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KEGL is stunting

Loverofradio said:
I learn each day I get on this message board how many anti-rock/alternative people there really are. I’ve never seen a group of people “not” want something to work and come up with every little, “but, what about…”. The Eagle will be fine. We could’ve avoided all this drama if they dropped all talk shows in the first place. But, maybe iHeart felt The Eagle brand needed to sit on the beach for a bit?
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But this isn't "Rock" its "Classic Rock". As a Rock fan, I'd want actual ROCK, not stuff I was hearing on rock stations back in 1992.
 
lanceventa said:
You guys ask why a format doesn't exist or why a station does what it does, @DavidEduardo is telling you why with facts. Just by participating on a radio industry forum, you're not a common listener, but rather someone who is at least somewhat aware of how the industry works.

I do not see the business strategy in returning to the Eagle, and you're right that rapidly going back and forth is not going to help bring listeners back, but that's not advocating for the listener. That's just media criticism, which is in a nutshell what most of this site is.

And there's nothing to advocate for when you call a company 'iHeart' or 'iHate', its showing bias and disrespect to the people that do work there.
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I suggest reviewing KXTE's performance after they adopted an ill conceived talk format and then within a year returning to a rock/alternative hybrid format. The return to music seems to be working great for them.

By the way, the iHeart app link I posted above is pointing to the wrong stream. (Nice job, iHM.)

Here is the correct stream:

971theeagle.iheart.com

97.1 The Eagle - Dallas-Ft. Worth's Rock Station

The 97.1 The Eagle is Dallas-Ft. Worth's rock station. Listen to KEGL on your radio at 97.1 FM or online with iHeartRadio.
971theeagle.iheart.com 971theeagle.iheart.com

I'll also add 97.3 in San Diego very quickly pivoted from hot talk to all sports after poor ratings and controversy associated with the former. That, too, proved to be a wise decision.
 
And there's nothing to advocate for when you call a company 'iHeart' or 'iHate', its showing bias and disrespect to the people that do work there.
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Perhaps senior managers who've made poor programming decisions deserve criticism on occasion?

I commend iHM for bringing Rock back. I just hope the company doesn't muck things up by making bad on-air personnel decisions.
 
mnradiofan said:
But this isn't "Rock" its "Classic Rock". As a Rock fan, I'd want actual ROCK, not stuff I was hearing on rock stations back in 1992.
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That’s just the way the format is. Rock/alternative fans still actively listen to songs from 30 years ago and picking up new, younger fans as time goes on. Not even country can do that. There’s a better chance of a 16 year old being a foo fighters fan than he is to all of a sudden listen to George Strait. Rap/Top 40 formats are now trying to recreate that by playing more gold
 
It is odd though that iHeart would launch a station that will cannibalize another iHeart station, KZPS. But these days, there are so few under-30 people listening to radio that maybe Geezer Hard Rock on KEGL is the only way to go. What's hotter right now, Alternative Rock or Classic Alternative? Even Active Rock stations, for the most part, are filled with Zeppelin, AC/DC, Van Halen and Ozzy.

Despite a youthful population and so many commercial FM stations, Dallas has no Active Rock or even Mainstream Rock outlet. But I guess that's how it is now. For Rock fans, there's Audacy's Alternative KVIL, iHeart's Classic Rock KZPS and now another iHeart station, Hard-Edged Classic Rock KEGL.

Has The Eagle played anything from this century since its re-launch? Or is everything pre-2000? I'd like to see how many titles it shares with KZPS. Although if Cumulus can own two Country stations in Dallas, I guess iHeart can own two slightly different Classic Rockers.
 
Gregg. said:
It is odd though that iHeart would launch a station that will cannibalize another iHeart station. But these days, there are so few under-30 people listening to radio that maybe Geezer Hard Rock on KEGL is the only way to go. What's hotter right now, Alternative Rock or Classic Alternative? Even Active Rock stations, for the most part, are filled with Zeppelin, AC/DC, Van Halen and Ozzy.

