Who Has The Wuuuurst Radio?

[freqdev]

I constantly cringe E-V-E-R-Y time Ryan Seacrest manages to flub Flo Rida. He apparently thinks he's "Flo Rider."

Wow, it's bad enough when some mid-sized city DJ messes a group's name up, but for a nationally syndicated host to do it is beyond belief.

by this board's standards he is a crappy dj

 

[Scooter Lesley]

Well,...as I can read, y'all have...had at it! ...and to think this whole thread was started because I had a taste for Oyster Stew.
The truth is...Awww-ful Radio...plagues the GSP market. All of the good Air Talent seems to live within the two Countrys, that oddly enough, always tops the Arb; unless you believe that weighted Urban mess. If I had to name drop, to me, ROQ's Mark Hendrix is a Top Shelf Air Talent. I know very little about the man, yet his on-air delivery is very impressive. The Stoneman ain't bad, but he seems to have grown a little complacent. I have trained way too many announcers to count, but I never placed one in a prime airshift, until they were Ready;...Ready by my standards! Truthfully, there is potential in some that I've heard: Stacey Bartro, Action Jackson,...and maybe even Larry Wilson. Presently, none of the three are worthy of anchoring any prime shift. There are there because they will work cheap. If someone spent some aircheck time with each, and coached them for say...six months, things would sound better. Stacey Bartro could be one of the best females...ever in this market, but she does not know or realize the flaws in her on-air delivery: Too Hyper, too Churpy, doen't sound prepared, and has no gasp on here recognition & comfirmation through her headphones. No one has ever shown her...Correct! Announcers such as MY 102's Zach Morgan are prime examples of...Air Talentless! He might qualify as a bone washer at a small museum, but co-hosting Morning Drive on a major FM, is past the point of practicality. I assure you none of these people are making decent money. Hands down, the chicken coop of Air Talent Staff poop is THE PLANET. All of them...Awww-ful!
Just Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww-ful!

 

[carolinaradio]

Isn't Magic 98.9's new legal ID incorrect?

It is currently being stated as "WSPA-FM, Greenville, Spartanburg." I thought COL was supposed to go immediately after the calls.

It's obviously not just air staff...

 

[ATOMO]

A correct legal ID for WSPA-FM (Unless there's been a change since the late 90's) would be WSPA-FM/WSPA-FM-HD1, Spartanburg, Greenville (And then whatever they wanna say). The Asheville 97.7 translator has a digital ID on it so it doesn't have to be ID'd. Spartan (original owner) filed for a dual city license legal ID and the actual paper work says WSPA-FM Spartanburg, Greenville.

 

[Scooter Lesley]

OK,...let me roll...still,...yet again, with a keen grasp of the obvious:
MAGIC 98.9 WSPA-FM is one of Theee Wuuuurst stations in the GSP market. They do absolutely everything wrong. So, why in the Flyin' Fudgecake would anyone think that they had the ID...wrapped in accuracy?

 

[carolinaradio]

A correct legal ID for WSPA-FM (Unless there's been a change since the late 90's) would be WSPA-FM/WSPA-FM-HD1, Spartanburg, Greenville (And then whatever they wanna say). The Asheville 97.7 translator has a digital ID on it so it doesn't have to be ID'd. Spartan (original owner) filed for a dual city license legal ID and the actual paper work says WSPA-FM Spartanburg, Greenville.

Oh, yeah, they ARE saying WSPA-FM HD1 - but both are followed by "Greenville, Spartanburg." COL is still Spartanburg so it should go first. Their new female voiceover and jingles might be nice and all, but I don't know how somebody can make that kind of flub.

There might be plenty of bad sounding radio stations on this earth, but I don't see how you can mess something like that up.

 

[Gatekeeper007]

Oh it can happen, we have had id calls done that for the life me of some people just can't seem to get right. We are licenesed to both Elloree and Santee with Elloree being our primary yet how many times have we had a dubbed id that has said Santee Elloree, more than I can count.

