I always enjoyed this station. It really took a turn for the worse when they lost Scott Shannon (to CBS-FM). As far as the final show at the Fillmore was mixed by Aaron Baron Engineer ALSO CAN ANYONE TELL ME IF THATS POSSIBLE AND ALSO DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH KLOVE THEY SHOULD GO BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM. Through various format changes over the years and neglect of basic station needs for success, this heritage radio station with legendary call letters will be no more. PLJ has a full competitive signal covering the market, yet, in recent times its been one of the worst performing FM stations in the NY radio market. They were profitable. Met then again at the summer kick off in Point Pleasant. I could not have said it better. Everybody always thinks they can do it better. Every morning, noon and night listening to them. A lot of young people are turning to YouTube and other services for music. Shame on all involved in destroying WYAY. Envy is introduced at the end of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and elaborated further on in Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness when Scott and his friends see her band performing at Lee's Palace. The loss of WPLJ is tremendous for all NYs culture. The EMF people are the maggots who are feeding on its rotting corpse. It had an entire rack of processing equipment. But their got to be a glut of classical music on FM (WQXR, WNCN,WNYC,WRVR, WNBC, WKCR, WFUV) that they tried thne Broadway format in 1967 before going rock in 1968. Another meet up between the two also reveals that it was Scott that started the fight at New Year's Eve which led to their break up, though Scott has trouble remembering it. Natalie "Envy" Adams was born in Montreal. By April of 83, WPLJ was down to 2 60s songs an hour. Pitiful! The early Doobie Brothers stuff remained while the more rhythmic Doobie Brothers songs were steered clear of. When I was out of the area, I would be on the phone with a friend telling me about the show . Absolutely hysterical. I didnt want to miss a minute. I know you will all do well as you go on to the next phase of your careers. Scott remarks that she is wearing his sweater and allows her to keep it when she asks if she should give it back. Todd lost ownership and creative control after Scott left. It took a few years but look what happened. He has heart and wit. I hope Todd is picked up soon on another nearby station. I liked Blown Off too but my gut feeling is much of it was phony. I hope not. The other station at the time I was listening to was 99X cant remember their station letters at the moment, might have been WPIX. Then he went to Z100 and they became #1 again. The great days of radio are coming to a close. Destroy lives, putting perhaps dozens out of work. Allison found out that Derek bit her about mid-season 2 and found out about Scott's involvement a few episodes later. Todds new format after Scott retired (pushed out) sucked. They stayed this course the rest of their time. Hence.. A short time after her break up with Scott, Envy reunited with Todd, who had graduated from Vegan Academy. I feel bad for the people who work at WPLJ. You are wondering about the question why did scott and todd break up but currently there is no answer, so let kienthuctudonghoa.com summarize and list the top articles with the question. PLJ was the ONLY station I listened to for many decades in the a.m. Educational Media should have built another station from scratch, or bought one of perhaps a dozen rap music stations to change into their format. Well, according to sources, there are multiple reasons. I will miss this station very much. It was just WAPP that had the Commercial-free Summer promo in 1982, not WPLJ. Their ratings had to double, they were in the dumper to begin with and Scott had a following. I dont doubt its true, Id just like to get hard evidence to that effect; someone I know claims that PLJ was never high in the ratings. Remember the great music mix then on PLJ. Well, that can only last just so long and its usually never a good sign for the longevity of the station, its brand or its ratings.. Still the classic rock artists remained as well as the later 70s rock artists. I never understood why Scott left they had a good thing going, but after he did I felt things were not going right. They dropped all Simon & Garfunkle except for Mrs Robinson for example. "It has to be local and it has to be about people," he says. The call letters were WABC-FM and they played the progressive and album cuts that you would never hear on AM radio. Disco was gone. Since they have a huge following, wherever they land, their audience will be waiting for them. Their focus was 90s to now with an occasional 80s hit. So sad about Plj. In the movie, the song she was singing was about, Brie Larson was only given the character description that Envy had a "husky, non-Ramona voice" for her audition. Currents were down to 2 an hour. I hope they get picked up by another station so I can continue my morning ritual. Only one of six, WYAY in Atlanta, was profitable, but I feel the reason they sold the profitable one, was to shut down an effective conservative talk radio format, which was very successful after they started it, six years ago. Todd and the crew are funny as anything! The main change, of course, is that the team got younger. At the end of the battle against Todd Ingram, Scott believes that his