WQCD becomes rocker "101.9 RXP" WRXP

[gumbyandpokie999]

if you like smooth jazz so much go buy xm

or listen online at listen.xmradio.com

Its on 101.9 HD2! Smooth Jazz Enjoy~

 

[tsjclkt362]

New York/Re: THIS MARKET IS NOW DEEMED AS CRAP!

how is that a jock? the person sounds like a kid with all caps

I DON'T REALLY CARE! I AM MAD! YOU WOULD TOO IF IT WAS A STATION YOU HAD BEEN DYING FOR OVER 10 YEARS TO LISTEN TO BUT NEVER GOT TO AND IT CHANGED!

 

[jkb]

Re: WQCD becomes rocker "101.9 RXP" WRXP(Watercolors is better than CD anyway)

I know it's pay radio, but Watercolors on XM sounds better than the Kenny G station anyway. I would imagine someone will pick up smooth jazz. Maybe they can try the chill format again. It was actually a nice station. Kept the smooth jazz without kenny g. Who knows

 

[tsjclkt362]

New York/Re: RXP's biggest mistake so far

Well I cannot hear it -am out of the area. Sorry to be such a poop but this is all EMMIS'S FAULT!

Yes but I say: EMMIS...GO OUT OF BUSINESS!!!

Oh, please....they've been on the air only 7 hours. And wasn't the Giants parade today? How would them launching yesterday have helped them?

I do agree about the streaming, though they're far from the only station in NYC that doesn't stream, including the other two Emmis stations. Hasn't hurt them too much, even if it would be nice if they all did stream.

What a poop,This station is unlike ANY thing else in NYC and youre already knocking it!Give it a chance..You must hate rock music.Variety is the spice of life,no?This sation has lots of variety,so far.They do need a request line .

 

[BRH]

This one is a shocker to me too. I wasn't expecting it. But I had been suggesting a AAA format as a move for 92.3 in the past, so I definately welcome it. I am surprised at Emmis dropping such a successful format as smooth jazz though. The station was still performing decently and I thought it always billed very well.
I'm thinking that someone will definately grab the hole now created in the market. If I was CBS, I'd have smooth jazz on 92.3 by tomorrow morning! If K-Rock doesn't flip to smooth jazz, I'd think that either Cumulus's new 103.9 move in signal, or maybe even Pulse 87.7 should think about it. This is a built in audience that has been very loyal and a format that has been very consistent in NYC. I'd be really surprised if smooth jazz isn't back on the dial somewhere very soon.
But anyway, I definately agree with others that K-Rock's days are numbered (with Smooth Jazz or possibly some form of CHR being the two top candidates for 92.3).

 

[tsjclkt362]

Make it "CD 92.3" if it happens too!

This one is a shocker to me too. I wasn't expecting it. But I had been suggesting a AAA format as a move for 92.3 in the past, so I definately welcome it. I am surprised at Emmis dropping such a successful format as smooth jazz though. The station was still performing decently and I thought it always billed very well.
I'm thinking that someone will definately grab the hole now created in the market. If I was CBS, I'd have smooth jazz on 92.3 by tomorrow morning! If K-Rock doesn't flip to smooth jazz, I'd think that either Cumulus's new 103.9 move in signal, or maybe even Pulse 87.7 should think about it. This is a built in audience that has been very loyal and a format that has been very consistent in NYC. I'd be really surprised if smooth jazz isn't back on the dial somewhere very soon.
But anyway, I definately agree with others that K-Rock's days are numbered (with Smooth Jazz or possibly some form of CHR being the two top candidates for 92.3).

 

[tsjclkt362]

if they want this station to survive, they need to go Modern or Active, and if its Active none of the slower classics. and for the love of god, NO U2, No Nickleback, No U2, No Hinder, and No U2.

NICKELBACK IS THE GREATEST ROCK BAND THAT EVER LIVED! PLUS YOU SPELLED IT WRONG TOO!

 

[tsjclkt362]

New York/Re: WQCD becomes rocker "101.9 RXP" WRXP

GOOD FOR YOU! NOT FOR ME AND OTHERS WHO LIKE STREAMING RADIO AND HATE THEIR LOCAL STATIONS!!! I NEVER EVEN GOT TO HEAR THIS NOT EVEN THE NEW STATION EITHER!!! EMMIS STINKS AS A BROADCAST COMPANY!!

I have to say that, so far, the music mix sounds great! CD101.9 was a good station and it's sad to lose it, but this is certainly a great replacement, and I'm glad to see Adult Rock/Triple-A on the radio in NYC at last.

Certainly, though, I hope that this doesn't spell the end of 107.1 The Peak, an excellent station as well.

Certainly we could be in for some format flips. This really puts KRock in a bad position. However, 92.3 has been hiring new jocks recently, like Danni, and the British and Australian guys, so they might choose to stay the course for a while longer, perhaps counting on a bump resulting from the PPM.

Q104.3 might have more to lose though, since the music mix of 101.9 is more similar to 104.3, arguably, than 92.3. Q is in a much stronger position and has a great on-air staff, but the music mix is pretty stale. At the very least, this might force Q104.3 to really shake up the playlist. But, if 101.9 eats away at Q104.3's audience enough, CC might be tempted to flip....or they might choose to play 101.9's bluff and see if their new format dies off.

PLJ might be hurt by this as well. Their numbers are bad enough as it is, and while billing is still strong, the station is showing new growth, and Citadel, perhaps, might be more willing than ABC to go in a different direction. Certainly, if PLJ's numbers dip into the 1's, billing might then take a hit as well, and changes would have to be made there too.

The thing that's kind of ironic about this is that 101.9 was, before 105.1 and 102.7, the original "format of the day" frequency, through the late 70s and 80s. Could we be in for a return of the format wheel on 101.9? I guess we'll have to wait and see (or, rather, listen ;D).

