Beyond Tiki, Bilge, and Test / Bilge / Legendary oldies radio station WCBS-FM, New York yanked for 'Jack'
Post #164156 by freddiefreelance on Tue, Jun 7, 2005 7:17 AM
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It looks like all of the Jack-FM stations are Infinity, except for the one in San Diego. The station that has gone over to the Jack Side here is the former STAR-FM (owned by Midwest Television, Inc., of Chicago), one of the top performing stations in the market & considered one of the top 3 moneymaking Hot-AC format stations in the country, which changed it's format because the PD thought the Jack-FM format would erode it's fan base. :Huh?: You take one of the top performing stations, with a style based on on-air personallities, fire all the DJs (except for the geriatric Morning Show, who are rumored to want to leave anyway) and add some Rock & Pop from the '70s & '80s to your previous playlist of Kelly Clarkson & Matchbox 20? Their "Hook" is that they sound like your I-Pod, but they don't sound like what I'd put on an I-Pod, or what my wife would put on an I-Pod, or what my friends would put on an I-Pod... And when I turn on the radio I want to listen to the radio, not some pathetic Canadian's I-Pod (All apologies to the non-pathetic Canadians here, but the format was created & is handled by one of your countrymen). Here's the last 20 songs from Jack-FM, San Diego: "Like A Virgin" - Madonna Not much there I'd tune in for, except maybe the Uncle Cracker track, & I haven't heard that song from Rufus in years, everything else I was sick of years ago. I expect this to go the way of the "Love Songs, nothing but Love Songs" & New Age Instrumentals formats that previously tried to fire all of their DJs. I remember what happened to the Mighty 690 in San Diego when they tried to go to a computerized Cart system: They went under in a year & a half. I expect the same to start happening here. Rev. Dr. Frederick J. Freelance, Ph.D., D.F.S [ Edited by: freddiefreelance on 2005-06-07 07:20 ] |