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>Excellent point, and I'm guessing that the transition >to WTAE was much more palatable for a lot of KQV >listeners than WDVE was. The issue of AM vs. FM for >audio quality wasn't as big then as WTAE would still >have a solid decade of viability as a >music/personality station. > >In fact, in the Fall '83 Arbitrons, which was very >late for music on AM, WTAE had a 7.6 share (12+) and >WDVE had 8.1. WTAE was outperforming (in 12+) WBZZ >(6.1), WHTX (4.9), WHYW (5.1), WPNT (5.5), WSHH (4.6) >and WWSW (4.4). > > > > >>Jeff and Old Dude are right; 13Q (and WPEZ, a 13Q >>clone on FM, but WWSW's sister station) went after >>KQV's teens, and WDVE under KQV's own roof gave the >>heavy rock audience an alternative. But there was >>another significant development in 1973: Ted Atkins >>and "the new WTAE," which did heavy damage to KQV's >>older demos with lots of oldies and Drake formatics.

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