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2 Adult Hits in one market?

tall_guy1

tall_guy1

Joplin Rock station 103.5 The Evolution has flipped to 103.5 Bob FM. However, they already have a competing station 95.1 Mike FM. Is this unique to this market?
 
Just chatting.......What was the format for 103.5 before they changed to the new format? Did they change because they got new owners, or a new PD, or they were not doing well with the old format?
 
They were a weird rock station. It was a really small owner My Town Media, and they are still there. What they were playing before was really obscure hard rock. They are going up against Ziimmer's 95.1 Mike FM now.
 
Mytownmedia just got a bunch of stations around witcha. Including one that just took the KBOB-FM call sign.

This is probably related.
 
The Adult Hits format is a fairly fluid and flexible concept that is mainly 80s rock hits. There are those who see similarities between Adult Hits, Classic Rock, and Classic Hits. They all seem to be drawing on the same era. The difference is presentation. Typically an Adult Hits is built on imaging rather personality. But even that isn't consistent. I haven't listened to either of these stations, but format competition is not unusual. It's just that they can't use the exact same name.
 
Daryl Lynn L.A. said:
Just chatting.......What was the format for 103.5 before they changed to the new format? Did they change because they got new owners, or a new PD, or they were not doing well with the old format?
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90s rock, heavy on the alternative side, including some out of left field album tracks. That format lasted around 11ish years.

No ownership change with this flip. MyTown is a fairly small company, with a primary focus on Southeast Kansas (Pittsburg being the core city), though they have been slowly moving westward in the Sunflower State for the last decade or so, and are now just getting into the heart of the Wichita market with their recent 5-station purchase from Rocking M as part of their bankruptcy. As for a new PD or ratings, I’m not privy to that info, though they did go up against KJML, which targets nearby Joplin, Missouri with their more straight-forward classic rock format.
 
ksradiogeek said:
90s rock, heavy on the alternative side, including some out of left field album tracks. That format lasted around 11ish years.

No ownership change with this flip. MyTown is a fairly small company, with a primary focus on Southeast Kansas (Pittsburg being the core city), though they have been slowly moving westward in the Sunflower State for the last decade or so, and are now just getting into the heart of the Wichita market with their recent 5-station purchase from Rocking M as part of their bankruptcy. As for a new PD or ratings, I’m not privy to that info, though they did go up against KJML, which targets nearby Joplin, Missouri with their more straight-forward classic rock format.
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Thank you! My extended family is from Pittsburg, and Galena KS, plus Joplin MO. My aunts and uncles 3 generations back operated a little general store on the old Route 66. They sold supplies and travel goods to motorists moving out west during the depression of the 1930’s. Not too many people know about Pittsburg KS. Thank you very much for providing this information. — Daryl
 
ksradiogeek said:
90s rock, heavy on the alternative side, including some out of left field album tracks. That format lasted around 11ish years.

No ownership change with this flip. MyTown is a fairly small company, with a primary focus on Southeast Kansas (Pittsburg being the core city), though they have been slowly moving westward in the Sunflower State for the last decade or so, and are now just getting into the heart of the Wichita market with their recent 5-station purchase from Rocking M as part of their bankruptcy. As for a new PD or ratings, I’m not privy to that info, though they did go up against KJML, which targets nearby Joplin, Missouri with their more straight-forward classic rock format.
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They were all over the place when I was there. Lot of heavy metal, a bit of new wave (psychedelic furs, smiths), post grunge and some unedited songs too (like "Little Lion Man" by Mumford.) I didn't get a 90s lean from it, but maybe did later on.
 
tall_guy1 said:
They were all over the place when I was there. Lot of heavy metal, a bit of new wave (psychedelic furs, smiths), post grunge and some unedited songs too (like "Little Lion Man" by Mumford.) I didn't get a 90s lean from it, but maybe did later on.
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I’ll amend my earlier comment: it was mostly alternative, with a heavy focus on the 90s and 2K, but stretching on both ends. (It was heavily 90s focused as recently as last year.)
 
ksradiogeek said:
I’ll amend my earlier comment: it was mostly alternative, with a heavy focus on the 90s and 2K, but stretching on both ends. (It was heavily 90s focused as recently as last year.)
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They might have focused it more since I was there (early 10s.) They played both Five Finger Death Punch and The Smiths back then, so I just found it a strange rock station.
 
Austin, TX has both a Bob FM (the leading one with a large stick), and a Jack FM (the smaller lesser known but it's there). I haven't found a difference between them since I don't listen to radio often or research it as much as I had.
 
From 2011 to June 2021, Wikipedia says, Greenville SC had what was first called Chuck FM on HD and a translator. Wikipedia, with Radioinsight as the source, says the name was changed to Jack in 2017. At the end of 2019 WMYI became The Lake. So there was an overlap of nearly a year and a half.
 
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