Outside of scheduled shows like SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN or TWO GUYS, ONE SPORTS SHOW, has anyone figured out the pattern of weekend and non-talk hours on WTKS? I woke up this morning to a classic rock mix of Eagles, Petty and Heart. Last Sunday at the same time, it was Duran Duran, Howard Jones and the Blow Monkeys.
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Well hell -- answering my own question.
From Jack Bradshaw's Facebook -- "2 Guys - No Sports Show. A slight format change at Real Radio. They are adding more music to the Real Music Weekends. You can now hear Classic Rock all weekend long on 104.1 with a small break for Tampa Bay Bucs football. A huge thank you to all who supported the sports show. Cabin, C-Lane, Tom and I had a blast doing it for the past 2-plus years. Thank you for listening!"
I like Jack, tho I don't listen to sports talk. I don't listen to classic rock either. Guess it's more Pandora for me. Anyone heard if SMCD is staying?
From Jack Bradshaw's Facebook -- "2 Guys - No Sports Show. A slight format change at Real Radio. They are adding more music to the Real Music Weekends. You can now hear Classic Rock all weekend long on 104.1 with a small break for Tampa Bay Bucs football. A huge thank you to all who supported the sports show. Cabin, C-Lane, Tom and I had a blast doing it for the past 2-plus years. Thank you for listening!"
I like Jack, tho I don't listen to sports talk. I don't listen to classic rock either. Guess it's more Pandora for me. Anyone heard if SMCD is staying?
It was actually a very solid collection of classic rock, late 70s to early 90s. Short liners between songs, few commericials (a few of 10 second Morgan & Morgan, David Maus quickies). One failure, the automated weather report was the music, no voice ... at least the traffic cut-ins worked.
Could anyone see this: Move Monsters & Phillips to 540AM ... making it a true all day top notch talker considering with Beck & Rush in between. 104.1 becomes an automated classic/active rock machine ... maybe a syndicated A.M. show (I know, I joked about Bob & Tom ... but it could happen) and bring back Slats from 2-6pm. I'm sure the combined AM-talk/FM-rock ratings would be up some and they'd shed some salary $$ in the process.
Could anyone see this: Move Monsters & Phillips to 540AM ... making it a true all day top notch talker considering with Beck & Rush in between. 104.1 becomes an automated classic/active rock machine ... maybe a syndicated A.M. show (I know, I joked about Bob & Tom ... but it could happen) and bring back Slats from 2-6pm. I'm sure the combined AM-talk/FM-rock ratings would be up some and they'd shed some salary $$ in the process.
What are they smoking in Maitland?
I heard this this morning too and thought it was some kind of fluke. What's with the fossil rock? Is WHTQ that much of a threat now? I know it's not the good old days anymore, but I remember when the music actually meant something on WTKS when they ran it on weekends ad holidays. They had live jocks all the time, not sweepers and segues. I know it could never go back to that way anymore thanks to cheap channel, but this is pathetic.
I heard this this morning too and thought it was some kind of fluke. What's with the fossil rock? Is WHTQ that much of a threat now? I know it's not the good old days anymore, but I remember when the music actually meant something on WTKS when they ran it on weekends ad holidays. They had live jocks all the time, not sweepers and segues. I know it could never go back to that way anymore thanks to cheap channel, but this is pathetic.
If saving money is the goal, given the trend of moving AM political talkers to FM, I think the more realistic scenario would be moving 540's talk lineup to 104.1, minus Phillips as he is not "politically correct." Monsters would never work with a Rush/Sean audience. Then move sports back to 540 where it actually drew some numbers, and 740 can go back to brokering or espanol or whatever.
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japman said:
It sounds like every other cookie cutter classic rock station. I guess it was too much to have a weekend and overnights of alternative music. Lets make way for more dad rock, like there aren't already a bunch of stations that play that.
God, I hate people like you who work in radio. Were you one of the people here jumping for joy when they flipped 105.9 a few years back?
I like how this is the reaction, since there no other station that played that type of music. Radio is doing a good job of turning away it's listeners.orlandocasey said:
japman said:
OK, I heard Nirvana once. "Very solid" indeed.
I always wondered why WTKS played the eclectic mix it did. Classic rock always seemed like a better fit with the weekday audience, but in these days where I can hear that stellar mix of BOC and Toto in six other places, it made sense to be different. Now, I'll turn to my iPod and streaming web stations for XTC and Siouxsie.
