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Whos Getting Jacked this weekend
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mattkoons
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> Does anybody know of any radio stations that are going to
> Jack Fm this weekend?
>
Harrisburg may or may not have been Jacked earlier today ....
106.7 Cool Pop WCPP-FM switched to Adult Hits, Mix 106.7. They are playing 70s and 80s pop. Very wild playlists. Personally not my style, but something that this area hasn't seen.
-- Matt
> Jack Fm this weekend?
>
Harrisburg may or may not have been Jacked earlier today ....
106.7 Cool Pop WCPP-FM switched to Adult Hits, Mix 106.7. They are playing 70s and 80s pop. Very wild playlists. Personally not my style, but something that this area hasn't seen.
-- Matt
> > I live in Pittsburgh PA and am hoping we get a JACK station this weekend since most of the switches have been happening on Friday afternoons. Does anybody know of any radio stations that are going to
> > Jack Fm this weekend?
> >
>
> Harrisburg may or may not have been Jacked earlier today
> ....
>
> 106.7 Cool Pop WCPP-FM switched to Adult Hits, Mix 106.7.
> They are playing 70s and 80s pop. Very wild playlists.
> Personally not my style, but something that this area hasn't
> seen.
>
> -- Matt
>
> > Jack Fm this weekend?
> >
>
> Harrisburg may or may not have been Jacked earlier today
> ....
>
> 106.7 Cool Pop WCPP-FM switched to Adult Hits, Mix 106.7.
> They are playing 70s and 80s pop. Very wild playlists.
> Personally not my style, but something that this area hasn't
> seen.
>
> -- Matt
>
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PassDutch
Guest
Entercom's AC WFEZ 103.1 in Wilkes Barre/Scranton PA might be Jacked after all. Maybe Simon, Mike, Charlie or Fickle would help.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by PassDutch on 07/01/05 02:57 AM.</FONT></P>
> 106.7 Cool Pop WCPP-FM switched to Adult Hits, Mix 106.7.
> They are playing 70s and 80s pop. Very wild playlists.
> Personally not my style, but something that this area hasn't seen.
See, this is why I don't like the vague "Adult Hits" genre name. A 70s/80s playlist constitutes a Classic Hits station, in my opinion. A Variety Hits station goes 1974 (or a few years earlier in rare cases) to present. In many ways I much prefer the old "Classic Hits/Hot AC" title that 100000watts.com used to use, because while awkward, at least it was a more accurate description.
In this case (with WCPP-FM), you have a Classic Hits station with a wider playlist, but that does not make it fall into the true "Variety Hits" category, at least not in my opinion. Same deal with 92.5 The Chief in Champaign/Urbana, which is why I removed it from the big list on my Variety Hits website.
Look at the new 107.3 Jake FM (KJKE) in Corpus Christi, TX. Again, same deal there. It's a Classic Hits station that uses Variety Hits positioning statements. Is it easier to program an Expanded Playlist Classic Hits station than a true Variety Hits station? You bet it is. And I think it's important to differentiate between the two, especially as the Variety Hits format is examined for success rates and "legs" long-term across the country (and also as Expanded Playlist Classic Hits stations pop up and are compared with those with tighter playlists).<P ID="signature">______________
Lou Pickney
Tampa, FL
RadioHotTalk.com & VarietyHits.com</P>
> They are playing 70s and 80s pop. Very wild playlists.
> Personally not my style, but something that this area hasn't seen.
See, this is why I don't like the vague "Adult Hits" genre name. A 70s/80s playlist constitutes a Classic Hits station, in my opinion. A Variety Hits station goes 1974 (or a few years earlier in rare cases) to present. In many ways I much prefer the old "Classic Hits/Hot AC" title that 100000watts.com used to use, because while awkward, at least it was a more accurate description.
In this case (with WCPP-FM), you have a Classic Hits station with a wider playlist, but that does not make it fall into the true "Variety Hits" category, at least not in my opinion. Same deal with 92.5 The Chief in Champaign/Urbana, which is why I removed it from the big list on my Variety Hits website.
