Monk is the most condescending, rudest person on the radio and this year they do 95 mins of music starting at 8:30am so basically theyre only on the air from 6am-8:30am. So proud to be part of the legacy! The Dred Scott decision served as an eye-opener to Northerners who believed that slavery was tolerable as long as it stayed in the South. This new move is just another devolution. Originally, like at least virtually all FM stations with the same calls as their AM sister stations, the former simulcast the latter for the entire day. Commercial free, great format, good signal. They've been married for decades and share two children, Pandora and adopted son Max. I have listened to this station for 35+ years. I also remember reading something about them tweaking the records so the music played slightly faster. Their signal goes as far as Brooklyn then it gets lost. Getting rid of it was the worst decision ever made. When you dont stand for something, you stand for nothing and that is what caused the PLJ downturn., So how do you prevent this from happening at your station? Laughed hysterically along with Scott & Todd but always preferred Todd and even bought his crazy CDs. All the Pop stuff was weeded out and WPLJ began sticking to strictly rock artists. Losing him both on and off the air affected them negatively. I love blown off and all the crazy contests Monk would come up with. I remember theres a moose in my house and the phone scams to the old man in the Deli. Was a faithful listener for years until Scott left. I dont remember WPLJ ever having a commercial free summer. When you dont stand for something, you stand for nothing. Im not surprised at the demise of wplj. Then came Shannon and in 23 years we got MOJO Radio and at least a half dozen variations of Hot AC. Who the hell can relate to that? At the end of the battle against Todd Ingram, Scott believes that his victory was a way of evening the breakup from long ago. 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. Years later, I won lawn tickets from WPLJ to see The Police at Shea Stadium. He had already made many other games and he excels in the art of 2D scroll type games and . Afterward she was experiencing problems with incontinence, and she visited another doctor. Kourtney and Scott met in 2006 at a party in Mexico, hosted by . I worked in a huge world headquarters that was one of the first tenants in the World Trade Center before building our office in NJ. (I mean, really? Luckily the Vegan Police show up due to Todd's two infractions of consuming non-vegan foods (Gelato, containing milk and eggs, and Chicken Parmesan). Just give it a chance. No rent for studio or office space. I feel exactly the same as you. I dont know a living soul who listens to CBS-FM. While at a party for a local friend, she meets up with Scott, who is currently reeling from the effects of Ramona's departure. During a candid chat with Kourtney on KUWTK, Scott explained the true details of his breakup. I continued listening till 81 when I went into the service. Which I feel is something spiritual that God had done for me; as Ive forgotten my faith temporarily. What went wrong? So no this company that specializes in religious programming is not going to bring back a secular format under any circumstances. It was not out of the ordinary for NEW to play a whole album sides as well as songs that were 15-20 minutes long. Well miss you. It didnt get better than that !! Pitiful! I never missed a morning show from Jim and Shelly, Scott and Todd and now Todd and Jayde. Even the stations positioning statements were broad and generic, which didnt help. I have been a faithful listener to wplj for I cant remember how long. Again, this is just so sad. Its all about the almighty dollar. He has heart and wit. I wholeheartedly agree with everything you wrote. I stopped listening in the early 1980s, when it went from New Yorks Best Rock, to Top 40. WPIX-FM was at 101.9, starting in 1963 when aquired by the NY Daily News (NYs Picture Newspaper=PIX). They added about half a dozen recent pop hits not previously played and played each of those a few times a day. Scott made a public statement about their breakup, shocking RHNY fans everywhere. WPLJ has been a mainstay for me since I was a kid. It got me out the door every day and I laughed and cried when I listened. That will bring to an end a long and, at one time, very successful New York City radio brands. We certainly do not need a third. I pray that this crew can stay together somehow. Great days of radio came to a close years ago when CBSFM stopped playing the real oldies music. Everyone lost their jobs. I will listen every morning until the end. 14 / 27. 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.. I remember the birth of Todds two daughters and now they are both grown and Todds a grandfather. Ramona tells Envy he is cheating on her with Lynette. Lousy management under Citadel and Cumulus killed WPLJ. The call letters always remained the same. Whenever EMF acquires a station, these good Christians immediately fire the entire staff and reduce the station to a rack of equipment in the transmitter room. Scott Pilgrim Wiki is a FANDOM Comics Community. So very disappointing. Both Allison and Scott had gone through a lot during season 2, physically and emotionally, so it made sense that they would want some time apart to grow . The folks running the better NFL Football teams have it right. In most of these cases they started to tinker with success, and accidentally pulled the legs out from under the station., According to Berkowitz, when Capital Cities/ABC owned PLJ, they took a decided turn to go full speed ahead CHR, against Z100. 