Charlotte's Brand New Radio Station

[vchimpanzee]

I think 104.7 and 102.9 should drop their oldies stuff. I agree that 106.1 is now playing similar stuff that could be heard on the other stations. Maybe the AC stations should take over some of the standards artists.

Yeah, that'll work.

Edit: Oh, I see Mike Sheridan has already said it. He said something slightly different, but of course there would be no way I'd listen anyway.

[vchimpanzee]

For those of you who liked the format on 106.1 before it flipped to Oldies, what is wrong with listening to WKQC 104.7? Does WKQC not air a similar format to what used to be played on 106.1?

Oops, sorry, moderators seem to have no sense of humor.

I'm sorry to disagree, there is absolutely no similarity between K104.7 and the former Mix 106 except at Christmas. There is only a slight overlap, and if you'll forgive me for saying so, we would not be willing to settle for this kind of music at all.

[vchimpanzee]

Do miss Angie Michaels, Scott Reeves & Vic Thomas, though - the Radio Hosts that were simulcast on the satellite bird Mix106.1 was using.

Try WAME and WEGO, mentioned above.

[thatwasradio]

I got to listen to 106.1 this past weekend, sounded GREAT, not too much Beatles, and I heard only one Rolling Stones song (Satisfaction), what a relief after hearing Beatles and Stones every hour on the last Oldies station I worked at. Every song was a hit, I hope they do good, even though it is satellite, the selection is right on target for me. The signal was weak in some areas, but still came in a lot better in Gastonia, Belmont, and Charlotte than 630 WAIZ, which is what I normally listen to in the rental car.

[test123]

WAME flipped Classic Country today...

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[Mike Sheridan]

WAME flipped Classic Country today...

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I usually enjoy Classic Country but I have never seen it get numbers.

WKKT-HD2 does a good job with their Classic Country format but the signal drops out and then goes to the main channel even though I have lots of signal strength....bummer!  None of the other HD stations do that.

[Jeff Laurence]

I was racing thru Charlotte yesterday and WOLS sounded pretty good. I would really ramp up the on-air imaging however.  I do the imaging on KOOL-FM in Phoenix, and that kind of interactive, promotional content would add a lot to the sat/delivered format.  Mike's right, more local would make this station a winner..as would a slightly more aggressive processing stance..but as much as I liked Mix 106.1 this is a good little station..it could just be so much better!  Oh Mike, we need to grab a burger some afternoon when i am running thru Charlotte..We should call Jim Shafer, and do it right.  He knows where the good food is!

[wmgcbs]

I was racing thru Charlotte yesterday and WOLS sounded pretty good. I would really ramp up the on-air imaging however.  I do the imaging on KOOL-FM in Phoenix, and that kind of interactive, promotional content would add a lot to the sat/delivered format.  Mike's right, more local would make this station a winner..as would a slightly more aggressive processing stance..but as much as I liked Mix 106.1 this is a good little station..it could just be so much better!

I agree with EVERYTHING you said.  Unfortunately, I have not had the ability to listen live to 106.1 in Charlotte yet, but I have heard the Jones oldies format on WATR.com (an AM out of Connecticut).  Musically, the station is great.  As far as the jocks, imaging, and jingles... not so great.  As I have mentioned before, it's great to have the oldies back in Charlotte.  I just think Charlotte deserves more than what WOLS is going to offer.  Honestly, they don't even have a new website up, do they?  In this day and age, that's ridiculous.  At least have a logo or something on a website with a "coming soon" message.

Live and local (even if some of it were to be voicetracked) would be a step up from what WOLS is doing now.  Unfortunately, that's probably not going to happen, and outside of mornings and Sunday nights, the station will remain satellite-fed.  Oh, well.  Too bad that's just the way it is!

[Mike Sheridan]

I was racing thru Charlotte yesterday and WOLS sounded pretty good. I would really ramp up the on-air imaging however.  I do the imaging on KOOL-FM in Phoenix, and that kind of interactive, promotional content would add a lot to the sat/delivered format.  Mike's right, more local would make this station a winner..as would a slightly more aggressive processing stance..but as much as I liked Mix 106.1 this is a good little station..it could just be so much better!  Oh Mike, we need to grab a burger some afternoon when i am running thru Charlotte..We should call Jim Shafer, and do it right.  He knows where the good food is!

Sounds good to me!  I used to work on the other side of the glass from Jim but I doubt he would remember.  Jim was doing mornings on WTDR while I was in afternoons on Lite after Trumper bought WEZC-102.9. 

The WOLS processing seems to have a little more punch.  I noticed better coverage near Huntersville where the other station on 106.1 butts in.  Man the FCC really messed that up.

I don't see them going live and local.  Not when they can get away with being on the bird.  I doubt most people outside of the business can tell or care.

Call me old fashioned but I really miss the top of the hour ABC newscasts.

[ferolv]

Greetings to all in this post... I have been listening to WNMX-WOLS since it's first AM days, and was an early promoter of it when I discovered it. I noticed the heavier concentration of relatively recent titles in the past couple of years, with some level of dis-satisfaction. I was truly impressed with the variety of GOOD music that it played when it first went on air. I am by no means 20 something, and I grew up listening to classical and "beautiful" music. I have an eclectic taste in music since my youth, and my radios were almost exclusively tuned to WNMX until recently. I did try to locate their website, and find only the broken link, and nothing associated with their current call sign. I really wanted to let someone know, I MISS the ORIGINAL WNMX. I MISS Sinatra, Dorsey, Miller, James, and the rest of the BIG BAND gang. Where can I go now? I did note the other stations mentioned in prior posts, but I live in SW Charlotte, and my road time does not avail those stations to me. I guess I'll send them a letter, snail-mail...