Is Milwaukee next on the "JACK/BOB" hitlist????

[Jay_F]

> > So far Milwaukee seems to be somewhat immuned by the
> > onslaught of Variety Hits formats cropping up nationwide
> so
> > far.
> >
> > But then again one has to wonder if "JACK/BOB" is plotting
> a
> > move into the Beer capitol soon. And Clear Channel,
> Entercom
> > and Saga do have[or adding] Variety Hits stations in their
>
> > roster(BTW CC did "JACK"-ed up its All-80's outlet in
> > Chattanooga June 3rd, so if WQBW starts to fizzle out with
>
> > its 80s/Classic Rock hybrid soon could this be their
> future
> > too?).
>  
>  I don'r see "the brew" fizzling out anytime soon.Not with
> ratings like that. People in Milwaukee love their rock n
> roll.
>  Some possibilities might be WMYX,WLUM,WJMR... heck maybe
> even KLH or LZR if they continue to decline, but thats a
> stretch.
>  MYX and LUM are pretty stagnant right now. If I was a
> betting man thats were I would put my money.
>  I wouldn't rule out WRIT either. They are really pushing
> the limit with this disco Saturday night thing. Disco?!?!?!
> the one fad that was popular cause everyone hated it.I
> remember back in 78 I was working a station out of Lake
> Charles LA. I had to do this remote from a disco.... never
> set foot in one again.Please WRIT disco is dead, leave it
> that way.
>



In the summer of 79, at the peak of the disco craze, I attended YMCA Camp Minikani in Hubertus. I will always remember that one night they had a "Disco Polka"...Only in Wisconsin!

The fact that Infinity is not in the market is probably one of the reasons Milwaukee does not have a Jack type station. Infinity has flipped more stations to Jack than any other company. But other broadcasters are joining in the variety hits trend/fad as well. The Brew is doing too well to change. Even if many oldies stations are flipping to Jack, WRIT will not because it would hurt the Brew. Jack could be a good option for stations like WMYX or WLUM.

[wannabenewsboy]

> > 106.9 WFMR. I think there were several rumors that they
> > wanted to flip away from classical. I don't know if that
> > will happen since WFMR is the only classical outlet in the
>
> > greater Milwaukee area.
>
> I was thinking the same thing. If Saga does flip WFMR you
> can bet a lot of listeners will revolt over this.
>

I for one would be sad to see WFMR flip.  Not only that, Milwaukee seems to have a pretty strong "arts" community, which would warrant keeping the format intact.

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Dan Cooper
AM540 The Word/105.3 The Fish Milwaukee, WI
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[mdnghtmike]

> So far Milwaukee seems to be somewhat immuned by the
> onslaught of Variety Hits formats cropping up nationwide so
> far.
>
> But then again one has to wonder if "JACK/BOB" is plotting a
> move into the Beer capitol soon. And Clear Channel, Entercom
> and Saga do have[or adding] Variety Hits stations in their
> roster(BTW CC did "JACK"-ed up its All-80's outlet in
> Chattanooga June 3rd, so if WQBW starts to fizzle out with
> its 80s/Classic Rock hybrid soon could this be their future
> too?).
>


yep  JACK is taking over the country and Wisconsin will be infected with JACK soon

[classic_rocker]

> So far Milwaukee seems to be somewhat immuned by the
> onslaught of Variety Hits formats cropping up nationwide so
> far.
>
> But then again one has to wonder if "JACK/BOB" is plotting a
> move into the Beer capitol soon. And Clear Channel, Entercom
> and Saga do have[or adding] Variety Hits stations in their
> roster(BTW CC did "JACK"-ed up its All-80's outlet in
> Chattanooga June 3rd, so if WQBW starts to fizzle out with
> its 80s/Classic Rock hybrid soon could this be their future
> too?).
>
 In yesterday's paper Cuprisin had a whole article on the "jack" format issue. I have to agree with him. "Jack" is a flavor of the month format. Basically an ipod with commercials.I don't think there is anything wrong with a floumdering station trying it, but for a JMK or CBS-fm to throw away a loyal litener base for a flash in the pan format.... man, guess the bean counters know what they are doing.In a "jack" format you don't have to pay jocks cause there ain't none... don't you people who are still in the biz worry about this??

[crushtl]

> I for one would be sad to see WFMR flip.  Not only that,
> Milwaukee seems to have a pretty strong "arts" community,
> which would warrant keeping the format intact.
>
That's what people said about WYMS, too.  Now Milwaukee won't have a jazz station for much longer.  Classical could very well be on the block if any one wanted to make a JACK move.

[PassDutch]

> yep  JACK is taking over the country and Wisconsin will be
> infected with JACK soon

Clear Channel's oldies WRIT-FM will be Jacked.

Edited by PassDutch on 06/14/05 08:25 PM.