2.Five Nights at Freddy's creator retires amid political . They had commercial-free summer, which was pretty mind-blowing at the time. See Featured Authors Answering Questions Learn more The loss of WPLJ is tremendous for all NYs culture. I really will miss this station. Love you guys! They voted, and the stations lost because at the end of the day, the personalities are bigger than the station, not the other way around. Shannon was working across the street at WCBS-FM, hosting mornings, one month later. Could it be due to lousy management and marginal programming? Meet them again at Somerset diner on the diner tours, and had two babies always with PLJ on. This station changed its music with the changing times. A short time after her break up with Scott, Envy reunited with Todd, who had graduated from Vegan Academy. It really took a turn for the worse when they lost Scott Shannon (to CBS-FM). They focused on the 70s likely to keep CBS FM from shifting focus and someone else from going 70s. He made . Probably the saddest thing about people giving money to the hucksters at EMF is that this money, if given instead to a local church, might have actually helped someone. Its still funny after all this time. They will be missed by me and alot of other people that I know that listened to them everyday . Everybody always thinks they can do it better. Love to you all <3. The station was electric. Scott later sees the battle just as Sex Bob-Omb is about to play on stage and ends the fight by poking Envy behind her knee, which he states is her weak spot. While there wasn't just one reason behind . Spread the K-Love, indeedbut dont drink the Kool-Aid if it smells like almonds! My mornings will never be the same. This should have never happened. To answer that question, we turned to three smart programming minds: AC Radio Programming Consultant Gary Berkowitz, former WABC Program Director and current Salem Media Spoken Word VP Phil Boyce, and www.wowfactorradio.com CEO, John Sebastian, who spent a portion of his long career at WPLJ. answer the question why did scott and todd break up, which will help you get the most accurate answer. This is also the time Envy started cheating on Scott. September 27, 2022 by John Groove. You then fight Todd afterward. Baumgardner: Purdue asked O'Connell to do an awful lot in Jeff Brohm's offense, and he delivered an accurate ball with good anticipation and a quick release throughout his career. I am Catholic and go to church but I find hearing modern rock music with Jesus name quite disturbing. I was so happy to find Scott, Patty Steele and Joe Nolan on CBS FM a few months later. Now WQXR is all that is left. This was one amazing morning show. Went through multiple formats until becoming WQCD (CD 101.9) in 1988. They are the only ones that could get me on the road an hour and a half earlier than I used to go out once I got a job further from home. It had an entire rack of processing equipment. Keep Rockin Skywalker. They used their remot truck despite the fact Bill Graham had 16 channel board feeding 2 8 track 1 inch reel to reel recorders. RNC chair Ronna McDaniel that a recent report on the party's disappointing performance in last year's midterms showed that the GOP was unable to lock down the support of independents, citing abortion messaging as a key reason why, The Hill reports. This article will share information on What Happened Between Scott And Malia, Why Did Malia And Stiles Break Up and Did Scott And Malia Get Together. This is terrible news. As many here that have commented, Ive been listening since the days of Jim Kerr and many other past jocks. Todd Pettingill, formerly half of Scott and Todd, now host of WPLJ's "Todd Show.". It is music about faith, hope, love and forgiveness, and we all need some of that! When it was classic, album and alternative rock up until 1983, the music served as its own entity to the format. Motown was gone, Billy Preston was gone. (Its a mouthful, but thats the closest I can come to The Day the Music Died while describing the soon-to-be end of PLJ. NO K LOVE IS ACTING LIKE POSSITIVE, ENCORAGING 955 THERE USING 9.55. I wish Todd, Jayde, Annie and Monk the best. It was a surprise. The real cause of this sale? 2.Did Scott Cawthon decide to stop making Five Nights at Freddy's . They became my morning best friends. Scott Shannon was losing it and I had no patience for him on my way into work. Absolutely hysterical. Some of the new music they broke came from the artists themselves before the record companies sent them the promos. But, I still listened. Natalie was deeply saddened and went through high school without any luck of finding true love. There can only be one head coach-and ya need a good quarterback. Some Christians! WRVR , WAPP , Etc. The other station at the time I was listening to was 99X cant remember their station