Live 100.5 Going Silent

Posted on February 11, 2010 by zerolove

It would appear that on Sunday around 2pm the Live 100.5 radio station will go off the air. It is being replaced it would seem with NewsTalk 100.5 WAPI.

Don’t get me wrong, I like talk radio. One of my favorite shows is the Matt Murphy show on 1070 WAPI. I listen to talk radio, on AM. When I switch over to FM, it is because I’m wanting to listen to music. Not just any music, I want to listen to classic Rock and Alternative, Live 100.5 was my other radio station. I don’t want to listen to Top 40 and Country. I don’t want to listen to those two fat head guys.

So today the Facebook group SAVE LIVE 100.5 was created. If you are on Facebook join us. The group has grown in 10 hours to 3,500+ members.

Fans rally to save Birmingham radio station Live 100.5

The Radio Carousel returns, unfortunately, for Live 100.5

We are also emailing Citadel Broadcasting. If you want to help try to keep 100.5, you should do the same. Contact info below:

LIVE 100.5, the best radio station that Birmingham has ever known, is being yanked. Let’s let the folks at Citadel Broadcasting know that we are not in favor of this move. Join this Group and then go to the LIVE 100.5 fan page and let your thoughts be known! Let’s keep it civil people. Let the suits know that the listeners of LIVE 100.5 are educated, thoughtful music lovers that spend money in this area and we want a station that fits our high standards and that station is LIVE 100.5, the way it is RIGHT NOW!

Please email or call these two folks and ask them to save LIVE 100.5

jellis@citcomm.com
fsuleman@citcomm.com
AND
judy.ellis@citcomm.com
farid.suleman@citcomm.com
212-887-1670
702-804-5200

Be nice…

Updated: Contacts

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http://www.almediapage.info/ Zach Rutledge

I'm sorry to see Live 100.5 go, but this is what happens when radio companies are run into the ground. I hold Farid Suleman personally accountable for taking a profitable company and putting it in bankruptcy.

I'm sure there are those in the local Citadel cluster who are proud of the affection people have for Live, and the turnout on the Facebook page to save the station is pretty cool. But even before they declared bankruptcy they were cutting costs to the bone. A fully staffed and well programmed station simply costs too much money in this day and age. Becoming an FM repeater for an already existing station is the super cheapout alternative, especially since it only has one local show. The rest are syndicated from elsewhere.

Look for this trend to continue nationally as mp3 player listening continues to erode listenership of all stations, even the popular ones.

Yes, people say they love stations like Live 100.5, but in the end they listen to their iPods and Zunes instead. In medium sized markets like Birmingham, the future of FM is talk and sports, and the future of AM is certain death. Sorry.
http://www.almediapage.info/ Zach Rutledge

I'm sorry to see Live 100.5 go, but this is what happens when radio companies are run into the ground. I hold Farid Suleman personally accountable for taking a profitable company and putting it in bankruptcy.

I'm sure there are those in the local Citadel cluster who are proud of the affection people have for Live, and the turnout on the Facebook page to save the station is pretty cool. But even before they declared bankruptcy they were cutting costs to the bone. A fully staffed and well programmed station simply costs too much money in this day and age. Becoming an FM repeater for an already existing station is the super cheapout alternative, especially since it only has one local show. The rest are syndicated from elsewhere.

Look for this trend to continue nationally as mp3 player listening continues to erode listenership of all stations, even the popular ones.

Yes, people say they love stations like Live 100.5, but in the end they listen to their iPods and Zunes instead. In medium sized markets like Birmingham, the future of FM is talk and sports, and the future of AM is certain death. Sorry.