Look at the new 107.3 Jake FM (KJKE) in Corpus Christi, TX. Again, same deal there. It's a Classic Hits station that uses Variety Hits positioning statements. Is it easier to program an Expanded Playlist Classic Hits station than a true Variety Hits station? You bet it is. And I think it's important to differentiate between the two, especially as the Variety Hits format is examined for success rates and "legs" long-term across the country (and also as Expanded Playlist Classic Hits stations pop up and are compared with those with tighter playlists).<P ID="signature">______________
Lou Pickney
Tampa, FL
RadioHotTalk.com & VarietyHits.com</P>
Past Jack flips (with city, date and day of the week)
> Does anybody know of any radio stations that are going to Jack Fm this weekend?
It's been discussed on here before that you never get advance word about a JACK-FM flip ahead of time. But if you want to speculate, your best teacher is the past. Until June 2005, only one United States JACK-FM flip had happened on a Friday (that being Seattle), according to my records. Here's a list of the United States JACK-FM flips that have happened, with dates and days of the week:
Denver: 4/14/2004 (Wednesday)
Dallas: 7/1/2004 (Thursday)
Jackson, MS: 9/2/2004 (Thursday)
Kansas City: 10/7/2004 (Thursday)
Aspen/Vail, CO: 10/21/2004 (Thursday)
Salt Lake City: 1/25/2005 (Tuesday)
Indianapolis: 3/13/2005 (Sunday)
Los Angeles: 3/17/2005 (Thursday)
San Diego: 4/6/2005 (Wednesday)
Minneapolis: 4/21/2005 (Thursday)
Seattle: 4/22/2005 (Friday)
Baltimore: 5/4/2005 (Wednesday)
Nashville: 5/12/2005 (Thursday)
Buffalo: 5/16/2005 (Monday)
New York City: 6/3/2005 (Friday)
Chicago: 6/3/2005 (Friday)
Las Vegas: 6/24/2005 (Friday)<P ID="signature">______________
Lou Pickney
Tampa, FL
RadioHotTalk.com & VarietyHits.com</P>
> Does anybody know of any radio stations that are going to Jack Fm this weekend?
It's been discussed on here before that you never get advance word about a JACK-FM flip ahead of time. But if you want to speculate, your best teacher is the past. Until June 2005, only one United States JACK-FM flip had happened on a Friday (that being Seattle), according to my records. Here's a list of the United States JACK-FM flips that have happened, with dates and days of the week:
Denver: 4/14/2004 (Wednesday)
Dallas: 7/1/2004 (Thursday)
Jackson, MS: 9/2/2004 (Thursday)
Kansas City: 10/7/2004 (Thursday)
Aspen/Vail, CO: 10/21/2004 (Thursday)
Salt Lake City: 1/25/2005 (Tuesday)
Indianapolis: 3/13/2005 (Sunday)
Los Angeles: 3/17/2005 (Thursday)
San Diego: 4/6/2005 (Wednesday)
Minneapolis: 4/21/2005 (Thursday)
Seattle: 4/22/2005 (Friday)
Baltimore: 5/4/2005 (Wednesday)
Nashville: 5/12/2005 (Thursday)
Buffalo: 5/16/2005 (Monday)
New York City: 6/3/2005 (Friday)
Chicago: 6/3/2005 (Friday)
Las Vegas: 6/24/2005 (Friday)<P ID="signature">______________
Lou Pickney
Tampa, FL
RadioHotTalk.com & VarietyHits.com</P>
If WGRR, Cincy makes it past the fourth, I think they're safe from being jacked.
> Entercom's AC WFEZ 103.1 in Wilkes Barre/Scranton PA might
> be Jacked after all. Maybe Simon, Mike, Charlie or Fickle
> would help.
>
<P ID="signature">______________
I'll get back to you when I think of a cute quote</P>
> Entercom's AC WFEZ 103.1 in Wilkes Barre/Scranton PA might
> be Jacked after all. Maybe Simon, Mike, Charlie or Fickle
> would help.
>
<P ID="signature">______________
I'll get back to you when I think of a cute quote</P>
> If WGRR, Cincy makes it past the fourth, I think they're safe from being jacked.