letters at the moment, might have been WPIX. They stayed this course the rest of their time. Very sad. Ive been listening to WPLJ for a song as I can remember. This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Became WRKS in 1981, now WEPN (ESPN). Envy appears in World 3 as a sub-boss along with Lynette. "I have nothing against social media," he says. Ive been listening to PLJ for years and wouldnt miss the morning show, even getting up on days off to listen. They all compliment each other. Summary: Scott Cawthon has officially stated FNaF 6 had been a game, but it has been canceled for numerous reasons. He wasn't told why he was fired A Fox News source told New York 's Shawn McCreesh that Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott and Lachlan Murdoch made the decision to fire Carlson on Friday, echoing. I will miss this station very much. An awkward pause later, she leaves in the taxi, with Scott lamenting on the lack of proper closure. When the FCC mandated separation 50% of the time, they expanded the classical offerings. Because of the difficulty in focusing, more stations than ever are drifting in a sea of mediocrity. 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. Chad Henry, area scout: "He's a playmaker. Its dangerous when you tie a stations identity to a jock or the stations brand becomes centered around that one jock. The one jingle that was the most uplifting to me, while it aired (and still resonates in my memory today!) Sorry they contributed to the stations downfall. WPLJ was always in competition with WNEW. Sorry John I worked many venues in NYC in the 70s and your name dont ring a bell. We also listened to 99X, calls were WXLO, actually at 98.7. 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. I too was an avid listener of WPLJ for many years. Very disingenuous on their part, since they use the elimination of the main studio rule and routinely got waivers of it before the rule was canned to lower their operating costs to the electric bill at the transmitters. Their ratings had to double, they were in the dumper to begin with and Scott had a following. PLJ was the ONLY station I listened to for many decades in the a.m. I will NEVER put on a Christian music station. Annie very surprised she was on the air. Maybe the sales staff from the older days was GREAT and lately, not so much? WPLJ was also heavily processedthe needle on the baseband modulation meter in the transmitter room barely wiggled away from 100%. In 1971, ABC launched the Rock In Stereo format on all of its owned FM stations and changed the call letters of each station, so WABC-FM became WPLJ, KABC-FM became KLOS, WLS-FM became WDAI, etc. Carolina was bad enough so good ridden of her. And when Scott and Todd split unfortunately so did the ratings. I have such good memories. I know you will all do well as you go on to the next phase of your careers. Even in the 70s Music Radio 77 WABC was a great station and a power house I used to listen to WABC from Boston to Florida and they had the best D.J.s for the AM. Envy was in a relationship with Ramona's ex-boyfriend Todd Ingram and claims to know about Ramona's past. Give K-Love a chance. Take a look at the comments that follow the story. This outraged her and she cut and dyed her hair and changed her clothing style and becomes bitter, obsessed and jealous. I understand people feeling lost and upset with the loss of their WPLJ. 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. Scott describes her original personality as being "nice" and is baffled as to what she has become (claiming in the movie, "You used to be so nice!"). I moved to Montana for 1$ yrs and came back to Jersey 10 yrs ago and the first thing I did was put on ration to WPLJ! Hot A/C, Top 40, todays hits, etc. Sofia Richie and Scott Disick aren't just on a break, Page Six is reporting now: They're over. Thus, in 2002, Scott Hornoff was finally released from prison precisely six years, four months, and 18 days after his conviction. I wish them all the best of luck and hope to hear them all again in the radio. ", That said, the show does have a social-media reporter, Sheila Cichon Watco, who Pettengill calls "just terrific. At the time there was 2 fulltime classical stations. We asked all three how a station so successful can fall so hard? ", Education panel to vote on controversial proposal to move NYCs Edward A. Reynolds West Side High School, ALLAN WERNICK: Process is complicated for a DACA recipient seeking a green card, The 2023 Met Galas Karl Lagerfeld theme evokes criticism and controversy for some, Do Not Sell/Share My Personal Information. I remember listening to WNCN the night they flipped. I have been listening to PLJ since the 70s. 