A minor update: For fun, I've added a few minor features to the site. One's a basic counter, located at the bottom of the index page. The other is a site search which seems to work fairly well. It's embedded in the news page, which is shown on the index page inside a frame.
If you have any problems with the site search, drop me a line through the contact button on the main page.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
The Gump gets “The Gump”
The people at Tiger Communications probably thought they'd have the Montgomery new rock market to themselves after an orchestrated flip of their two east Alabama properties a few weeks back. They were wrong.
After flipping 95.9 The Tiger and 93.9 The Eagle, it seems the folks over at WACV decided to jump into the fray. As announced on the great Montgomery Radio and TV site (linked on the right side of this blog), they are flipped Friday to new rock as "The Gump".
This will put modern rock on no less than four signals across the area, with Tiger on 93.9 and a deleted-but-operating translator at 107.1 and The Gump on 1170 and 104.9.
Let's not kid ourselves, though, the real battle will be between the two translators. And since they have nearly equal (and limited) coverage, I don't expect either one to make major waves.
By and by, this marks the second time 104.9 has been alt rock and probably who knows how many times now that Montgomery has lost an oldies station.
After flipping 95.9 The Tiger and 93.9 The Eagle, it seems the folks over at WACV decided to jump into the fray. As announced on the great Montgomery Radio and TV site (linked on the right side of this blog), they are flipped Friday to new rock as "The Gump".
This will put modern rock on no less than four signals across the area, with Tiger on 93.9 and a deleted-but-operating translator at 107.1 and The Gump on 1170 and 104.9.
Let's not kid ourselves, though, the real battle will be between the two translators. And since they have nearly equal (and limited) coverage, I don't expect either one to make major waves.
By and by, this marks the second time 104.9 has been alt rock and probably who knows how many times now that Montgomery has lost an oldies station.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Several silent AMs, TV updates and a FM switcharoo
Reports are that several Alabama AMs have gone silent recently. WKZD "Crazy about the oldies" in Priceville is reported off, but still streaming online. No word on whether the FM translator is still going.
In Birmingham, WAYE is off, probably due to continued financial woes. They've been reported off for nearly two weeks. WENN-AM is also reported off, but the translator and online stream are still going strong.
No STAs or other correspondence has been filed for any of these stations that I'm aware of.
In TV news, Fort Walton Beach's WFGX (My Network TV) has finally moved from its FWB transmitter site to one of the tall towers in Baldwin County. This extends their broadcast range to both Mobile and Pensacola now, giving the area its first viable OTA or cable carriage of the once-network. No word on if any programming is available in HD. Also, a report of a weak analog signal present on the same channel in Mobile has people wondering if LPTV Christian outlet W50CF failed to vacate the channel for WFGX. It would explain the reception problems people in Mobile were experiencing when WFGX first signed on.
On FM, WTGZ (Tiger 95.9) and WQSI (classic country) have announced a switcharoo, bringing the Tiger's alt rock to a bigger signal that should penetrate the Montgomery market better. Or, at least it will once some more translators are in place.
Finally, slightly out of market but still worth mentioning, WDIZ Panama City has dropped their several years old nostalgia format for ESPN Radio. WDIZ's signal can be caught along the coast in the Mobile-Pensacola area.
In Birmingham, WAYE is off, probably due to continued financial woes. They've been reported off for nearly two weeks. WENN-AM is also reported off, but the translator and online stream are still going strong.
No STAs or other correspondence has been filed for any of these stations that I'm aware of.
In TV news, Fort Walton Beach's WFGX (My Network TV) has finally moved from its FWB transmitter site to one of the tall towers in Baldwin County. This extends their broadcast range to both Mobile and Pensacola now, giving the area its first viable OTA or cable carriage of the once-network. No word on if any programming is available in HD. Also, a report of a weak analog signal present on the same channel in Mobile has people wondering if LPTV Christian outlet W50CF failed to vacate the channel for WFGX. It would explain the reception problems people in Mobile were experiencing when WFGX first signed on.
On FM, WTGZ (Tiger 95.9) and WQSI (classic country) have announced a switcharoo, bringing the Tiger's alt rock to a bigger signal that should penetrate the Montgomery market better. Or, at least it will once some more translators are in place.
Finally, slightly out of market but still worth mentioning, WDIZ Panama City has dropped their several years old nostalgia format for ESPN Radio. WDIZ's signal can be caught along the coast in the Mobile-Pensacola area.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