I wonder what effect the WOXY/WAOL/WAXZ Variety Hits trimulcast in the outlying area (known very briefly as Bob FM before dropping that handle) will have on the format coming to Cincinnati, if any. And if a full-power metro signal goes Variety Hits, will that impact the trimulcast plans? I suppose we'll have to wait and see...<P ID="signature">______________
Lou Pickney
Tampa, FL
RadioHotTalk.com & VarietyHits.com</P>
I wonder what effect the WOXY/WAOL/WAXZ Variety Hits trimulcast in the outlying area (known very briefly as Bob FM before dropping that handle) will have on the format coming to Cincinnati, if any. And if a full-power metro signal goes Variety Hits, will that impact the trimulcast plans? I suppose we'll have to wait and see...<P ID="signature">______________
Lou Pickney
Tampa, FL
RadioHotTalk.com & VarietyHits.com</P>
> If WGRR, Cincy makes it past the fourth, I think they're
> safe from being jacked.
Hey? If WCBS FM...oh...never mind.<P ID="signature">______________
"If you never say NO, How much is your YES worth?"
</P>
> safe from being jacked.
Hey? If WCBS FM...oh...never mind.<P ID="signature">______________
"If you never say NO, How much is your YES worth?"
</P>
Actually, I don't see it hapopening. WGRR is in a pretty good ratings and financial position, and a flip to VH would impact sister WKRQ. WMVX has taken the Variety Hits position in the market, and one of the contra-indicators for VH is a strong 80s-oriented station, which Mix was. As for the trimulcast, a full-power VH, should it occur, would have quite an impact.<P ID="signature">______________
I'll get back to you when I think of a cute quote</P>
I'll get back to you when I think of a cute quote</P>
> > If WGRR, Cincy makes it past the fourth, I think they're
> safe from being jacked.
>
> I wonder what effect the WOXY/WAOL/WAXZ Variety Hits
> trimulcast in the outlying area (known very briefly as Bob
> FM before dropping that handle) will have on the format
> coming to Cincinnati, if any. And if a full-power metro
> signal goes Variety Hits, will that impact the trimulcast
> plans? I suppose we'll have to wait and see...
Judging solely from Radio-Locator's maps, it looks kind of like Nine FM in Chicago, if not considerably worse. Nine's got one good rimshot that covers wealthy areas (WKIE), one rimshot to western suburbs, and a far cry from being heard in the city (WDEK), and one powerful rimshot that covers only the southern part of the city, though covers a lot of nothing south of the city (WRZA).
WOXY seems to cover part of the northern suburbs, and the other two cover sparsely populated areas to the east of the city. Not sure how their ratings are, but I'd be surprised if they could top Nine's latest book (which was less than half a point but more than a third of a point).
> safe from being jacked.
>
> I wonder what effect the WOXY/WAOL/WAXZ Variety Hits
> trimulcast in the outlying area (known very briefly as Bob
> FM before dropping that handle) will have on the format
> coming to Cincinnati, if any. And if a full-power metro
> signal goes Variety Hits, will that impact the trimulcast
> plans? I suppose we'll have to wait and see...
Judging solely from Radio-Locator's maps, it looks kind of like Nine FM in Chicago, if not considerably worse. Nine's got one good rimshot that covers wealthy areas (WKIE), one rimshot to western suburbs, and a far cry from being heard in the city (WDEK), and one powerful rimshot that covers only the southern part of the city, though covers a lot of nothing south of the city (WRZA).
WOXY seems to cover part of the northern suburbs, and the other two cover sparsely populated areas to the east of the city. Not sure how their ratings are, but I'd be surprised if they could top Nine's latest book (which was less than half a point but more than a third of a point).
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MikeFromIndiana
Guest
> Actually, I don't see it hapopening. WGRR is in a pretty
> good ratings and financial position, and a flip to VH would
> impact sister WKRQ. WMVX has taken the Variety Hits position
> in the market, and one of the contra-indicators for VH is a
> strong 80s-oriented station, which Mix was. As for the
> trimulcast, a full-power VH, should it occur, would have
> quite an impact.
>
But look to the Northwest Indianapolis WGLD was doing Pretty Good Ratings #5 in the Market and was financially good interms of Ad Sales. And what Happened Gold got Jacked. and then You got the WJMK up in Chicago flipping even though being one of CHicago's top FM's and a good biller and it got Jacked. WGRR will Flip if Infinity Says flip it.