 

[clemsonbloke]

Well I would like to see something done with Earth 105.7, it would be nice if they put it on 103.9 and move the Mexican stuff to 103.3. 103.9's signal has always been better for me. Where I am on one side of Paris Mtn (furman area) reception is awful on a lot of stations. Can get 98.9 good, 102.5 good, 94.5 good, 93.7 good (yuck), but everything else is static laden. I suppose I could put up a rooftop FM Antenna and get better reception. Car reception is ok, just where I live it seems to be nulled out a lot. Anyway does anyone else subscribe to any of Entercom's "newsletters"? I subscribed several years ago to a couple different station's and well here is what they ALL are sending to their listeners on ALL stations, this specific one is from WORD (no talent ass clowns):

"From WORD News:
As a News Radio WORD listener, you're probably aware that we've been working hard for the past couple of years to stay ahead of rapid changes in the radio landscape.

I'm writing now to ask for your opinion. Our goal is to continue to provide the news and information you want and the way that you want it, so I'm inviting you to share your feelings about technology in our annual survey.

You are among a select group of listeners invited to participate and tell us how you use your conventional radio, Facebook, iPods, smartphones, tablets, streaming and the Web to stay connected to news, and updates from News Radio WORD and other sources. Whether you use all these things or not, we really need your opinion.

Your responses will be kept completely confidential, and we will never share your personal information with anyone. We'll only use the information you provide to enhance our service as "News Radio WORD."

Just click the link below to participate in the survey. It’s not the shortest survey, but I hope it will be an interesting way to reflect on your own changing habits as a WORD fan and radio listener. ........"


Just wondered if anyone else received these crazy things? Sounds like they don't have a clue as to what to do with any of those stations. I agree with whoever it was who said Russ Cassel and Bob Mclain were awful talent, I'd say it is more like "no talent ass clowns". I hated the playlist when Bob was on 103, that was an awful oldies station. He can't program worth a damn. And that Russ Cassel, good lord he's awful. It baffles me that anyone in radio, especially talk radio, refuses to use social media. His sidekick Lonzo (AKA "All Caps") has to do all the social media stuff for that station. If you want comedy tune into Russ, he's about went off the deep end anymore. Today he was on there saying that there was a conspiracy going on to put muslims in office, LOL! I mean he was serious as hell about this too, he's too paranoid anymore. I think Lisa Rollins and Lee Rogers are probably doing a better show than Russ. I think eventually 94.5 will do better than WORD in the talk scene. WORD's signal isn't anywhere near as strong or clear as 94.5's.

And then we were talking 93.3 and 93.7 good lord where do you start??? 93.7's playlist must contain 20-30 songs? LOL It's probably more but it seems like they play the same thing over and over and over! Hawk and Tom should have been canned years ago, they are way too old to relate to these high schoolers that listen to that crap on 93.7. 93.3 is the station for rednecks of the worst kind, that station is awful. Talk about no talent ass clowns! The processing is horrid on it and their signal is crap too. It sounds awful, there is no talent on that station, and there is certainly nothing "new" about that station. Greenville deserves way better than what it has in terms of Radio.

I give all my props to Earth 105.7 FM/910 AM and that is because they are doing radio the way it was meant to be, the old traditional way. Real talent, good music, right mix of news, weather, etc. It might trend towards the baby boomers but you can't go wrong with Love and Hudson and Lee Alexander, that's real talent. I sure hope that station can get on a better frequency with more power. We need more "real" radio.

 

[carolinaradio]

Russ Cassell is an idiot. Almost every single show has become a 4 hour sermon about how "they're taking our guns away!!!!!!!!!!!!!" and he seems to hang around firearm stores all of the time. I realize that's a big topic for a show like his right now, but the obsession is crazy. Some of his conspiracies are an absolute joke. He doesn't use Facebook because they just want to steal your personal information, I believe he says. Ass clown is generous.

Bob McLain isn't as bad, just for the fact that he is not so radical, but I don't like the job he does as a talk show host (he did oldies on 106.3 BTW not 103). I've listened to my fair share of conservative talk stations, and WORD is a joke. They all make Rush Limbaugh sound like a liberal.

Everything else you say, clemsonbloke, is true. Earth FM is moving to 103.3 on March 1st (I, too, would rather it be 103.9 if they can just be on one signal, since it's got a better signal IMO). I may or may not be able to get it well. The interference from 103.1 is terrible. Not sure why they didn't move it to 103.9.