victory was a way of evening the breakup from long ago. All the best to all of you. I also remember reading something about them tweaking the records so the music played slightly faster. The station about 3 weeks later began calling themselves the home of the hits and began referring to themselves as a Top 40 station. She reappears later in the series, introduced as the lead singer and keyboardist for the popular emerging band The Clash at Demonhead, no longer going by "Nat" or "Natalie." The next day they added half a dozen pop rhythm currents from such as Flashdance, She Works Hard For The Money, Electric Avenue, Time/Culture Club, Wanna Be Startin Something/Michael Jackson, Maniac/Michael Sembello. By Daniel Arkin. They have been my long time driving companions and I will miss them dearly. When the station switched to CHR in June 1983 they shouldve changed the call letters to WABC-FM which wouldve been more appropriate. They focused on the 70s likely to keep CBS FM from shifting focus and someone else from going 70s. I am so sad to hear of the sale. So very disappointing. "The listeners can't be faceless.My job is to connect with them. Funny how on air personalities help us get through life. When the station had its networked love format, Bob Lewis did a great show locally at night, where he refused to give time checks, saying Call NERVOUS if you want the time!. Thanks for the best memories. Losing him both on and off the air affected them negatively. That is the right attitude. I dont remember WPLJ ever having a commercial free summer. I wonder if the people who say that that hate contemporary Christian music have actually listened to it! By 2007 they backed off that approach and played the best rock and uptempo pop, rock, and alternative hits of 1980 to the then present. September 27, 2022 by John Groove. Radio, as it turns out, is a fantastic tool for the enterprise. We were in shock. Amen to that!! The rest of the team, Monk, Annie and Jayde were brought on to reach a younger audience. Best of luck to them all. There were so many missed opportunities the biggest was not flipping to Classic Hits in 2005 when CBS FM went Jack. Julie Powers tried to cheer her up, but Envy told her to "shut the up". The two have called it quits since the show's finale, but there's never an explanation as to why they split, how long ago it happened or why they seemingly. WRVR , WAPP , Etc. All these things helped get me and many, many others through our days.i just won my first great prize trip from them.so saddened by all this. According to an insider close to him, the reality star and the model's relationship ended a . They pulled back on 80s a few times while going back to playing 80s a few times as well. Get the right number of people, the right KIND of people and let em do their job. At the end of the battle against Todd Ingram, Scott believes that his victory was a way of evening the breakup from long ago. Did not quite change from Led Zeppelin to Flashdance overnight in 1983. They couldnt afford them! At the time there was 2 fulltime classical stations. 2017: $10,475,000 Subsequently, Todd Barry pled guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 10 to 30 years in prison in 2002. I am so sad! Very sad. Being called Natalie, she claimed that no one had ever called her by her real name since, to which Scott responds that "Maybe they should," before he left the scene. Todd also reveals his Vegan powers to the group, effortlessly trouncing Scott though Envy calls off the battle since it was late. And Scott Shannon was a huge part of that success. Were sharing the story again because we thought youd be interested in reading the comments from your colleagues. Im not a Jesus Freak as he called it, but I love positivity.. this station is definitely uplifting, emotional, positive, and supportive to many in need. Maybe well hear Todd backbwith scott. After the couple started dating in 2017, their love life had been full of romance as well as occasional drama. EMF would never run any kind of secular format. Who the hell can relate to that? My heart is broken for you all and for all of us. I drive six hours from Albany to NYC four days a week and PLJ with Todd and Jayde keep me company and make me laugh. Still WPLJ kept it strictly rock though an exception like Bettie Davis Eyes and Maneater were played. http://skyskymedia.com/my-wplj-love-story/. The station had an identity crisis and was living on a brand that the average listener could not identify. She keeps us plugged in to what's happening and keeps listeners connected on those platforms.". "We have to talk about the things our listeners care about. Most of their revenue is from listener donations. Even hearing them today back together reminiscing with phone scams and contests had me laughing like I did back then. However, Envy manages to gain the upper hand and nearly kills Ramona with her hammer, though Knives saves her. Sad but NOT surprised. [ Table of Contents ] [ Citation Guide ] [ Feedback ] [ Search ] [ Home ] [ Help! ] The station was an uptempo Gold Based AC by the fall of 93. I listened to Jim Kerr and Carol Miller faithfully until college when I was too far away to get it. Fox News said Monday it is parting ways with firebrand anchor Tucker Carlson, the network's most popular prime-time host and a leading voice in the modern conservative movement . They stayed a mainstream CHR with a slightly more adult presentation till 1992 when they quietly morphed to