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RadioNow Heading To SW Florida?

Lance Ventaby Lance Venta
July 3, 2010

Beach 98.9 Radio Now WBCG Port Charlotte Harbor Venice

Update 7/12: While logic to us pointed to the Gulf Coast, Clear Channel went a different route. The “98.9 Radio Now” moniker and domains were used to rebrand the former “98.9 Kiss-FM” WZKF in Louisville, KY.

Original Post 7/3: Clear Channel appears poised to bring CHR and the “Radio Now” moniker to Florida’s Gulf Coast. 989RadioNow.com and RadioNow989.com were registered by the company earlier this week. A rundown of Clear Channel markets where it owns stations on 98.9 eliminates any other possibility.

In Anchorage, Fresno, Louisville, Philadelphia, Salisbury, and Youngstown, Clear Channel already owns a CHR in the market. While in Spokane the “Now” moniker is already in use. This leaves Adult CHR “Beach 98.9” WBCG Charlotte Harbor, FL serving the Port Charlotte/Venice area in between Sarasota and Fort Myers.

Helping matters more is that sister 92.1 WLTQ segued from AC “Lite-FM” to Hot AC “92.1 MyFM” in April. There is currently a decent overlap between WLTQ and WBCG in formattics and signal. A shift to CHR on 98.9 would eliminate some of the musical overlap.

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  1. jasonharper2007's avatar jasonharper2007 says:
    16 years ago

    http://www.allaccess.com Is Reported The Same Thing Above

    So Time will Tell When he Station Flips To CHR

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  2. Lance Venta's avatar Lance Venta says:
    16 years ago

    Is it really reporting the same thing when they just take a portion of our report without the explanation of why it would be WBCG and not any of the other 98.9’s?

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  3. jasonharper2007's avatar jasonharper2007 says:
    16 years ago

    http://989radio.com Points To WZKF FM Now

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  4. jasonharper2007's avatar jasonharper2007 says:
    16 years ago

    Sorry For Bad Link Above

    http://989radionow.com Points To WZKF FM In Loiusville,KY

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  5. jasonharper2007's avatar jasonharper2007 says:
    16 years ago

    Just Got A E-mail From Format Flip Today at 5pm But Would Say But I Would Guess 989 Radionow Everything Point To That Website Already Up Keep You Post Plus i would Put The playlist Up Here

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  6. jasonharper2007's avatar jasonharper2007 says:
    16 years ago

    Website Now Live!

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RadioNow Heading To SW Florida?

Lance Ventaby Lance Venta
July 3, 2010

Beach 98.9 Radio Now WBCG Port Charlotte Harbor Venice

Update 7/12: While logic to us pointed to the Gulf Coast, Clear Channel went a different route. The “98.9 Radio Now” moniker and domains were used to rebrand the former “98.9 Kiss-FM” WZKF in Louisville, KY.

Original Post 7/3: Clear Channel appears poised to bring CHR and the “Radio Now” moniker to Florida’s Gulf Coast. 989RadioNow.com and RadioNow989.com were registered by the company earlier this week. A rundown of Clear Channel markets where it owns stations on 98.9 eliminates any other possibility.

In Anchorage, Fresno, Louisville, Philadelphia, Salisbury, and Youngstown, Clear Channel already owns a CHR in the market. While in Spokane the “Now” moniker is already in use. This leaves Adult CHR “Beach 98.9” WBCG Charlotte Harbor, FL serving the Port Charlotte/Venice area in between Sarasota and Fort Myers.

Helping matters more is that sister 92.1 WLTQ segued from AC “Lite-FM” to Hot AC “92.1 MyFM” in April. There is currently a decent overlap between WLTQ and WBCG in formattics and signal. A shift to CHR on 98.9 would eliminate some of the musical overlap.

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  1. jasonharper2007's avatar jasonharper2007 says:
    16 years ago

    http://www.allaccess.com Is Reported The Same Thing Above

    So Time will Tell When he Station Flips To CHR

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  2. Lance Venta's avatar Lance Venta says:
    16 years ago

    Is it really reporting the same thing when they just take a portion of our report without the explanation of why it would be WBCG and not any of the other 98.9’s?

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  3. jasonharper2007's avatar jasonharper2007 says:
    16 years ago

    http://989radio.com Points To WZKF FM Now

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  4. jasonharper2007's avatar jasonharper2007 says:
    16 years ago

    Sorry For Bad Link Above

    http://989radionow.com Points To WZKF FM In Loiusville,KY

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  5. jasonharper2007's avatar jasonharper2007 says:
    16 years ago

    Just Got A E-mail From Format Flip Today at 5pm But Would Say But I Would Guess 989 Radionow Everything Point To That Website Already Up Keep You Post Plus i would Put The playlist Up Here

    Loading...
    Reply
  6. jasonharper2007's avatar jasonharper2007 says:
    16 years ago

    Website Now Live!

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