New JACK station 101.1

i would give it a chance, but Honestly, everytime i've turned it on, i havent heard One song that i like yet. who knows... maybe theyre still working out the kinks

They are forcing us to buy sattelite and I wont surrender!

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Posted by hbradio

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Posted by LMFitz

i miss the old 101.1 - even though I'm probably too young to admit that it was a private indulgence while driving!

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Me too....

I havent spoken to my dad yet. Hes probably drowning in tears!!!

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i spoke to my dad. He is SO UPSET!!!! he loved that station!!

I miss 101.1 also. I grew up listening to that station all day long. My Dad is crushed as well.

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Posted by Jax430

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Posted by ckgmwedding

We have a JACK station here in LA that just started recently. They play weird songs- you could have Led Zeppelin followed by ABBA- is it like that? Just curious.

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Yeah, that's pretty much it.

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OH, I am so bummed then! I will miss the CBS-FM call tag when I come to visit and all the oldies. There goes my childhood- that is just so sad.

I think the whole idea behind JACK is that it's supposed to be like listening to an Ipod- you get a weird variety of music. However, I can't help but think that this is just making radio more generic. (Hey, come listen to our rock/pop/light/classic rock/alternative rock/80's hits hybrid station!)

I HATE the announcer that does the taglines between songs ('Jack- playing what WE want'). It's painfully obvious that they're trying to be edgy, and it just comes off as obnoxious.

And why on earth did they decide to replace CBS FM?! The station was in 7th place in the ratings...not too shabby! It had history and loyal listeners!

honestly- i love it

it sounds like every song that i play in my car or every song on my mp3 player.

its great becuase there is no morning show and i can listen to music while i am in the shower

Are you kidding me that it is no longer CBS FM????????

I knew Cousin Brucie was gone, but the whole station?

Where can you hear Run Around Sue?

Rock Around the Clock?

Leader of the Pack??????????????????

OK , I too loved that station- hate it now BUT there is another station on long island that plays oldies and is NOW the only oldies music station in NY It is 103.1 I love love love it, I would switch back and forth from 101.1 to 103.1

Jack format is a stupid new trend in radio, it happened here too (Philly), except it is my understanding that it took the place of a station that no one listened to anyway.

HOWEVER, in Baltimore where my Mom lives, the same thing happened to their oldies station, which is owned by Infinity, the same company that owns CBSFM.

Incidentally, Infinity is also the company that owns WNEW. You know, that station that has had 4 formats in 2 years because they keep choosing THE WRONG FORMAT?

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Posted by PrincessRose


Incidentally, Infinity is also the company that owns WNEW. You know, that station that has had 4 formats in 2 years because they keep choosing THE WRONG FORMAT?

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Then wouldn't common sense dictate that they put 'Jack' on WNEW (102.7) instead? But then, I guess that no one would have noticed the stations 5th format change in 2 years...

I do occasionally listen to 103.1 when I'm on LI, but I live in Brooklyn and the frequency doesn't make it out to me...

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Posted by doormouse

Then wouldn't common sense dictate that they put 'Jack' on WNEW (102.7) instead? But then, I guess that no one would have noticed the stations 5th format change in 2 years...
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Well if they changed 102.7 again, it would just show they have no idea what they were doing on that station AGAIN. Plus WNEW (102.7) was been increasing their revenue #'s over the past few ratings books (although slowly) ... whereas WCBS-FM 101.1 has been steadily declining in local & national revenue. Basically it's a ploy to show investors 'look we're edgy, we're hip, we know what people want'. If they would have used 102.7, it would have said 'look, we screwed up AGAIN.'

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Posted by Jan05Bride

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Posted by doormouse

Then wouldn't common sense dictate that they put 'Jack' on WNEW (102.7) instead? But then, I guess that no one would have noticed the stations 5th format change in 2 years...
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Well if they changed 102.7 again, it would just show they have no idea what they were doing on that station AGAIN. Plus WNEW (102.7) was been increasing their revenue #'s over the past few ratings books (although slowly) ... whereas WCBS-FM 101.1 has been steadily declining in local & national revenue. Basically it's a ploy to show investors 'look we're edgy, we're hip, we know what people want'. If they would have used 102.7, it would have said 'look, we screwed up AGAIN.'

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You bring up excellent points, but I disagree with you on the numbers.

Since Spring '04, WNEW has had the following ratings numbers (oldest to newest books, NYC Market): 1.5, 1.6, 1.4, 1.6, 1.6. While this is a somewhat impressive show on their part, I'm not so convinced that they're 'Steadily increasing'. I consider this to be holding rather steady.

Speaking of holding steady, let's look at CBS Fm's ratings for the same books: 3.2, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, 3.3. While this can be considered a steady incline (though I don't see it as such), even at it's *lowest* point, it still has *twice* the share of WNEW at its highest point. Ratings fluctuate. The station was GOOD, SOLID, and DEPENDABLE. It was Infinity's top rated music station in the NY market (only behind WINS, which doesn't really enter into this discussion, as it is a news station). The #1 station in the market, WLTW, has a 6.1 share in the most recent book. Another station had a 5 share. The rest of the top 10 were all in the 3 and 4 range. That's NY. Do they REALLY think they can beat out WLTW with a format that no one really gets? Z100?

Call me old fashioned but I am a BIG believer in listener loyalty. They just throw it out the window.

I actually liked the music I heard today - so random and songs that I liked!
I could do without the little announcements though - trying to sound oh so cool!

I'm really upset about the change. What the f is JACK? I can hear that music on tons of other stations on the dial. My parents raised me on oldies, so I'm very sad about CBS-FM's demise!

The worst part is that JACK won't play all those great oldies Christmas songs that CBS played every year. Do I really have to resign myself to hearing Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas' all next Christmas season??? I think I'll stick a pen in my eye!!!

(No offense meant to all the Mariah lovers out there!)