Of Interest Here, thanks for the heads up, interested to see what's up with 
them, dd.
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From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2008 10:13 PM
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