WKXA/Findlay going country

Radiofreewill · **Posted:** Fri Feb 10, 2012 7:26 pm

From wkxa.com

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Findlay Publishing Co.'s 100.5 WKXA going country

WKXA announced today that it will move to a country format Tuesday and will be known as “Your Country Now, 100.5-WKXA.”
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“The new country format will offer listeners the best in today’s country music as well as offer some of the favorites that date back to the late 1990s,” said Mike Holman of the Findlay Publishing Co., which owns the station.

The company, which publishes The Courier, also owns WFIN, which has a news-talk format, and classic rock station WBUK.

Gordon Gekko · **Posted:** Sat Feb 11, 2012 2:57 pm

just what we need...

Gordon Gekko · **Posted:** Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:08 pm

I wonder how this might affect surroundng stations. Not so much K-100 or T102 but 103.7 CKY and 107.7 The Wolf? I find it hard to believe there is that much demand for 5 area country stations.

hereornot · **Joined:** Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:15 pm **Posts:** 1570

There goes another preset off of my radio. I have no idea what to replace it with, especially since apparently 89X is not an option anymore.

It's bad enough that Detroit radio is so bad I have to use my FM2 section for the dozen times a year I'm in Toledo, but when I can't even find six stations to put on that dial (and one of those is a scratchy WRIF), you know NW Ohio radio blows.

Gordon Gekko · **Posted:** Sun Feb 12, 2012 3:10 pm

*sighs* I give up!

Power108 · **Joined:** Wed May 25, 2011 8:57 pm **Posts:** 14

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I love WKXA!

RingtailedFox · **Posted:** Sun Feb 12, 2012 8:48 pm

listening to 89X via a webstream is still an option, right?

Gordon Gekko · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2012 12:49 am

yes but it does me no good in the car.

WOHO · **Posted:** Mon Feb 13, 2012 11:39 am

WTF - another country? Let's see, 107.7, 103.7, 99.9 and 630 aren't enough country stations to go around without Findlay pig-piling-in?

olddj · **Joined:** Fri Feb 29, 2008 5:17 pm **Posts:** 175

It's all about money. Country sells. Years ago I recall the beautiful music station in Dayton holding a number one arbitron rating, but dumping it for country , which debuted at number fhree....but.....it was sold out. Again, money talks, format walks.

ChrisKun2K5 · **Joined:** Thu Dec 09, 2004 6:53 pm **Posts:** 182

In a way this is a return to the heritage of the 100.5 FM signal, which was country for many years as WHMQ before it became WKXA (shuffling WHMQ off to 107.7). Of course, in those days Findlay listeners didn't have five or six other country signals to choose from. I wonder if 96.7 WBVI flips to Classic Hits to pick up the slack.

hereornot · **Joined:** Wed Apr 09, 2008 9:15 pm **Posts:** 1570

WOHO wrote:

WTF - another country? Let's see, 107.7, 103.7, 99.9 and 630 aren't enough country stations to go around without Findlay pig-piling-in?

95,3, 102.9, 99.5 (at least in northern Toledo)

MWmetalhead · **Joined:** Sun Oct 31, 2004 12:23 pm **Posts:** 5137

In Findlay right now, 103.7 WCKY is the only Country outlet with a strong signal.

K100, T102 and The Wolf are all listenable, but none of these stations (at least on paper) have a booming signal into Findlay.

TheForce · **Joined:** Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:12 pm **Posts:** 551

90's country is pretty good actually, hope the move works out for WKXA. I listened to some T102 for a bit a couple of years ago when I was in Lima, OH. Not too bad from what I heard. And I have listened to K100's online stream, again not bad. But I will say country music is changing for the worse in my opinion. Nowadays it's hard to tell if its a country song or a pop song....

MWmetalhead · **Joined:** Sun Oct 31, 2004 12:23 pm **Posts:** 5137

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Nowadays it's hard to tell if its a country song or a pop song....

Agreed, especially the songs featuring female lead singers.

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