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WJBR has flipped to all-Christmas
- Thread starter Miguelito
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Ho ho ho—morning show fired, and now let’s play the holiday tunes.
Wouldn’t More FM be about 48 hours away from flipping anyway at this point?
Wouldn’t More FM be about 48 hours away from flipping anyway at this point?
Yes, 101.1 would typically flip on Thursday.
Outrageous, at this pace we'll end up flipping to Christmas the day after the 4th of July.
Haha. I don't know if it's outrageous. WJBR only moved up two days from what they typically do.
Tweak, maybe. Wholesale change? No.
I agree with that. They're probably a money machine so it would be nuts to change formats. I haven't listened to them in AGES. Were they doing anything (musically) that was materially different than WBEB?
From a general listener perspective, not that I could hear. Music sounded more or less the same...perhaps More was a tad brighter/hotter, but they were generally on the same page from what I heard. Caveat: the Delilah show was certainly a different tone in the evenings, but that’s the way it goes with that show.
Someone may have playlists that show a different result, but if you stripped out identifying elements, I’d have been hard pressed to tell you one from another in a “blind” test.
I thought I read somewhere that Delilah's show mostly let stations use their own playlists. I thought that was a good idea: I'd hate to be programming a station and lose control of the library for an entire daypart. But maybe I read that incorrectly. (I really have no idea. The show's a stone cold boner-killer. I haven't heard it in probably 10 years.)
They do from what I gather, so maybe it’s the perception of that voice, but it “felt”slower when I listened. Could be biased because I can’t stand it for more than a few moments...like a train wreck,
WJBR is like More FM or B101 with a tad less current high-tempo tunes. Basically- where More FM would play Taylor Swift's "Shake it Off", WJBR would play Del Amitri's "Roll To Me", and where More FM would air Justin Beiber's "Sorry", WJBR would throw on Los Lonely Boys "How Far is Heaven". I am sure that JBR would and has aired both beiber and swift, but far less often than More FM. WJBR is the station for that parent who wants to be cool but can't stand her 15 year old daughters obsession with ed sheeran (and neither can I).
The show, from what I was told several years ago, is done in bits and pieces and integrated with either local music or a full pre-configured format. Their website last I checked lists AC, Hot AC, and even CC alternatives.
I'm unclear on which station you're referring to here. If who flips?
I would assume that’s a reference to WJBR.
They already flipped. I'm confused.
It was describing ful-time formats, so I would assume that meant with the new program director (and relatively new ownership) if something else was planned.
Side note: I think it points to the silliness of “flip” to describe Christmas music. Its not really a format change, but hey, whatever.
Side note: I think it points to the silliness of “flip” to describe Christmas music. Its not really a format change, but hey, whatever.
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