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Post by seattlefollower on Apr 28, 2010 8:31:11 GMT -7
KSOP-FM no longer is live overnights. I don't know if they pay someone $7.25 to staff the board overnight but there is now a syndicated program carried from 12 am to 5 am. It also looks like weekends are now being VT'ed by weekday staff. While I understand the difficulty of being a solo shop with 3 other competitors on the block I am still sad.    www.thecowboy1043.com/staff.htm1370 is also now branded classic "Country Legends." *smile* Guess they didn't waste that window of 107.5 going *poof.* |
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Post by Timmy on Apr 28, 2010 8:34:12 GMT -7
They started using After Midnite with Blair Gardner a few weeks ago. I don't know if weekends are all tracked though... I would doubt that.
Along with the change to overnights, they've added a live staffer to the AM for a daytime shift.
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Post by henry on Apr 28, 2010 20:41:13 GMT -7
The beginning of KSOP's demise ... mark my words. Even cutting mid-6.
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Post by Timmy on Apr 28, 2010 20:44:42 GMT -7
It seemed like a fair trade... Take a live staffer off FM overnights to their AM days... Not bad...
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Post by christopherjohn on Apr 28, 2010 22:34:29 GMT -7
The beginning of KSOP's demise ... mark my words. Even cutting mid-6. Why would you say that??? and yes have moved our overnight guy to KSOP am, hence why we run the syndicated feed.. We are live all weekend live except for the countdowns.. Alot of changes have happened at KSOP over the last 6 months all for the good.. Just think about this, we put in new processing, upgraded several other things. bought new vehicles, even Google/Wide orbit automation.. while everyone else is filing for bankruptcy and laying off people... Cj |
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Apr 28, 2010 22:52:56 GMT -7
It would seem to me that if this was a case of KSOP eliminating a local shift because everyone else does it and they could get away with it and it isn't an important daypart, then there might be a cause to wonder. Moving a jock *to* an AM that has tiny ratings and (let's face it) major signal challenges at night doesn't seem bad to me.
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Post by christopherjohn on Apr 28, 2010 23:51:31 GMT -7
I agree CA
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Post by dspete on Apr 29, 2010 17:28:55 GMT -7
Henry yes please explain the demise?
I see nothing wrong with the After Midnight Show?
Unless you where the overnight guy?
But I don't see an icon like KSOP going away for that reason.....
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Post by henry on May 4, 2010 23:16:36 GMT -7
Explanation: A restaurant opens in 1964. They serve really good home-cooked food. By the mid-90s they are one of the only non-chain places in town. Other places are fancier, tastier, etc. But the old cafe survives on the mantra "we've been doing business the same way for 30 years." They aren't the busiest eatery in town but they survive thanks to loyalty. One day customers show up and find the home-cooked fries replaced with Sysco fries. People say, "how does it matter? It's still a fry." Next goes the hand-scooped ice cream, shakes, and before you know it ... most of the menu is Sysco. Gone is the charm. Soon, the loyalty also wanes, and the cafe closes (or worse, stays open as a zombie of its past). Don't believe me? Just look at the demise of KKAT. It all starts with killing one daypart. The extra cash becomes addicting. Soon, nights are next to go. Then mid-days. Management can't help themselves - they love the much needed extra money. Then afternoons. Soon, KSOP will sound just like every other station in town, but with much less flair. Mark my words: Very bad move KSOP! Bring back the homemade french fries!  |
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Post by christopherjohn on May 5, 2010 0:11:26 GMT -7
I like the explanation Henry.. But there are a few things about this that is different from KKAT. First of all KKAT was owned by a corporate outfit of different sorts through its run as a country station.. KSOP is still the independent that is has always been and will be for a long time.. The radio station is not saving any money moving the overnight guy to our AM side which previously didn't have any live dayparts. Our overnight guy was asked if he would be interested in doing a live show during normal hours on the am station, he had the choice to stay overnights on the fm or move to the am, and chose the am day shift.. So I don't know how that could bring down KSOP?? There still i a live body watching the automation and transmitters overnights... Cj Explanation: A restaurant opens in 1964. They serve really good home-cooked food. By the mid-90s they are one of the only non-chain places in town. Other places are fancier, tastier, etc. But the old cafe survives on the mantra "we've been doing business the same way for 30 years." They aren't the busiest eatery in town but they survive thanks to loyalty. One day customers show up and find the home-cooked fries replaced with Sysco fries. People say, "how does it matter? It's still a fry." Next goes the hand-scooped ice cream, shakes, and before you know it ... most of the menu is Sysco. Gone is the charm. Soon, the loyalty also wanes, and the cafe closes (or worse, stays open as a zombie of its past). Don't believe me? Just look at the demise of KKAT. It all starts with killing one daypart. The extra cash becomes addicting. Soon, nights are next to go. Then mid-days. Management can't help themselves - they love the much needed extra money. Then afternoons. Soon, KSOP will sound just like every other station in town, but with much less flair. Mark my words: Very bad move KSOP! Bring back the homemade french fries! |
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Post by CAwasinNJ on May 6, 2010 0:24:39 GMT -7
I think what Henry is saying is that if this is the start of a lot of cost-cutting at KSOP with the thinking that it won't make any difference, that will destroy what makes the station unique and draws in listeners. If that turns out to be the case, then I would agree. I don't think that's what's happening though. It sounds like this is an isolated change. If other things start happening, then we should start to worry (IMHO).
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Post by michaeljwyo on May 6, 2010 8:47:42 GMT -7
I'm with CJ on this. Just a change for the better. They are not spending or saving any money by doing this. Just swapping the one guy's shift. And it could make a difference for the better. These days it's a rarity for a: an am station to play music, and b: an am music station to have a live jock. Yes KDYL is the exception. But kudos to the move there. I think they figure that 1370's listernership will now be greater than ever with the demise of 107.5. So...why not make some improvements now that the listenership has likely grown? Only other improvement I could see would be putting 1370 in AM STEREO Yeah I know...I can dream, though  Michael n Wyo |
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Post by dxstuboy on May 6, 2010 18:01:54 GMT -7
Any local talk on an AM station of all things makes me smile. It reminds me that the band isn't quite dead yet.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on May 6, 2010 21:25:03 GMT -7
I'm not dead yet. I'm feeling much better......
AM didn't die when FM came along. It just reinvented itself. Neither AM nor FM will die due to MP3 players/internet radio/satellite radio and whatever else comes along. AM could use some pruning, that's for sure. The noise on the band is incredible.
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Post by dxstuboy on May 6, 2010 23:21:00 GMT -7
Remove IBOC and you've solved half of the problem.
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