, the WTVN of the early 70's. Fraim, Logan, Conners, Smith, Potter, Parr and Warman. The Great Blend of Music. Decent news. Friends positioning and marketing statement. Great instruments going into news. Tight radio? Nope. But it was comfortable and reliable.
Another was WRFD. Two times. First in 1973-74, under the direction of Michael O'Malley and with Jeffrey P.Morgan, O'Malley, Chris King, Howard Hewes.
Second under the direction of Bob James in 75-76. Bob James in the morning, Tom Reynolds, Swingin' Dick Scoville.
Both times WRFD provided a fun, fast paced and tight presentation, with great jingles and decent news despite operating with a strong handicap. Too bad it was a daytimer. Too bad it didn't last.
WCOL AM went through a number of periods between 68 and about 75 with a lot of great talent coming and going. And despite being a top 40 station, 24 hour news that was quick, concise and solid.
Sort of miss the old and early WBBY. Jay Wayne, Rick Seiler, Diane Townsley and Jockey Joe Gallagher.
In late 73 and early 74 WNCI was pretty good too. Charlie Pickard, Steve Edwards, Dave Anthony, E Karl. The Reaching Out, Touching You jingle package. E. Karl's For What It's Worth. In these Changing Times. It wasn't flashy, but it was good.
I guess as long as you had solid personalities, great tunes, solid news, you werepretty good in my book
For me, the WTVN of the early 70's. Fraim, Logan, Conners, Smith, Potter, Parr and Warman. The Great Blend of Music. Decent news. Friends positioning and marketing statement. Great instruments going into news. Tight radio? Nope. But it was comfortable and reliable.
Another was WRFD. Two times. First in 1973-74, under the direction of Michael O'Malley and with Jeffrey P.Morgan, O'Malley, Chris King, Howard Hewes.
Second under the direction of Bob James in 75-76. Bob James in the morning, Tom Reynolds, Swingin' Dick Scoville.
Both times WRFD provided a fun, fast paced and tight presentation, with great jingles and decent news despite operating with a strong handicap. Too bad it was a daytimer. Too bad it didn't last.
WCOL AM went through a number of periods between 68 and about 75 with a lot of great talent coming and going. And despite being a top 40 station, 24 hour news that was quick, concise and solid.
Sort of miss the old and early WBBY. Jay Wayne, Rick Seiler, Diane Townsley and Jockey Joe Gallagher.
In late 73 and early 74 WNCI was pretty good too. Charlie Pickard, Steve Edwards, Dave Anthony, E Karl. The Reaching Out, Touching You jingle package. E. Karl's For What It's Worth. In these Changing Times. It wasn't flashy, but it was good.
I guess as long as you had solid personalities, great tunes, solid news, you werepretty good in my book
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tom.reynolds
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About WRFD in 75-76:
Thanks, Del. By the way, a post-high-school Mark Litton was part of that "decent news operation", as well as part-time jock and engineer.
And don't forget "the Great and Powerful Oz", Wes Osborne, during the sunny months.
Tom
Thanks, Del. By the way, a post-high-school Mark Litton was part of that "decent news operation", as well as part-time jock and engineer.
And don't forget "the Great and Powerful Oz", Wes Osborne, during the sunny months.
Tom
I second the vote for mid-seventies WRFD. In fact, several of Del's choices were good ones, although one minor point is that Steve Edwards didn't join NCI until it changed to its tight "WNCI Means More Music" presentation that blew highly-overrated WCOL-AM's stop-down-after-EVERY-song approach out of the water for good... years before TRULY great AM Top 40's had to cede the format to FM.
Anyone remember Westerville's WBBY 103.9 FM when it was a mainstream-jazz station? Now that was class.
Not convinced the commercial radio industry can pull that off again in a market like Columbus. Obviously, they don't even want to try anymore.
Imagine if someone really tried to make a straightahead jazz format, with a little spice here and there in the music mix, work commercially. Naysayers who can't even imagine a jazz station attracting an audience and advertisers are just another example of the lazy thinking that seems to dominate the industry today, in my studied opinion. If there isn't room for anything more than three or four commercial radio formats, then why do you need to keep all of those frequencies from everybody else who might be able to make a go of it? Just to prove no one else can make a living running a radio station that dares to try something for people with an educated taste?
That, and a personality-based "full service" format (guess the music would mostly be considered "oldies' now) would be a refreshing option to the loud hype-no substance that dominates American radio today. Might get some people back to listening to the radio and turn off the TV, if there was something that appealed to them, like a laidback music format to accompany the evening's activities.
Not convinced the commercial radio industry can pull that off again in a market like Columbus. Obviously, they don't even want to try anymore.
Imagine if someone really tried to make a straightahead jazz format, with a little spice here and there in the music mix, work commercially. Naysayers who can't even imagine a jazz station attracting an audience and advertisers are just another example of the lazy thinking that seems to dominate the industry today, in my studied opinion. If there isn't room for anything more than three or four commercial radio formats, then why do you need to keep all of those frequencies from everybody else who might be able to make a go of it? Just to prove no one else can make a living running a radio station that dares to try something for people with an educated taste?
That, and a personality-based "full service" format (guess the music would mostly be considered "oldies' now) would be a refreshing option to the loud hype-no substance that dominates American radio today. Might get some people back to listening to the radio and turn off the TV, if there was something that appealed to them, like a laidback music format to accompany the evening's activities.
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ohgary
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Goldilocks94941 said:
You just need another crazy guy with money like Wild Bill to do it.
ohgary said:
Wasn't the fact that his son changed the format to Jazz without is approval part of what caused Wild Bill to take the tower hostage and subsequently get banned from the property? For one thing he missed doing his disco show and live-event "dancing" at high school football games.
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del_griffith
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There are so many pieces to the Wild Bill puzzle.
You know..the 72-77 era was pretty good for Columbus Radio. Don't forget about WBNS-AM. Jack and Dick were hot on Conners tail for a little while. Who was the BNS midday guy?...( ) Wilson? BNS and TVN had a nice little battle going on there. But all the stations had decent market presence, personality and sounded fun to work for. It's what made me get into the business. Thanks for that!
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Jake Sommers
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92X with JD Stewart afternoons...Then the ROCK 40 92X( with JD Stewart afternoons)
Star 107.9 with Jake Sommers Nights
Star 107.9 with Jake Sommers Afternoons
Star 107.9 with Jake Sommers Mornings ;D
Tee hee hee. Miss you guys...
Jake
Star 107.9 with Jake Sommers Nights
Star 107.9 with Jake Sommers Afternoons
Star 107.9 with Jake Sommers Mornings ;D
Tee hee hee. Miss you guys...
Jake
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del_griffith
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Nightpattern said:
Scott Kahler was mid-days in the early part of that era through about 76. Then for a short period of time, WBNS was in turmoil as to who was where.
I believe Dan Wilson came along a bit later?
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