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Another change for 1230 AM

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Mediafrog+

Looks like ESPN Deportes is gone from 1230, and I am hearing Classic R&B tunes with occasional "KCOH 1230" announcements. However checking the webstream of the legacy KCOH it is not the same.

Of course 1230 does have the KCOH call, leftover from when the legacy broadcaster leased the station a few years ago. Legacy KCOH wound up on 92.9 HD-2 in early 2016 when the lease of 1230 ended...and after the HD-2 was dropped, has been webcast only.

The announcements were made by the same voice that I would hear doing imaging for Synergy Broadcasting, which had several runs on 880, 1520, and 1480. Thought the stake had finally been driven through the heart of that effort, but perhaps they are back?

We might have rival "KCOH" stations going in Houston.

BTW I was able to hear a weak ESPN Deportes on 102.5 in the Willowbrook area, so no change for the northside translator (but who is originating?)
 
Mediafrog+ said:
Looks like ESPN Deportes is gone from 1230, and I am hearing Classic R&B tunes with occasional "KCOH 1230" announcements. However checking the webstream of the legacy KCOH it is not the same.

Of course 1230 does have the KCOH call, leftover from when the legacy broadcaster leased the station a few years ago. Legacy KCOH wound up on 92.9 HD-2 in early 2016 when the lease of 1230 ended...and after the HD-2 was dropped, has been webcast only.

The announcements were made by the same voice that I would hear doing imaging for Synergy Broadcasting, which had several runs on 880, 1520, and 1480. Thought the stake had finally been driven through the heart of that effort, but perhaps they are back?

We might have rival "KCOH" stations going in Houston.

BTW I was able to hear a weak ESPN Deportes on 102.5 in the Willowbrook area, so no change for the northside translator (but who is originating?)
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1230 was off the air yesterday while102.5 was still on air. In their IDs they only mention 102.5
 
It sounds like 1230 is looking for a new client. When this sort of thing happens it usually happens very quickly. You're usually scrambling to find any audio to run versus dead air. This might have been found and tossed on to keep something on the airwaves. Maybe I'm wrong but time will tell.
 
b-turner said:
It sounds like 1230 is looking for a new client. When this sort of thing happens it usually happens very quickly. You're usually scrambling to find any audio to run versus dead air. This might have been found and tossed on to keep something on the airwaves. Maybe I'm wrong but time will tell.
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You are probably right, but you would think they would know the contract was not being renewed more than a couple of days out so there isn't a mad dash to find something, anything, to keep audio going to the transmitter. I suppose it could not be a lack of a renewal but a sudden termination, but still...
 
I just heard on 102.5 in Spanish

Connect yourself with the 1460 or 1470 I couldn’t catch the full numbers with the static.
 
Typically it is a very abrupt end. One client of mine cancelled at 4 pm saying they'd finish the day. One other client was given a deadline to make a payment. When they didn't, the call was made and programming stopped immediately. It's very common. Nobody going under wants to throw in the towel until the last second and if a client is leaving they fear there might be a gap in a station carrying them if they give notice.
 
Listening to the radio here in Laramie, Wyoming this morning and heard a KCOH 1230 ID on 1380 AM, so presumably I had KRCM 1380 Shenandoah, TX running Radio Aleluya.
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
Listening to the radio here in Laramie, Wyoming this morning and heard a KCOH 1230 ID on 1380 AM, so presumably I had KRCM 1380 Shenandoah, TX running Radio Aleluya.
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Or at least I had what sounded liek a KCOH ID on 1380.. I'll listen back to my recording later and see what I had
 
The new format on 1230 will launch on Monday, April 15 according to station announcements. Lineup sounds similar to the legacy KCOH, but the legacy’s website makes no mention of a return to AM radio, so the new programming might be a clone. Could still have rival KCOH programmers in town. Who would have the right to call themselves KCOH? The longtime business with that name, or the radio station that actually has the KCOH call? Or both?
 
What is the frequency of the other KCOH? Since the folks are actually occupying the airwaves on 1230 KCOH (which is on the license), they have the right to use it. They would certainly have to use it in the legal identification every hour, as required. I don't think there will be any lawsuits over it. I hearken back to 1974 when AM900 KMCO in Conroe changed their call letters to KIKR, KIKK sued them for calling themselves "Kicker country." While waiting for the suit to be settled, KIKR used it's call letters and referred to it self as "Big 9 Country, K-I-K-R." KIKK lost the lawsuit. KIKR went back to referring to their audience as "Kicker country." Michael Harris told me two weeks ago that they would return to the airwaves on KCOH. Don Sam will return in the afternoons withe "Memories and More." This is a separate entity.
 
ChuckTiller said:
Michael Harris told me two weeks ago that they would return to the airwaves on KCOH. Don Sam will return in the afternoons withe "Memories and More." This is a separate entity.
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I had figured this had nothing to do with the legacy "KCOH" over on Almeda, which still streams at kcohradio.com. Wonder what the "new" KCOH is going to do differently to avoid the fate of the previous broadcast effort as well as the similarly formatted Synergy Radio?
 
The reboot of KCOH launched today on 1230. Programming similar to the legacy station; slogan is "Legacy, Civics, Soul." Also branded as "The Source."

No web presence that I could find on a quick search.

They did appeal to potential advertisers to support the station. Gotta wonder how they will make this work financially.

My overall impression from limited listening: This is a really old sounding and old-skewing station.
 
Is that good or bad

Mediafrog+ said:
The reboot of KCOH launched today on 1230. Programming similar to the legacy station; slogan is "Legacy, Civics, Soul." Also branded as "The Source."

No web presence that I could find on a quick search.

They did appeal to potential advertisers to support the station. Gotta wonder how they will make this work financially.

My overall impression from limited listening: This is a really old sounding and old-skewing station.
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They are trying to appeal to the old crowd. They have a few sponsors that love the old sound. Does it sound good or bad to you?
 
TheEngineer975 said:
They are trying to appeal to the old crowd. They have a few sponsors that love the old sound. Does it sound good or bad to you?
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Yes, it's definitely for the old crowd. The on-air talent sounds old. The callers sound old. The music is old. The presentation style is old. And its on a crummy Ancient Modulation signal.

While I'm sure KCOH has a devoted (but small) listener base, it is a textbook example of a "65 to dead" target demographic.
 
Mediafrog+ said:
Yes, it's definitely for the old crowd. The on-air talent sounds old. The callers sound old. The music is old. The presentation style is old. And its on a crummy Ancient Modulation signal.

While I'm sure KCOH has a devoted (but small) listener base, it is a textbook example of a "65 to dead" target demographic.
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If they can make money, pay the bills and keep everything running.. then more power to em. If it works for them, it isnt for us to criticize
 
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