Once again: The stated goal is to sell it. You're welcome to make an offer and show us how wrong we all are.
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WLIB 1190 AM
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Once again: The stated goal is to sell it. You're welcome to make an offer and show us how wrong we all are.
When WLIB was daytimer, they used Fort Wayne's sunset time instead of their own. That means their earliest sign off was 5:15pm and their latest was 9:15pm. I've heard their sign off during the late 80's and early 90's.
Correct, I believe WLIB was classified as a "limited time" station, not a daytimer.
1560 WFME had (has?) a similar arrangement to stay on their daytime pattern until sunset at 1560 KNZR in Bakersfield, CA.
The now defunct 1530 WJDM Elizabeth, NJ had a similar arrangement. They would use Cincinnati's sunset time, which resulted in a later sign off. When the transmitter moved to Clifton, they switched to their local sunset as sign off.
I actually wasn't referring to you, believe it or not! Usually, I agree with your posts 😂 I only wish I had the kind of serious coin it would take to make an offer! I was a frustrated Emmis stockholder for many yearsOnce again: The stated goal is to sell it. You're welcome to make an offer and show us how wrong we all are.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channelâ„¢
I would likely do the same thing, based on market heritage and the fact that only something specialized and not mass appeal is the only viable option for a standalone AM (and a nighttime signal-challenged one at that).
My thoughts exactly! Something unique.
WLIB actually increases their power from 10 kW to 30 kW at night.
Although, the now-temporarily-silent 1190 WTSD from the DC area would boom in with their 50 kW daytime signal just after sunrise and before sunset, sometimes strongly enough to totally wipe out WLIB here in central NJ. (WTSD drops down to 1.2 kW at night.)
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channelâ„¢
I notice it isn't helping them much in terms of listener totals.
I never felt like they committed to the gospel format. They seemed more interested in selling off blocks of time and using the gospel as filler. One needs to pay the bills, I suppose, but it never really appeared to click in any sort of coherent way.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channelâ„¢
The best brokered programming -- for both parties in the deal -- is programming that fits into the demographics of the non-brokered programming the station airs.
That's why @Voicetrack of Reason's idea makes sense. Broker out as much time to gospel programmers and then do the R&B version of Oldies/Classic Hits the rest of the time.
I think he's suggesting that format for his own entertainment. It seems to me that Felix Hernandez already has that base covered at WBGO-FM:
Rhythm Revue
Our weekend R&B and Classic Soul party created by the maestro of the groove. Show Archive- Find the original air date of the program you want to listen to (we can only provide the last two weeks).- Click the "Play" arrow next to the program name.00000177-b008-d5f4-a5ff-b9f8bb000000
www.wbgo.org
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channelâ„¢
Perhaps so. I don't know the market well enough to have considered programming by non-comms.
But I was more commenting on his reasoning than I was the actual example.
But I was more commenting on his reasoning than I was the actual example.
1190 WLIB has been off the air for a couple of days now.
I just noticed it last night. I logged a new station on 1190 shortly after 8pm. It was WSDE Cobleskill, NY which aired a Yankees game at the time. I also got WOWO Fort Wayne, IN.
F.C.C. filings indicate WLIB has been operating omnidirectional nights at reduced power due to equipment issues, for around 2 years. Perhaps the station has been shut down for a while to address this.
They were off the air for about a week during the transition from the Gospel format to the simulcast of "Exitosa 98.7".
What about MySpace and AskJeeves? Are you checking on them daily too?
Hey, I still miss Geocities. To those who care, AskJeeves (which rebranded to Ask.com) actually continued to exist until this month. It shut down on May 1. In many ways the ethos of Ask was platformed on the concept being delivered today by AI... where you could input an actual sentence in the way a human speaks and the search engine would intuit what you are seeking. Gemini is light years ahead of what AskJeeves ever achieved, but I admired it for envisioning that such a manner of inquiry (and not just sterile keywords) would be the future of search.
As to WLIB... this is a relevant radio topic, and even though the station is now gospel and thus no longer has a format that is anything akin to what could attract a mainstream audience, it still is an on-air signal with a respectable output of 10,000 watts daytime and 30,000 watts nighttime (with a skywave that reaches Baltimore), making it worthy of attention on an NYC media market discussion board.
Aha! My post may have been more prophetic that I knew. We'll see.
WLIB flipped to a simulcast of 98.7 WEPN's La Exitosa format on January 10, 2025.