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« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2009, 02:14:14 PM » |
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Polka anyone?
Well, Polka Country might be duplicative enough to qualify... (Yes, it exists. On a hunch I Googled the term and came up with http://www.polkacountry.com/) |
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« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2009, 02:18:35 PM » |
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What makes you think they/1230 will drop sports? As someone mentioned elsewhere here, even with it's rock bottom ratings on 1230
Well, unless you've had access to the Columbus Arbitrons during the ratings embargo, how do you know they are still rock bottom? Maybe they shot up to a 7.9 12+ share in the last trend. |
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« Reply #12 on: October 12, 2009, 05:43:08 PM » |
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What makes you think they/1230 will drop sports? As someone mentioned elsewhere here, even with it's rock bottom ratings on 1230
Well, unless you've had access to the Columbus Arbitrons during the ratings embargo, how do you know they are still rock bottom? Maybe they shot up to a 7.9 12+ share in the last trend. Would never. I think 103.9 would be the next flip. I bet they could get better ratings with a current hits format. 955 could too.... some stations have just been around too long with the same crap. |
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« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2009, 07:03:15 AM » |
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I'll have to admit the only reason I listen to 103.9 during the morning Talk is because of Kelly Quinn. I've been listening to her since she was on 92.3 back in the 80s, so it's like listening to a friend from back when I was in high school (even though a graduated years earlier).
Although I think 103.9 would do better as a music format, I doubt they will get rid of their talk format.... at least not yet. However, if any station were to flip formats, I think stunting as a 24x7 Polka station would really catch peoples attention.
As for the 80s format, I wouldn't say it is stale, just that Radio stations are playing the same 80s hits over and over again. When all you play is the same 100 songs from a decade, its going to sound very stale. If an 80s station were to make it today, I think they would have to play a wide variety of songs from the 80s, not just the one that the Mix and the Brew play. Of course 107.9 having been America's 1st 80s Station, they could easily put 80s on their HD channel as they phase it out of the Mix. But as I just said, they would have to have a wide variety of 80s songs.
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« Reply #14 on: October 13, 2009, 08:26:39 AM » |
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Polka anyone?
Well, Polka Country might be duplicative enough to qualify... (Yes, it exists. On a hunch I Googled the term and came up with http://www.polkacountry.com/) You know it's funny because I actually thought about that after my original post. I wondered if polka country actually did exist and I'll be damned, it sure does. So there you have it ladies and gentlemen.... Columbus' next new format - Polka Country! |
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« Reply #15 on: October 13, 2009, 01:18:21 PM » |
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107.9 should put 80s on an HD-2 and just go 90s and Now and go up against WNCI.
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« Reply #16 on: October 15, 2009, 08:15:34 AM » |
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107.9 should put 80s on an HD-2 and just go 90s and Now and go up against WNCI.
Basically like Q102 does up against Kiss 107 in Cincy. |
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« Reply #17 on: October 15, 2009, 07:49:08 PM » |
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107.9 should put 80s on an HD-2 and just go 90s and Now and go up against WNCI.
With their HD coverage area, the potential audience is very small. And that's even before considering how many people actually have an HD radio. Unless the propsed increase to 10% is allowed, rimshots will have very little HD penetration. |
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« Reply #18 on: October 16, 2009, 01:16:03 AM » |
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107.9 should put 80s on an HD-2 and just go 90s and Now and go up against WNCI.
With their HD coverage area, the potential audience is very small. And that's even before considering how many people actually have an HD radio. Unless the propsed increase to 10% is allowed, rimshots will have very little HD penetration. Exactly! You have to figure if all of the little "1 share wonders" can't even put a usable analog signal into the core of the market from their adjacent county xmtr sites, they surely will not put an HD signal in...and as noted, almost nobody has a so-called HD radio anyway. As for 107.9 going up against WNCI, are you kidding? The simulcast of 105.7 & 107.1 almost tied WNCI in the early 90s at one point, but 107.9 doesn't even have that much market coverage. Saga probably has more money to spend on promotion and programming than 105/107 back then, but the question is whether Saga would invest any money in it. It looks very unlikely that they would, given their "take the cheapest way out" philosophy of running stations in the Columbus market. Even if they did have the money and were willing to spend it, trying to position 107.9 against WNCI would be a foolish waste with the current signal. |
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« Reply #19 on: October 19, 2009, 12:18:01 PM » |
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Mix 1079 is a good Hot AC. It leans adult CHR. Signal or not, couldn't they put up a fight? At least get to a 3 share and steal some from WNCI. I don't see why not.
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