WKLB Axes "Sunday Morning Country Oldies"

[Jeff Lehmann]

Here's an idea... Clear Channel fires back and flips 1430 to classic country! I know they won't, but they did recently put it on 1380 in Portsmouth.

Jeff Lehmann

> On Jun 16, 2014, at 7:58 PM, "Mark Watson" <markwats@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> WKLB has cancelled "Sunday Morning Country Oldies" effective immediately,
> after just over 20 years on the air. The last show aired yesterday, hosts
> Michael Burns and Stu Fink were told this afternoon that the show is over.
> The reasons given was the flip of 101.7 to country as "The Bull" and Greater
> Media's tweaking their on-air presentation to counter their new competition.
> Having 4 hours of Oldies/Classic Country doesn't fit well with the rest of
> the station. It's not known what will fill the 8AM-12Noon slot on Sundays.
> Michael Burns remains the voice tracked overnight host on WMJX, while Stu
> Fink has been let go. 
> 
> Disclaimer: Michael Burns is a close friend of mine, he is the one who gave
> me this news just a while ago.
> 
> 
> 
> Mark Watson
>