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WYAY Fun Fact

jal41

jal41

Since 106.7 is going to flip away from country (a format is has had since 1984), I found this intersting fact.

A person by the name of Bob Neil was WYAY's first operations manager (1984-1986). He joined WSB in 1986, and quickly worked his way up the ladder.

Bob Neil is currently president and CEO of Cox Radio (which oddly enough announced they made a profit, in contrast to the massive losses Citadel posted).
 
Wow, it had a long run.

If anyone rolls an aircheck of the last day of the old format today and can put it online, please let me know.
 
Isn't there a website with airchecks of station format flips? Maybe they will post it when the flip happens. Anybody remember what that site is?
 
jal41 said:
Since 106.7 is going to flip away from country (a format is has had since 1984), I found this intersting fact. A person by the name of Bob Neil was WYAY's first operations manager (1984-1986). He joined WSB in 1986, and quickly worked his way up the ladder.

Bob Neil is currently president and CEO of Cox Radio (which oddly enough announced they made a profit, in contrast to the massive losses Citadel posted).
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That's right, and it was Bob Neil's success at programming WYAY, and even more so his strategy of laser focusing on the target audience, that got him noticed by Cox.
 
It was the ex 96-rock PD, Bill Wise, that put 106.7 on the map, though, in the late 80s.
 
LouP said:
If anyone rolls an aircheck of the last day of the old format today and can put it online, please let me know.
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I recorded the last few minutes and will post it shortly. I'll also post the beginning of True Oldies.

The HD stream has been cut and if they do like they did in DC, the stream will be cut as well.
 
IT_Guru said:
The HD stream has been cut and if they do like they did in DC, the stream will be cut as well.
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I would imagine the stream would probably be cut for the duration of the race.
 
LouP said:
Wow, it had a long run.

If anyone rolls an aircheck of the last day of the old format today and can put it online, please let me know.
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I will be rolling Digital to catch this flip, I will try and get it up and posted as soon as its done...... Okey Dokee?
Okee Dokee !!!! Goodbye to one of Atlanta's Longest running formats... Hello to Oldies.. and IMUS...
 
Does anyone know what all happened to 106.7 between Top 40 WWID Wide 107 and country Y106? I know they had a very short lived (6 months?) AC format branded as Lite 106 (not to be confused with the CC Lite 106.7 out of NYC) in the interim, along with their move-in to the ATL. Did they have another, even shorter-lived interim format? Part of me thinks they did. Maybe oldies (prior to Fox)?

This was part of the great 6-way AC fight in ATL among WSB 99FM/B98.5, Peach, 94Q, Fox (which moved in about the same time), Warm 100/99.7, and Lite 106--a great time to be a secretary with a brand new Celica or a boomer soccer mom with one of those new Chrysler minivans. Then Lite 106 flipped to country Y106, Warm 99.7 went CHR Power 99, and Fox went oldies. The remaining three kept fighting until 94Q flipped to Star 94 (which still had a "hard AC" streak, similar to B98.5 today, until Power 99 flipped to 99X and Star went straight CHR) and most recently Peach flipping to the Bull. Six AC stations to one, in a 20-25 year period.

Were they still Wide 107 at the time of their move-in to the ATL? Who owned 106.7 before and after the move-in (I'm assuming that ABC wasn't the original post-move-in owner)?
 
>It was the ex 96-rock PD, Bill Wise, that put 106.7 on the map, though, in the late 80s.<

Uh, no. Everyone makes mistakes. Hiring Mr. Bill was a major one.
 
The Emperor, Bob Neil ... and PD Herb Crowe really moved Y-106/Y-104 into the Big Leagues back in 1988, including the "Zoo Crew" and a great promotions department.

Bill Wise was just the "hatchet-man" brought in to clean house and "streamline" the operation - just like Citadel is doing now. And Y-106 was never the same afterwards! Bill Wise would be perfect for Citadel and Clear Channel - a man without a soul!
 
if memory serves correct Bill Wise was instrumental in Y106 beating Kicks for the first time ever. Hasn't happened since. Maybe you were one of the ones who came under his scrutiny....maybe you weren't cutting it and you're left with this axe to grind all these years later. sad.
 
The Nose said:
if memory serves correct Bill Wise was instrumental in Y106 beating Kicks for the first time ever. Hasn't happened since. Maybe you were one of the ones who came under his scrutiny....maybe you weren't cutting it and you're left with this axe to grind all these years later. sad.
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Nah they are not bitter they just know when Bill shows up someone will need a box.
 
jabba17 said:
Does anyone know what all happened to 106.7 between Top 40 WWID Wide 107 and country Y106? I know they had a very short lived (6 months?) AC format branded as Lite 106 (not to be confused with the CC Lite 106.7 out of NYC) in the interim, along with their move-in to the ATL. Did they have another, even shorter-lived interim format? Part of me thinks they did. Maybe oldies (prior to Fox)?

This was part of the great 6-way AC fight in ATL among WSB 99FM/B98.5, Peach, 94Q, Fox (which moved in about the same time), Warm 100/99.7, and Lite 106--a great time to be a secretary with a brand new Celica or a boomer soccer mom with one of those new Chrysler minivans. Then Lite 106 flipped to country Y106, Warm 99.7 went CHR Power 99, and Fox went oldies. The remaining three kept fighting until 94Q flipped to Star 94 (which still had a "hard AC" streak, similar to B98.5 today, until Power 99 flipped to 99X and Star went straight CHR) and most recently Peach flipping to the Bull. Six AC stations to one, in a 20-25 year period.

Were they still Wide 107 at the time of their move-in to the ATL? Who owned 106.7 before and after the move-in (I'm assuming that ABC wasn't the original post-move-in owner)?
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middlega said:
Jabba -- here's a link that seems to explain at least part of the transition from Wide to Y.

http://users.ece.gatech.edu/~mleach/radio/fm.html
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Thanks. I had actually submitted the third paragraph to Marshall a while back but had either never noticed or forgotten about the ownership info in the first.

Does anyone have a more detailed timeline (approx. month and year) for what happened to WWID/Lite 106/WYAY, including who owned the station when, when they moved in, and when the formats flipped?

Also, as Roddy pointed out, they're no longer on WFOX's WSRV's tower-they're now on the Fish's tower.
 
The Nose said:
if memory serves correct Bill Wise was instrumental in Y106 beating Kicks for the first time ever. Hasn't happened since. Maybe you were one of the ones who came under his scrutiny....maybe you weren't cutting it and you're left with this axe to grind all these years later. sad.
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Sorry for the correction, but your memory isn't exactly correct ... it was the opposite! There were 14 "boxes" needed when Wise arrived, and the ratings decreased in the exact proportion to the on-air payroll. Ask the only survivor - Rhubarb Jones!
 
actually, we are both right. when New City owned Y106 and they actually put promotional dollars into it, it DID beat Kicks, more than once. However, once New City decided to sell and the money dried up, there was more than a year that it just sat there and deteriorated and the ratings went down.

you stand corrected.
 
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