a Hot AC. By. I remember Shadoe Stevens AT 40 as well as Rick Dees AT 40. They did it. By October WPLJ was a CHR with jingles and the AOR songs except for ones you would hear on a CHR were gone totally. http://www.klove.com/give/what-is-pledge-drive/. If station had replaced Jade, Annie and Monk with real talent, I believe the station would have survived. Meet them again at Somerset diner on the diner tours, and had two babies always with PLJ on. 2014: $12,900,000 The Wikipedia entry for WPLJ says WPLJ became New Yorks most listened-to FM rock station for most of the 1970s. Can anyone find a reference that corroborates this? Went through multiple formats until becoming WQCD (CD 101.9) in 1988. Envy can be rather tricky to fight against, she's fast and relies sorely on kicks that can knock you into the air or across the screen. Scott made a public statement about their breakup, shocking RHNY fans everywhere. Afterward she was experiencing problems with incontinence, and she visited another doctor. Mrs. Scott, the plaintiff, sought treatment from Dr. Bradford. There will NEVER EVER be a radio station like WPLJ ever even to be compared to them!!! I make it appear simple and its not. The PLJ fall happened over a long period of time. Then in 1999, the station went Alternative but appealing to adults and still positioning themselves as Hot AC. He had already made many other games and he excels in the art of 2D scroll type games and . 2) Undisciplined Pursuit of More Everythings going to be okay, Scott and Todd on PLJ Thanks so much. Todd Pettengill obviously needs a refresher course in the things you're absolutely, positively, totally not supposed to say in the media biz these days. I thought that when they got rid of that blowhard Shannon it was on its way back to number one. ", "On this show," says Pettengill, "there will be no mention of Jay and the Americans. The original WPLJ in 1971 was not strictly rock. But in the end it all comes down to money, as the station lost over $60M to media generated revenue which K Love picked up when they bought the station. Slow (but steady) slippage is what worries me most with radio stations. 1977 to 1983 was WPLJs best time as an AOR station. EMF should keep the old PLJ format on HD 2 even if no DJs. I will miss my friends terribly. :(- . It is not called the positive encouraging K-LOVE for no reason.. this also will get you through a lot. While there wasn't just one reason behind . Not only was the station free-form rock prior to WABC-FM changing call letters to WPLJ, it actually began in 1948 as WJZ-FM. The only difference, really, is, like many Top 40 and Adult Contemporary stations that went to a talk or news format in the late 20th century, WABCs aforementioned format flip was/is often referred to as The Day the Music Died (regardless of whether Don McCleans 1972 classic American Pie was the last song played on either of such stations); the now-quickly approaching end of 95-5 PLJ (as WPLJ has been called since its 92 flip to Hot Adult Contemporary) could very well be called, I GUESS it could be called The Day the Mainstream (read: secular) Music Died, albeit on New Yorks ((by That Time) Heretofore) Other Hot AC Station! Low rated: 1. Soon afterward, Todd went to the Vegan Academy, while Natalie went to the University of Toronto where she met Scott Pilgrim. There are no plans for an LMA before that and Cumulus is planning a special tribute as the station approaches its final days on-air. :'(. "It's just that to me, nothing replaces human contact, and sometimes texting and Twitter takes us away from it. In fact, I am a child 90s, and I felt very out of place, music-wise, because I couldnt stand all that awful incoherent depressing grunge that was all over the radio. No matter what, though, well all have our memories of the radio station we grew up with. In Scott's ending, Envy is shown hugging Scott, along with Kim and Knives. I am not a huge Scott Shannon fan, as I found him mean spirited and racist. a pitiful travesty. He falls in love with American delivery girl Ramona Flowers, but must defeat her seven evil exes in order to date her in peace. Berkowitz says by insisting your station have a strong and definitive position. Then came Shannon and in 23 years we got MOJO Radio and at least a half dozen variations of Hot AC. In the course of 1983, WPLJ gradually pulled back on 60s rock, boosted current product slightly, boosted new wave slightly. Pettengill, second from right, and the rest of his "Todd Show" team. Listeners have a vote in these things. May they end up somewhere in the area so we can all listen again. The latters sister station, WABC, went all-talk a few weeks before WAPPs aforementioned promo. They broadcast from like Pennsylvania or Ohio. Those words from Gary Berkowitz resonate completely!! Then as a preemptive move 70s rock songs were put back in along with more 80s rock and currents were cut back slightly and they increased regular rotation. The entire PLJ staff was red hot and really knew how to be a personality without annoying the listening audience. ", That said, the show does have a social-media reporter, Sheila Cichon Watco, who Pettengill calls "just terrific. Ratings never justified the revenue and it eventually caught up. WPLJ should go back to their roots Classic Rock . I was a PLJ listener back in early, mid 70s, when the Station was billed as New Yorks Best Rock , and it was. She then confronts Todd, kicking him in the groin for his unfaithfulness. There used to be different genres of music on FM. Many years later I started working in radio. I never had a buzzer go off on my alarm. 