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Does anyone listen to 94.3 KILO in Denver?
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What is "KBPI South"? KRXP is alternative, not active rock. And KILO self-identifies for sales as just "rock" with no further definition.
And there is a translator in the Denver metro on 94.3 as well as ones on 94.1 in two parts of the Denver metro. KILO is not going to be listenable there except by a couple of people with rotors and yagis and all the other DXing paraphernalia.
In any case, Colorado Springs has less than 1/8th the billing of Denver; in fact Denver's leading biller does more than all the Colorado Springs stations combined.
I am unsure why you are mentioning KRXP? (They are KILO's sister station.)
"KBPI South" is the branding used by 107.9 KBPL in Colorado Springs (although the COL is actually Pueblo), owned by iHM. I guess the station's impact is so miniscule that even radio execs with encyclopedic knowledge of the industry are unaware of its existence.
How KILO self-identifies for panel or industry data purposes is not terribly relevant to me. Many self-identifying Active Rock stations these days feature playlists as safe or safer than some self-identifying "Rock" stations. KILO is texturally heavier than 80 percent if not 90 percent of self-identifying active rock stations. They play a terrific mix of new music and hard rock classics from the 90's onward.
KILO reminds me of how so many great Active Rock stations used to sound in the late 90's & early 00's when the format was at its peak - i.e. unafraid to aggressively push harder-edged cuts, great stationality, live & local personalities AT NIGHT, and new music segments where listeners can call in and provide feedback on new music.
Compare that to KBPI South, which is a repackaged version of a brand I'd describe as damaged goods that makes heavy use of voicetracking, probably offers little opportunity for listener involvement and probably puts far less effort into music selection.
KILO in my view is a great example of how to do radio correctly.
In contrast, KBPI South is a microcosm of how commercial FM music radio has lost its way.
"KBPI South" is the branding used by 107.9 KBPL in Colorado Springs (although the COL is actually Pueblo), owned by iHM. I guess the station's impact is so miniscule that even radio execs with encyclopedic knowledge of the industry are unaware of its existence.
How KILO self-identifies for panel or industry data purposes is not terribly relevant to me. Many self-identifying Active Rock stations these days feature playlists as safe or safer than some self-identifying "Rock" stations. KILO is texturally heavier than 80 percent if not 90 percent of self-identifying active rock stations. They play a terrific mix of new music and hard rock classics from the 90's onward.
KILO reminds me of how so many great Active Rock stations used to sound in the late 90's & early 00's when the format was at its peak - i.e. unafraid to aggressively push harder-edged cuts, great stationality, live & local personalities AT NIGHT, and new music segments where listeners can call in and provide feedback on new music.
Compare that to KBPI South, which is a repackaged version of a brand I'd describe as damaged goods that makes heavy use of voicetracking, probably offers little opportunity for listener involvement and probably puts far less effort into music selection.
KILO in my view is a great example of how to do radio correctly.
In contrast, KBPI South is a microcosm of how commercial FM music radio has lost its way.
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I spent the summer in Denver 20 years ago. At the time, most of the full class C's from the Springs could be heard in Denver, at least south of downtown, with a good car radio or home stereo. I seem to remember having trouble with KCCY 96.9, but it might not have been at its current location at the time. 107.9 was never audible in Denver either. The class C's from Denver usually made it to at least the Air Force Academy before they started getting a little noise and picket fencing.
I didn’t listen much to the Colorado Springs stations, and I didn’t know anybody who did. At the time, they didn’t have anything to offer that was better than the Denver stations. About the only time I listened to them was when I was heading east on I-70 to either visit my parents, who lived in Oklahoma, or getting ready to move to my new home in Missouri. That was because the Colorado Springs stations seemed to go farther on that run than the Denver properties. I could usually hear them to at least Burlington while the Denver stations usually faded past Limon. I did, however, manage to pick up both Denver and the Springs in Goodland, KS on one of those trips. That wasn’t the norm, though.
I didn’t listen much to the Colorado Springs stations, and I didn’t know anybody who did. At the time, they didn’t have anything to offer that was better than the Denver stations. About the only time I listened to them was when I was heading east on I-70 to either visit my parents, who lived in Oklahoma, or getting ready to move to my new home in Missouri. That was because the Colorado Springs stations seemed to go farther on that run than the Denver properties. I could usually hear them to at least Burlington while the Denver stations usually faded past Limon. I did, however, manage to pick up both Denver and the Springs in Goodland, KS on one of those trips. That wasn’t the norm, though.
#3 in the Col. Springs market with a 5.7 12+ share. Not bad for an unapologetic current based hard rocker in 2021.
Sounds similar to what I've heard from Solid Rock 94.1 WJJO/Madison, WI.
Sounds similar to what I've heard from Solid Rock 94.1 WJJO/Madison, WI.
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