North Shore 104.9 - WBOQ

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

JJ Mckay is the Program/Music Director of the classic hits format from
Westwood One... jay Fox is the former morning host on ABC/Citadel.
Definately off the bird.

Paul


On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 9:59 AM, Bob Nelson <raccoonradio@gmail.com> wrote:

> Website lists Charlie Curtis in the morning, then Catherine Brown (who
> took over what had been Jackie Ankeles' slot), and a bunch of other names
> who could well be the "off the bird" hosts. North Shore 104.9 has promoted
> itself as being locally focused with "good time favorites...and the Boston
> Red Sox". They've done high school football on Friday nights, and
> billboards and their website has accented how local businesses can "fish
> where the fishes are"--appeal to the North Shore audience with their spots.
>
> Their facebook had a post on Jan 27 saying host Catherine Brown was giving
> away a $25 gift card to a local business. Other posts are accenting their
> presence in the local community--so are they now going to mostly or all
> satellite? I think they had already done quite a bit of programming either
> via computer or off the bird, so is "North Shore" 104.9 veering off their
> mission?
>
> I admire stations like WATD with their local focus...maybe poor earnings
> are leading to this move, on WBOQ...
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 6:25 AM, Jeff Lehmann <jjlehmann@comcast.net>wrote:
>
>> It's actually the Westwood One feed, formerly dial global. Maybe they're
>> sharing some jocks now that they will soon probably be combined with the
>> merger? The Cumulus feed runs on 102.3 The Dunes on the Cape, and was
>> completely separate las time I checked last week.
>>
>> It's unfortunate that they went in this direction, their music selection
>> used to be quite wide and unique.
>>
>> Jeff Lehmann
>>
>> > On Jan 30, 2014, at 1:52 AM, "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <
>> walkerbroadcasting@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > They are using the Cumulus Media Classic Hits feed based at studios in
>> > Dallas.
>> >
>> > I recognized one of the jock names
>> >
>> > Paul
>> >
>> >
>> >> On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 1:08 AM, Don <Donald_Astelle@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> It appears that WBOQ has shifted to some kind of sattelite delkivered
>> >> format....with "generic" type jocks fed from the bird.
>> >>
>> >> Does anyone know what service they are using?  What sattelite feed from
>> >> where?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!
>> >>
>> >> D
>> >>
>>
>>
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