WNUE 98.1 Entire Staff Let Go

[OrlandoGM]

The format change is not what I expected.

It's pretty much the same as what they had before with no jocks at the moment.

The imaging is pretty lame with a touch of Spanish AC.

At least they didn't commit total suicide by going Regional Mexican, LOL!!!

I personally think their canned "Maria" format would have been better, as it would have been a pleasant change from WRUM and WNUE playing the same thing all the time.

The "Jose" name is dumb for a Spanish Language station!!!

Just because the name JACK FM sounds good in English, doesn't mean it translates well in Spanish.

 

[RadioAMFM]

The Jose FM network has been around the west coast for perhaps 5 or 6 years, and it does well in many markets. I agree the MARIA format would have been better for Orlando, but I guess nobody asked my opinion.

Jessica Reyes IS indeed Caribbean. She is from Puerto Rico. Best of luck to the staff that lost their jobs. I still remember the day WNUE signed on as LA NUEVA in July 2000. 10 years is a good run I guess.

 

[DToTheJ]

I wonder if 98.1 is going to change their call letters? The WJSE calls, which existed on 102.7 in Atlantic City for years before flipping to dance WWAC, are likely available.

 

[MN Maniac]

Could WNUE downgrade in class and move to the Bithlo antenna farm? Or would this be too close to 97.9/Clearwater and/or 98.3/Fort Meade? They would lose coverage of Daytona Beach, but the signal would be stronger throughout most of Orlando.

Since the COL is Titusville, they should be able to cover with a 3.16mV/m from Bithlo, even as a Class A.

 

[vadar]

97.9 (98 Rock) has a booming stick and is received very well in Metro West/Kirkman area. Now that I think of it, 98.3 booms in ok on Orlando's west side too.

 

[jmtillery]

Could WNUE downgrade in class and move to the Bithlo antenna farm? Or would this be too close to 97.9/Clearwater and/or 98.3/Fort Meade? They would lose coverage of Daytona Beach, but the signal would be stronger throughout most of Orlando.

Since the COL is Titusville, they should be able to cover with a 3.16mV/m from Bithlo, even as a Class A.

WNUE has a pending application to downgrade to a C2 and change COL to Deltona. This will improve the 60dbu over parts of Orlando, but 98.1 still will not be a full market signal.

 

[DJ Mo]

I hear Jessica Reyes was the sole survivor among the air talent.

I saw her a few times at those freestyle music concerts when Tabu Nightclub had Mega 98.1 hosting earlier this year.
She was practically everywhere Mega 98.1 was, so smart play by her being indispensable.
She is one mega hot latina, too.

As far as Jose, I don't know the guy.

I do like the idea of Spanish Variety.
Isn't there something like that on 89.1?

 

[drt]

Here is the link to the FCC showing both their current contour and proposed contour.

http://maps.google.com/?q=http://ww...FM&freq=98.1&contour=60&city=DELTONA&state=FL

new sight is further s.e. of Deltona, that I imagined; tower height is nearly the same (w/i one meter), but power is reduced from 100,000 watts to 50,000 watts, but coverage of Orlando proper is in the new contour; Daytona Beach proper looks to be about the same, but of course southern Broward would have a weaker signal.

drt,
st. petersburg

 

[Morpheux]

Here is the link to the FCC showing both their current contour and proposed contour.

http://maps.google.com/?q=http://ww...FM&freq=98.1&contour=60&city=DELTONA&state=FL

new sight is further s.e. of Deltona, that I imagined; tower height is nearly the same (w/i one meter), but power is reduced from 100,000 watts to 50,000 watts, but coverage of Orlando proper is in the new contour; Daytona Beach proper looks to be about the same, but of course southern Broward would have a weaker signal.

drt,
st. petersburg

I'm guessing you meant southern Osceola county would have a weaker signal?

I'm already hearing more ballads on the station so the tweaking is underway.Smart move on their part to try to lesson the blow and make it appear that it will still play tropical music.There will be more tweaking before they settle with their format.

Oh and someone is asleep at the wheel over at 98.1 playing promo spots of the morning show....

Here are some suggestions for a cooler name than Jose for a Spanish FM:

Fidel 98.1 Blowing the competition away
Rubio 98.1 Fiesta de Tea

 

[drt]

Morpheaux is correct, southern Osceola would not get a strong signal, that being said, what I meant to say was that southern Brevard (not Broward) would have a weaker signal as well. (Melbourne and Palm Bay), but with the new COL, the Orlando area would be the main focus as opposed to Brevard, with the current COL of Titusville and WNUE being a rimshot to the Orlando market. It looks as though it will still be a rimshot, but a stronger rimshot. I'm sure with the FM band packed, that that was the best the engineers could come up with that would meet FCC approval.

drt,
not in Brevard or Broward

 

[Morpheux]

^ Thanks for the clarification.

This might be the best scenario Entravision can put together regarding the coverage....However,not covering Osceola county where more than 50% are Hispanic and most are Spanish language dominant will cost them.

