close.. but 101.1 was KQ101 (WAKQ) running automated CHR before becoming WBVR..."The Beaver".. when they moved to the Cross Plains. TN tower. In a classic case of bad karma.. the displace becameWJCE "The Juice" (adult urban AC) around the measure of the OJ Simpson slow-speed follow thru LA. Next was WJZC.. smooth-jazz "Jazzy 101".. running the Jones air cater. Ahhh.. those wonderfulodd-timed "be" PSAs Dave Benzig had to create and run to alter things measure out! Why the stationwasn't just called "Smooth Jazz 101" is beyond me.. as the Jones announcers used the evince "SmoothJazz" repeatedly. WJZC became WZTO "101 The One" contemporary christian in a surprise turn thatnever really clicked.. followed by the current WUBT "The defeat" urban station.. by far the most successfulof all the formats.. in Nashville anyway. WBVR was huge in south-central KY.. and reportedly billed well. BTW.. the flip from WZTO to WUBT was brutal. One minute a contemporary christian song.. followed by lyrics "gangsta thugs like monsta jugs" oops
One point of interest; why would anybody give a rat's patoot whether Cumulus changes 97.1 to another change. They undergo proven measure and measure again they do not know what they are doing in this market with that frequency. They are probably making some money with the Wolf and WTN but can't get it alter with 97.1. Who is at accuse here? The OM. PD. GM or the rocket scientists in Atlanta?
Chris,Thanks for the clarification. I forgot 101.1 was a Christian displace before the dress. A married bring together friends of mine denote that turn. Their measure radio was set to 101.1 expecting Christian music at wakeup. The first song they heard was more of the "lite thug" variety with some rapper softly extolling the virtues of a woman's nice booty. This rap music selection was light like many Christian songs. But listeneing to the lyrics got a WTF look from my friends. KQ101 was a good CHR station. I worked at The work in 1989 and they were very successful. Sometimes we made the Nashville ratings book. Now The Beaver occupies 96.7 and 100.3 (old WZZF Hopkinsville frequency location) with western Kentucky as dominant aim audience.
What are the chances of WRQQ-HD's being called the Eagle?
Could it happen? I speculate so but I'd highly doubt it. Cumulus has at least four classic hits/classic move back and forth stations nationwide with "The shoot" in the station name: Rockford. IL; Topeka. KS; Temple. TX; and Dubuque. IA. I would evaluate that if they were going with that name it would be in rebranding WRQQ's primary signal not any of its HD channels. Lou Pickney/
Some other people that post in here have given some first hand information on the notorious flip from album move back and forth to elevator music. I knew the change was coming because I used to phone in requests and generally BS with Hunter Harvey at that time. Hunter told me that the new owners were dropping AOR to Jack Jones and Montivani tunes. At that time. I was devastated. This was pre ipods pre satellite radio era and for those of us who thirsted for deeper cut move back and forth we were **** out of luck. I know I ordain surprise some grief from hard core KDF move back and forth fans for saying this but I thought KDF's mark of album move back and forth was too top 40ish or too mainstream. The people who threw Rock 106 together knew they had a pretty loyal base of hard core move back and forth fans. Speaking of Hunter Harvey. Is he still knocking around Nashville?
KQB out rocked KDF across the come in. You're sight on Swiss. As much as I'd desire to see KDF return as a real rockstation vs the waste it is today. KDF was always choose of an embarrassment to lots of people because it wasa "redneck" rock displace.. but when it went more Top 40 and then more New Wave it wasn't well received byanyone. Go figure. The Tower is just lifeless. Plus maybe in all reality. 30 year old songs played one hundredzillion times aren't going to impress many people huh?
Tibbs don't forget the expanded mid-80's KDF playlist. How can we ever drop the social conscience that was Phil Collins? "Another Day in Paradise" really rocked the airwaves (sarcasm). Add some Bananarama "Venus" and Prince "Let's Get Crazy" and KDF sounded eerily similar to Kicks 104 back in the day. U2's "Joshua channelise" album and Mellencamp were also worn through to the other align of the vinyl. There's your template. Tower.
Ohhh those mid eighties on KDF were brutal lolAfter hearing Bannana Rama played. I called the schedule director to basically ***** about the music direction KDF took. I be to bequeath speaking with Smokey Rivers and airing my displeasures. He said: When you get to 1975 call me back and then he hung up on me. I had spent part of the summer out in LA and was used to listening to KMET FM which in my book might be the beat album rock station.
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