Despite a youthful population and so many commercial FM stations, Dallas has no Active Rock or even Mainstream Rock outlet. But I guess that's how it is now. For Rock fans, there's Audacy's Alternative KVIL, iHeart's Classic Rock KZPS and now another iHeart station, Hard-Edged Classic Rock KEGL.

Has KEGL played anything from this century since its launch? Or is everything pre-2000? I'd like to see how many titles it shares with KZPS. Although if Cumulus can own two Country stations in Dallas, I guess iHeart can own two slightly different Classic Rockers.
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They’re playing I hate everything about you by three days grace right now
 
MarkW said:
Happy to see Active Rock is back at 97.1!!!
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Active Rock? Not at all. Mainstream Rock? Hardly. So far, seems like a second Classic Rock station for iHeart…
Theater of My Mind said:
This is the answer. Radio has to program to the people who are still listening and that is why the music is all so old.
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So, people in Eastern Iowa are a lot younger and listen to drastically different music than they do in DFW? I doubt it… See www.rock108.com
 
Loverofradio said:
That’s just the way the format is. Rock/alternative fans still actively listen to songs from 30 years ago and picking up new, younger fans as time goes on. Not even country can do that. There’s a better chance of a 16 year old being a foo fighters fan than he is to all of a sudden listen to George Strait. Rap/Top 40 formats are now trying to recreate that by playing more gold
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But that's NOT what is going on here. Yes, I agree with you that today's rock fan can still love a song from 30-40 years ago, but that should, and could, go next to a song from today. If Top 40 was only playing songs from 1980-2005, that argument would hold. But not playing ANY songs from the past 19 years says this is a classic rock station, not a rock station. 93X in Minneapolis? THAT's a rock station that is still attracting a new audience. This? I'd be shocked if it broke the top 10 18-34, let alone Top 5 18-49, something 93X is doing just fine with it's mix of classics and currents.
 
chriscervantez said:
Active Rock? Not at all. Mainstream Rock? Hardly. So far, seems like a second Classic Rock station for iHeart…

So, people in Eastern Iowa are a lot younger and listen to drastically different music than they do in DFW? I doubt it… See www.rock108.com
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This is how most active rock stations are programmed in the year 2024. They are heavily library based with a couple currents an hour.

Great hearing Pantera on the air right now. 🤘
 
The rock 97.1 is playing isn’t just popular with “geezers.” As a 31 year old, I can assure you the music being played on the re-launched Eagle has PLENTY of popularity with people who were young or not even alive when it was released.

The younger crowd doesn’t want to hear “new, new, new” all the time.
 
mnradiofan said:
But that's NOT what is going on here. Yes, I agree with you that today's rock fan can still love a song from 30-40 years ago, but that should, and could, go next to a song from today. If Top 40 was only playing songs from 1980-2005, that argument would hold. But not playing ANY songs from the past 19 years says this is a classic rock station, not a rock station. 93X in Minneapolis? THAT's a rock station that is still attracting a new audience. This? I'd be shocked if it broke the top 10 18-34, let alone Top 5 18-49, something 93X is doing just fine with it's mix of classics and currents.
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Remember we’re marketing to the Tik Tok generation now
 
Going more classic based might be a good idea. How many Eagle listeners grew up with these songs? Sort of a rocker evolving to the songs that made them famous is a natural transition. We will be how continued research evolves things but as for now, it appears they are going very safe and I suspect some evolving as time goes by.
 
101tm said:
The rock 97.1 is playing isn’t just popular with “geezers.” As a 31 year old, I can assure you the music being played on the re-launched Eagle has PLENTY of popularity with people who were young or not even alive when it was released.

The younger crowd doesn’t want to hear “new, new, new” all the time.
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33 and loving every minute of this. Songs don’t have expiration dates
 
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