No, that was "WOLD," but I know what you mean.
Steve
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From: "Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 17:59
Subject: Re: slightly off topic, but maybe of interest to some
> WHLD, as in "I am the morning Dee Jay on"....
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ron Canazzi" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 4:56 PM
> Subject: Re: slightly off topic, but maybe of interest to some
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>
> 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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