> good ratings and financial position, and a flip to VH would
> impact sister WKRQ. WMVX has taken the Variety Hits position
> in the market, and one of the contra-indicators for VH is a
> strong 80s-oriented station, which Mix was. As for the
> trimulcast, a full-power VH, should it occur, would have
> quite an impact.
>
But look to the Northwest Indianapolis WGLD was doing Pretty Good Ratings #5 in the Market and was financially good interms of Ad Sales. And what Happened Gold got Jacked. and then You got the WJMK up in Chicago flipping even though being one of CHicago's top FM's and a good biller and it got Jacked. WGRR will Flip if Infinity Says flip it.
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Magnum
Guest
> > Does anybody know of any radio stations that are going to
> > Jack Fm this weekend?
> >
>
> Harrisburg may or may not have been Jacked earlier today
> ....
>
> 106.7 Cool Pop WCPP-FM switched to Adult Hits, Mix 106.7.
> They are playing 70s and 80s pop. Very wild playlists.
> Personally not my style, but something that this area hasn't
> seen.
>
> -- Matt
>
100000watts.com lists 106.7 WCPP flipped to "Soft AC". I think this would be a better description of the format than Variety Hits. They aren't playing any currents, and they are primarily focusing on the 60s and 70s, with some 80s and 90s thrown in the mix.
> > Jack Fm this weekend?
> >
>
> Harrisburg may or may not have been Jacked earlier today
> ....
>
> 106.7 Cool Pop WCPP-FM switched to Adult Hits, Mix 106.7.
> They are playing 70s and 80s pop. Very wild playlists.
> Personally not my style, but something that this area hasn't
> seen.
>
> -- Matt
>
100000watts.com lists 106.7 WCPP flipped to "Soft AC". I think this would be a better description of the format than Variety Hits. They aren't playing any currents, and they are primarily focusing on the 60s and 70s, with some 80s and 90s thrown in the mix.
Big difference is that Indy did not have a successful 80s station (Susque pulled the format from 93.9), and hot A/C WENS was bottom feeding before the Hank flip. The market was ripe for Jack, Cincy really isn't.<P ID="signature">______________
I'll get back to you when I think of a cute quote</P>
I'll get back to you when I think of a cute quote</P>
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MikeFromIndiana
Guest
> Big difference is that Indy did not have a successful 80s
> station (Susque pulled the format from 93.9), and hot A/C
> WENS was bottom feeding before the Hank flip. The market was
> ripe for Jack, Cincy really isn't.
>
When the Susque pulled the 80's form 93.9 the rumoured flip was to Jack. and the Supposed rumours why Gold Got Jacked was that Susque still had the rights to use it in indy and if they didnt use it ENS was gonna be Jacked. and TPI was Eventually Rumoured to Flip to Country. I Still THink its Time for TPI to Flip there trending down to ENS Land before the Hank FLip
> station (Susque pulled the format from 93.9), and hot A/C
> WENS was bottom feeding before the Hank flip. The market was
> ripe for Jack, Cincy really isn't.
>
When the Susque pulled the 80's form 93.9 the rumoured flip was to Jack. and the Supposed rumours why Gold Got Jacked was that Susque still had the rights to use it in indy and if they didnt use it ENS was gonna be Jacked. and TPI was Eventually Rumoured to Flip to Country. I Still THink its Time for TPI to Flip there trending down to ENS Land before the Hank FLip
KKSN Entercom's 17 year oldies station added the 80's even though the station was in 4th place in the ratings. They flipped to Charlie97.1 like Jack. and moved KKSN to 910 am.
The first post i saw about it said:
"May Entercom rot in hell!"
> > Actually, I don't see it hapopening. WGRR is in a pretty
> > good ratings and financial position, and a flip to VH
> would
> > impact sister WKRQ. WMVX has taken the Variety Hits
> position
> > in the market, and one of the contra-indicators for VH is
> a
> > strong 80s-oriented station, which Mix was. As for the
> > trimulcast, a full-power VH, should it occur, would have
> > quite an impact.
> >
> But look to the Northwest Indianapolis WGLD was doing Pretty
> Good Ratings #5 in the Market and was financially good
> interms of Ad Sales. And what Happened Gold got Jacked. and
> then You got the WJMK up in Chicago flipping even though
> being one of CHicago's top FM's and a good biller and it got
> Jacked. WGRR will Flip if Infinity Says flip it.