 

[Identnut]

Just when I thought Entravision couldn't have any less ambition... they pull a move like this.

The only way I could see Rumba going down is if a company like Univision got ahold of a good signal over both Orlando and Osceola County... now they definitely know how to cater to Caribbeans.

 

[KILOCYCLES]

Even if they move to the Bithlo tower they will have to reduce the power to maintain the same protection to the Clearwater station. Face it, WNUE it's not an Orlando station, never was, never will unless they change the Clearwater station channel. WNUE is a Titusville/ New Smyrna station. This is what Alfredo Alonso (Mega Communications) in his ignorance never saw. 98.1 will always be an underdog to a local Orlando FM. Whenever a second local FM comes in it will be a distant #3. I was surprised when Entravision bought it and paid 24 million, I thought Entravision had more radio knowlege, now they are stuck with that white elephant that regardless of what kind of programming they put on it it will always be a distant #2. This smells like a prelude to a SALE.

Could WNUE downgrade in class and move to the Bithlo antenna farm? Or would this be too close to 97.9/Clearwater and/or 98.3/Fort Meade? They would lose coverage of Daytona Beach, but the signal would be stronger throughout most of Orlando.

Since the COL is Titusville, they should be able to cover with a 3.16mV/m from Bithlo, even as a Class A.

 

[davideduardo]

^ Thanks for the clarification.

This might be the best scenario Entravision can put together regarding the coverage....However,not covering Osceola county where more than 50% are Hispanic and most are Spanish language dominant will cost them.

Southern Osceola is very lightly populated compared to the part that is in the Orlando urban area. further, the county is about 38% "spaks Spanish at home" remebering that Arbitron counts bilinguals as English dominant.

The county has about 25% of the population of Orange County, so the real issue is covering that area.

 

[Morpheux]

^ Thanks for the clarification.

This might be the best scenario Entravision can put together regarding the coverage....However,not covering Osceola county where more than 50% are Hispanic and most are Spanish language dominant will cost them.

Southern Osceola is very lightly populated compared to the part that is in the Orlando urban area. further, the county is about 38% "spaks Spanish at home" remebering that Arbitron counts bilinguals as English dominant.

The county has about 25% of the population of Orange County, so the real issue is covering that area.

If this map below is correct then none of Osceola County will be covered at all. Which is 43% Hispanic going by the 2009 census estimates.

http://maps.google.com/?q=http://ww...FM&freq=98.1&contour=60&city=DELTONA&state=FL

 

[davideduardo]

If this map below is correct then none of Osceola County will be covered at all. Which is 43% Hispanic going by the 2009 census estimates.

None of Osceola County had a 60 dbu signal from the current site, either.

Osceola has 103,000 Hispanics, while Orange has two and a half times that. It makes sense to fish where the fish are.

 

[Identnut]

I read online that Univision was going to take over the station... is it true?

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/ne...uage-radio-suspends-programming.html#comments

It's kind of odd they would take over this station, only to have a station with worse problems signal-wise than the old WCAA (which at least was in the city where the Latinos were).

What if they had a translator in Kissimee, though?

 

[Morpheux]

If this map below is correct then none of Osceola County will be covered at all. Which is 43% Hispanic going by the 2009 census estimates.

None of Osceola County had a 60 dbu signal from the current site, either.

Osceola has 103,000 Hispanics, while Orange has two and a half times that. It makes sense to fish where the fish are.

I realized that Orange County has a bigger Hispanic population. All I have to do is walk down the streets of East Orange County lol.It just seems that the only difference in coverage from the new antenna will be the western part of Orange County which has a smaller Hispanic population than Osceola County and therefore not much of a gain from their current coverage people wise to not have better coverage in Osceola County.Eventually,someone would be wise to service Osceola County better.I'm sure that some companies are waiting for the appropriate time.

 

[MN Maniac]

The no-brainer would be for WOTS to get an FM translator and provide local FM service to Kissimmee. Problem is, there are no available frequencies. Trust me, I know. I used to work for WOTS when it was owned by Old Town. We looked pretty hard for an FM but couldn't find anything that would fit. That was 14 years ago. The band is completely saturated now.

 

[KILOCYCLES]

A very large part of the Hispanic population is in southern Orange County, WNUE doesn't have a 70 dbu signal there. In most of the Orlando metro market WNUE can't be picked up inside the homes, that makes a huge difference. Entravision paid 24 million for 98.1 and they didn't really knew what they were buying and the limitations that it had. It seems to me that the local Entravision TV management pushed very hard for the purchase of 98.1 thinking that the TV/FM combo was going to be a killer in the market.

^ Thanks for the clarification.

This might be the best scenario Entravision can put together regarding the coverage....However,not covering Osceola county where more than 50% are Hispanic and most are Spanish language dominant will cost them.

Southern Osceola is very lightly populated compared to the part that is in the Orlando urban area. further, the county is about 38% "spaks Spanish at home" remebering that Arbitron counts bilinguals as English dominant.

The county has about 25% of the population of Orange County, so the real issue is covering that area.