not car related, radio station question
09-27-2005, 11:48 AM
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not car related, radio station question im curious if any of you chicagoland people listened to 94.7 fm, and know...what happened to it, yesterday ti was everything normal and today its jsut gone...turned into some oldies station....? 
09-27-2005, 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Cephiros
im curious if any of you chicagoland people listened to 94.7 fm, and know...what happened to it, yesterday ti was everything normal and today its jsut gone...turned into some oldies station....?
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09-27-2005, 04:04 PM
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From Chicago Tribune (Phil Rosenthal)
Glad I got XM...
With Metallica's "For Whom the Bell Tolls" segueing into the Beatles' rendition of "Rock 'n' Roll Music," Chicago's WZZN-FM 94.7 christened itself an oldies station at not-so-high noon Monday.
So much for hard rock and, with it, WZZN's program director Bill Gamble, assistant program director Steve Levy and the station's old on-air talent.
The Walt Disney Co.-owned outlet, known since late 2000 as The Zone, now hopes to be known as Chicago's True Oldies Channel.
So much for hard rock and, with it, WZZN's program director Bill Gamble, assistant program director Steve Levy and the station's old on-air talent.
The Walt Disney Co.-owned outlet, known since late 2000 as The Zone, now hopes to be known as Chicago's True Oldies Channel.
The hope is to snare some of the disenfranchised listeners who felt abandoned when Infinity Broadcasting earlier this year flipped its traditional oldies format at WJMK-FM 104.3 to Jack FM, a more contemporary, wide-ranging format of past hits.
Fans of the old WJMK format were urged by Infinity to tune in online through WJMK.com or through a digital secondary "HD" channel that's not yet commonly available. The new format WZZN is aimed squarely at them.
"Chicago radio has oldies back again," Pastor said. "Oldies fans are a different breed. ... This is a crowd that's very passionate, and it's too big to ignore--especially given the challenges of being a rock station in a market saturated with rock stations."
Fans of the old WJMK format were urged by Infinity to tune in online through WJMK.com or through a digital secondary "HD" channel that's not yet commonly available. The new format WZZN is aimed squarely at them.
"Chicago radio has oldies back again," Pastor said. "Oldies fans are a different breed. ... This is a crowd that's very passionate, and it's too big to ignore--especially given the challenges of being a rock station in a market saturated with rock stations."
09-27-2005, 04:49 PM
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I used to filp constantly between 94.7, 95.1, 97.9, and 97.1/96.9. Guess I can cross off 94.7 now.
09-27-2005, 05:38 PM
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97.1/97.6? duno those, thats my linup but i have 101.1 ont here s well, occasionally theres a good song, when the rest have crap
and...bastards, of allt he rock stations they played the best stuff :/
thanks for the info, now why oculdnt they have gotten rid of their other crappy station they were always ripping one the next floor up (or down? dont remebr..country...or somp)
and...bastards, of allt he rock stations they played the best stuff :/
thanks for the info, now why oculdnt they have gotten rid of their other crappy station they were always ripping one the next floor up (or down? dont remebr..country...or somp)
09-27-2005, 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Cephiros
97.1/97.6? duno those, thats my linup but i have 101.1 ont here s well, occasionally theres a good song, when the rest have crap
It's mostly late '60s/'70s stuff (rock), some '80s as well. Similar to what you hear on 97.9 just a little older most of the time....
09-27-2005, 08:31 PM
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from what i heard, the people working there didnt even know, they came in in the morning played for a while and then at about noon were told to box it up and go home
i was at work when it happened, my manager was on lunch at noon and when he came back he was like what the hell is wrong with the radio
everytime i get a good station it goes by-by, i need to change 94.7, and 96.7 to something else, all i have now is Q101 (with this shuffle thing they suck now), 97.9, 95.9, 89.1, i think im gonna have to pop the tuning button back out and find some new stations
i was at work when it happened, my manager was on lunch at noon and when he came back he was like what the hell is wrong with the radio
everytime i get a good station it goes by-by, i need to change 94.7, and 96.7 to something else, all i have now is Q101 (with this shuffle thing they suck now), 97.9, 95.9, 89.1, i think im gonna have to pop the tuning button back out and find some new stations
09-27-2005, 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by LiquidFire350
from what i heard, the people working there didnt even know, they came in in the morning played for a while and then at about noon were told to box it up and go home
i was at work when it happened, my manager was on lunch at noon and when he came back he was like what the hell is wrong with the radio
everytime i get a good station it goes by-by, i need to change 94.7, and 96.7 to something else, all i have now is Q101 (with this shuffle thing they suck now), 97.9, 95.9, 89.1, i think im gonna have to pop the tuning button back out and find some new stations
i was at work when it happened, my manager was on lunch at noon and when he came back he was like what the hell is wrong with the radio
everytime i get a good station it goes by-by, i need to change 94.7, and 96.7 to something else, all i have now is Q101 (with this shuffle thing they suck now), 97.9, 95.9, 89.1, i think im gonna have to pop the tuning button back out and find some new stations
i still miss 103.5 :/..happens every time we have a good station
09-27-2005, 09:41 PM
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i was at work to when the switch happened and thought someone changed my station but no, the zone was gone, now i listen to 95.1 doesn't always come in, they broadcast from wi/il border, but they play the same zone type music
09-27-2005, 09:51 PM
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yeah ims tuck listening to 95.1 ..its ok what i used to listen too before i found 94.7...but yeah reception can be horrable at time..glad i got the 12 changer deck+in dash+gm9 aux with a dvd mp3 deck
09-27-2005, 10:15 PM
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i can't beleive that a big city like chicago can't keep a station like 94.7 around they had the market covered, there are enough stations that play older music already, might have to look into sirius or xm radio
09-27-2005, 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by STRETCH'S T/A
i can't beleive that a big city like chicago can't keep a station like 94.7 around they had the market covered, there are enough stations that play older music already, might have to look into sirius or xm radio
09-28-2005, 01:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Cephiros
yeah ims tuck listening to 95.1 ..its ok what i used to listen too before i found 94.7...but yeah reception can be horrable at time..glad i got the 12 changer deck+in dash+gm9 aux with a dvd mp3 deck
i have a feeling that by the beginning of next summer we will have another good station
09-28-2005, 01:47 AM
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Originally Posted by LiquidFire350
yes 12 disc changer, to bad i get bored with whats in there in about a half hour, im serisouly thinking about XM too bad its not free tho
i have a feeling that by the beginning of next summer we will have another good station
i have a feeling that by the beginning of next summer we will have another good station
