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WJBR sold to VCY???

JH_Radio said:
Even if they somehow braught it back later on some other frequency, wouldn't that be an uphill battle, especially after listeners started listening to B101?
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I feel like a lot of the WJBR listeners (especially the ones in Wilmington and northern parts of the market) already have B101 programmed into their presets. Im a rock & roll guy 99.99% but B101 always was a good station. I remember my mom listening to it in the 1990’s a lot. I feel like this is the obvious choice for the AC fans to go when WJBR signs off. A real shame too, that stations been there forever.
 
RStacey1990 said:
I feel like a lot of the WJBR listeners (especially the ones in Wilmington and northern parts of the market) already have B101 programmed into their presets. Im a rock & roll guy 99.99% but B101 always was a good station. I remember my mom listening to it in the 1990’s a lot. I feel like this is the obvious choice for the AC fans to go when WJBR signs off. A real shame too, that stations been there forever.
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It's likely not the norm that people have buttons set for their local market's AC and for one in an adjacent market, but the Christmas stuff probably ensured that a lot of people here have a button for 99.5 and that a lot of people down there have a button for 101.1. Most people probably don't hit the button for the "other" AC until Christmastime, and most people also don't pay attention to the goings-on in radio "news", so there will likely be a lot of disappointed Philadelphians this season. "Hey, I'm trying to hear Christmas music! What's with all this Jesus stuff?!"
 
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Miguelito said:
It's likely not the norm that people have buttons set for their local market's AC and for one in an adjacent market, but the Christmas stuff probably ensured that a lot of people here have a button for 99.5 and that a lot of people down there have a button for 101.1. Most people probably don't hit the button for the "other" AC until Christmastime, and most people also don't pay attention to the goings-on in radio "news", so there will likely be a lot of disappointed Philadelphians this season. "Hey, I'm trying to hear Christmas music! What's with all this Jesus stuff?!"
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Could be. But coming from a place that doesnt have a market, its not uncommon for someones radio to have Philly, Allentown and Harrisburg stations programmed in. I know when I was still in Levittown, after WTHK went away, myself and many others listened to WCHR because we liked it better. But yea those non-radio folk will be in for a surprise when the tune WJBR in next.
 
JH_Radio said:
I'm guessing tomorrow (Tuesday 10/3/2023) is WJBR's last full day.
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Marcos_C said:
No, it's Wednesday, October 4, as previously mentioned.
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Read it again, Marcos_C - Tuesday 10/3 is likely the last full day of WJBR as AC.
Wednesday 10/4 will likely have the morning show, possibly another show (or shows) and then the format change before the day ends. That would mean that Wed. 10/4/2023 would be less than a full day of broadcasting the outgoing WJBR format.

Semantics and technicalities: I do realize.
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
Nothing interesting about it, theyre just warehousing the calls so no one else can get them
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Has any company that's put big-city calls into cold storage out in the sticks ever returned them to major-market use? I can understand the company not wanting another WJBR to start up in Philadelphia, but why would Beasley have a problem using the call in Boston?
 
CTListener said:
Has any company that's put big-city calls into cold storage out in the sticks ever returned them to major-market use? I can understand the company not wanting another WJBR to start up in Philadelphia, but why would Beasley have a problem using the call in Boston?
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They don't want anyone else in Wilmington or Philly to use them...so warehouse them on a station where the calls dont matter.

Im sure some calls have been ressurected but i cant think of any right now
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
They don't want anyone else in Wilmington or Philly to use them...so warehouse them on a station where the calls dont matter.

Im sure some calls have been ressurected but i cant think of any right now
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Was WKQX housed somewhere for a bit before coming back to 87.7 and then 101.1 in Chicago when Alternative came back?
 
Radi0411 said:
WNEW has made a few stops along the way over the years including Palm Beach and DC IIRC only to end up back in NYC...
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Now that my memory has been jogged (its 747am and sitll dark here)... WBCN ended up on a Beasley AM for awhile
 
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