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Worst sounding New Jersey station

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BigBoy41

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Which of our our NJ stations presently sounds the worst...? Also curious if anyone thinks there are any stations paying real close attention to sounding great in these tough times...or does nobody really care anymore?
 
That's a ridiculous question. The worst station is going to be some little low/no budget AM
or FM out in the sticks that is barely hanging on, bad economy or not. Comparing them
with a major player isn't fair, regardless of the time in history. It's like saying "which car
is better, a Yugo or a Mercedes SL-500"
 
The way the question is phrased is rather vague.

If you're talking about the sound of the audio transmission, Equity Communications' stations (WAYV, WZBZ, WTTH, WZXL) are all quite irritating since they pitch the music up on all of them.

If you're talking about the least relevant station in terms of programming, it's a tie between Hit 106 & 105.7 The Hawk.

With Hit 106, the morning show is irritating and not funny at all, and every song that they play can be heard elsewhere on the dial (on multiple stations, I might add). Regardless of where you are within Hit 106's coverage area, you will find half a dozen stations with the same exact format playing nearly the same exact music. It also bears mentioning that while Sunday featured some of G Rock's most interesting programming, now they have the thrilling "Otto Mation" manning the boards the entire day. As for the imaging: some of it consists of cheesily-sung station IDs that would sound more at home on a "soft rock" station, while others are downright laughable ("Finally you have your own hit music connection" - seriously). Even when you don't take into account that Hit 106 replaced a station that filled a void in the area, it's incredibly generic, bland, and most importantly, unnecessary.

Same problem with 105.7 The Hawk: music that can be heard in tons of other places. Wherever you go in New Jersey, you're bound to land on at least 3 or 4 stations that either play classic rock exclusively or primarily. There's very little that differentiates The Hawk from the lot aside from syndicated morning and late-night shows, and that has been a problem. When an out-of-market station is stomping you in the ratings, it's time to rethink your strategy. Either find a way to stand out from the pack, or move on to fill a gaping hole in the Monmouth/Ocean market - there are a few, but one that stands out like a sore thumb ... we'll leave it at that.
 
I live on the fringe area of Hits 106 all the way in Essex County and some of the songs I hear on that station are songs I haven't heard of in a while. The only other top 40 stations I get are Now and Z100 and they only play today's hit songs over and over again
 
Call me crazy, but shouldn't a station that calls themselves "Hit 106" play todays hits? and not "songs you haven't heard in awhile"? Sounds like you kind of answered my question.
 
87.9 FM in Newark. It's overmodulated and sounds like a low quality Internet stream. Next is all the pirates that have the DJ screaming over the music every 30 seconds. Worst commercial station would be 1450 WCTC. No one's going to listen to the same oldies satellite fed that WCBS plays live and local.
 
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