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Post by CAwasinNJ on Feb 8, 2024 14:37:05 GMT -7
There's currently dead air on 105.1 HD2. With the recent snowstorm that might not be too surprising on its own, but the koolslc.com website is now redirecting to Bob's site.
I had noticed that they dropped the afternoon show that had been running for a while. I guess that didn't work, but did anyone even know it was on? The only advertising I heard for the station was cross-promotion on The Eagle during the holidays. Was there anywhere else Broadway was promoting Kool?
Since almost nobody was listening I suppose it won't be missed by many, but I will miss it.
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Post by oldiesfunhouse on Feb 9, 2024 10:30:13 GMT -7
I heard the same cross promotion on 700.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Feb 9, 2024 16:07:49 GMT -7
Well, at least there was some attempt at advertising. Thanks.
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Post by oldiesfunhouse on Feb 12, 2024 8:43:43 GMT -7
Yeah, I would say they are definitely killing off Kool. There was dead air on their audio stream for a day or two but now it's just turned off. When you ask for the 105.5 Kool FM skill on Alexa, she tells you that skill is no longer available. As of about an hour ago, there is still dead air on KUDD HD2. I'm wondering if, eventually, they'll just move the KUUU simulcast from HD3 to HD2 and turn off HD2. Or, perhaps, they have other programming in mind for the HD2. Or maybe they're just waiting for KUUU's voice over person to re0cut the TOH ID. I'm super disappointed too. It's just my opinion but it seems like every time we get a really good format in SLC it doesn't last. i.e. KLO AM after it switched to standards a few years ago, Easy 99.1, and now Kool. It would be great if Classy KMGR could figure out a way to get their signal into Salt Lake. Thank goodness for internet radio. RIP Kool FM.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Feb 13, 2024 6:06:09 GMT -7
Why would you think they'd move the Beat simulcast even if they don't have any new plans for the HD2?
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Post by oldiesfunhouse on Feb 13, 2024 8:21:54 GMT -7
It's just my opinion, but it seems silly to just continue to run dead air on HD2. It seems like it would make more sense to move the Beat to HD2 and just turn off HD3, if there's only going to be one subchannel of programming. Also, couldn't they give the Beat's signal there a higher bit rate or band width or whatever it is if they only have one subchannel instead of two?
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Feb 14, 2024 6:42:20 GMT -7
Both good points. The problem I see is possibly losing the audience that's looking for The Beat on 105.1 HD3. IMO if there isn't going to be anything on the HD2 for the foreseeable future, the best choice would be to remove the HD2 completely if that's possible. I know that works for digital television but I don't know about HD Radio. Maybe someone with better knowledge about how the signal is put together could help. If the HD2 can't be completely removed, it should be possible to reduce the bitrate to bare minimum and redistribute those bits to the HD1 and HD3 without moving anything else.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Mar 25, 2024 8:37:22 GMT -7
This is odd. The artist/title data on 105.1 HD2 is back and it's changing. It had been listing the generic "KUDD HD2" (or something like that) since it was shut down last month. There's still no audio but obviously some automation has been activated (accidentally?) somewhere.
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Post by oldiesfunhouse on Mar 25, 2024 9:54:18 GMT -7
What kinds of songs did it say should have been playing?
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Mar 25, 2024 19:05:38 GMT -7
I don't know if "should have been playing" is the right way to phrase it, but it looks like the same kind of playlist that Kool was running. Here are the songs that were listed from in the 7PM hour:
19:23 Sweet City Woman / Stampeders
19:26 Proud Mary / Creedence Clearwater Revival
19:29 Boogie Fever / Sylvers
19:33 For What It's Worth / Buffalo Springfield
19:35 In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida / Iron Butterfly
19:38 To Love Somebody / Bee Gees
19:41 Endless Love / Lionel Richie
19:45 These Eyes / Guess Who
19:49 How Sweet It Is / James Taylor
19:52 The Lion Sleeps Tonight / The Tokens
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Post by oldiesfunhouse on Mar 26, 2024 9:00:02 GMT -7
Thank you for taking all that time to do that. That definitely sounds like what would have been Kool's playlist. That is very interesting.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Mar 26, 2024 20:45:35 GMT -7
You're welcome. That's what I'm here for.
I don't think it's intentional and I don't think Kool is coming back. The website is still redirecting to Bob and if it were really coming back it wouldn't be running the automation and not playing sound. The inside story about what really happened would be interesting.
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