Re: ARS begins 'NFR LMA

[Steve Sawyer <steve5@tiac.net>]

Jibguy@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 97-06-03 03:57:18 EDT, steveord@xtdl.com (SteveOrdinetz)
> writes:
> 
> >Let's face it, the minute you have something that "works" on AM (ie: makes
> >money), someone's gonna do it on FM, and there go your listeners.
> 
> What can be done with AM?
> 
> 1) - Beautiful Music (no FM would even pick that up anymore excepting
> Florida)
> 2) - 60's-70's-80's "Middle of the Road" music, the kind HDH & BZ played in
> the 80's.
>        Don't say Magic 106.7 is doing it.  The AM idea is with more Neil
> Diamond,        Glenn Campbell, Simon & Garfunkel, Fifth Dimension, etc.
> 3) - Jazz
> 4) - Local Shopping (like "AM-900 in Brunswick, Me).
> 5) - All-Psychic (Talk) -   (Hold on.... it's coming!)
> 6) - REAL progressive rock.  The FM's still play "safe music", even WAAF, and
> now         to a lesser extent WFNX.
> 7) - Folk.   Yes, with a signal better than WADN's.
> 8) - Traditional Country
> 9) - Country Oldies 70's 80's, early 90's.
> 10) - Talk for middle & older demos (WRKO has fragmented toward young, and
>         besides, they need a competitor.
> 
> There are more, but that's all I can think of now.
> 
> =-------jibguy

Or, how about "New Jersey 101.5". Calls escape me just now,  but if 
you've ever heard the station (which, I believe is number 1 overall in 
NJ..), you'd hear oldies from 60's, 70's, 80's and currents, kind of 
like the old "full service" stations of old.  They have a FULL news 
department and talk shows during afternoon drive (and probably 
elsewhere). Perhaps that would do well.

Also, when I was in Texas, there was this station in San Antonio called 
KZDC, 1260 I think was the freq... maybe someone can look it up for me, 
at any rate, it was the hardest heavy metal rock station I ever heard!  
Still on the air, by the way.  I should check arbitrons on it as there 
were rumours it actually did well and showed in the ratings with the big 
boys like KTSA and KTFM, etc..

BTW, Jibguy, I heard WJIB yesterday and it sounds pretty good.  Listened 
on 495 north to Rt. 2 and was able to hear 'JIB to Fitchburg/Leominster 
area.  Pretty much lost it in the noise west of Gardner, but there was 
noticable interference from another 740 from somewhere else.  

How refreshing your station is.  Listening on a comparatively "good" car 
radio AM, 1985 Ford Tempo factory radio.  At least they made an attempt 
at AM fidelity then.

Later.

Steve Sawyer

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