Football on Q105?

[Deleted User 16041]

There is no money in that, there is also no reason for them to do that. The transmitter is in a populated area. They need to focus on a mass appeal big sounding station, but they must have some people who work in management there that have no clue how to do that, the programming mentality on all of their stations sounds just so small.

[Deleted User 16093]

Only if you sold it to local broadcaster but even then, nah no. Honestly, they would get about the same ratings if they simulcasted WXKR.

I've seen some really clueless stuff done in the radio biz, i.e not putting WDFN The Fan on 106.7fm in Detroit. What's going on with WQQO, to quote someone from my workplace (who's now retired) " Makes about as much sense as a soup sandwich".

[Deleted User 15408]

A local family owned broadcaster would not put high school football on WQQO. Someone without a clear sense of a programming ability would only do that.

If a mom and pop bought Q105 they would most likely make that station a beast. It's their money on the line. They own it. If a mom and pop owned it they would understand that Toledo is a somewhat large market, and they would make it sound as such.

That's why what have you going on over there is despicable. The fact that Q105 is underperforming is just the cherry on top to all of the bad radio that comes out of Arlington Ave.

[Deleted User 16093]

hmm?

This is why I think 107.7 The Wolf has lasted as long as it has. They have decent product, It's not quite my thing personally but they do well with it. I can see why people like the station. On the other hand, as mentioned, the way 105.5 is being run is beyond tone deaf. Running something on the cheap is one thing, say a satellite fed format of some kind, at least that makes sense.

This is like a restaurant that serves Greek and Chinese food, as well as French food on menu. Now I like all 3 of those but they don't go together in the same place. It's just weird to me.

[Deleted User 15408]

I haven’t listened to the wolf. I do know though there are college stations that sound better than WQQO.

[burytheneedle]

The Wolf is a disappointment. They started out strong but since have relied on satellite fed programming. They've had every opportunity to take some more shares from K-100 but unfortunately they have failed. If I didn't know any better I would have thought they were part of the Arlington mess.

[Deleted User 15408]

K-100 should be easy to take down. That is another station that is a mess. The difference here is they are winning due to heritage.

For gods sake the average break goes backsell > liner/jock talk > traffic report > weather > promo > spots.

Break that up, have some forward momentum. Also John is a better air talent. Put him on in the afternoons and take mookie and put him on the curb.

[CurlyHoward]

John(n)y D sucks, get real. We don't need him on a 79th station

[Deleted User 15408]

Considering, he’s already doing middays on KKO. It’s just a time slot change, and it’s better than mookie saying it’s the mookie show over and over again, without it being an actual show.

Just because you said it’s a show, doesn’t make it one.

[radioandtventhusiast]

The Wolf is a disappointment. They started out strong but since have relied on satellite fed programming. They've had every opportunity to take some more shares from K-100 but unfortunately they have failed. If I didn't know any better I would have thought they were part of the Arlington mess.

It seems like the Wolf's tried everything since they came on in 2010, Craig Snyder until Gary brought him back to K100, Cliff Smithers, Zman, Johny D, Jeff Lamb, Amy Davis, and others. It seems to have gone downhill after Dan Dudley sold the station. They really could compete with K100 in their first few years. They've even deactivated their social media accounts which makes me wonder what's happening there.

[Deleted User 16093]

This is the FB-https://www.facebook.com/1077thewolf

Nothing is there. Didn't they have a different logo for about 5 minutes and then changed it back? The web page looks very 2010. Admittingly, I have not listened to WPFX much since the ownership change. If I recall correctly, the current owner used to own WJZE or part of it.

I'll leave names out of it and try to put this as nicely as possible; the cost cutting doesn't surprise me. Prior to Urban radio's ownership. WJZE was always run mostly on a shoestring budget. Under RASP's ownership, the owner was said to be a bit of a penny pincher.

[radioandtventhusiast]

Yeah, the Wolf had a different presentation for a brief time in 2020, almost like they were appealing to the 'Merica crowd. I'm glad they stopped that very quickly.