It's coming up on three months since the big sports shift in Raleigh that left former sports outlet "850 the Buzz" simulcasting WCMC "99.9 the Fan". At the time, talk was that the simulcast would last two weeks and a music format would take hold there. Later press coverage alluded to either music or a lifestyle talk format, though nothing's been added beyond Imus in the Morning, and the future of AM 850 has been very quiet since. Are there any concrete plans for this station? When do they plan to do something with it?
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I'm guessing the folks at Curtis have been too busy putting out fires at WPTF.
It looks like the deal will FINALLY go through next week sometime. Expect 850 to start playing music soon thereafter.
Jeff Rollins and Carl Hampton!
Jeff's been there before.
Jeff's been there before.
If WPTF would have kept Rush and Hannity, I could see moving WDOX's format to 850 and preserving WCLY 1550's gospel/ministry format on 570..it would have been a great signal upgrade for both (10,000 watts daytime vs. 1,000 watts for WDOX; for WCLY, the same power, but a much better, low on the dial signal) and would have played well to 570's heritage as R&B outlet WLLE (1954-1997).
With WPTF fighting to keep their place in the talk battle against an FM competitor that just captured the big names in talk, WDOX becoming more of a market player on the bigger 850 signal might do more harm than good to WPTF.
With WPTF fighting to keep their place in the talk battle against an FM competitor that just captured the big names in talk, WDOX becoming more of a market player on the bigger 850 signal might do more harm than good to WPTF.
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errandboy
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wkix channel 85 is back
Listened a little last night, music is 50s-60s-70s with an occasional spot about rebuilding the legendary "KIX 850", with an old PAMS jingle or two worked in, though the great majority of it is just back-to-back music with no liners/imaging in between. Top of the hour ID is still "WRBZ, Raleigh".
I heard some of this last night too. They advertised that they were "auditioning 3,000" songs to get the playlist right over the next "several weeks," while they insert "DJs, contests, news and weather." The old WKIX Channel 85 jingles were neat.
HELL YES!!! KIX is back! I'm going there this week to see what they have open. FYI, Rick Dees is between gigs right onw and it
would not suck to have him back on the mighty mighty big and alive, AM 85! Baby! What's Pat Patterson doing now? What ever happended to Pat Patteerson? Is he still around? I'd love to hear him back on 85! ;D ;D ;D
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would not suck to have him back on the mighty mighty big and alive, AM 85! Baby! What's Pat Patterson doing now? What ever happended to Pat Patteerson? Is he still around? I'd love to hear him back on 85! ;D ;D ;D
;DAs a listener, I am enjoying the new format very much!! I listened to "Kix" from about 1985-88. "Joe-Wade" did the morning show. I do not remember hearing many songs from the 50s', just 60s' and 70s'.
Were there two different "Kix" formats? One from the 50s' and 60's, and the one I used to listen to?. It seems they are going to combine both formats and play 50s', 60s', and 70s'.
Thanks
Were there two different "Kix" formats? One from the 50s' and 60's, and the one I used to listen to?. It seems they are going to combine both formats and play 50s', 60s', and 70s'.
Thanks
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jmobooku
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Oh....Sniffie.....me love hearing those great oldies over, and over, and over again...AND IN LIVING LOW FIDELITY MONO. Gawd....me hope Pattie P. once again do bits that were even stale 30 years ago. Hope many former DJs follow on air to increase ego-factor. They so full of themselves, not like you! Ooooh, me pants are wet listening to new formeat....so exciting!!! Will attract many listeners....uh............... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Oh....gotta change Depends now. Bye!
Absolutely, and update the FM stations' sound to something more like FMs would play.tothedj said:
I still wish Jeff Rollins was coming back. I'm so lucky to have him here.
I remember when they did the 40s, 50s and 60s, though like oldies stations these days don't do much from the 50s, they didn't actually do much from the 40s. They actually had more 70s and 80s music (soft AC) plus newer songs that sounded like they came from the 40s. When the FM went country, they finally got appropriate letters (WYLT) and the WKIX letters meant something again.Stuart Greenberg said:
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