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WIST-FM 98.3 Format Status

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What is the current status of the County format of WIST-FM? Some here have noted that the station may have given notice that a change in format is about to take place there. Some have suggested that it will be changed to Oldies. Is this true?
 
you really should ask the "some here" that "suggested" they may change.

it's going to be easy, you don't even need a computer.

just look in the mirror.
 
RadioOCD said:
Big changes tomorrow ::)
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if by "tommorow" you mean "when the eagles get back together" :D
yeah i know that joke's dated, but i couldn't resist...
 
Radiooco missed the point of the posts. A poster put on another thread on this board that a member of WIST-FM management recently said that a announcement wouldbe coming soon about the future of the curret Country format on WIST. I am TRYING to hear more about that. Does anybody have REAL details and info. on that? Thanks.....
 
GoodTimesandGreatOldies said:
A poster put on another thread on this board that a member of WIST-FM management recently said that a announcement wouldbe coming soon about the future of the curret Country format on WIST.
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if that is true, post a link to the thread.

you're the only one who has suggested it, unless you believe the people who post on your threads just to tease you.

your use of the english language suggests that you're not an idiot. yet you continue to suggest that almost every station in the market WILL flip to oldies on one thread after another. as another poster suggested, you should read more and post less.

trust me on this one. if a station flips to oldies this board will be talking about it.

if you really are in this market just buy yourself a HD radio and listen to oldies 93. i do, and my brother does. i like oldies too, from time to time. but you can't live in the past forever.
 
No, sir I have NOT suggested that every station in the market will switch to Oldies. I have guessed on which one will. I really believe that SOME station in the Triad will switch to Oldies. It has also been suggested by others that the two strongest contenders would be either WIST-FM 98.3. They are locally owned and are now playing Country. There is a gult of Country Music stations in this market. WBRF-FM 98.1 is also talked about because the Country station now has started playing Oldies and Beach Music on Saturday Afternoons. This shocked many.
 
GoodTimesandGreatOldies said:
A poster put on another thread on this board that a member of WIST-FM management recently said that a announcement would be coming soon about the future of the curret Country format on WIST.
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so you can't produce this thread? it doens't exist does it?
 
GoodTimesandGreatOldies said:
No, sir I have NOT suggested that every station in the market will switch to Oldies. I have guessed on which one will. I really believe that SOME station in the Triad will switch to Oldies. It has also been suggested by others that the two strongest contenders would be either WIST-FM 98.3. They are locally owned and are now playing Country. There is a gult of Country Music stations in this market. WBRF-FM 98.1 is also talked about because the Country station now has started playing Oldies and Beach Music on Saturday Afternoons. This shocked many.
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There is not a glut of country stations. There is only one station playing good country music. WIST is it. WBRF mises in some good country tunes but theirs isn't that much better than the junk on WTQR and The Wolf.

I am curious as to why WIST syas, "If you're hearing George Strait, you're hearing Country Legends 98.3". He still gets played on the other stations. So does Reba McEntire, though both of them are still recording.
 
94.1 still streams Oldies on the internet and also on Time Warners Channel 13
 
GoodTimesandGreatOldies said:
Radiooco missed the point of the posts. A poster put on another thread on this board that a member of WIST-FM management recently said that a announcement wouldbe coming soon about the future of the curret Country format on WIST. I am TRYING to hear more about that. Does anybody have REAL details and info. on that? Thanks.....
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I read these boards all the time and I have not seen the thread you're referring to. Where is it?
 
Atticus said:
GoodTimesandGreatOldies said:
Radiooco missed the point of the posts. A poster put on another thread on this board that a member of WIST-FM management recently said that a announcement wouldbe coming soon about the future of the curret Country format on WIST. I am TRYING to hear more about that. Does anybody have REAL details and info. on that? Thanks.....
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I read these boards all the time and I have not seen the thread you're referring to. Where is it?
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I think I just wore out the search function on this board. I too read these boards a lot and wonder how I missed something as noteworthy as management at WIST saying this. Since there is only 2 management at WIST this would be a 'Hold the Presses' story. Please tell us where that thread is. Inquiring minds NEED to know.
 
If an oldies station should pop up in the GSO metro it most likely would only be WIST or WBRF. WIST does not have a strong enough signal to cover the entire metro and WBRF if in the same boat. WBRF has a huge signal that covers parts of North Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginina but most of that is very rural. That being said I do feel WBRF's signal could very easily be strong enough to produce a successful Oldies/Classic Hits station in the GSO Metro. WTHZ's owner said he could not make money with a format that produced such older demos but the station (Majic 941) seems to have done well in the ratings. WIST and WBRF both have much older demos than WTHZ and do not feel either have plans to make any format change. There is a huge hole in the GSO market for oldies and hispanic.
 
I agree that either WIST or WBRF would be good choice. However, I still feel that some other dark horse statin could emerge in this market playing Oldies. What are the lowest rated FM stations in the Triad right now? I will have to do some research. Please feel free to pos any info. here. Thnks!
 
If Clear Channel had any sense, WMKS at 105.7 would be a good choice to change formats, WKZL is by far the CHR leader in the Triad, WIST is poised to switch, but don't expect WBRF to go in another direction, and after looking at the last ratings
book, i don't understand why the owners of WTHZ 94.1 wanted to sell the station, i'm not sure how they were doing economically, but they had listeners, and if they had intentions to move the tower between the Triad and Charlotte, and
managed a tower height enough to cover both areas, they would have done well, but also keep in mind that the Contemporary
Christian format doesn't cover some places, and although you have Urban and Southern Gospel outlets already in place, there
is always room for this type of music on the radio, but as most of us "baby boomers" begin to age, the days of "Good Times
and Great Oldies" may be fading away, but it's sad that two of the largest radio markets in North Carolina doesn't even have
a station that caters to the great music we grew up to, but i know of two close to me that do well with oldies, WNCT-FM in
Greenville, and WODR-FM in Whiteville, both available for listening online.
 
GoodTimesandGreatOldies said:
No, sir I have NOT suggested that every station in the market will switch to Oldies. I have guessed on which one will. I really believe that SOME station in the Triad will switch to Oldies. It has also been suggested by others that the two strongest contenders would be either WIST-FM 98.3. They are locally owned and are now playing Country. There is a gult of Country Music stations in this market. WBRF-FM 98.1 is also talked about because the Country station now has started playing Oldies and Beach Music on Saturday Afternoons. This shocked many.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but WIST is NOT LOCALLY owned. My memory isn't very clear after a night of drinking and chasing wild young women, but I think they're based out of Atlanta, or some other large southern city. I can't remember the name right now of the owner, but he doesn't live in the Triad area.
 
Hit Music NOW sounds better than WKZL musically, IMO.
I hope they can do well enough to stick around.

WIST 98.3 is owned by GHB Broadcasting. I know nothing about the company, but they do own and LMAO WOLS 106.1 in Charlotte out to Spanish broadcasters.
 
105.7 sounds like a train wreck to me. Horrible music, small playlist and nothing really local. A very borderline run of the mill radio station that doesn`t even show their call letters in commericals. Maybe, a good choice for the Oldies.............
 
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