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WTBQ on 99.1 FM

Seems as though the one thing that can allow radio to survive despite the Internet and allow it to be profitable--LOCALISM--is being ignored too, by those on this message board.

It's a shame.
 
I am curious about one thing. By rule a translator can't have original programming; it can only retransmit programming from another main station. If WTBQ has to sign off at sundown isn't what 99.1 is transmitting original? In any event it's the only way stations like this can survive.
 
NYCHVRadio said:
Seems as though the one thing that can allow radio to survive despite the Internet and allow it to be profitable--LOCALISM--is being ignored too, by those on this message board.

It's a shame.
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THIS.

Would love more discussion of good local programming and less engineering minutiae and pointless playa-hate.
 
nebbish said:
NYCHVRadio said:
Seems as though the one thing that can allow radio to survive despite the Internet and allow it to be profitable--LOCALISM--is being ignored too, by those on this message board.

It's a shame.
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THIS.

Would love more discussion of good local programming and less engineering minutiae and pointless playa-hate.
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agreed. seems as though there is very little radio discussion in this particular market lately and a lot of internet talk.
very very few radio listeners listen online. besides, what do you end up streaming if the programming isnt very good anyway?
 
shirl said:
nebbish said:
NYCHVRadio said:
Seems as though the one thing that can allow radio to survive despite the Internet and allow it to be profitable--LOCALISM--is being ignored too, by those on this message board.

It's a shame.
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THIS.

Would love more discussion of good local programming and less engineering minutiae and pointless playa-hate.
Click to expand...

agreed. seems as though there is very little radio discussion in this particular market lately and a lot of internet talk.
very very few radio listeners listen online. besides, what do you end up streaming if the programming isnt very good anyway?
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While I can't speak about WTBQ, as I am well outside their service area, I would like to comment on localism, a subject I feel strongly about. I agree that for terrestrial radio to succeed against all the choices listeners have today, satellite, I Pods, the internet, they must provide something to attract listeners, and that would be live and local, not the same stuff you can get anywhere. Unfortunately the FCC in their (lack of) wisdom allowed big companies to come in and gobble up local stations back in the 90’s .These big companies should have used the economies of size to spread the cost of local programming including news and local affairs ,across the stations in the cluster, and improved, or at least held the line on live and local. That is what their license says “to serve the public interest” not corporate greed. Instead in their greed for ever higher profits they cut, cut, cut until the stations we a shell of their former selves ,with automation, voice tracking ,and satellite fed programming. Now the stations are struggling, having driven listeners away. Their answerer is to cut some more. YOU CAN’T CUT YOU WAY TO PROFITABLY ,STUPID , business 101 .The local stations business didn’t take over unfortunately are small low powered , with limited funds and can’t compete with the big stations. They can fight back with local content, since the big clusters don’t care about the communities they ‘serve’ and hopefully the public will support them. With an FM translator WTBQ will have a clearer signal and be able to stay on all night, without the chatter on AM. I wish them luck.
 
MHVRadiofan said:
shirl said:
nebbish said:
NYCHVRadio said:
Seems as though the one thing that can allow radio to survive despite the Internet and allow it to be profitable--LOCALISM--is being ignored too, by those on this message board.

It's a shame.
Click to expand...

THIS.

Would love more discussion of good local programming and less engineering minutiae and pointless playa-hate.
Click to expand...

agreed. seems as though there is very little radio discussion in this particular market lately and a lot of internet talk.
very very few radio listeners listen online. besides, what do you end up streaming if the programming isnt very good anyway?
Click to expand...

While I can't speak about WTBQ, as I am well outside their service area, I would like to comment on localism, a subject I feel strongly about. I agree that for terrestrial radio to succeed against all the choices listeners have today, satellite, I Pods, the internet, they must provide something to attract listeners, and that would be live and local, not the same stuff you can get anywhere. Unfortunately the FCC in their (lack of) wisdom allowed big companies to come in and gobble up local stations back in the 90’s .These big companies should have used the economies of size to spread the cost of local programming including news and local affairs ,across the stations in the cluster, and improved, or at least held the line on live and local. That is what their license says “to serve the public interest” not corporate greed. Instead in their greed for ever higher profits they cut, cut, cut until the stations we a shell of their former selves ,with automation, voice tracking ,and satellite fed programming. Now the stations are struggling, having driven listeners away. Their answerer is to cut some more. YOU CAN’T CUT YOU WAY TO PROFITABLY ,STUPID , business 101 .The local stations business didn’t take over unfortunately are small low powered , with limited funds and can’t compete with the big stations. They can fight back with local content, since the big clusters don’t care about the communities they ‘serve’ and hopefully the public will support them. With an FM translator WTBQ will have a clearer signal and be able to stay on all night, without the chatter on AM. I wish them luck.
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bravo. agreed. it would be unfortunate if WTBQ filled this golden opportunity with more syndicated talk show pablum.
 