 

[awp69]

And then we were talking 93.3 and 93.7 good lord where do you start???  93.7's playlist must contain 20-30 songs?  LOL  It's probably more but it seems like they play the same thing over and over and over!  Hawk and Tom should have been canned years ago, they are way too old to relate to these high schoolers that listen to that crap on 93.7.  93.3 is the station for rednecks of the worst kind, that station is awful.  Talk about no talent ass clowns!  The processing is horrid on it and their signal is crap too.  It sounds awful, there is no talent on that station, and there is certainly nothing "new" about that station.  Greenville deserves way better than what it has in terms of Radio.

You're spot on with both B93.7 and The Planet, particularly 93.3. I sincerly hope X98.5 takes a bite from them. Even taking out The Planet's on-air staff, they just haven't progressed in years. When they first started they walked a little bit more of a thin line between active and alternative (if I'm correct 103X was on air for a short period when The Planet first started so that may have been an influence) and played some "new" rock. Even then, they had that weird combination of playing things like Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd, which then PD Zak Tyler excused as the "forerunners" of alternative. But they've gone completely downhill since, playing nothing new without screaming guitars and vocals. It's just noise. Would love to replace The Planet with X98.5 and, hell, even pump in Channel 96.1 over B93.7.

Agree with everything you said about WORD as well. I'm pretty moderate in my views and sometimes like to hear opinions that differ from my own just to get a different take, but it wouldn't matter if I was conservative or liberal, the local "talent" is just horrendous. Very occassionally I'll listen to Cassell just to laugh at him (that's not a compliment).

 

[Scooter Lesley]

Supplemental for continued discussion:
103X went off in April of 1996. It was in May that I helped their Engineer disassemble their studios. 93.3 Q-Country, located in the WESC building on Stone Avenue, did not work, and The Planet began (there) on September 13th, 1996. There was no overlap of those two stations.

 

[awp69]

Supplemental for continued discussion:
103X went off in April of 1996.  It was in May that I helped their Engineer disassemble their studios.  93.3 Q-Country, located in the WESC building on Stone Avenue, did not work, and The Planet began (there) on September 13th, 1996.  There was no overlap of those two stations.

Thanks for the clarification. I couldn't remember. But do have to say that The Planet, even though it was not great then, was better at that time than they are now even though their playlist still suffered from a very strange mix of new rock with 20-year-old songs mixed in (as I mentioned Tyler's reasoning being they helped form the roots of "alternative" at that time, which was a load of crap). Even though back then there may not have been an "active rock" distinction at that time, The Planet still leaned heavier in their mix. Still, it was at a tad better than it is today (which isn't saying much).

 

[clemsonbloke]

Ha thanks guys for the kind comments! I'm not in radio although I do have a degree in it. I've been a life long music lover, radio lover, hi-fi lover, etc. I remember when WANS went off the air, that was my station back in the 80s when I was a pre teen and teen (I'm 39 now). Russ really is a joke, I think he was apparently ok back when he was on the four towers of power (WQOK). My mom grew up listening to WQOK which was the Top 40 station in the area up till about 1982 if I remember right. I do remember being a little kid and riding down Wade Hampton Blvd with my mom and hearing that Elvis had just died, heard it on WQOK. Crazy how some childhood memories are as clear as a bell, I was only 4! But yeah I grew up listening to Greenville Radio and I can attest to others statements about how much better radio was in Greenville very early 90's and really before. When the whole conglomerate thing killed local radio that was the end. I sincerely hope that we are on the cusp of a rebirth in radio, it really can't get any worse! Stations like Earth 105.7 is a step in the right direction using real talent and the old "traditions", lets hope they are able to hang on and be an example of other stations to emulate. I also remember radio not being do damned processed the way it is now. FM Stereo used to sound better back in the 80's and didn't have all this harsh sound, it reminds me of the "loudness wars" in CD production.

I distinctly remember WANS 107.3 being a great sounding station and WCKN(now WROQ) was pretty good as well. Heck even the AM's sounded better back then! It's sad that AM Stereo never properly caught on. That is due to the industry not being able to agree on a standard and then once they did it was too late as most music had moved to FM. Interestingly enough Canada still has a decent amount of AM Stereo stations with music on them. I talk to a friend up there on the net, he told me though that he didn't have an AM Stereo Tuner which I found shocking seeing that AM Stereo was way more popular there. I think it was also pretty big in Australia and maybe Japan?