2010: $27,100,000 You then fight Todd afterward. Because of the difficulty in focusing, more stations than ever are drifting in a sea of mediocrity. Interesting handle you have for an atheist. He seemed awkward. And, thanks to BIA, weve added WPLJs estimated revenue from 2010 to 2017. I wish Todd, Jayde, Annie and Monk the best. 2.Did Scott Cawthon decide to stop making Five Nights at Freddy's . document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Daily industry headlines plus breaking news bulletins. Thats it! What happens when they leave? Sad to hear WPLJ lost their way. Even the stations positioning statements were broad and generic, which didnt help. Envy returns home, and without Todd to make an ass of her, appears to be back to her old self having discarded the glitter of the rock life. I remember going in to the station with Willie B. Goode from 10pm-2am. He's sort of a human chain mover. Chad Henry, area scout: "He's a playmaker. We went to bed listening to Led Zep, and woke up to FlashdanceWhat A Feeling! I mean, we went from Carole Miller to friggin Scott Shannon! EXCELLENCE at its BEST!!!! It was just an effort to shut down conservative talk radio, and they made a huge impact doing just that. 2.Five Nights at Freddy's creator retires amid political . Agreed. Through the years the music, the friendly banter, Shellys joke of the week, Todds phone scams, Scotts memories, listening to the personalities from the various time slots develop and hear their personal stories of their families and so on. Considering Scott and Allison's arcs had been entwined for two seasons, with most of that spent trying to justify their relationship to others, it didn't surprise anyone when they broke up. The couple have broken up after 11 months together following Scott's drama involving ex Kourtney Kardashian and her new flame Travis Barker. Scott didnt move, Cumulus didnt want to pay him anymore. She signed a routine consent to surgery form prior to the hysterectomy. And then when Elizabeth Clarke had a segment every week about feminine facial hair care products and shaving methods? "If there's a parade, we want to be there. Scott Disick and Kourtney Kardashian celebrating Scott's birthday in 2015. No rent for studio or office space. The 20-year-old model and the 38-year-old reality star have broken up after less than a year of dating, Page Six has confirmed. Then on June 29 the 60s songs were purged except for Brown Eyed Girl. I grew up listening to WPLJ. I have been with PLJ for 38 years, never had a car that was not tuned to their station. Their relationship ended shortly after when Envy (voted band president apparently) vetoed everyone and signed the group to a label. Well miss you. (Its practically a religious version of The Sting with God in the role of Henry Gandorf.) Collectively, they were annoying, childish, mean, and Todd became nothing more than a babysitter. They even flirted with a bit of Disco. I tried to remain faithful to PLJ but Todd was almost forcing himself to fit in with the younger generation. I wish them all good luck and hope they find a new home soon. Everyone. After Scott is brought back to life, Gideon reveals his six frozen ex-girlfriends and his plans to add Ramona. News. I am betting on many of the real people were actually low level actors or comedians, just like the Dating Game in the 60s were comedians and not just everyday people. I wish the morning crew good luck in what ever they do ? I am a SiriusXM listener now, FM is obsolete with all the different offerings out there today. I grew up on it listened to it every morning and am so sad its gone. I tried to hang in there because Todd was so damn funny but he became practically non-existent as he had to compete with 2 women who wouldnt give him time to speak. And Educational Media shutting WYAY down is certainly not a very Christian thing to do. These memories were suppressed in Scott's head, and resurfaced later in the form of Negascott. I would have been fired from my job. Scott Shannon was losing it and I had no patience for him on my way into work. Annie very surprised she was on the air. 4) Grasping for Salvatio Adding these stations will undoubtedly increase their intake of donations (and I wonder how many can actually afford their monthly tithe) so they can overpay for the next big signal, ensuring that no commercial broadcaster can outbid them. When the FCC mandated separation 50% of the time, they expanded the classical offerings. You guys are the best. Sorry Steve but you must not have been listening to hard. I stuck with Todd and as many have voiced on this thread, mornings will not be the same without him, Monk and Annie at the minimum. I met the morning crew several times over the years. Things took a turn on Aug. 31 after Kourtney's ex,. You had legendary Pat St. John up against legendary Dan Ingram ( WABC77 ) in the 2-6PM drive time slot. What went wrong? Defeating either of them will end the battle. Envy once again calls off the fight till later. Motown was gone, Billy Preston was gone. They reached their heyday around 79-80 time frame. Manage all your favorite fandoms in one place! Stairway To Heaven for example was gone in the fall of 83. And dont blame EMF for the lost jobs; blame CBS and Entercom for those in LA.
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