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930/102.7 in Battle Creek flips to Classic Hits

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930/102.7 in Battle Creek flips to Classic Hits

Post by MWmetalhead » Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:33 pm

Potentially a good move; I thought 104.9 should've adopted this format as opposed to Alternative. Hopefully Midwest does the format justice in Battle Creek unlike their piss poor attempt at Classic HIts in Lansing @ 92.9 FM.

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Re: 930/102.7 in Battle Creek flips to Classic Hits

Post by Michigan Media » Sun Sep 15, 2019 5:15 pm

MWmetalhead wrote:
Fri Sep 13, 2019 7:33 pm
Hopefully Midwest does the format justice in Battle Creek unlike their piss poor attempt at Classic HIts in Lansing @ 92.9 FM.
I wouldn't count on it. I have been tuning into AM 930 this weekend and it sounds like they are just piping in the Classic Hits format from Westwood One. The Westwood One format skews a little older, focusing on music from the 70's and 60's with some 80's thrown in: https://www.westwoodone.com/classic-hits/classic-hits/.

I wonder what the motivation was for the change. The Touch's 12+ ratings in Battle Creek have been on the upswing. The Touch actually performed better in Battle Creek than in Kalamazoo during the Spring 2019 ratings period. Could a format change be on the horizon for 95.5/1560 in Kalamazoo?



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Re: 930/102.7 in Battle Creek flips to Classic Hits

Post by Chris1980 » Mon Sep 16, 2019 12:53 am

Wouldn't surprise me if the format change was because they couldn't sell the Urban AC format. Some may remember when B95 as a CHR went under almost 30 years ago because the urban/rap product they played made it impossible to sell the station despite top ratings. Urban AC stations today play much of that old-school hip-hop. I understand Battle Creek is rather conservative politically so I wouldn't be surprised if that constituted another roadblock. There's that Gospel-formatted LPFM as well which likely attracts some of the older African-American audience. Lack of local programming may not have helped either, since I believe the UAC format was 100% WW1 as well. I wouldn't hold out hope for addition of local programming in the future.

Is this the same syndicated format Midwest runs on WTVB?



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Re: 930/102.7 in Battle Creek flips to Classic Hits

Post by MWmetalhead » Mon Sep 16, 2019 6:38 am

You're right, Michigan Media.

Spring book ratings were excellent for 930 / 102.7.

I had no idea the ratings were that strong (although, it *does* make sense that the station attracted a sizable audience given the fact Calhoun County is ~11% African American and lacks R&B music elsewhere on the FM dial).

Must've been a sales issue, as Chris noted. The fact the vast majority if not the entire sales staff is accustomed to selling a friggin' COUNTRY station likely didn't help.



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