When Cumulus had to unload one or the other, I wish they had chosen to unload WQXA (the X) instead of WTPA.Jen Shade is a regional radio legend. The X is improving somewhat in their musical variety, but I still miss the WTPA days. I have always liked Chris James, don't often hear Son, generally in the evenings I am either working in the shop and listening to my Spotify playlist (around 2000 + rock songs), or I am in my office working on other things and either listening to Spotify or have something on TV to keep me entertained while I work. They put on a morning show out of Indiana (if memory serves correctly) that generally sucked and no longer had any local flavor. They did that with Coffee & Jammer on 93.5 once and got a ton of very negative backlash for it. What I do NOT like is when the stations get rid of local talent in favor of bringing in a 'syndicated' show they have in other markets. I know many of the personalities are 'phoning it in' (almost literally - working from home studios) and I can deal with that, given the current situation.

You might have a morning show format that plays great in Atlanta, but falls flat in Harrisburg. What works in one market does not necessarily work in every market. I miss the days when local radio was just that - a station owned by someone local, not a conglomerate that has a lot of stations in different formats in different markets and centrally exert control over how they are formatted. Don't know if it was a Cumulus station or not). I was honestly surprised they replaced EDR (he went to a station in Rochester, as I recall.

From what I have been reading and hearing (I have an inside source), the industry in general is doing a lot of belt-tightening.

She was doing middays on the X, I am wondering if the whole Covid thing is why she is not doing them now. I remember Jen Shade from her time on WTPA with Coffee and the Jammer.

105.7 the x listen live