Talk:WPLJ
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An AOL anon is making the rounds of the NYC radio station articles. He/she has two characteristics:
- total recall about every format change, minor format tweak, and tangled ownership change ever made by any station
- no interest in self-editing, wikification, or proofreading.
[edit] "In January 1999, WPLJ abruptly switched to a hot adult contemporary format"
The problem with this statement is that in the paragraph before it, it said that the station switched to an adult contemporary format. How is it humanly possible for a station to abruptly switch to the same format? Can someone tell me? ErikNY 20:43, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
While I'm a bit new to Wikipedia, I was at WPLJ for nearly a decade. I've corrected and added to the base article. I agree with Erik's comment. Modern AC is a variant of Hot AC. I've filled in a couple of gaps in the 90's and some very pertinent material about Rocky Allen and about how successful PLJ actually is. Hopefully some of it helps make more sense. FMStationPD 2/6/06
[edit] Great New York FM Radio Circa 1979-1980
Hi There,
I wonder if you could help me. I lived in New York City in the late 1970s and early '80s. At that time there was a great commercial FM station that played music by artists like the Tom Robinson Band, Nick Lowe, M ("Pop Music"), etc. I believe the frequency was somewhere around 96. What impressed me was that although it was a commercial station it contained a lot of elements of what I would say characterize good community radio. There was even one time where they were promoting a show by the Tom Robinson Band. It was a fundraiser, and in addition to giving a few ticktes away they encouraged people to pay extra for tickets so they could go to the after party following the show. They also mentioned that immediately following the show protesters would be leaving to go to Washington, DC to march for gay rights. The station went out of its way to say there would be busses at the theater after the show to take anyone who wanted to go to D.C. and march. I've never heard any other commercial station do anything like this before. Sadly, within about a year or so the programming changed. The artists above were no longer getting any airplay and there no longer seemed to be the commuinty spirit that characterized it before. Was this WPLJ? It seems to me that it was, but if anyone else remembers I'd greatly appreciate knowing. Thakns much.
Jayney 22:15, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
