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WOAM dark?

M

monkman

I read this elsewhere, but I am not in the Peoria area right now? Is it true that the AM/FM are now off the air? I guess they signed off late this week.
 
Well, this is a really sad ending to a great AM station, and an FM with a decent signal, but no one with a half a brain to program it correctly.
I worked at WIRL in the days when the Big 1290, WXCL and WMBD had fulltime newsrooms, live 24-7 broadcasting, and TV news was still pretty much an afterthought( when might this have been? If you were around in that time, YOU'LL know!)There were two editions of the newspaper,too,and the afternoon paper was actually more important than the morning edition.
Just a shame!
 
I'm living down in the Little Rock, AR area and, occassionally, check out the PJ Star website and happened to notice that both WOAM and WPMJ were going dark. Doesn't Bob Kelly realize that they're worth more with a signal than without? Anyway, I worked at WXCL (1350) in the 70's and early 80's, then went to WTXR (94.3) country in Chillicothe in mid 80's. Lately, I've been doing some weather work for the Radio Forecast Network and provided weekday afternoon forecasts for both WOAM and WPMJ. Hated to see them go dark. After working in Peoria radio for many years before moving to Arkansas, there are still some that remember me from those days at WSIV, WXCL, WTXR, WIRL, WSWT and WPBG. Plus, it's a shame audiences in Central Illinois are missing out on the programming that each provided. Usually, those niche type formats may not have large audiences today but the audiences they do have tend to be loyal. Now, hopefully, someone will come along and buy them at 'fire sale' prices. Wish I had the dollars to do it!
 
WOAM now back on the air with their adult standards format. New owner who owns a station in Morris, IL. Royce & Roger back on in morning. Good news.
 
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