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. Scott still wanted to pursue a relationship with Envy, and even wrote a song for her, Envy was too blinded by the prospects of fame. I always tried to call in but could never get through. Youll be missed WPLJ. He didn't think it looked right, it didn't live up to . PLJ in the mid 70s went to a strict playlist where you heard the same songs cycle 3-4 times a day. It was like Dr. Laura. I go way back into the 70s when I got my first car. 3 (79) Josh Downs, WR, North Carolina. They even flirted with a bit of Disco. The couple have broken up after 11 months together following Scott's drama involving ex Kourtney Kardashian and her new flame Travis Barker. But Im very sorry for the loss of your favorite station. EXACTLY this. The format had changed alot when I retired in 2001. Ill miss him and his pick hair! Love you all. Radio Ink is a radio-industry trade publication that is published 12 times a year for the radio management sector of the radio broadcasting industry. I will miss my friends terribly. - Polygon. EMF broadcasts from Rocklin, California which is near Sacramento. Years later Todd returned, now with vegan powers, and wanted to renew his relationship with Natalie. I dont want to hear a single word about God, Jesus and religion when Im listening to the radio. Two years later, Shannon was back in New York as PD and morning man on ABC's WPLJ (95.5), and there he remained for almost 23 years, right up . Once the opening gets into full swing, she performs her song dressed in an elaborate outfit and lowered from the ceiling onto the stage. Since they have a huge following, wherever they land, their audience will be waiting for them. Scott Shannon got forced out because Todd started getting too big of an ego. I remember WPLJs launch as a rock station. Jayde always out. "But if a policeman or fireman is injured, local radio needs to talk about it. As time went on and they decided to go more adult thats where, in my opinion, the trouble started. No matter what, though, well all have our memories of the radio station we grew up with. Get the book, read it for your own brands salvation. Met then again at the summer kick off in Point Pleasant. The station was an uptempo Gold Based AC by the fall of 93. They stayed that course till about 2009 when they moved more rhythmic pop back into the format. Sometimes it worked, sometimes there was a disconnect. I have been with PLJ for 38 years, never had a car that was not tuned to their station. Moved away for a job and moved back when I had my son and the only station I listened to was PLJ once home. "None of what we're doing changes my love or respect for Scott," he says. I know. Along with Lynnette Guycott, they formed a new band The Clash at Demonhead which became immensely famous. I remember Jim Kerr in the early 80s. "I just think people come into our lives and think it's maybe easier than they think," Scott told Kourtney . "Like Cooper, who's been with us for three years, she's someone who lives the lifestyle. May 31, 2019 will mark the end of an era in New York City Tri-State Area radio and the end of an era in radio, period. WPLJ should go back to their roots Classic Rock . I won tickets to shows, went on a boat trip with Scott and Todd. Then came Shannon and in 23 years we got MOJO Radio and at least a half dozen variations of Hot AC. I never had a buzzer go off on my alarm. I will miss my ride to work buddies. KIIS/L.A. I thought Allison found out why Derek bit her mother in Season 3a, after her and Scott had broken up. You had legendary Pat St. John up against legendary Dan Ingram ( WABC77 ) in the 2-6PM drive time slot. Why they would sell a SUCCESSFUL station and destroy (at least temporarily)the lives of dozens that worked there very hard to make it a success, is beyond comprehension. 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. Allison needed space because Scott was a constant reminder of her mother's death and how much she lost because she loved him. Disgusting, low life maggots who are worse than drug dealers. This is probably because I am older now too and tend to appreciate Tods perspective. What a wonderful send off you just gave. By April of 83, WPLJ was down to 2 60s songs an hour. Seeing this, Envy flies into rage and tries to kill Lynette with Ramona's hammer though only succeeds in smashing off Lynette's cybernetic arm before she teleports. The only classic rock formated station I have heard was 97.1 The River WSRV owned by COX Media. 2012: $17,700,000 Good luck Todd, Jayde, Annie and Monk. Five Stages of Decline is a concept developed in the book How the Mighty Fall. Sorry to see you go. I am not a huge Scott Shannon fan, as I found him mean spirited and racist. Once Todd is defeated, Envy is left confused and shaken at the turn of events. This will definitely help soften your hardened heart. She has starred in films and TV Shows such as Hoot, United States of Tara and Captain Marvel. Talk about a downward spiral. The start of Zachary Todd and Alexandra Teran's wonderful relationship dates back to 2017 when the two got together. 1977 to 1983 was WPLJs best time as an AOR station. Other than that, I m done with commercial music FM Stations, and there promise of more great music after 10 minutes of commercials. The equipment consists of a satellite receiver, an audio processor, remote control unit that is connected to their headquarters in California via the internet, and an EAS box. Berkowitz says by insisting your station have a strong and definitive position. I hope not. 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. Sofia Richie's reaction to Scott Disick 's breakup reason on Keeping Up With the Kardashian s was revealed, and it doesn't look like she's cool with him talking about why they split.