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KOOL FM Ceases Operations
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This Leaves only BIG 95.7 as the only classic hits
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97.5 Kool-FM Tri-Cities Ceases Operation - RadioInsight
Townsquare Media continues to shut down underperforming stations as its Tri Cities Divestiture Trust has ceased operations on Classic Hits "97.5 Kool-FM" KOLW Basin City/Kennewick WA. The Allen Blum led trust told the FCC, "Due to economic conditions in the market, the licensee was forced to...
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This Leaves only BIG 95.7 as the only classic hits
Station
KOLW was only airing national spots - it was a raw satellite feed. All of the Omaha Steaks and tax relief ads normally covered up were heard on the air. Also there was an 'oh wow' song usually around :40 past the hour that was normally covered up by stations carrying the WW1 feed for the local break. Those songs also aired live.
Why do I bet it comes back in the next 6-12 months as yet another Spanish FM?
I don't even know if KKSR can even be heard in its city of license at the moment.
Why do I bet it comes back in the next 6-12 months as yet another Spanish FM?
I don't even know if KKSR can even be heard in its city of license at the moment.
I don't see it coming back as a Spanish station unless it's sold, starts simulcasting or switches places with KZHR or there's an LMA.
Speaking of KZHR, it's currently silent at the moment with its RDS radio text displaying the previous branding (La Super 92.5).
KEGX is back to full power with RDS.
I'm doubtful. I can't even pick it up in Moses Lake.
There's two spots up on the Scenic Dr hill where I can get the KKSR aux. One of them is on Englewood Crest, the other is on N 53rd. Both spots are very weak and noisy, at 1500 ft elev. Normally both spots can get 2 bars from the main transmitter, and the RDS triggers too.
Another possibility is 97.5 goes religious and simulcasts KMBI Spokane, making that new 92.9 translator useless. Or Air 1 expands to Tri (i.e., EMF buys them out).
Another possibility is 97.5 goes religious and simulcasts KMBI Spokane, making that new 92.9 translator useless. Or Air 1 expands to Tri (i.e., EMF buys them out).
Agreed that KTCV has quite an offering. You can hear them on TuneIn or at:
It's an Icecast2 server.
It's an Icecast2 server.
Indeed it does. I use that link to stream KTCV on VLC when I go back to Moses Lake, but it's not needed here because it comes in quite well virtually everywhere in the area.
I wish KTCV had RDS (or even better HD - that would help eliminate static noise at night when I'm trying to sleep).
KKSR plays a lot of '90s music, but perhaps one of those old-school rhythmic-type stations would also fit. Like what KMGW in Yakima used to be. Could it work? There's a good chunk of people in Tri who are 40-50, plus the rising Hispanic demographic, but do they want to hear Destiny's Child, 702, Bobby Brown, etc.?
Albeit, speaking of Christian hits, it would be nice if Positive Life Radio would have a request hour or a lunch hour (ala KIOK) that plays classic CCM music. I love Christian and worship music but I am starting to tune out a lot of the overplayed songs...like that new Housefires 'I Thank God', I swear it airs once an hour. Yet Maranatha, Avalon, Susan Ashton, early Michael W. Smith, Point of Grace, and many others don't exist. 15 years ago you would hear those artists/bands on PLR.
Albeit, speaking of Christian hits, it would be nice if Positive Life Radio would have a request hour or a lunch hour (ala KIOK) that plays classic CCM music. I love Christian and worship music but I am starting to tune out a lot of the overplayed songs...like that new Housefires 'I Thank God', I swear it airs once an hour. Yet Maranatha, Avalon, Susan Ashton, early Michael W. Smith, Point of Grace, and many others don't exist. 15 years ago you would hear those artists/bands on PLR.
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These are my theories on the fate of 97.5: Either it will be sold to a Spanish/Hispanic broadcaster, bringing yet another Mexican station to Tri-Cities, it will be sold to some trash religious broadcaster like VCY, or it will be sold to EMF, allowing for Air1 (or Radio Nueva Vida) to enter the market.
On that note, I wonder if they would ever upgrade KRKL to HD to allow for both Air1 and Radio Nueva Vida to broadcast in Tri-Cities.
On that note, I wonder if they would ever upgrade KRKL to HD to allow for both Air1 and Radio Nueva Vida to broadcast in Tri-Cities.
Tom Kent's Music Magazine returned to KKSR / Big 95.7 as of last Monday. Airs 6-midnight in // with KARY here in Yakima.
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The irony. Remember the 'Classic Hits 95.7' days? Before More and The Bridge? They were 24/7 Fun during that period. I believe Bill Shannon and the other personalities were on that station.
Tom Kent’s Music Magazine
Tom Kent used to be on in the Tri-Cities (and on 95.7 back in the day) and nights aren't the same anymore! The Crusade To End Boring Radio is on Big 95.7! Tom Kent's Music Magazine is from 6pm to midn
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The irony. Remember the 'Classic Hits 95.7' days? Before More and The Bridge? They were 24/7 Fun during that period. I believe Bill Shannon and the other personalities were on that station.
Isn't there a low-power station like that in TC at 107.3? I haven't listened to it, it's not my cup of tea. I'd just like to hear some Matchbox 20, Sheryl Crow, Blues Traveler, Alanis, Goo Goo Dolls and No Doubt when I come to visit. It's pretty sad you can hear those songs in Yakima, which is WAY higher in hispanic #'s, but barely any those artists in TC.
KWVN 107.7 Pendleton and occasionally KKSR air some of these these artists. 107.3 is classic hip-hop.
95.7 plays some great songs, but I hear songs that charted well at the time but, (in my opinion) nobody wants to hear now. Examples: Donny Osmond, the 3rd single from Wilson Phillips, Michael Bolton, Andy Gibb......... I just don't hear those songs in other markets.......and there's probably a good reason.
I can verify that 95.3 is still U-Rock. Apparently it's fed by "KWDR-HD2" though its ID says "KLKY-HD2", but KWDR is now KTRI and neither of them are in HD.
U-Rock's website is here: Welcome to UROCK Radio Home
U-Rock's website is here: Welcome to UROCK Radio Home