I've been hearing the oldies as a general rule I.E. 50's and 60's music
stations are not doing well.  Even the oldies station here in Detroit WOMC
FM is moving more to the 70's but I think they are trying to stay focused
on the 50s and 60s.  A lot of the liberal talk stations I've found are on
real weak channels, and the one here in Detroit is owned by Clear Channel
that gets a lot of critisism from the liberals.





On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, Ron Canazzi wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
> >
>