107.1 WLIR To Simulcast ESPN 1050 New York
January 16, 2008
One week after announcing an LMA to simulcast on 1040 WCHR Flemington, NJ, Disney’s “1050 ESPN” WEPN New York adds a third signal with an LMA of 107.1 WLIR Hampton Bays, NY. WLIR covers the eastern end of Long Island as well as being audible in portions of Southern Connecticut. WLIR dropped its Alternative Rock format earlier this month and has been simulcasting sister Dance “Party 105.3” WDRE. The ESPN simulcast will begin on Monday, January 21.
The 107.1 frequency has had an interesting history. Originally operated by a group including musician Paul Simon as WWHB “HB 107″, the station spent much of the early 90’s simulcasting WNEW New York. In 1997, it became part of Big City Radio’s “Y107″ Country quadcast first as WWVY and later WWXY. After Big City went bankrupt, the station was sold to Nassau Broadcasting and quickly spun to The Morey Organization where it began simulcasting 92.7 WLIR Garden City, NY. 92.7 was sold to Univision to become a New York City rimshot and WLIR’s format and calls were shifted to 107.1. The station was originally called “107.1 The Box”, but quickly reverted back to the WLIR branding, which it has retained except for a three month run as “Neo-Breeze”, a Popular Standards/Adult Alternative hybrid with limited sponsorships. WEPN will become the fourth station targetting New York City to be simulcast on the 107.1 frequency.
WWFF Huntsville Becomes “93.3 The Wolf”
January 15, 2008
Update 1/15/08: WWFF launched its new format as “93.3 The Wolf” today as had been expected.
Original Post 1/14/08: Cumulus’ 93.3 WWFF New Market, AL has begun stunting with Movie Scores. The station has just moved its tower closer to the Huntsville market from its previous location of Tullahoma, TN downgrading from Class C1 with 100kw at 982 feet to C2 with 14.5kw at 914 feet, but with full coverage of the Huntsville market.
The station was previously Urban AC as WHRP. Those calls and format now reside at sister 94.1, which had been simulcasting 93.3 as WXQW.
It had been previously announced that the station will flip to Country “93.3 The Wolf”.
Day 1
January 14, 2008
One of my goals with the new design is to open the door to what’s going on behind the scenes at RadioInsight. That said, the first full day of the new design went off pretty well. The server is holding up even better than I expected as there hasn’t been any bumps at all.
I was asked whether there was a way to view to posts on the site the old way, with all categories mixed together. If you’d like you can do so by going to http://radioinsight.com/2008/ as that will list all posts made this year.
Thank you to the person who discovered us using Mandy Moore’s Search Engine. I hope you found the information on “99.7 The Boulevard” that you were looking for.
Happy Belated Trogday!
Jacksonville Gets Liberal Talk
January 14, 2008
LTR reports that 1460 WZNZ Jacksonville, FL has been LMA’d to former Florida House member Andy Johnson and has flipped to Liberal Talk. Johnson will also host afternoons on the station. WZNZ is owned by Chesapeake-Portsmouth Broadcasting and had been airing a Christian Preaching format as “1460 The River“.
Kissing in Portsmouth
January 14, 2008
Update 1/14/08 - At 6:00am today, WUBB became “Kiss 95.3” simulcasting sister “Kiss 108” WXKS-FM Boston along with local traffic and weather breaks.
Update 1/10/08 - As the following logo now appears on Clear Channel’s server, the existing site for WUBB now redirects to a page claiming that Sports Radio is coming soon with a link to FoxSports.com. We should expect some action in the Seacoast shortly.
Original Entry 12/30/07 -Clear Channel has registered kiss953.com, which is pointing to wubb-ip.clearchannel.com. WUBB is currently Country “B95.3“, secondary in the region to Citadel Country powerhouse 97.5 WOKQ. Based on the fact that Clear Channel already operates Adult CHR 107.1 WERZ in the market, we’re expecting Kiss 95.3 to be Rhythmic leaning or there to be an accompanying shift at WERZ. Additionally, the website hints that WXKS-FM Boston’s Matty in the Morning will be simulcast on 95.3 after the flip.