Speaking of hilarious radio stuff. My Canadian friend was telling me that a local AM Stereo station there plays Karaoke live from the Local Bar (Stans Place) and he sent me a link to some audio. It was hilarious hearing drunks trying to sing country music on the radio! I thought "wow they're way more adventurous in radio there!". Apparently its pretty popular with the locals up there in Saskatoon, SK. My only thought these days on AM Stereo is that every single tuner produced should include it, maybe then more broadcasters would be motivated to run it on the music stations that remain. You don't realize how good it is and cool it is until you hear an AM Stereo station coming in live over that radio. I think it actually emphasizes stereo separation a little more due to it not having as high of a frequency response and sounding more smooth. At least you don't have all that very high frequency overprocessing the way you do on a lot of FM's and that makes it easier to hear decent separation. In other words its not overloading your ears. To my ears 97.7 Chuck FM sounds decently and conservatively processed, too many of these FM's are harsh to my ears. Well anyway I'm probably babbling! I better run but I thoroughly enjoy you guys responses and discussion.

 

[clemsonbloke]

One more thought. You know what I really wish someone would do? I really wish someone would do a proper oldies station and slant the music from 1960-1974 (not keen on disco being mixed in with oldies, it doesn't sound right, nor does mixing 80's in) but slant the music towards those years. Then do all the old PAMS Music Power jingles, proper old 60's sounding "news sounders" and make it really sound as if it were the 60's when you listened. They'd also have local talent and do the right mix of local news and weather ever so often. Just do the damn thing old style and make it sound "Real". You know guys? Can you imagine how good an oldies station like that would be? I love music from that era. I think a station done like that would be no less than awesome. Your thoughts?

 

[carolinaradio]

Supplemental for continued discussion:
103X went off in April of 1996. It was in May that I helped their Engineer disassemble their studios. 93.3 Q-Country, located in the WESC building on Stone Avenue, did not work, and The Planet began (there) on September 13th, 1996. There was no overlap of those two stations.

Was 103X co-owned with any other stations in the market at the time? Didn't Clear Channel own both 93.3 and 101.1 for a while before Barnstable got both of them? I seem to recall reading a long time ago that 93.3/101.1 had some sort of connection to CC, so I'm trying to figure out how CC acquired the stations they have had in GSP.

I think that'd be a great concept, clemsonbloke, but unfortunately I don't see anybody trying it on terrestrial radio. Couldn't sell it.

 

[freqdev]

cc first owned 93.3 and 92.5 that they bought from benchmark communication. 100.5, 102.5 and 101.1 were owned by capstar. capstar sold 100.5 and 102.5 to cc and 101.1 to barnstable. cc sold 93.3 to barnstable. then barnstable sold 93.3 and 101.1 to entercom.

 

[awp69]

Was 103X co-owned with any other stations in the market at the time? 

I was curious about this myself as I couldn't remember who owned them. According to Wikipedia, they were owned by Emerald City, which also launched JAMZ. Kind of ironic now when you think about it that Cox owned (well, owns until the sale) JAMZ and launched another alternative station as part of their cluster.

Reading that also got me remembering the whole Howard Stern controversy with 103X. I know they probably were going after ratings by getting him, but it was probably the nail in the coffin for the station. I was never a Howard Stern fan to begin with and, regardless of the fact that they were attempting him in a conservative market, it was just a bad idea all around.

 

[DXingRadio]

I clicked this topic hoping it would be like that "worst radio station of all time" thread. Like stories of a lackluster rural station, barely running any power, studio in a trailor with broken windows broadcasting poor audio of nutcase rantings. In a sick way I get more entertainment from that then a slick VT'd station running some varation of adult contemporary.

 

[CrazeeCarroll1]

I was thinking SFX Communications owned 103X and a few others including Jamz and 93.3 as well as WESC after Benchmark sold them... Guess that is what happens when you live away from SC so long LOL...

 

[carolinaradio]

cc first owned 93.3 and 92.5 that they bought from benchmark communication. 100.5, 102.5 and 101.1 were owned by capstar. capstar sold 100.5 and 102.5 to cc and 101.1 to barnstable. cc sold 93.3 to barnstable. then barnstable sold 93.3 and 101.1 to entercom.

Thanks for the rundown. Actually it looks like CC could have kept 93.3 or bought 101.1, unless they were over the revenue limit at the time or something.