WCNZ 1660 & WMYR 1410 "The Avenue"

[theice]

That's another problem with WMYR and WCNZ Timeless Cool.  They run song titles on their stream but they only show half the time or they don't change for two or three songs.  That and the stream is down sometimes for hours ,,just awfull but ya, it would be nice if they tagged with titles.

[Gregg]

And let's remember, most folks listen to the radio while doing other things.  It's not like the Waltons gathered around their 1940s radio in the living room, everyone listening to Fibber McGee and Molly.  Even if the website tells you the songs played or some radios have a read-out of info on the dial, the radio station or syndicator should tell you the title and artist of each song.

Someone below remembers Hit Parade, an automated Adult Contemporary format from the 70s on many FM stations in smaller markets where all songs had title and artist tagged at the end.  I'm pretty sure Hit Parade's competitors did the same thing.  I can also remember when 99.5 WGFM Schenectady (WGY's FM station) and 102.5 WBEN-FM Buffalo were automated Top 40 stations.  Well into the 80s, both stations continued without DJs but did have all songs tagged with title and artist.  They had better ratings than competing FM stations with live DJs around the clock.  I'm sure that's because they still identified all their songs, even though they were totally automated, except maybe for morning drive.


Gregg
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[cd637299]

I enjoyed Hitparade, and although I never gave it any thought the first time I heard it, I wonder how many folk (not knowing it was automated) thought, "Doesn't that DJ ever sleep?"     The voice was Billy Moore. 

Many Hitparade/Contempo 300 (after July '76) stations did *not* have Billy's VO on every song, which had me think that the individual station decided to cherry-pick some records on their own.  Not sure if Hitparade itself would have approved of all the songs.

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[ai4i]

Sirius XM handles artist/title information in a creative way. As all radios have the same display software (although implemented differently), they do not say what was on or what is coming next, they spend a few moments actually talking about the artist or the piece, but we can assume that paying subscribers would be more interested in that sort of stuff than Freddy the Freeloader!

[klutch00]

Haven't these guys returned to the air?

[Nostalgia]

I will tell you that 1660 is on the air.  I heard it like a local at approx 1745 today (8/6) driving along US19 in New Port Richey!  It stopped my scan and was loud and clear for over 20 minutes.  Wasnt crazy about the music being played but curiousity kept me with it until the TOH ID since I knew there was nothing on 1660 up here and my mind kept saying- nah, that cant be Marco Island.  I was rather surprised!  Started fading as time went on and I moved  further south. 

Signals love the salt water coast, just like hearing 940 in Chiefland (only 780 watts) also quite well in New Port Richey during the daytime hours.  It can be heard with varying degrees of clarity from Tarpon Springs to Hudson along US19, and very well in a couple of sweet spots in the Sams Club parking lot in NPR where you can also hear 1240 in Cross City.

[stereolane]

There's a thread on the Tampa board about a housecleaning last Friday at WMYR & WCNZ, and all local programming being dropped... Anyone know what's going on?

And please spare me the comments about how these stations should be "True Oldies" or "Fox Sports" or some other predictable cookie-cutter format. Thanks in advance. 

[ai4i]

Isn't 770 already Faux Sports, and with much better day and night signals?

[HadYourPhil]

Depends on where you are for signals. WCNZ-1660 is working quite well these days, and is non-directional day and night. WMYR is what it is, likewise WVOI. That one needs to be turned off.

770 bravely soldiers on with IBOC. I have no idea why.

[JayR]

Isn't 770 already Faux Sports, and with much better day and night signals?

770 is ESPN Radio.