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Yule time..

R

Rob

With November fast approaching, I can sense stations itching to break out the yule music thus, breaking their formats, the only stations I do NOT seeing doing this here is 100.7 Journey FM, since their format is so new.

Here's my predictions for an early switch, possibly by Thanksgiving:

WHWY (hopefully, for a new format change not to thrilled with H98 country)
Coast 93.3
Sunny 98.5 (that's a given)
Soft Rock 94.1
and WMXC Light Mix 99.9 (Mobile,AL)

If we see 107.3 hit music NOW switch to all Christmas music, then we know that their new format is a failure right out of the box.

107.3 since it's owned by CC would be ideal for AM 710 (hint..hint) 96.1's HD signal is weak at best.

Rob
 
Rob, I noticed that 107.3 has only two dj's on their website- 2 satellite feed disc jockey's except Matt McCoy, a local. It does not look like things are working right over there thus far into their new format. Maybe 99.9 should go Classic Hits as once 107.3 did and bring back Tom Kent and put 107.3 as full mainstream CHR like head on to compete with WABB. They are not playing the same music so I can't really understand how they would be doing well; clearly it's not as a ;legitimate competition as I see it. But, sorry, in response - all of those stations will go X-Mas and 94.1 will go on as always, the day before, the 24th of December.
 
Agreed, 107.3 hit music now SUCKS. How can they compete with ABB?

I (still) feel left out as the rest of FL has at least one full pwr talk station on FM, 99.9 has been lite mix for ages, doubt they will switch.

If 107.3 became either WFLA or 710 am, their mono signal would reach most of ft walton and then, Destin can just tune into 101.1 PC.

100.7 is doing very well, loving their new format. I hope the PD's are reading this and will keep journey strong. My only beef, they play some tunes post 2000.

If they pushed their XMTR to Gulf Breeze, FL kept their 100KW sig, their signal will be heard beautifully here in hell I mean Ft Walton Beach. (Mobile has 99.9 and 94.1.. we have nuthin.. not a big fan of Coast 93.3, don't like waiting till weekends to hear 80s and in a few weeks, they will flip to all Christmas)

-Rob
 
ummmmmm Rob, for the 947th time, there is this thingy called the FCC and they regulate spacing between frequencies etc.....and you just can't move a tower/radio station just because you want to....there are many factors that decide where you can put a radio station (frequency, physical location, tower height).....this stuff is well thought out from a technical stand point and it not something arbitrary that the government came up with.....you also have the FAA involved due to "airspace" issues with tower heights and location in respect to airports and flyways.

This thread was about Christmas music predictions....the REAL question is who will make their strobies red and green for the season?

cceng
 
Wishful thinking right?? Making a strobies green makes me shut my radio off. Still though, what a signal they would have if they COULD do JUST THAT!
 
Rob - what colors strobies would make you add extra alumenun foil to listen longer? Purple or pink? What's wrong with green? They make lots of trees in Canada with a green.

CCENG is a "flyway" something to do with that FLY station? It's a flea bag of a station any way but it's not country...thankfulle. We need coast 2c on a big station not a tin can like Hale. I don't see why the FCC and FAA make these silly rules. They let that dump run on to of WFLFF.They have restaurantees on wheels with tacos and it's time to get 0bama with times and have radios with wheels and move. Clinton should have fixed this. And added blue strobies. Talk about tropo blowing in.
 
Tibbs....was thinking about you tonight....Jennifer and I are in Seattle....ate at the "Maximillion" Restaurant in the Public Market tonight.....they feature Hendrick's....had a gin and tonic in your honor....and this was before I read your post!

cceng
 
November has arrived.. first guess

WNCV and SUNNY 98.5 within two weeks.

All I want for Christmas is fewer green Strobies and a talk Strobie...but for this area? Doubtful.

-Rob
 
Jungle Bells Jungle Bells Santa ran over by a reindeer drinking alot of eggnog and wwwwwwweeeee all the up to the north pole happy hoildays coming very soon to a radio near you.

Just Messing Around :D
 
Everyone wants to be the first to flip to all xmas but no one wants to flip too early. Once someone flips the switch the dominoes will all fall down.

Coast 93.3 and Lite Mix 99.9 are no brianers. Probably safe to add WMEZ 94.1 to the short list. I'm wondering if Jack 104.1 might go Xmas this year... after Xmas they could debut a new format or just stop paying to use the "Jack" name and image their own adult/classic hits station (like maybe "Gulf 104"... Cumulus already owns this perfect name for a Mobile/Pensacola/Gulf Coast radio station on 104.1 and they have all the station IDs and such available to copy from Tallahassee..) This would give their new "Journey 100.7" a chance to show it's worth without competition from inside it's own cluster.

