Fairbanks WKLB/WCLB & WCRB

A Joseph Ross joe@attorneyross.com
Tue Jan 17 01:52:58 EST 2017


I listened to the changeover and taped from both signals.  WKLB's Rascal 
Flatts version of the national anthem actually switched from one signal 
to the other at the very end, in the middle of the word "Brave."

On 1/15/2017 5:52 AM, Bob Nelson wrote:
> Ironically WKLB and WCRB would switch frequencies--Dec 1, 2006, with 
> 99.5 and 102.5--and WCRB's last piece of music on 102.5 was the same 
> piece ("Rodeo"?) used in the Beef: It's What's For Dinner commercials. 
> WKLB began Rascal Flatts' version of the national anthem, the last 
> notes of which wound up on the new frequency. Format Change archive 
> has both versions of the big switch.
>
> On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 2:42 AM, Don Astelle <astelle.donald@gmail.com 
> <mailto:astelle.donald@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     >>I already heard it back then, and I didn't like it.<<
>
>     You and the late Laurence Glavin both!
>
>
>
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>     Subject: Re: Fairbanks WKLB/WCLB & WCRB
>     To: Don <astelle.donald@gmail.com
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>     <mailto:astelle.donald@gmail.com>>>, Rob Landry
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>     Cc: Ron Bello <rbello@belloassoc.com
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>     <mailto:rbello@belloassoc.com>>>,
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>
>     I already heard it back then, and I didn't like it.
>
>
>     On 1/14/2017 4:26 PM, Rob Landry wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > On Sat, 14 Jan 2017, Don wrote:
>     >
>     >> Actually, during this incarnation of Country on 105.7, Classical
>     >> WCRB started doing VERY well in the ratings. This is when Matio was
>     >> running CRB and they were playing "movements" in a somewhat Top 40
>     >> style rotation.
>     >
>     > They were playing the same format as WFCC and WCRI do today. See
>     > http://classical959.com to hear it.
>     >
>     >
>     > Rob
>     >
>
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