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Post by CAwasinNJ on Dec 30, 2020 16:57:46 GMT -6
I think grouping U92 in with the HD2's is overstating things a little. That being said, they are doing poorly. Broadway has been cleaning house recently, so it would make sense to do something about their lowest rated FM. What about putting The Eagle on 92.5? Country seems to be more popular in the market and the rimshot signal on 101.5 has always been a problem. The old signal could either take the U format or become something else.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Dec 29, 2020 16:58:17 GMT -6
All Access is reporting that Vic Michael is selling KNIT 1320 to the company that's been running it since April 2019. The filing isn't showing yet in the FCC database, but AA says the purchase price is $200,000. That's twice what he bought it for, but doesn't take into account the rebuilding of the site now shared by KNIT and KJJC.
I wish I knew what to make of that. I wouldn't even be able to hazard a guess whether he turned a profit on it. At least the station stayed around and should see its 100th anniversary on May 8 2022. Do we think we've seen the last of Vic Michael in the SLC area for a while? I think anything's possible.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Dec 29, 2020 16:14:50 GMT -6
Sorry I didn't get to this last week when it came out, but it was a hectic weekend. I'm sure it was for at least some of you as well. I'm not sure how many of you really care about my musings on the ratings but here they are. In my last ratings posting I said that the election season was over and unless something crazy happened I didn't see KNRS' and KSL's numbers staying as high as they were. I blew that one, after all this is 2020 the year when everything crazy happened. In retrospect I should have known that the interest in the vote counting, election lawsuits and so on would have continued to drive news/talk numbers. It did. KNRS did drop from the #1 perch down to #3, but their numbers were in line with September and October. KSL stayed at #2 and actually was up slightly, though they have other things going for them of course. KUER was also up significantly to their best numbers in at least 2 years. (I didn't go back further than that.) The new #1? Yep, FM100.3 by a lot. Expect that number to grow for the Holiday book. You might even be able to see their ratings from space. Easy 99.1 grew again as well, though they aren't close to the numbers they managed to pull this time last year. We'll have to see how that goes. The slide of Now continues and has gotten a little worse. The Holiday book doesn't actually end until Jan 6, so maybe that will be a saving grace for them? Mix has showed some really nice growth now for 2 months in a row, even with the flocking to Christmas music. No ratings showing for KMES 1430. They either don't subscribe, are too low to list or both. I'd put my money on both.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Dec 25, 2020 10:13:59 GMT -6
With today's computer assisted playlists it's theoretically possible to coordinate two stations and be live on both, but that would be so insane I would have a hard time believing anyone would be nuts enough to even try it. It could be that he's voicetracking both. One cool possibility might be doing it in near realtime. He could alternate recording the voicetracks for each station a half hour or an hour before they will air (to give a cushion in case of a problem) and then send them to each station to drop into the automation system. He might also be live on one and voicetracking the other during songs/stopsets/etc. I'm sure he could do it, though whether he is is pure speculation by me. One way to keep straight when station he's working on would be keeping a cue card in front of him. That's a trick that's been used by talent working for multiple stations for decades. Sometimes it goes really wrong. Example: JackPackardTUR.mp3 (479.01 KB)
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Dec 21, 2020 4:59:22 GMT -6
Bob is live, complete with lots of liners. The switch happened sometime before 3AM. Their positioning is "80's, 90's and whatever" so basically they just went back to variety hits a la Jack, Mike, Ben, Tony and all those other guys names.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Dec 21, 2020 4:37:08 GMT -6
To spite what TMJ says, Clark Howard is not retiring. He is ending his syndicated show, but his other projects will continue.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Dec 20, 2020 8:01:10 GMT -6
At one point Rewind was running a syndicated show on Saturday nights. Could that have been what you heard Pete?
I'm reasonably sure that what's airing now is what Bob is going to be. They're just not going to officially unveil the new brand until Monday at 6AM when Jon Carter starts.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Dec 20, 2020 7:52:13 GMT -6
To my thinking the 70's and 80's were very different, both musically and culturally. I don't see it.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Dec 19, 2020 1:06:42 GMT -6
From what I see Westwood One is the contractor who provides physical distribution but Dave does the actual syndicating and owns the show. www.ramseymedia.com/syndicateIf you're seeing something I'm not please tell me.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Dec 18, 2020 21:40:34 GMT -6
Kool-FM is also saying that they're airing on 103.9 in Utah County. That would be K280GJ on Lake Mountain which greatly extends their range to the south and eliminates another (IMO) unnecessary duplicate since that translator was running Mix 105.1 last I checked.
But what does it sound like? I'm frankly disappointed. In the well over an hour that I listened I heard I think four 60's songs. Yes they're there. No, calling it a "60's and 70's station" is somewhat misleading. I'd put it closer to classic hits than oldies. Too bad.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Dec 18, 2020 21:23:38 GMT -6
As I said before, I believe Ramsey owns his own show. That is, his company IS the syndicator.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Dec 18, 2020 9:50:47 GMT -6
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Dec 18, 2020 9:46:32 GMT -6
In one way this wasn't a surprise. The previous simulcast of The Eagle on 105.5 made a little sense to me in that it gave the station coverage of the Tooele valley, but it was still too much of a duplication for my taste. In another way it is a surprise. Oldies on a Salt Lake station? I love oldies but I didn't think anyone would have the guts to do it on a station targeting the heart of the metro. (Of course we know what fmdj1 is doing down in Utah County, but that's going hyper-local which I would argue is a different ballgame.) This is going to be really interesting to watch. I'll have to give Kool-FM a good listen to see what it's like. Also, this doesn't appear to be related to the possible change at Rewind, if you were wondering. More from RadioInsight: radioinsight.com/headlines/202950/105-5-kool-fm-brings-60s-70s-back-to-salt-lake-city/
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Dec 18, 2020 6:28:55 GMT -6
Sexton was added to KNRS Sept 21. Ramsey was added to KKAT effective Nov 16.
Sexton is an iHeart property as is KNRS. Ramsey is his own thing as far as I can tell. That alone is a reason to switch. I'm pretty sure Ramsey would have been happier being on the higher rated KNRS but at least he's on the air here.
FYI the new ratings should be coming out Wednesday.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Dec 15, 2020 20:33:12 GMT -6
That wasn't how I interpreted the "I'm out" comment but I don't know. The thread was a bit contentious and I thought he was just saying that he was done with it.
The KFNZ calls are available though I never liked how Citadel/Cumulus called 1320 "KFAN" even though those calls have been in Minnesota for decades but that's another story. I was under the impression that national sports talk wasn't really that much of a ratings maker. Even with the play-by-play of the local teams and LOCAL sports talk, the sports stations we have aren't making big waves. I know there's a market for shows like Rome, but I'm not sure there's enough there to support a station. Maybe if they could get Denver baseball and hockey play-by-play? Other thoughts?
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