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Classic KQC-HD2 Goodbye K-Hits.

Mike Sheridan

Mike Sheridan

Just yesterday I wrote about WKKT HD3 well there is more! Changes are also a foot at Beasley's WKQC HD2 which had been a Pop '70s formatted channel with a few '60's tunes thrown in for spice. The liners and positioning stayed the same for years. It was quite a shock to hear new liners and positioning yesterday calling the channel Classic KQC. The liners are more localized with mentions of "The Queen City". While not a format change there has been what I would call a format shift toward more of a Rock sound rather than pop and leaning toward the '80s rather than the '60's.

The new liners sound great, the refresh was long overdue. The voice sounds like market veteran Jack Daniel. The new shift in music, I'm not sure. There's just so much of Stevie Nicks I can take. Listening on my way home from work yesterday and around town today I've already had my quota of Stevie Nicks for the month! Your mileage may vary.
 
Mike Sheridan said:
Just yesterday I wrote about WKKT HD3 well there is more! Changes are also a foot at Beasley's WKQC HD2 which had been a Pop '70s formatted channel with a few '60's tunes thrown in for spice. The liners and positioning stayed the same for years. It was quite a shock to hear new liners and positioning yesterday calling the channel Classic KQC. The liners are more localized with mentions of "The Queen City". While not a format change there has been what I would call a format shift toward more of a Rock sound rather than pop and leaning toward the '80s rather than the '60's.

The new liners sound great, the refresh was long overdue. The voice sounds like market veteran Jack Daniel. The new shift in music, I'm not sure. There's just so much of Stevie Nicks I can take. Listening on my way home from work yesterday and around town today I've already had my quota of Stevie Nicks for the month! Your mileage may vary.
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Just another example of "What isn't Broke does not need Fixing". Why can't Corporate leave things alone when they do not need to be ''fixed'' or ''enhanced''? I never though there was anything wrong with 104.7->2 and listen from time to time.

Steve.
 
Steve.Gates said:
Just another example of "What isn't Broke does not need Fixing". Why can't Corporate leave things alone when they do not need to be ''fixed'' or ''enhanced''? I never though there was anything wrong with 104.7->2 and listen from time to time.

Steve.
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This is why I have SiriusXM and don't mind paying for it. While SiriusXM isn't perfect it works for me. Now that they no longer charge extra for streaming, it's even better!

Mike
 
Mike Sheridan said:
This is why I have SiriusXM and don't mind paying for it. While SiriusXM isn't perfect it works for me. Now that they no longer charge extra for streaming, it's even better!

Mike
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I also have SiriusXM and have been subscribed since 2006. It has its pros and cons to go with it. I really despise how they do their subscription/billing. Having to call each year just before the subscription expires, and having to "re-negotiate" for another years' subscription price is a pain and gets kind of old very quick.

Steve.
 
You must be getting a good deal. I got mine when I got a new car with it built in (had it before with external units). I pay around $20 a month and it doesn't change.

That's my vice rather than cable TV which we got rid of a couple of years ago for the same reason you cited, plus we didn't watch that much.
 
Mike Sheridan said:
You must be getting a good deal. I got mine when I got a new car with it built in (had it before with external units). I pay around $20 a month and it doesn't change.

That's my vice rather than cable TV which we got rid of a couple of years ago for the same reason you cited, plus we didn't watch that much.
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Somewhat. The Intro on Sirius-XM was for $5/Month for 2017-2018. Then they wanted to boost the cost for the next year. They said if I didn't contact them by July of 2019 the Subscription would run $ 321.00. I contacted them last month and averted a $ 321.00 charge at a cost of $ 228.24 and it will go up to $353.56 next year if I don't contact them before expiration occurs. Again..

Kinda of getting tired of this to be honest.

Steve.
 
Back to K-Hits. I believe consultant Gary Berkowitz may have been programming it, a holdover from the days when the station was owned by CBS. The change could have come about if his contract ran out.

I can tell you this. There is a ton of great songs on that hard drive that they aren't playing, unless they did the unthinkable and started deleting them! I was there before they put HD-2 on the air (and maybe a little after I don't recall).
 
Mike Sheridan said:
Back to K-Hits. I believe consultant Gary Berkowitz may have been programming it, a holdover from the days when the station was owned by CBS. The change could have come about if his contract ran out.

I can tell you this. There is a ton of great songs on that hard drive that they aren't playing, unless they did the unthinkable and started deleting them! I was there before they put HD-2 on the air (and maybe a little after I don't recall).
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Perhaps the hard drive had a hard drive crash. Hard to say, esp. with ownership and contracts potentially involved.

Steve.
 
The Charlotte Beasley stations switched from Audio Vault to Wide Orbit a year or so ago. Entercom in Charlotte did the same around the same time.

I believe WO like NexGen that iHeartMedia uses will allow for a corporate programmer back at headquarters control the music. That way the metadata is the same throughout the system. It also means the corporate PD can add a new song very quickly.

The way it is now a days I guess...

t123
 
test123 said:
The Charlotte Beasley stations switched from Audio Vault to Wide Orbit a year or so ago. Entercom in Charlotte did the same around the same time.

I believe WO like NexGen that iHeartMedia uses will allow for a corporate programmer back at headquarters control the music. That way the metadata is the same throughout the system. It also means the corporate PD can add a new song very quickly.

The way it is now a days I guess...

t123
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Interesting! I only have experience with the old Audio Vault. When doing voice tracks there were ways you could get tripped up if you didn't do things just right. It differed depending on if they had loaded the commercial logs! I learned some hard lessons!
 
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