“94.7 The Buzz” KHBZ Oklahoma City Relaunches
January 14, 2008
Following a weekend airing nothing but Metallica, Clear Channel’s “94.7 The Buzz” KHBZ Oklahoma City shifted from Modern Rock to Active Rock at 10am today.
And We’re Off…
January 13, 2008
Welcome to the new RadioInsight.com. What you are seeing on this page is the result of almost three years of planning, learning, and building. There were many obstacles along the way, including having to start a new website from scratch along the way. Plenty of software changes and enhancements have certainly made life easier.
Here on the front page you’ll see all of our headlines in the left column. The middle column features excerpts of all of our recent NetGnome entries and our new Blogs section. The right column features our Broadcast Buzz and Blogger Buzz as well as the recent entries on the boards. At the top you can see our new board navigation menus as well.
This is just the beginning of what we have planned. In the next few months you will see additional content including a revamped discussion board system, audio programming, and some other surprises.
Thank you for your continued support of RadioInsight.com
“99.7 The Boulevard” Kansas City Debuts
January 11, 2008
At 1pm Central Time, 99.7 KYYS Kansas City dropped Classic Rock for what they’re calling “Quality Rock”, but is best described as Adult Rock as “99.7 The Boulevard“.
“The new station aims to put a fresh spin on iconic classic rock, featuring favorite artists in a more adult, rock-oriented environment.”
Core artists will include Tom Petty, Eric Clapton, Dave Matthews, The Rolling Stones, U2, Bruce Springsteen, The Police and Jackson Browne.
“We created The Boulevard to fill a void that has existed far too long in this market,” VP Market Manager of Entercom Dave Alpert. “So many stations play the same music. This new product will bring to Kansas City listeners music they simply cannot get anywhere else.”
Entercom Kansas City Program Director Greg Bergen added, “Our newest format is all about the revitalization of a legendary music genre. Kansas City listeners with a penchant for classic hits, but who demand a fresher, more contemporary delivery, are guaranteed to find their radio home with 99.7 The Boulevard.”
The station’s first hour included:
Final Song of KYYS: Billy Squire - In The Dark
Jackson Browne - Boulevard
U2 - Beautiful Day
Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Refugee
Elton John - Madman Across The Water
The Wallflowers - One Headlight
Cream - Sunshine Of Your Love
Steve Winwood - While You See A Chance
Bruce Springsteen - Blinded By The Light
R.E.M. - Losing My Religion
The Eagles - One Of These Nights
The Clash - Train In Vain
David Bowie - Suffragette City
Van Morrison - Wild Night
92.7 Jacksonville To Go Gospel
January 11, 2008
If it hasn’t already, 92.7 WROO (after swapping calls with now 93.3 WJBT) Jacksonville will flip to Gospel as “Hallelujah 92.7″. 92.7 and 93.3 have been simulcasting since Christmas Day when WJBT moved to the 93.3 signal.
99.7 KYYS Kansas City To Flip
January 10, 2008
The Kansas City Star reports that Entercom Classic Rocker 99.7 KYYS has let go of its airstaff in preparation of a format flip. The Star also reports that an e-mail was sent to advertisers identifying the new format to be identified as “The Boulevard” with an Adult Alternative format.
We can confirm that Entercom has registered 997theboulevard.com and a number of domains with spelling derivatives of that: 997blvd.com, 997boulevard.com, 997bolevard.com, 997bulevard.com, 997bvd.com, 997thebolevard.com, 997thebulevard.com, 997theblvd.com, 997thebvd.com as well as every variation of those with the 997 after the text.
The “KY” Rock format dates back to 1974, when KY102 launched at 102.1 FM. In 1997, the format was dropped in favor of Modern AC “The Zone”, however the calls and format were picked up by Entercom’s then 99.7 KLTH.
The AAA format was tried by Union Broadcasting’s 97.3 KZPL from 2003 to 2005.
