late 90s when there were way too many commercials.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: slightly off topic, but maybe of interest to some
> When did you all notice radio going down hill? I noticed it around 2000
> and in 2001 when returning to Detroit only to discover that half or more
> then half the band was purchased up by Clear Channel and ot other large
> corportations!
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> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, Steve Dresser wrote:
>
>> Ron,
>>
>> Who knows what they'll do. One thing for sure, though: it won't have
>> much
>> to do with what listeners want to hear. It's all about the money.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ron Canazzi" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 16:56
>> Subject: Re: slightly off topic, but maybe of interest to some
>>
>>
>> > Hi Folks,
>> >
>> > As a Buffalo, NY resident, I too used to like WKBW radio whenit tried
>> > the
>> > Oldies (1960's personality radio) format from March 2004 through
>> > February
>> > 2006. They changed to a liberal talk format because a small group of
>> > people
>> > tried a 24 hour liberal talk format on 1270 WHLD. Entercomm
>> > Communications
>> > owns most radio stations in The Western New York area, and it was felt
>> > by
>> > the corporate leaders that any threat--no matter how small--was
>> > intolerable.
>> > This change of WKBW to the liberal talk format took valuable revenue
>> > from
>> > WHLD and caused them to fold a year or so ago. One wonders whether
>> > WKBW
>> > will continue their liberal talk format--since in a corporate dominated
>> > environment, all such stations have difficulty raising advertising
>> > revenue.
>> > (big companies don't like supporting programs that claim they have too
>> > much
>> > power.) So I wonder if WKBW may revert to another format soon.
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 10:59 AM
>> > Subject: Re: slightly off topic, but maybe of interest to some
>> >
>> >
>> > Tom,
>> >
>> > In WKBW's case, the station tried that format for about a year and a
>> > half.
>> > I don't know what the "ratings" were, but we enjoyed listening to it.
>> > Unfortunately, I suspect that it appealed more to aging baby boomers
>> > than
>> > it
>> > did to the sponsors, which is why it abruptly changed formats. My
>> > advice
>> > is
>> > to listen and enjoy it while it lasts.
>> >
>> > Steve
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> > Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 22:13
>> > Subject: slightly off topic, but maybe of interest to some
>> >
>> >
>> >> Hi, all.
>> >>
>> >> As many of you may know, one of my interests over the years has been
>> >> monitoring patterns in formats for both AM and FM broadcast stations.
>> >>
>> >> Today, I was casually cruising through the AM broadcast band from here
>> >> in
>> >> Central Lower Michigan, and I came across W O K Y, 920 AM, out of
>> >> Milwaukee,
>> >> WI.
>> >>
>> >> What really struck me is that here was a station with an oldies format
>> >> that
>> >> clearly was trying to re-create the sound and aura of those 1960's top
>> >> 40
>> >> AM
>> >> stations that many of us grew up with.
>> >>
>> >> During the short time I listened, I actually was rather impressed with
>> >> what
>> >> they were doing.
>> >>
>> >> I remember that WKBW in Buffalo, NY was doing this several years ago
>> >> when
>> >> I
>> >> came across them while visiting relatives on the east coast, but they
>> >> since
>> >> have gone to some kind of awful talk format which I couldn't stand
>> >> listening
>> >> to for more than 5 minutes.
>> >>
>> >> In researching W O K Y further via the radio-locator web site, I
>> >> notice
>> >> that
>> >> they are a Clear Channel station.
>> >>
>> >> I wonder if this is something that more clear channel stations are
>> >> going
>> >> to
>> >> try, or whether W O K Y is just an isolated experiment by Clear
>> >> Channel.
>> >>
>> >> I also wonder how W O K Y is doing with regard to ratings in the
>> >> Milwaukee
>> >> area. I think that Howard (WA9TOP) from the list is from the
>> >> Milwaukee
>> >> area, so perhaps he can give us some insights from a local perspective
>> >> if
>> >> he
>> >> is interested.
>> >>
>> >> I hope you all don't mind this post. I just found the situation with W
>> >> O
>> >> K
>> >> Y
>> >> A M to be quite interesting.
>> >>
>> >> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
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