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Post by michaeljwyo on May 30, 2018 9:01:28 GMT -6
Thank you for merging the thread, CA. I almost posted in the original thread and probably should have. I heard them again this morning at 7:15 when I got in the car. Conditions are always good right around sunset and sunrise for AM. By 8am I checked again and they were gone. Kinda cool to pick them up here in Evanston anyway. It's nice to see a music format on AM. I know that's what most of us were hoping for. I hate seeing yet another chit chat or sports or spanish AM coming on. Hey let the classic country challenge commence! So who is RAMS III ? Broadway? Sub-child of Broadway?
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Post by David on May 30, 2018 10:55:36 GMT -6
Thank you for merging the thread, CA. I almost posted in the original thread and probably should have. I heard them again this morning at 7:15 when I got in the car. Conditions are always good right around sunset and sunrise for AM. By 8am I checked again and they were gone. Kinda cool to pick them up here in Evanston anyway. It's nice to see a music format on AM. I know that's what most of us were hoping for. I hate seeing yet another chit chat or sports or spanish AM coming on. Hey let the classic country challenge commence! So who is RAMS III ? Broadway? Sub-child of Broadway? Another classic country station on AM is definitely preferable to yet another talk, sports, or Spanish station on AM any day! If the station/signal is properly engineered, music on AM can sound pretty good if you're listening on a good quality receiver. I keep hoping that another standards/pre 1970 rock oldies station similar to the pre-RCI KDYL will pop up on AM some day, but the chances of that happening are slim to none. It will be interesting to see if KNIT 1320 stays with a country format when (or if) their new tower is built. Last time I checked, they were still playing country on their 90 watt pea shooter; but it was more contemporary country music, not what I'd call classic.
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Post by seattlefollower on May 30, 2018 21:15:59 GMT -6
It seems like the group here are being pretty hard on those Spanish music formats on AM. Ever listened to Juan 1600 when it's in music mode? Pretty sweet.
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Post by David on May 30, 2018 21:47:08 GMT -6
It seems like the group here are being pretty hard on those Spanish music formats on AM. Ever listened to Juan 1600 when it's in music mode? Pretty sweet. I don't think it's "being hard" on the Spanish language stations so much as it is a dislike for market saturation. On AM you have 730, 1490, 1550 and 1600, and on FM you have 102.3, 104.7, 106.3 and 107.1. Before the FCC shut down KXOL and KBJA dropped their Spanish format to make way for K-TALK, there were 6 Spanish language stations on AM. That's a lot of Spanish language stations for roughly 15% of the population, and I don't see how all of them manage to stay on the air. But then again I don't understand how all the AM talkers in the Salt Lake market manage to pay the bills, either, especially when most of them hardly show in the ratings. I think we're just glad to see someone trying a different format on AM for a change. The same old same old formats get stale pretty fast, be they sports, Spanish language, or second rate talkers.
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Post by dspete on May 31, 2018 5:00:22 GMT -6
Actually 1320 KNIT is a little different not just country.... Classic Rock - Soft Rock - Country new and old and some newer stuff mixed in Mostly hear the Calls KRKY with an occasional KNIT thrown in along with others?
Tell you what's missing format wise.......
80's Hairbands like Hair Nation on Sirius not the same crap being played on KBER and Rock 106 How many of us 80's children remember throwing the lighter up and waving it back n forth at the Salt Palace during one of those great concerts from those years huh....
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Post by CAwasinNJ on May 31, 2018 5:53:39 GMT -6
RAMS III has nothing to do with any other local broadcast group as far as I know. They're out of Alabama and applied for stations all over the country quite some time ago. They also have the unbuilt construction permit for 780 Draper.
Spanish is a language, not a format. Both X96 and KUER are English stations but hardly the same format. I don't personally like it either but there's a reality here. This market is oversaturated with radio stations and they have to program something. The money for stations like KNRS and KKAT comes substantially from national buys on iHeart and Cumulus stations. A station like KLO has very little expenses and a tower site out in the middle of nowhere that doesn't cost much. They even give away 6 hours of programming a day with no real advertising at all running the old time radio shows. It doesn't hurt that Now 97.9 can keep them afloat.
The discussion of music formats that are needed is nice (and perpetual) but on AM it isn't going to happen unless you're talking about a very niche format or one with old demos. That's just reality. The only chance a hairband station would have on AM is if there's an FM translator involved. Sorry.
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Post by David on May 31, 2018 17:37:36 GMT -6
Actually 1320 KNIT is a little different not just country.... Classic Rock - Soft Rock - Country new and old and some newer stuff mixed in Mostly hear the Calls KRKY with an occasional KNIT thrown in along with others? Tell you what's missing format wise....... 80's Hairbands like Hair Nation on Sirius not the same crap being played on KBER and Rock 106 How many of us 80's children remember throwing the lighter up and waving it back n forth at the Salt Palace during one of those great concerts from those years huh.... DS Pete, I'm not sure where you're located, but have you ever listened to KBRE 1660 AM in Merced at night? The AM is a simulcast of 105.7 FM, and they play some pretty good tunes. Give it a listen if you're within range. It's an easy catch in Utah now that KXOL is off 1660.
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