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WERV-FM Flips-Chicago's Classic Alternative

Posted by Shizam <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=Shizam' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 26, 2024, 2:18 pm

We missed this one. Even Lance's Pants's missed it. I hope this means 100.7 Coal City will shortly be simulcasting this...?

Love it so far. Good tunes!

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Posted by JJSPC1372 <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=JJSPC1372' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 26, 2024, 2:34 pm, in reply to "WERV-FM Flips-Chicago's Classic Alternative"

From Radio Insight...

https://radioinsight.com/headlines/269830/werv-brings-classic-alternative-to-suburban-chicago/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR29sFPyrDRj-P4VtkUHCxyuHx4prHarCz8Gf2nL_KSHPUd1jykTNvQL61I_aem_Abwg9SmQHB0TLDov27jVeTcCliz2WGbzfJ2yE2MFFA3Mr3niBHF6b9d7QwrbQQK31ZVaoani2vYU2aE2a96SIDPh

Re: WERV-FM Flips-Chicago's Classic Alternative

Posted by Jeremy Andrews <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=Jeremy+Andrews' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 26, 2024, 2:54 pm, in reply to "Re: WERV-FM Flips-Chicago's Classic Alternative"

They've been playing some of that in recent years but I didn't think they would all out flip the format.

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Posted by Shizam <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=Shizam' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 26, 2024, 3:09 pm, in reply to "Re: WERV-FM Flips-Chicago's Classic Alternative"

He posted that right after me!

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Posted by Zak_rok <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=Zak_rok' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 27, 2024, 12:17 pm, in reply to "Re: WERV-FM Flips-Chicago's Classic Alternative"

I have to say I'm pretty impressed with how this station sounds. IMO this is s what Q101 should sound like. Should be interesting to see if this station motivates Q101 to veer in the same direction. Wish the signal was a little stronger to the south.

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Posted by Hunter <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=Hunter' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 28, 2024, 8:26 pm, in reply to "Re: WERV-FM Flips-Chicago's Classic Alternative"

WERV-FM is a suburban station, and its weak signal has minimal impact on Chicago stations such as US99.

I don't believe anyone at US99 is planning any programming changes due to WERV-FM 95.9.

Re: WERV-FM Flips-Chicago's Classic Alternative

Posted by Zak_rok <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=Zak_rok' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 28, 2024, 8:49 pm, in reply to "Re: WERV-FM Flips-Chicago's Classic Alternative"

Q101 not US 99. My whole point is this could be like Big City Radio where a stick in Chicago stole their format from them.

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Posted by Hunter <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=Hunter' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 28, 2024, 9:49 pm, in reply to "Re: WERV-FM Flips-Chicago's Classic Alternative"

Zak_rok:

I stand corrected, I intended to reference Q101.

Thank you.

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Posted by WYTZZ95FM <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=WYTZZ95FM' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 28, 2024, 10:06 pm, in reply to "Re: WERV-FM Flips-Chicago's Classic Alternative"

Zak_rok & Hunter & everyone else. I have a hard time believing this will be a 1 stick/signal format. It really needs another one for a bigger footprint. The demographics for Batavia, Geneva, St Charles etc.... "The River" was perfect. This is more niched. Hence, need a bigger footprint to make it happen.

You are all correct. If Q101 gets a hair up their rear and go classic alternative, even briefly, it is lights out for this format.

Alpha trying to do the BCR thing, is not going to work. BCR ran formats (mostly) you could not hear elsewhere and they did it right. They also physically had at least 1 signal CLOSE to the city on each simul/trimulcast. There were no translators back then either making it muddy listening. I know Alpha was blowing smoke about San Fran and it working there. You better have a blank check for your engineers to make this happen, start by buying up some more sticks and placing boosters like EMF uses on 94.3 (and they do work to fill in low signal areas). I do not see a blank or any type of check with all the bloodbath recently.

I was trying to listen to 102.3 Friday night. All I heard was WCKG out of Elmhurst and 98.3 was a mix between 98.3 Grand Rapids and Milwaukee. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Z

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Posted by WYTZZ95FM <iframe src='https://members.boardhost.com/chicagomediachat/info/user=WYTZZ95FM' width='330' height='300' border=0 style='border:none;'> on May 28, 2024, 10:08 pm, in reply to "Re: WERV-FM Flips-Chicago's Classic Alternative"

Of course he did. Lance has a nice site, but he adheres to the Larz gospel, never give credit to other sites, just pretend like you are the only source. This is why sites like his and all of these have a bad rap and are barely sustainable.

Z

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