107.3 has a history of doing Xmas, but the current NOW CHR format is so new that more than a few days of Xmas music would signal a quick format change. Could Now become the shortest lived format in the market?

Highway 98.1 hasn't burned itself out yet and probably won't ever under Qantum. Country should have been on that signal for the past two decades. The country over saturation in Fort Walton is caused by the "sleeping giant" 104.7 and the powerful out-of-market stations booming into the area. Just a little problem that won't go away anytime soon. I think its safe to assume that 104.7 will be sold one day in the distant future. If it winds up under the same ownership as Highway 98 or Country 105.5 then we should see a new format.

I'm more interested in what new formats may appear after Christmas than who flips to a temporary Christmas music format. I know 99 Rock and The Rocket will keep on rocking through the holidays so I won't have to deal with any xmas music except a few songs thrown in on WAAZ. I could really care less about the rest of the FM dial in Pensacola at this point. Just waiting for those new translators to get on the air to see if they have any affect on my radio.

Someone in an ownership position at 92 Zew needs to figure out how to get a signal into Pensacola. The lack of quality rock is killing me and I still refuse to pay for satellite radio or learn to listen to radio on my cell phone (even though my car radio is wired to hook up a cell phone... I'm not "smart" enough to do that and I suspect I'd have to pay a ton for bandwidth to listen to KEXP or WSOU). It's been so long since I was exposed to new music that I'm getting tired of my CD collection. I don't care for the iTunes concept. I guess I'm screwed. Good thing I can pick up all the AM talk radio stations here.
 
Already hearing 97.3 "your favourite holiday music station" sounds like it might be Clear Channel. Couldn't ID it. This early in the season, heard them playing "Linus and Lucy" before fade out.

-Rob
 
Rob-42 said:
Already hearing 97.3 "your favourite holiday music station" sounds like it might be Clear Channel. Couldn't ID it. This early in the season, heard them playing "Linus and Lucy" before fade out.

-Rob
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If you are in the North Florida, Tallahassee area, the 97.3 you are hearing is Clear Channel station WGEX Bainbridge (Albany), Georgia.
 
I'm just outside FWB metro, heard it on my portable CC radio+ Thanks for the info!
 
Yep 97.3 Albany is doing x-mas music right now. Are they going to stay Gen-X Radio after the hoildays or make another flip? Nothing going on @ Tallahassee's WGMY's 107.1 Hit Music Now as long they have my morining show Elivs Duran im okay. :D
 
This is very sad, all voice tracked all very general. Listening to 97.3 now and heard some automated female announcer announce the tracks probably from CC's Texas HQ.
 
I just noticed that Lite Mix is on the iHeart Radio feed at nights. Maybe there are so more feeds during the day..? Are layoffs being happened in the Mobile/Pensacola market too? Wow. I think they should tweak the format to Classic Hits as The "Gulf 100" - The Greatest Classic Hits for the Gulf Coast. I mean, what's not better than listening to Van Morrison, Rolling Stones, etc during the summertime. Clear Channel made a HUGE mistake and I hope they see this in flipping 107.3 to a format that sucked a year later. Haha, it's funny to wonder what goes in those minds that decides what station is doing well and what station should flip the switch.

94.1 is a Pure AC station. WABB should tweak more of it's playlist to Hot-AC. Too bad their nighttime jock left. Someone needs to buy them. Cumulus, are you hearing this?

Anyways, 99.9 will go X-Mas but I have a feeling they will tweak their format on a fresh new day of the week, December 26th, 2011 to Classic Hits. 107.3 will be on the air until they get a good realization of how poorly their "new" format is. But the question is, Rob-42 you like asking this too...what format void does it need to be replaced? Polka? Nah, I am just messing. Heck, it kinda will make sense to bring WNTM 710 to FM since we have Elections for the upcoming year...everybody will be wanting that. So it would make sense that Fox News WNTM on 107.3! Clear Channel, start the adjusting!
 
Rob-42 said:
This is very sad, all voice tracked all very general. Listening to 97.3 now and heard some automated female announcer announce the tracks probably from CC's Texas HQ.
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yeah...probably. why they must have a hundred...no...a thousand...yeah...a thousand voice track studios in San Antonio...yeah...that's it
 
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