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theradiokid
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On Monday, Community Broadcasters LLC moved their Watertown market modern/active rock “Rock 100.7” off of WOTT (100.7 Henderson/Watertown.) The format moved to the newly built and signed on 94.1 signal licensed to Calcium, NY. This signal is stronger than the 100.7 frequency, and, from what I’ve read, Calcium is closer to Watertown than Henderson is. (Anyone got a map?) 94.1, which, as a CP, carried the WEFX callsign, now carries the WOTT calls, and is going by the name “94 Rock WOTT.”
So, now, what about the 100.7 frequency?
I checked it this afternoon from my post here in Oswego, NY. It’s running old TV and movie music. That’s expected. But here’s the news that Tom Taylor and radio-info aren’t reporting yet. The station is now carrying the WEFX calls, and, on air announcements are promoting the new station:
“So. What will happen here? What will they do with 100.7 now? Well… What I can tell you is… What they told me is… they’ll call it “The Fox.” So, is Watertown ready for the Fox? Can the North Country outfox the fox?...”
All right. So, it’s prediction time. What will the new format on “The Fox” be?
My prediction: I predict Classic Rock. Why? Well, when WOTT first became a rock station as “Real Rock 100.7,” it played a lot of Classic Rock in it’s mix along with the metal that’s on there now. ClansyMance, the owners at the time, did this because they wanted to take most of it’s listeners away from Classic Rock station WCIZ “Z” (93.5 Watertown.) However, over time, that was eliminated. When Community Broadcasters came in, and changed the name to “Rock 100.7,” all Classic Rock was dropped. However, I get the feeling that there’s still that big desire to eat away core listeners from “Z,” and that Community Broadcasters wants to own the male music demos. By putting Hard Modern Rock on 94.1, and Classic Rock on 100.7, they can do just that.
Now, it’s your turn.
Whatever your predictions, we’ll find out tomarro at noon… or, at least, that’s when an announcement said we’ll find out the truth about the new format on “The Fox.”
--The Radio Kid
(Oswego, NY.)
My email: [email protected]
So, now, what about the 100.7 frequency?
I checked it this afternoon from my post here in Oswego, NY. It’s running old TV and movie music. That’s expected. But here’s the news that Tom Taylor and radio-info aren’t reporting yet. The station is now carrying the WEFX calls, and, on air announcements are promoting the new station:
“So. What will happen here? What will they do with 100.7 now? Well… What I can tell you is… What they told me is… they’ll call it “The Fox.” So, is Watertown ready for the Fox? Can the North Country outfox the fox?...”
All right. So, it’s prediction time. What will the new format on “The Fox” be?
My prediction: I predict Classic Rock. Why? Well, when WOTT first became a rock station as “Real Rock 100.7,” it played a lot of Classic Rock in it’s mix along with the metal that’s on there now. ClansyMance, the owners at the time, did this because they wanted to take most of it’s listeners away from Classic Rock station WCIZ “Z” (93.5 Watertown.) However, over time, that was eliminated. When Community Broadcasters came in, and changed the name to “Rock 100.7,” all Classic Rock was dropped. However, I get the feeling that there’s still that big desire to eat away core listeners from “Z,” and that Community Broadcasters wants to own the male music demos. By putting Hard Modern Rock on 94.1, and Classic Rock on 100.7, they can do just that.
Now, it’s your turn.
Whatever your predictions, we’ll find out tomarro at noon… or, at least, that’s when an announcement said we’ll find out the truth about the new format on “The Fox.”
--The Radio Kid
(Oswego, NY.)
My email: [email protected]