Has anyone mentioned what the price is or is that an industry secret?
(not that most of us could afford to do anything about it)
I was hoping maybe they would revisit the old rock format for a bit since what difference does it make at this point, why not.
the fact that Entercom thought Country of all things was more valuable..and that cumulus is keeping a frakin 'AM station should tell you all you need to know about why PLJ is going bye bye.
There are just too many stations playing the same songs and commercials they do, and their on air talent no longer delivers the must hear content they used too. it's as simple as that.
If you want something different, try a different format. There's a reason why Entercom wanted a country station: Country music today is what rock music was in the 1970s. In fact, if you go to a country concert today, you just might hear the performers do some old rock songs. Rock music today doesn't have the power to bring people together. That's what it did in the 70s. Country music does that now.
I mentioned in my previous post about Jimmy Buffett and his ability to entertain. If you want to see a Jimmy Buffett show, but with current music, go see Kenny Chesney. He regularly sells out Giants Stadium, but last night, he played the Hard Rock in Atlantic City. It was a much smaller venue, and you got much closer to Kenny and the music. The concert was promoted by Cat Country, the local country station. People who love country music in South Jersey think of Cat Country the way kids in the 70s thought of WPLJ. The radio station was broadcasting from the Boardwalk, just like radio stations used to do in the 70s. If you are looking for radio that has a connection to the music and its audience, listen to country. Or listen to WBLS. There are people who listen to Steve Harvey the way people used to listen to rock DJs of the 70s. They wake up to him, and then talk about what he said all day. They don't do that with the DJs on Lite. If you feel radio stations are all playing the same songs, maybe it's time to change your taste in music. Try something else, and all of a sudden, you'll discover radio can be fun again.
Country isn't for me. I've come to think of it as divorce' music.
Country isn't for me. I've come to think of it as divorce' music.
Shredder, would you care to tell all of us what music is for you?
WPLJ should end with John Lennon's "Imagine", because the lyrics are a jab at religion, but defensible because it was also the last song played on Musicradio WABC..
WPLJ should end with John Lennon's "Imagine", because the lyrics are a jab at religion, but defensible because it was also the last song played on Musicradio WABC.
Also the news today is that EMF will be keeping the WPLJ call letters, at least for the time being, because they are "legendary".
PLJ's parent-company, Cumulus, is the one that sold the station to EMF as we all know... WHY would PLJ want to take a "jab" at EMF by playing such an insignificant song by today's standards as far as WPLJ and its programming is concerned. Had they (Cumulus) taken advice, direction and suggestions from ALL of the Armchair Quarterbacks on boards like this, they maybe there wouldn't have been a sale in the end and it would still be a Cumulus property because as we know, everyone else NOT in the industry are the ones who have ALL the answers and the panacea. WABC is long gone and has relatively little significance to today's radio audience nearly 4 decades later...
PLJ's parent-company, Cumulus, is the one that sold the station to EMF as we all know... WHY would PLJ want to take a "jab" at EMF by playing such an insignificant song by today's standards as far as WPLJ and its programming is concerned. Had they (Cumulus) taken advice, direction and suggestions from ALL of the Armchair Quarterbacks on boards like this, they maybe there wouldn't have been a sale in the end and it would still be a Cumulus property because as we know, everyone else NOT in the industry are the ones who have ALL the answers and the panacea. WABC is long gone and has relatively little significance to today's radio audience nearly 4 decades later...
The issue behind the sale is the fact that Cumulus did not have a cluster that really created both sales and operating synergY. Mary Berner has indicated that all the top 15 market operations except for Dallas are in play because of the same factors.
No amount of advice can make up for the fact that they could not compete with the larger clusters in the market.
Also the news today is that EMF will be keeping the WPLJ call letters, at least for the time being, because they are "legendary".
An interesting aside to all this is that EMF only ran the station for a short time, choosing to swap it with Cumulus' 98.3 WDLT, a smaller signal in Mobile city itself. So Cumulus wound up with WABB after all
Way to respect the wishes of the family that sold it to you. I guess self-interest trumped the commandment they preach, "Do unto others". No surprise.