> > > Their slogan is now "Tampa Bays best and biggest
> variety".
> >
> > > It's essentually what they have been playing during
> their
> > > "whatever weekends" all the time now. Don't get me
> wrong,
> > I
> > > like what their doing but they are still burning out the
>
> > > currents.
> > >
> > I do like their (MTX)approach to the variety hits format
> as
> > opposed to smart-alecky Jack approach. I've listened to
> the
> > Jack format in Seattle and New York and the recorded voice
>
> > throughout the day is annoying.
> >
> > 100.7 has kept its "Tampa" feel, thank God.
>
> I would hope CC is too smart to go jockless. Tampa has Cox
> with one jock on the Dove, and 2 on the Eagle and the Point.
> Listening to the same voice drone over and over about the
> "new___________" really insults the listener. Whatever may
> be wrong with CC, at least they don't do that here, yet.
> >
>
This could be a good move for them... I think to make a success of it though it will have to be loosely formatted (not totally random like some of the Jacks are) i.e. not straying to far away from the Hot AC/AC format, and will not include too many 'novelty' records - playing things like Barbie Girl, and Ice Ice Baby regularly is certainly going to turn me off Mix, and I've been a big listeners in the last year or so. Good move to move the workday hosts forward to 9am too, but Shriner's shift is currently 9am-3pm according to the website!! But it does have the look of a good variety hits station... will be interesting to listen to developments.<P ID="signature">______________
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