WUUB West palm beach flips to ESPN

[wdb2003]

Another Urban AC station gone the former CBS property is now in the hands of Good Karma Broadcasting

http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/81006/good-karma-acquires-flips-wuub-west-palm-beach/

 

[jchap1976]

And they are flipping it with decent ratings too I see,5.7 ppm

 

[bucwhyl]

Yep, they are going sports.. Can't dance to that...

 

[ShawtyBlack_ATL]

HOT 105 out of Miami covers some portions of Palm Beach so they'll gain the listeners from B

 

[younglee981]

Damn that was a good station... :-\

 

[RADIOJOC]

I LOVE THAT STATION THEY EVEN HAD GOOD MIXSHOW IM GONNA MISS THE STATION

 

[kilamanjero]

The only good thing that might come out of this is X102.3 finally expanding their playlist and programming style per daypart. We might actually get our first well-programmed urban-leaning station out of Florida since 102 Jamz went bust.

 

[ShawtyBlack_ATL]

Hmmm, they are about to go str8 up URBAN!

 

[bringbackradio]

Given its previous ownership with CBS, hopefully X102.3 retains its live and local approach under this transition to local ownership. Local ownership of urban radio (i.e. KPRS, KJLH and WHUR) is not as common. But I do feel bad for Palm Beach County for being stuck for now with only one urban choice of its own (pop 1.3 million) - not counting Miami/Fort Lauderdale or Fort Pierce.

 

[kilamanjero]

Given its previous ownership with CBS, hopefully X102.3 retains its live and local approach under this transition to local ownership. Local ownership of urban radio (i.e. KPRS, KJLH and WHUR) is not as common. But I do feel bad for Palm Beach County for being stuck for now with only one urban choice of its own (pop 1.3 million) - not counting Miami/Fort Lauderdale or Fort Pierce.

I'm not sure, although it is locally owned now. It seems Palm Beach Broadcasting has laid off or terminated many of the longstanding talent from the afternoon-turned-morning drive hosts the Babalus Boyz. Also I'm not too sure Poet Taylor, formerly of WPGC and 92Q Baltimore, is still with the station in the mornings either. The only known talent left in the morning from the website itself is Reggie D. I hope they remain local as well, but they are dropping traffic left and right.

 

[ShawtyBlack_ATL]

I streamed them over the weekend and they are petty much Urban music wise. Rumor has it a new local morning show is coming soon, but Steve Harvey doesn't have a station in South Florida. West Palm also gets WJFP JAMS via a translator on 107.1.

 

[bringbackradio]

I streamed them over the weekend and they are petty much Urban music wise. Rumor has it a new local morning show is coming soon, but Steve Harvey doesn't have a station in South Florida. West Palm also gets WJFP JAMS via a translator on 107.1.

Clear Channel ran WMIB in Miami in the ground due to its unfocused direction in its urban format and the high turnover rate in its syndicated shows it carred (Doug Banks > Star and Bucwild > Harvey).

 

[ShawtyBlack_ATL]

I streamed them over the weekend and they are petty much Urban music wise. Rumor has it a new local morning show is coming soon, but Steve Harvey doesn't have a station in South Florida. West Palm also gets WJFP JAMS via a translator on 107.1.

Clear Channel ran WMIB in Miami in the ground due to its unfocused direction in its urban format and the high turnover rate in its syndicated shows it carred (Doug Banks > Star and Bucwild > Harvey).

Well, STEVE HARVEY it is! The live and local morning show didn't last long. However, many don't like "the new" X102.3 according to social media.

 

[ShawtyBlack_ATL]

X-102.3 DUMPS HIP-HOP!

X102.3 is now officialy Urban AC, "The Beat R&B In The Palm Beaches." This once again gives Cox, 99 JAMZ the exclusive station for Hip-Hop and R&B from Palm Beach down I-95 to Miami.

 

[kilamanjero]

Re: X-102.3 DUMPS HIP-HOP!