>
The first post i saw about it said:
"May Entercom rot in hell!"
> > Actually, I don't see it hapopening. WGRR is in a pretty
> > good ratings and financial position, and a flip to VH
> would
> > impact sister WKRQ. WMVX has taken the Variety Hits
> position
> > in the market, and one of the contra-indicators for VH is
> a
> > strong 80s-oriented station, which Mix was. As for the
> > trimulcast, a full-power VH, should it occur, would have
> > quite an impact.
> >
> But look to the Northwest Indianapolis WGLD was doing Pretty
> Good Ratings #5 in the Market and was financially good
> interms of Ad Sales. And what Happened Gold got Jacked. and
> then You got the WJMK up in Chicago flipping even though
> being one of CHicago's top FM's and a good biller and it got
> Jacked. WGRR will Flip if Infinity Says flip it.
>
> > 106.7 Cool Pop WCPP-FM switched to Adult Hits, Mix 106.7.
>
> > They are playing 70s and 80s pop. Very wild playlists.
> > Personally not my style, but something that this area
> hasn't seen.
>
> See, this is why I don't like the vague "Adult Hits" genre
> name. A 70s/80s playlist constitutes a Classic Hits
> station, in my opinion. A Variety Hits station goes 1974
> (or a few years earlier in rare cases) to present. In many
> ways I much prefer the old "Classic Hits/Hot AC" title that
> 100000watts.com used to use, because while awkward, at least
> it was a more accurate description.
>
> In this case (with WCPP-FM), you have a Classic Hits station
> with a wider playlist, but that does not make it fall into
> the true "Variety Hits" category, at least not in my
> opinion. Same deal with 92.5 The Chief in Champaign/Urbana,
> which is why I removed it from the big list on my Variety
> Hits website.
>
> Look at the new 107.3 Jake FM (KJKE) in Corpus Christi, TX.
> Again, same deal there. It's a Classic Hits station that
> uses Variety Hits positioning statements. Is it easier to
> program an Expanded Playlist Classic Hits station than a
> true Variety Hits station? You bet it is. And I think it's
> important to differentiate between the two, especially as
> the Variety Hits format is examined for success rates and
> "legs" long-term across the country (and also as Expanded
> Playlist Classic Hits stations pop up and are compared with
> those with tighter playlists).
>
You might want to take a look at Oklahoma City's 96.9 Bob FM playlist on yes.net. It looks exactly like 105.7 WROR, 106.3 Frank FM, and other CLASSIC HITS formatted stations. You might want to consider taking it off your list.
>
> > They are playing 70s and 80s pop. Very wild playlists.
> > Personally not my style, but something that this area
> hasn't seen.
>
> See, this is why I don't like the vague "Adult Hits" genre
> name. A 70s/80s playlist constitutes a Classic Hits
> station, in my opinion. A Variety Hits station goes 1974
> (or a few years earlier in rare cases) to present. In many
> ways I much prefer the old "Classic Hits/Hot AC" title that
> 100000watts.com used to use, because while awkward, at least
> it was a more accurate description.
>
> In this case (with WCPP-FM), you have a Classic Hits station
> with a wider playlist, but that does not make it fall into
> the true "Variety Hits" category, at least not in my
> opinion. Same deal with 92.5 The Chief in Champaign/Urbana,
> which is why I removed it from the big list on my Variety
> Hits website.
>
> Look at the new 107.3 Jake FM (KJKE) in Corpus Christi, TX.
> Again, same deal there. It's a Classic Hits station that
> uses Variety Hits positioning statements. Is it easier to
> program an Expanded Playlist Classic Hits station than a
> true Variety Hits station? You bet it is. And I think it's
> important to differentiate between the two, especially as
> the Variety Hits format is examined for success rates and
> "legs" long-term across the country (and also as Expanded
> Playlist Classic Hits stations pop up and are compared with
> those with tighter playlists).
>
You might want to take a look at Oklahoma City's 96.9 Bob FM playlist on yes.net. It looks exactly like 105.7 WROR, 106.3 Frank FM, and other CLASSIC HITS formatted stations. You might want to consider taking it off your list.
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