 

[tsjclkt362]

Can somebody setup a stream for the time being because Emmis stations don't stream yet :'(

Thank you! I SECOND THAT MOTION!!

 

[Time Traveler]

1978-1980: Punk/New Wave Rock -- At a time when other rock stations in New York were sticking with traditional AOR formats (WPLJ, WNEW-FM), Adult Top 40 (WXLO) or oldies (WCBS-FM), WPIX staked out a groundbreaking format focused on new wave and punk but included older rock and roll as well, hence its advertising slogan: "From Elvis to Elvis." It helped break in New York and nationally early records by Elvis Costello, the Police, Nick Lowe, the Clash, the Cars, Squeeze, DEVO, the Kings, Cheap Trick, Talking Heads, David Johansen, Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd, to name just a few. Its regular DJs included Meg Griffin, Mark Simone, Dan Neer and Jane Hamburger.

As I remember it, WPIX flipped to pretty much straight ahead AOR in 1977, from Top 40, I seem to recall. In early 1978, they hired the Program Director of Boston's AOR powerhouse at the time, WCOZ tp program it. Wasn't it at some point in 1979, that the new wave based "Elvis to Elvis" format took over?

 

[tsjclkt362]

Interesting, I'll have to sample the station when I drive home. Sounds almost like it could be a spiritual successor to the old WNEW. I'm not really in a position to predict how will be received by the NYC area masses, but I'm liking what I'm hearing about it so far.

Looking at what they've played so far, there were some nice surprises. Thumbs down for playing Nickelback though - if they really want to be an intelligent alternative to mainstream radio as they claim they are, that's the last band they should be playing. But hey, they're soliciting listener input just like Radio 104.5 did, and that station dropped Nickelback quickly enough, so there's hope.

PLEASE DON'T BADMOUTH NICKELBACK!

 

[tsjclkt362]

I don't think people are happy that CD101.9 was taken off the air...if anything, most comments I've read about it here have been pretty positive.

You mean negative? i dont quite get your statement there.

 

[tsjclkt362]

New York/Re: WQCD becomes rocker "101.9 RXP" WRXP

I don't believe in paying for radio. Same way I don't believe in paying for TV. ;D

I'm not bitching about the new format, mind you. At least Emmis had the decency to replace the smooth jazz with something good. I like AAA music also.

I've now read the entire thread. i can say: EMMIS DID NOT HAVE THE DECENCY TO STREAM IT!!

 

[BACKnUSSR]

NICKELBACK IS THE GREATEST ROCK BAND THAT EVER LIVED!

I doubt the guys in Nickelback even believe THAT.

 

[raydofan]

Another tepid format change...

Shades of K-Rock '96. When will they whip out "Add It Up" by the Femmes? I guess they wouldn't dare play "Radio Radio" by Elvis-cuts too close to the bone.

You want to 'Schock' me? Play The Normal. Play Neu!. Play Suicide. Play Killing Joke form the first record. Play Gang of Four. If you're gonna sink, sink interestingly. This is just plain bollocks boring. Iggy Pop? Let me know when they have the grapes to play "Rich B*tch"-uneditied. He sells the songs they play to cruise lines, after all.

And I wonder who they're going to exume for this project. Nobody under 30 knows anything about NYC music going back to VU.

I give this thing 2 years max.

 

[JakeLongwell]

I, too, have mixed feelings about this rather sudden format flip. Like several posters here, I like both smooth jazz and classic alternative/new wave music.

I do think that the move was partially motivated by the fact that WQCD was taking listeners away from WRKS. The same reason why Clear Channel killed off the original WJJZ in Philly.

As for a candidate for the smooth jazz format, I'd like to throw in a set of call letters that hasn't been mentioned yet. WQXR.

I know that the Times promised to keep WQXR classical "forever", but let's be realistic here. Classical radio, especially commercial classical radio, is dying. Smooth jazz is an equally affluent format with larger demos. This happened last year in Milwaukee when the original WJZI gave way to an AC format, classical WFMR quickly stepped in and picked up smooth jazz. Now, I know that NYC isn't Milwaukee by any means. But, it just goes to show that such a move is not unheard of.
Besides which, NYC would still have classical music on non-comm stations WKCR and WNYC-FM, where I suspect most classical listeners go for the music they love nowadays anyway.

 

[DToTheJ]

But anyway, I definately agree with others that K-Rock's days are numbered (with Smooth Jazz or possibly some form of CHR being the two top candidates for 92.3).

That depends on how viable CBS really thinks Smooth Jazz is. Sure, they've got it on a few stations in markets like Tampa, but note they blew up one in, I wanna say, Dallas, to bring in the format du jour known as Movin'.

I guess all eyes would be on a 92.3 flip no sooner than April, when O&A's contract expires. But really... with the advent of rock-friendly PPM, why would 92.3 flip from rock?

 

[DToTheJ]

Re: Alt Jack FM

I guess I would label RXP as Alt Jack FM, if I had to.

Hey, is it just me, or do the RXP calls just scream "Teddy Ruxpin"?

"You're tuned into the Lunchtime Grub with Grubby..."

 

[DToTheJ]

if you like smooth jazz so much go buy xm
or listen online at listen.xmradio.com

Its on 101.9 HD2! Smooth Jazz Enjoy~

And how many people own HD Radios? Really?

 

[orange434]

And how many people own HD Radios? Really?

yeah, telling jazz fans to tune into cd 101.9 on an hd2 is an insult. a minor detail is it also doesn't have any jocks, liners, or any of the other things they've been used to hearing on cd 101.9 for the last 20 years. anyone could duplicate it on their ipod.