Station is unlistenable right now...fully Seattle-based with all over the map free for all programing. Needs to become a true local station and have things tightened up considerably. Would love to see it become something akin to SoCal's KCSN.
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Even when there were AM HD stations in the Bay Area, they were broadcasting news, news/talk, or talk: KCBS, KGO, KTCT. Either 910 or 960 also had it; I don't recall which one offhand. AM HD sounds terrible on voice; better on music but still there are plenty of digital artifacts.
Strange that the 94.5 signal is not as good in Pacifica as 92.3. They're both on the same mountain, and 92.3 has *less* ERP. Also, 98.5 has about 30 miles of mountains between you and their transmitter. I'm surprised that one's even listenable.
That’s just numbers at the end of the day, especially in the Bay. What matters more is the technology and how well maintained the signals are.
What do you mean?
What can a new suit in an old chair possibly do with a country music station in a city that's anti-country in ethnicity and attitude?
Not exactly. When KRTY was over-the-air, it had only sporadic competition in the country format. (Yes, for a little while, KSJO was effectively a repeater for Nash, but that was a national service, delivered from out-of-market – back east – and it was a Cumulus production, the death star of radio.) It got a decent share of the South Bay market, though the numbers were never eye-popping until near the end. Then it became common knowledge that they were going away, and a lot of additional listeners discovered or re-discovered them.
The country stations that have succeeded appeal to specific parts of the market: Sonoma County and the South Bay. I would think the farther reaches of the East Bay - such as east of I-680 once you get out of the hoity-toity suburbs like Alamo - might be another place where the format would appeal but possibly some listeners could get that from Sacramento. And, of course, streaming, SXM, etc. are also possibilities.
