Pulse won't work except in the city. This signal doesn't cover the cities. Of course, Pulse doesn't have good coverage of Raleigh anyway.carolinaradio said:
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I agree. That's where they need it. Where are most of the people who are speaking Spanish? Working on farms. Where are the farms? Southeast of Raleigh.bsmith8259 said:La Ley 101.1 FM's signal doesn't reach the eastern portion of the Raleigh-Durham market.
I agree. And it's 104.3.EncSpy said:I have mixed feelings, I think it can do well if programmed right. 104.1's signal tapers off on the western side of raleigh but they do have 107.1, the 96.9 signal will need help in durham. Radio 1 does great at Urban AC's and Gospel but not urban, it may be tougher to beat them and UAC listeners are very loyal to their brand, but I dont think its about beating here, they just want to do enough to divide listeners off foxy.
I still think they should have went after WQOK.
On a related subject, does Kiss 102 or whatever it's called these days lean more adult or more hip-hop? That's important in determining what is really needed.
I don't remember all-70s. I do remember alternative. I'm referring to what Bob Langford said in the News & Observer because I hadn't actually heard it.RadioDaze said:After its run as WYLT "Lite 96.1", in 1992, the station went all-1970s as "Y96", but the station transitioned to an alternative (I think more adult album alternative...with the same Y-96 handle and WYLT calls) by late 1993 before going country
On a related note, I accidentally ended up on WUNC for "Car Talk" and "A Prairie Home Companion" this past Sunday. I don't know if this means anything but I had trouble with WFAE in the grocery store parking lot.
isn't Car-Talk-Click-N-Clack retired and all-repeat?
at least, that's what Wikipedia says.
at least, that's what Wikipedia says.
There is a topic for that.turkeydance said:isn't Car-Talk-Click-N-Clack retired and all-repeat?
at least, that's what Wikipedia says.
you started it.
na-na-boo-boo.
lol.
na-na-boo-boo.
lol.
vchimpanzee said:]I agree. And it's 104.3.
On a related subject, does Kiss 102 or whatever it's called these days lean more adult or more hip-hop? That's important in determining what is really needed.
I think on the books they are still UAC but they are heavily dayparted, usually leaning younger at night. they were booming into burlington this past thursday night.
Radio 1 urbans are a bit "sleepy" with the hip-hop format (unless its hot 107.9 in atlanta)...being on the newest music is life or death, I have seen them 6 months to a year behind adding records that other stations were on much sooner, WQOK getting a new PD helped them but they seem to have fallen back into their old ways and their clock is very predicable. if richmond was any indication WCDX 92.1 was dethroned in one arbitron book by clear channels WBTJ 106.5, they have never recovered.
Either way, they NEED durham, simulcasting 96.9 on 102.5 would give them that.
Liners, well produced ones that segway into the records utilizing intros would go long ways will cut down how "annoying" they are and let ppl know what they are listening to.
Prince's Erotic city on kiss 93.9 has the F word all over it...been that way for years
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All of Radio One's stations are tired, not just the Urban Mainstreams.
I thought 101.9 was a Mainstream station, just with Tom Joyner in the morning? Has something changed?
Imaging after every song is excessive and unnecessary. There shouldn't be more than 2 liners in a 25 minute music sweep. I would prefer the jock to just identify the station, and just forget the imaging period. Excessive, repetitive imaging gets tired and stale quick.
I thought 101.9 was a Mainstream station, just with Tom Joyner in the morning? Has something changed?
Imaging after every song is excessive and unnecessary. There shouldn't be more than 2 liners in a 25 minute music sweep. I would prefer the jock to just identify the station, and just forget the imaging period. Excessive, repetitive imaging gets tired and stale quick.
Da Mac QC said:All of Radio One's stations are tired, not just the Urban Mainstreams.
I thought 101.9 was a Mainstream station, just with Tom Joyner in the morning? Has something changed?
Imaging after every song is excessive and unnecessary. There shouldn't be more than 2 liners in a 25 minute music sweep. I would prefer the jock to just identify the station, and just forget the imaging period. Excessive, repetitive imaging gets tired and stale quick.
I disagree, 2 liners per 25 min, thats a jukebox, and in this day of consolidation having a live jock esp during the overnight hours is almost unheard of, I still say well produced liners/jingles that mix into the intros of records work best, they dont take away they add to the overall image and most importantly identity of the station and segueway between records sporadically, a lot of top 40's use records with the liners embedded into the intro's of the record
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Da Mac QC
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Imaging gets repetitive, annoying and stale. It is effective when kept fresh and to a minimum. Personalities add a personal, informative, entertaining, local element to a station you can't get from your ipod. It is a strength of radio, and much more effective than some deep voiced guy telling you what you're listening to, or to 'like us on facebook'. People want a jukebox with some local content sprinkled in. They don't have to listen to liners on their ipod.
turkeydance said:you started it.vchimpanzee said:There is a topic for that.turkeydance said:isn't Car-Talk-Click-N-Clack retired and all-repeat?
at least, that's what Wikipedia says.
na-na-boo-boo.
lol.
I was going to put a link to that topic here. I just couldn't remember what topic it was when I found it.
http://radiodiscussions.com/smf/index.php?topic=213724.30
You can read all the speculation.
Thank YOU VChimp.
New OLD stock.
that will work
for NPR.
New OLD stock.
that will work
for NPR.
stafferman said:allenv said:I agree Rick..If done correctly(that's another topic) Raleigh and the triangle would support a classic country..Maybe one day..
If there was a day to do it....it has passed. And it's long gone in the rear view mirror.
Conway Twitty and Okie from Muskogee doesn't exactly sceam ratings/revenue.....
Guys, I don't mean to be rude, but it's ideas like that which are driving the radio business down.
It's like the guy that used to scream about Good Times Oldies....just doesn't make a whole lot of sense. And you're marketing towards an older audience that isn't spending a lot of money.
Sorry....but it's the turth.
That doesnt make ANY sense. The baby boomers are the ones with the spending money.
Somebody tell me Im wrong
Stuart Greenberg said:Didn't 104.3 start out as "Classy 104"? (Bob Inskeep, aka "FBI" as the morning host) which played Adult Contemporary Music?
Also, I believe 100.7 (now "The River") also started as an Adult Contemporary station, also to a lesser degree 96.1 was WYLT "Light 96"). I never understood why these stations did not make it against 101.5.
104.3 was a country station in Tarboro until the late 80s
RBRadioWaves said:Stuart Greenberg said:Also, I believe 100.7 (now "The River") also started as an Adult Contemporary station, also to a lesser degree 96.1 was WYLT "Light 96"). I never understood why these stations did not make it against 101.5.
100.7 actually started out as an AAA station when it launched in 2004. In late September 2006, the station shifted to a Rock-AC format as a transition for 106.1 RDU's demise. Then, the second RDU flipped (as "Freebird" ended), 100.7 relaunched as a Classic Hits station.
Most of the AC stations did not make it against 101.5 because 101.5 has brand recognition. The closest thing Raleigh has right now to an AC competitor is "Radio 96.1" (I call it Rock AC). Sunny 93.9 held it's own for 10 years, though.
100.7 was FANTASTIC when it was a AAA station. I was sad as hell when it changed formats.
You would think a progressive city like Raleigh now could have supported it easily.
wncmacs said:100.7 started out as an oldies station in the late 1980s before the change to The River.
Man, you guys are all wrong.
100.7 started out as WFMA in Rocky Mount as a country station.
LOL at this 32 year old schooling you in radio history.
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