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| Jake Fuller |
Party 99.5 has been dropping the bass on Gainesville for a month, but some listeners
are still adjusting to the loss of conservative talk radio to electronic dance
music.
At midnight May 31, The Star 99.5 WBXY-FM switched to an
electronic dance music format, sending “Talk of the Town,” a local political
talk show, to the Internet. The show went off the air and online after JVC
Broadcasting of Long Island, N.Y., bought five Gainesville-area FM stations.
According to alligator.org, Jake Fuller and Ward Scott, co-hosts of “Talk of the Town,”
can now be heard on www.alachuatalks.com or by tuning in to the station through
the Live365 app on mobile devices.
“We don’t want any dead air time,” Scott said. “We want to
be out there somehow with our voice in the community. If it comes from the
Internet, then so be it.”
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| Ward Scott |
But Fuller said the transition has been a challenge,
especially for attracting advertisers.
Because most of the political show’s listeners are older
voters in the community, Fuller said it has been difficult for fans to adjust
to the new technology.
Despite the obstacles, Fuller said he still believes in talk
radio.
“We’ve done a pretty good job at getting local issues out,”
Fuller said. “We’ve filled in a lot of gaps as far as information goes for the
public.”
Although Fuller and Scott said there are things they miss
about the radio format, having the show online has lifted Federal
Communications Commission restrictions, creating a freer working environment.
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