With WWFT's demise happening this morning where will Sean Hannity air now. Will he end up back on WXNT or be left without a home in indianapolis. i really dont see them going to 95.9
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Where will Hannity go now
- Thread starter MikeStandardsFromIndiana
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Well I guess ill answer it myself According to Freedom 95.9's website it says they have Hannity. Freedom picks up 93.9's Show's along with Mark Levin from 1070. shocks me that hannity would go to a rimshot station that doesnt even cover all of indianapolis at all
The lineup from WWFT goes to 95.9 pretty much intact. Dave Ramsey, in fact, started today, which sounded a little odd, considering they were still airing ABC Gold the rest of the day. Freedom Talk 95.9 goes full time Monday [11/19].
Mancow will be simulcasted on 950 AM. XL 950 Sports Talk will air Dan Patrick following Mancow [from the Content Factory], then Sporting News shows till the live PM DR, and SNR continues evenings [unless they have play by play of something]. This doesn't start until January, when the ESPN shift to Emmis occurs.
So, are there any gamblers out there? What are the odds on format for WWFT?
I say The Song is 50-50 at best; a) I don't know if Cumulus Corp is sold on CC format, and b) I don't know if Chris Wheat has it in him.
Rumors in the Fall Creek hallway that Wheat will take it Alternative Rock directly against WRZX have some folks worried; I say 25-75 at best. This format has less and less traction with the "millineum generation" it's supposed to draw its ratings from; its becoming irrelevant with all new media.
Jazz? Nah, I say 10% change. It just doesn't fit the station portfolio to compliment the other stations, and max revenues.
How about Oldies? Just because a rim shot signal couldn't do better than a 1.0 doesn't mean the format's bad. Remember Gold 104.5 was a 5.0+ share before Susq-locals went to The Bear. Those who complain about the format demos being too old to sell are just bad sales people. An "updated" oldies [starting just a little earlier than KLU] with Beatles era and back not too far would fit right in behind Jack, and be same demos as country. I say this is the odds on favorite, better than 50%. Besides, the shift of all the talk syndication from Cumulus to Pilgrim - Raven seems alittle too seemless; there had to be some chats between local management, so maybe the agreement also includes ABC Gold for Cumulus in return for the other contracts. Cumulus loves to save money using syndication whereever possible, so they go Gold Good Guys live again in AM DR, and maybe even MIDDAY and PM DR, then use syndication the rest of the evening/overnights/weekends.
Any takers in the argument, just for fun???
Mancow will be simulcasted on 950 AM. XL 950 Sports Talk will air Dan Patrick following Mancow [from the Content Factory], then Sporting News shows till the live PM DR, and SNR continues evenings [unless they have play by play of something]. This doesn't start until January, when the ESPN shift to Emmis occurs.
So, are there any gamblers out there? What are the odds on format for WWFT?
I say The Song is 50-50 at best; a) I don't know if Cumulus Corp is sold on CC format, and b) I don't know if Chris Wheat has it in him.
Rumors in the Fall Creek hallway that Wheat will take it Alternative Rock directly against WRZX have some folks worried; I say 25-75 at best. This format has less and less traction with the "millineum generation" it's supposed to draw its ratings from; its becoming irrelevant with all new media.
Jazz? Nah, I say 10% change. It just doesn't fit the station portfolio to compliment the other stations, and max revenues.
How about Oldies? Just because a rim shot signal couldn't do better than a 1.0 doesn't mean the format's bad. Remember Gold 104.5 was a 5.0+ share before Susq-locals went to The Bear. Those who complain about the format demos being too old to sell are just bad sales people. An "updated" oldies [starting just a little earlier than KLU] with Beatles era and back not too far would fit right in behind Jack, and be same demos as country. I say this is the odds on favorite, better than 50%. Besides, the shift of all the talk syndication from Cumulus to Pilgrim - Raven seems alittle too seemless; there had to be some chats between local management, so maybe the agreement also includes ABC Gold for Cumulus in return for the other contracts. Cumulus loves to save money using syndication whereever possible, so they go Gold Good Guys live again in AM DR, and maybe even MIDDAY and PM DR, then use syndication the rest of the evening/overnights/weekends.
Any takers in the argument, just for fun???
the Bear preceded Gold 104.5 when the Bear moved from 104.5 to 93.9. and if 93.9 would go oldies i see them going local more than satellite oldies. well it didnt shock me with the SNR to 950 when they lose ESPN to 1070. I say either the song returns or Wheat goes for X103 or CHR since you have Adult CHR WZPL and a now weaker Radio Now on 100.9. Jazz and Oldies will probly be last resort formats
I could also see broom-closet voice-tracked oldies. But my gut says the format wheel for 93.9 is going to land on Retro.
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PTBoardOp94 said:
Don't trust your gut.
the Only Way Retro would return if its an all 90's version of Retro. they dont want to do an all 80's version as it would somewhat impede on the classic hits of 104.5 Jack FM. Unless the 2007 great format switch also involves a tweaking of JackPTBoardOp94 said:
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RDO said:
104.5 flips back to WAJC with classical, jazz and a progressive rock show every night at 10pm. Not.
This is Chris Wheat's chance to put his mark on north Shadeland. He's not going to do that with a replay of one of Charlie Morgan's past hits.
I would imagine 93.9 will end up as a format not currently available on Indy airwaves.
My best bet would be something similar to the Light Jazz format on 100.9 but
not necessarily identified as JAZZ...something more akin to the old WXTZ....you, know,
the elevator music...but with an updated music library....stuff like Enya,
George Winston, Loreena McKennitt, etc.
Not sure what ratings 100.9 was getting, possibly not much and thus they dropped
it like a hot potato, but I have talked to many folks since the change over and they
are saddened that format is gone now.
Just my thoughts, I could be wrong.
My best bet would be something similar to the Light Jazz format on 100.9 but
not necessarily identified as JAZZ...something more akin to the old WXTZ....you, know,
the elevator music...but with an updated music library....stuff like Enya,
George Winston, Loreena McKennitt, etc.
Not sure what ratings 100.9 was getting, possibly not much and thus they dropped
it like a hot potato, but I have talked to many folks since the change over and they
are saddened that format is gone now.
Just my thoughts, I could be wrong.
Actually, 100.9 was enjoying a growth spurt of sorts in numbers; last book had them about 3.0+ P12+. The money was starting to come too. However, they couldn't overlook the revenue they might generate with an HHH-Radio Now combo to sell [that is if R-Now can duplicate the ratings it had on the 93.1 frequency]. Jazz sellers could still sell higher end audience with TLC-FM, and the combo sell could be more lucrative.
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