X102.3 is now officialy Urban AC, "The Beat R&B In The Palm Beaches." This once again gives Cox, 99 JAMZ the exclusive station for Hip-Hop and R&B from Palm Beach down I-95 to Miami.

And the idiocy continues with urban radio... : This is why urban radio is dying in many places because if you cannot do full-service justice then don't do it at all.

 

[jchap1976]

Re: X-102.3 DUMPS HIP-HOP!

X102.3 is now officialy Urban AC, "The Beat R&B In The Palm Beaches." This once again gives Cox, 99 JAMZ the exclusive station for Hip-Hop and R&B from Palm Beach down I-95 to Miami.

And the idiocy continues with urban radio... : This is why urban radio is dying in many places because if you cannot do full-service justice then don't do it at all.

Look at Birmingham as example. This time 20 years ago, you had one full service urban that was great, know you have 5 or 6 If you count the gospel station and they all play the same songs all day. Then look At V-103,WBLK AND KTCX and the station out of Rodchester NY. Great stations because they are full service

 

[bringbackradio]

Re: X-102.3 DUMPS HIP-HOP!

X102.3 is now officialy Urban AC, "The Beat R&B In The Palm Beaches." This once again gives Cox, 99 JAMZ the exclusive station for Hip-Hop and R&B from Palm Beach down I-95 to Miami.

And the idiocy continues with urban radio... : This is why urban radio is dying in many places because if you cannot do full-service justice then don't do it at all.

Look at Birmingham as example. This time 20 years ago, you had one full service urban that was great, know you have 5 or 6 If you count the gospel station and they all play the same songs all day. Then look At V-103,WBLK AND KTCX and the station out of Rodchester NY. Great stations because they are full service

More than likely Palm Beach County has two options: WEDR for urban listeners and WPOW for rhythmic listeners given that WMBX was a rhythmic at one point. But I wish they left WMBX alone as a full service urban.

Just because a market has more than one or two urban outlets competitive-wise does not mean that a full service urban is impossible. KMEL, WVEE, WPGC, WBTJ, KIPR and KPRS are living proof. Cox's WJMZ in Greenville, SC is a full service urban that is R&B heavy, so you can still have 80% R&B without going for the "Urban AC" format tag. It's time for some mainstream/ac urban couplets to be separated from the cluster (i.e. WGCI/WVAZ or WUSL/WDAS)

 

[ShawtyBlack_ATL]

Re: X-102.3 DUMPS HIP-HOP!

X102.3 is now officialy Urban AC, "The Beat R&B In The Palm Beaches." This once again gives Cox, 99 JAMZ the exclusive station for Hip-Hop and R&B from Palm Beach down I-95 to Miami.

And the idiocy continues with urban radio... : This is why urban radio is dying in many places because if you cannot do full-service justice then don't do it at all.

Look at Birmingham as example. This time 20 years ago, you had one full service urban that was great, know you have 5 or 6 If you count the gospel station and they all play the same songs all day. Then look At V-103,WBLK AND KTCX and the station out of Rodchester NY. Great stations because they are full service

More than likely Palm Beach County has two options: WEDR for urban listeners and WPOW for rhythmic listeners given that WMBX was a rhythmic at one point. But I wish they left WMBX alone as a full service urban.

Just because a market has more than one or two urban outlets competitive-wise does not mean that a full service urban is impossible. KMEL, WVEE, WPGC, WBTJ, KIPR and KPRS are living proof. Cox's WJMZ in Greenville, SC is a full service urban that is R&B heavy, so you can still have 80% R&B without going for the "Urban AC" format tag. It's time for some mainstream/ac urban couplets to be separated from the cluster (i.e. WGCI/WVAZ or WUSL/WDAS)

Typo: "The Best R&B in the Palm Beaches" is the new positioner. Honestly, I enjoyed X102.3's Rhythmic format under CBS ownership. They were always high energy and the playlist was well balanced with Hip-Hop and R&B for that region. A visit to X's Facebook page and listeners are complaining about the new format. An X jock replied that they were getting better numbers as Urban AC versus Rhythmic.