{"id":6762,"date":"2015-02-16T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2015-02-16T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=6762"},"modified":"2015-02-16T06:43:45","modified_gmt":"2015-02-16T12:43:45","slug":"will-oldies-station-become-red-hot-or-a-weigel-wiener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/02\/16\/will-oldies-station-become-red-hot-or-a-weigel-wiener\/","title":{"rendered":"Will oldies station be a Weigel winner?"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/a>If radio revenue is down by double digits<\/a> and more listeners are turning to other sources for music, why would one of Chicago\u2019s savviest television operators be getting into radio now?<\/p>\n The announcement <\/a>last week that Weigel Broadcasting was extending the brand of its MeTV <\/a>digital network by launching an oldies radio station may seem counterintuitive. That it\u2019s doing it on WGWG LP 87.7, a low-power signal with a strange dial position and a checkered history, makes the move even bolder.<\/p>\n No official start date has been set for the full format on 87.7 MeTV FM,<\/a> but music is expected to begin airing February 23 \u2014 the same day the station adopts the call letters WRME.<\/p>\n