I'd prefer a real live human at the mic, but at least give us a local voicetracked DJ who can pretend he didn't record his 8-hour weekend shift in two hours on a Thursday and knows it's not Alt-uh-mon-tay Springs. "Local" is the only thing that's going to save local radio.
oh man... sounds just like whtq. honestly, this is not a good move. count on cheap channel to screw up formats. thank god i got my iphone 4 last month. only reason i listen to real radio is sbk live and that's it.
It might conincide with the NFL. More than likely those tuning in for the Bucs are probably more likely to stick around for some classic rock/hits over The Smiths and Depeche Mode. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big fan of classic alternative and what Real Radio used to be on weekends in the late 90's. But in all honestly, I'm surprised it's taken this long. Take a look at their demos during the week and I guarantee you the audience that listens to 75% of the talk shows more often than not are more likely to listen to WHTQ or K92 on the weekends.
A couple years ago, I wouldn't have known about Flobots when it debut on Real Radio 104.1, before they added it to XL106.7. I used to have an overnight job & I also liked when I heard those long lost 90's alternative songs that O-Rock never played when it was still around.
They might be selling to an older demo, seeing it from a sales standpoint, but other than that, I have no idea why Classic Rock should be played on Real Radio 104.1. Maybe they're trying to weaken WHTQ 96.5 so that WJRR 101.1 can be the only Rock station in the market?
BTW, Sunday Night Vinyl is now off-air, too...
They might be selling to an older demo, seeing it from a sales standpoint, but other than that, I have no idea why Classic Rock should be played on Real Radio 104.1. Maybe they're trying to weaken WHTQ 96.5 so that WJRR 101.1 can be the only Rock station in the market?
BTW, Sunday Night Vinyl is now off-air, too...
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Parttimer said:
Really? So the songs that were being played on WTKS that were being played on WJRR? I can't think of that many offhand, except for a small handful of 90's alternative standards like Nirvana.
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Parttimer said:
God, I hate the people who work in radio.
gmspectre said:
Sure thing... but unfortunately for you, the people who work in radio, program radio. All we're doing here is justifying this change with thoughts on why it probably occurred. Whether you or I like it doesn't matter. The "radio people" have some reason for it and I'm guessing is all about sales and demos like Parttimer says.
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First time posting. I must say I didnt know people got this torqued over radio... anyways.
The classic rock format is a decent idea, if it wasn't a carbon-copy of WHTQ. I kid-you-not, I hear the same song on WTKS a minute or two after it's played on HTQ... at least five times a day.
Why not play the classic rock that WHTQ isnt playing!?!? God knows theres enough to go around. Instead of getting people to switch the dial over... people may not even be able to tell the difference of what the hell station they're on!?! Doesn't make much sense to me, given how many research dollars go into this stuff.
The weekend format on 104.1 was definitely unique, but between a lame "sports" talk show that only spoke about tennis, horse racing and the Orlando Magic and Depeche Mode... it just didn't get the numbers. Numbers make the world go round.
The classic rock format is a decent idea, if it wasn't a carbon-copy of WHTQ. I kid-you-not, I hear the same song on WTKS a minute or two after it's played on HTQ... at least five times a day.
Why not play the classic rock that WHTQ isnt playing!?!? God knows theres enough to go around. Instead of getting people to switch the dial over... people may not even be able to tell the difference of what the hell station they're on!?! Doesn't make much sense to me, given how many research dollars go into this stuff.
The weekend format on 104.1 was definitely unique, but between a lame "sports" talk show that only spoke about tennis, horse racing and the Orlando Magic and Depeche Mode... it just didn't get the numbers. Numbers make the world go round.
Let's face it ... classiic/hits/oldies/favorites formats have gotten so vanilla/generic now it's possible you could hear the same song on WMMO, WHTQ, WOCL, WOMX and now WTKS weekends ... for example, Bob Seeger/Old Time Rock 'n Roll, a handful of songs by the Stones and so on. So is 104.1 really competing against HTQ alone?
Fortunately, you'll only hear The Commodores/Brick House on Sunny ... our course you'll hear it every two hours almost as if it were the current Top 40.
Fortunately, you'll only hear The Commodores/Brick House on Sunny ... our course you'll hear it every two hours almost as if it were the current Top 40.
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well said japman. same old crap, over and over......
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