Actually WTBQ has a pretty good webstream. I have listened to it off and on for years. I like a lot of the music and it isn't interupted a whole lot. Its good stuff. Clearly they have the ability to play all kinds of music and have fun with it. Frank Truat is a pretty polished disc jockey and his morning show is more than adequate.

What isn't great on the station is a lot of the bartered shows on the weekend. A lot of them are no great shakes. For instance, that show Ty Ageery or whatever his name is worse than anything I have ever heard on radio. But most of them aren't bad, and they add a local flavor, which is what you are supposed to do. I am sure they are all paying the bills too.

Its not a bad station, I hope they do well on the 99.1 Translator.
 
Come on people.. you gotta love a radio station that plays "Blow Away" by George Harrison. Who else plays this gold nugget? "In Your Letter" by REO Speedwagon...

Where else are going to hear this stuff?

99.1 is good stuff... limited breaks.. this is great
 
Towerclimber31 said:
Come on people.. you gotta love a radio station that plays "Blow Away" by George Harrison. Who else plays this gold nugget? "In Your Letter" by REO Speedwagon...

Where else are going to hear this stuff?

99.1 is good stuff... limited breaks.. this is great
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pretty awful. "the new Q99.1, pablum, politics and polkas"
 
Agreed some of the bartered programming is awful.
Jimmy Sturr, like Polka or not is a Florida NY icon.
He is popular on the station.

The station actually plays some good tunes.
 
I am in Dutchess County, and while I am able to pick up WTBQ's AM signal on my car radio (a bit static-y most of the time) all I am able to hear at 99.1 FM is a rock station (WPLR?) out of Connecticut.
 
shirl said:
pretty awful. "the new Q99.1, pablum, politics and polkas"
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Don't you disrespect the polka, or it could get ugly around here. One more false move and there'll be a wiejska flying in your direction.
 
nebbish said:
shirl said:
pretty awful. "the new Q99.1, pablum, politics and polkas"
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Don't you disrespect the polka, or it could get ugly around here. One more false move and there'll be a wiejska flying in your direction.
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FM radio's first-ever "Who Stole The Kishka?" promotion. I can barely wait.
 
I would suggest that WTBQ get a local talker. The only talk radio station in the Hudson Valley--WKIP--has no signal in Orange County.

They've got Boortz on there; how in goodness' name is that local?

It's not, that's the problem.

Radio has got to be local. If it isn't local, why then, would anyone become a loyal listener to a talk radio station with so many other options--the Internet; NYC Talk stations; and Sirius/XM Talk?

All of these outlets above provide generic programming...if you're in the Hudson Valley, Chicago or Paris, France.

Goodness, I'd love to get every American radio PD and Exec. in a room and just shake them until they wake up.

(I should also add: WKIP is a generic line-up of shows HV listeners can get fron NYC stations. I know that Clear Channel has put out a freeze on any new hiring (according to a leaked internal memo last week) but honestly - why would the average, everyday--non-radio buff or employee--become a "WKIP Listener" when they don't offer any reason to become a listener?).

Local, Local, Local. It's been what anyone in this business has always been told--but it's now more important than ever.
 
NYCHVRadio said:
I would suggest that WTBQ get a local talker. The only talk radio station in the Hudson Valley--WKIP--has no signal in Orange County.

They've got Boortz on there; how in goodness' name is that local?

It's not, that's the problem.

Radio has got to be local. If it isn't local, why then, would anyone become a loyal listener to a talk radio station with so many other options--the Internet; NYC Talk stations; and Sirius/XM Talk?

All of these outlets above provide generic programming...if you're in the Hudson Valley, Chicago or Paris, France.

Goodness, I'd love to get every American radio PD and Exec. in a room and just shake them until they wake up.

(I should also add: WKIP is a generic line-up of shows HV listeners can get fron NYC stations. I know that Clear Channel has put out a freeze on any new hiring (according to a leaked internal memo last week) but honestly - why would the average, everyday--non-radio buff or employee--become a "WKIP Listener" when they don't offer any reason to become a listener?).

Local, Local, Local. It's been what anyone in this business has always been told--but it's now more important than ever.
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Yes, but it all changed when Stern became #1 in NYC AND LA AND Philly, and Rush dominated middays in his demo in a couple of dozen other cities. Sometimes local doesn't win, if it isnt better and more compelling to listen to than all of that other stuff being offered. A right wing local Orange County talker doesnt beat Sean Hannity if he/she isn't as interesting to listen to.
 
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