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« Reply #40 on: February 24, 2012, 05:25:05 AM » |
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If what first-time poster @broadcastergeek is true and that there is "a major format change" waiting in the wings... If you're going to put an end to "Now," you might as well start the simulcast of WFAN already. Why wait until ESPN gets an FM stick, and why flip to another music format and give ESPN more motivation to jump to FM? Kill their buzz... yes, it'll take away an additional revenue stream... but spoken word is where the money is these days - if done right... and CBS Radio has been doing just that in Market No. 1.
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« Reply #41 on: February 24, 2012, 03:40:42 PM » |
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If what first-time poster @broadcastergeek is true and that there is "a major format change" waiting in the wings... If you're going to put an end to "Now," you might as well start the simulcast of WFAN already. Why wait until ESPN gets an FM stick, and why flip to another music format and give ESPN more motivation to jump to FM? Kill their buzz... yes, it'll take away an additional revenue stream... but spoken word is where the money is these days - if done right... and CBS Radio has been doing just that in Market No. 1.
That sounds like a personal backlash to Now, which I feel is not going away from 92.3 anytime soon. |
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« Reply #42 on: February 24, 2012, 06:31:10 PM » |
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Things might have happened in what could be called "bad timing" but I believe VERY STRONGLY that 92.3 Now isn't going anywhere soon. CBS Radio invested too much money in this and perhaps backhandedly they must've thought, back then about the possibility of WFAN going on 92.3 (or maybe 102.7). Until the FCC forces AM out of existence, there is still something to be said about talk formats being left on the AM and not migrating over to FM (with the exception of HD)
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« Reply #43 on: February 24, 2012, 07:58:44 PM » |
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Rumor has it that CBS is flipping to 92.3 to a Sports Anthems Dance station any day now  |
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« Reply #44 on: February 24, 2012, 09:22:48 PM » |
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Rumor has it that CBS is flipping to 92.3 to a Sports Anthems Dance station any day now So wait a minute......2Unlimited all the time? GET READY FOR THIS!!! |
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« Reply #45 on: February 25, 2012, 05:26:15 PM » |
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« Reply #46 on: February 27, 2012, 09:07:30 AM » |
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The website DCRTV.com, which reports on radio doings in the D.C. area, has a rumor attributed to "a source" that Chunky will soon be leaving 92.3 Now. It asserts that he has been picked to be the morning personality at CBS' urban leaning WPGC in the nation's capital. He would be replacing Big Tigger, who left the slot last December.
It seems unusual for an owner such as CBS, to offer a DJ in market #1 a position at a sister station in a significantly smaller one. Perhaps, if true, this is another indication that 92.3 Now is in for at least a significant format adjustment.
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« Reply #47 on: February 27, 2012, 09:32:28 AM » |
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I also heard a rumor from someone who works at Now that Buster may be leaving for a night host position at another CBS radio station.
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« Reply #48 on: February 27, 2012, 10:59:32 AM » |
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Rumor has it that CBS is flipping to 92.3 to a Sports Anthems Dance station any day now So wait a minute......2Unlimited all the time? GET READY FOR THIS!!! I worked at a station who tried it in 1993. We took the station over with a 1.9 and rode it all the way to 0.9 with 2 Unlimited, Hip Hop Hurrah, and Rock & Roll Part 2. What's worse was the owner of the station was serious. He thought it would really work. |
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« Reply #49 on: February 27, 2012, 12:16:47 PM » |
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It seems unusual for an owner such as CBS, to offer a DJ in market #1 a position at a sister station in a significantly smaller one.
Or it may be that, strategically, the morning position in DC is more important than the evening shift in NY... and it likely pays many times better, too. Moving from an evening or even mid-day or afternoon position in a larger market to mornings in a smaller market is not unusual historically. |
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