Who will take on Rock in New York?

[RoyalScam]

92.3 should dump Now and pick up 'RXP kit and kaboodle.  Not re-image it as K-Rock again, but keep it intact as is.

[The Spy]

Should, but not going to happen..if CBS were going to do this they would leave RXP where it is and put the fan on 92.3..which of course is where it should be going anyway.

[chrocket87]

No. Now is doing fine as is. Especially given how much established competition it has. Plus CBS has been focusing more of it's efforts on CHR and is doing away with many of it's rock-oriented formats. Maybe you should persuade Family Radio to pick up the RXP torch.

[erwin33]

Stop speculating about 92.3 to go alternative. It's not gonna happen. It would be fantastic, but I don't see it happen. Still I think it's not a smart move to go sports on 101.9 while alternative is increasing in the ratings. Too much risks. I hope alternative is come back to NYC, otherwise I guess it's back to Sirius XM and internet radio for all the new rock lovers. Tons of choices over there.

[WNTIRadio]

Sports bills better than Alternative ever will.  Just from a formatics angle, there are far more places for live reads, sponsorship tags and inventory.

Stop looking at the ratings and focus on the billing.

RXP was a placeholder.  The lack of NYC based programming, regular jock schedule or any type of promotion was the big tip off.

[chrocket87]

And the fact that it's a standalone Alternative station. Considering how much money Merlin had to recoup from initial investment and all the money lost as WEMP, Alternative by itself won't bill enough to make up all the money lost before the investors got tired of it. Sad, as I'm also an Alternative fan and really thought this station was well-programmed, but it's business.

[Tony Santiago]

XCountry285, READ CAREFULLY

When 'RXP came back, I was actually happy for you and other rock fans that got their station back.  A couple of people that would be in "my circles" actually liked the sound that 'RXP brought back.

I AM VERY SORRY that you lost your station.  Even if I am not into a particular sound of music, I would hate for people to have lost their "outlet".  It was exactly the same way I felt years ago when 'CBS did the Jack flip.  Even though 'BLS apparently "filled the void" after Kiss flipped to become ESPN, it still was a loss for fans of urban A.C.  Though the station had financial difficulties from DAY 1, I supported Pulse 87 to the very end.  Even after 'KTU was created in February 1996, I took a visit to a country music bar in New Hyde Park, NY to give people some sort of hope that the format would come back (most likely on a suburban basis).  It eventually did with Y-107.

The reason why I say this is simple.  You lost your station.  I STILL don't have mine.  And regardless of what you and others may think of 'KTU, IT IS NOT A DANCE STATION.  'KTU is as dance as Q-104 is alternative and progressive.  Perhaps that's how you can understand it. 

I still want my dance/EDM station to happen but let's look at the BIGGER picture here of where things have been going and even I can admit this.  FM radio as a whole is going to "spoken word".  It might have been a shock that WFAN-FM is going on 101.9 but it was NO SHOCK AT ALL that WFAN was going to appear on the FM dial sooner or later, this after ESPN parked itself on 98.7.  Eventually CBS radio will sell off 660 to make up for this after the WLNY-TV purchase.  But down the road, you can also kiss Newsradio 880 and WINS goodbye too.  Why?  Because it will eventually be Newsradio 92.3 and 102.7 WINS.  Watch PLJ be the new home of WABC 770 down the road.  I could see another station try "hot talk" again and this time around it actually MAY succeed.

If the FCC wants to KEEP the AM band, it will be a radio "ghetto" of leased programming.  I could see Arthur Liu buying up those AM frequencies so that he can sell more time to groups wanting to air whatever they're putting out there (religion, news from abroad, multi-ethnic).  He'd be smart to do so.

Musically, terrestrial radio is dying.  Even the Clear Channels know this...why do you think there's an iHeartRadio?  If you want your alternative, there it is.  If I want my dance, there it is.  There are THOUSANDS of outlets for everyone out there on the Internet.  You can stream it in now with that cable going into your aux port (or cassette player, or CD adapter).  But eventually you will have the streaming car stereos down the road.  Watch the phone companies sell data packages for it.  You have Sirius XM out there and they do a fantastic job with the rock coverage (only 4 outlets for dance).

Seriously "X", I am sorry you lost your outlet.  But PLEASE, do not state "facts" on what you really don't know about dance music.  With the exception of feeling that "dubstep" could go on an alternative station, I have stayed out of it.

Thank you,
TS

[chrocket87]

Tony,

You probably have the most class of anybody on these boards. Despite the number of alternative fans who continually blast your calls for a dance station in NYC, you've been glad for alternative to return and posted a classy message about it's impending demise (again). I may disagree with you on exactly how successful dance would be in NYC, but I agree that dance, just like alternative, can be profitable if someone would give it a legitimate chance to succeed. Here's to hoping for the best so both of us may see our formats return and I'm hoping KDHT can be a success so everyone else can take note, since it's one of a kind for commercial radio, at least from what I've heard. Have a great week!

-C.H.

[mgpt6]

Doesn't CBS have to sell something,Either 1AM or 1FM? i might guess WINS 1010AM might get sold by CBS.

[luperm]

Doesn't CBS have to sell something,Either 1AM or 1FM? i might guess WINS 1010AM might get sold by CBS.

They're getting rid of Channel 55...already well documented elsewhere. WINS stays as-is.