Yes, KVIL is beating KEGL's ass. We don't need to go over that again. But there's plenty of interesting other anecdotes to pay attention to.
-
Get involved.
We want your input!
Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.
After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.
After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/
Thanks in advance and have fun!
RadioDiscussions Administrators
April ratings are here
- Thread starter macattack
- Start date
I never saw KLTY in the 2’s. KDGE-HD2 at 0.3 for an HD-only station is impressive. Last time I checked that was bilingual Spanish/English AC as “Magic 102.1.”
KEGL-HD2 “The Edge” is consistently showing up now (0.1 but hey at least one listener per survey likes it). It might not be a bad idea to bring back “The Edge” as a classic alt, if they program it right. The Eagle seems to be losing focus again like they were before their last flip. I heard “Under Pressure” by David Bowie on there the other day. That never struck me as an “Eagle song” (maybe during its CHR days of old).
KNTU isn’t doing quite so bad for a rimshot non-commercial station that is often jammed by people’s overpowered FM car transmitters.
KEGL-HD2 “The Edge” is consistently showing up now (0.1 but hey at least one listener per survey likes it). It might not be a bad idea to bring back “The Edge” as a classic alt, if they program it right. The Eagle seems to be losing focus again like they were before their last flip. I heard “Under Pressure” by David Bowie on there the other day. That never struck me as an “Eagle song” (maybe during its CHR days of old).
KNTU isn’t doing quite so bad for a rimshot non-commercial station that is often jammed by people’s overpowered FM car transmitters.
KEGL is out-cuming the ticket. Somebody is listening.
Looks like country music is back in Dallas.
I actually enjoy "Magic"! They play some good stuff.
Another interesting note - KRLD-AM beat WBAP. (But just by .1)
Stop it!
All the serious music lovers listen to KXT. For everyone else, there's KEGL.
But what this really tells us is that country music is back in Dallas. Time for a third country station.
I said this years ago: iHeart could turn KEGL into a country station and they could keep the call letters & imaging.
I wish I could like this 100 times. Though I’d amend it to be all the serious music lovers love, and give to, the non commercial music stations like KXT and KNON and do the work on, and pay for, streaming. For everyone else, enjoy the greatest hits package on the commercial stations.
…I’m preaching to the choir, though.
When will KEGL change to a country music station?
There are a lot of people in Dallas who cringe about that. Those are the ones who listen to WRR.
But in it's heart of hearts, Dallas is a cow town. And cow people love country music.
The model exists in Nashville right now. Cumulus owns a currents country station, WKDF, and a 90s country station WSM. Just like in Dallas.
And iHeart runs a competing currents country station with WSIX. It's where they base Bobby Bones. They'd love to have him on in Dallas.
So is KEGL flipping to country soon?
Let's put it this way: Country makes more sense than what they're doing now. Even Kramer would admit that.
They could even keep the Mavericks with country. Although it would be better without, given how the team did this year.
They could even lead into the Mavericks with The Mavericks!
My initial thought was Classic Country. Many Country fans are thoroughly disenchanted with the current direction of the broader Country genre. In Houston, Country Legends KTHT (by coincidence also on 97.1) performed respectably for a rimshot before EMF bought it.
Would be interesting to see how three Country formats from Class C Cedar Hill sticks would affect the various exurban Country stations surrounding DFW (KFWR, KEYI, KXEZ, etc.)
iHeart really doesn't need classic country in Dallas. It needs Bobby Bones in Dallas. It doesn't even have to beat KSCS. It just has to place.
And also The Spot sounds like a repeating tape recorder playing the same songs over and over again why won’t they play more songs on here? If they play more music maybe the listeners could enjoy it.
Wrong Charles1234. Listeners are enjoying it...the target listening demographic. Radio programs by consensus. Radio plays songs everybody likes to maximize audience size and thus commercial rate.
When you play a song 60% of your audience likes, in theory you lose 40% of your listeners to a competitor.
When you play a song 60% of your audience likes, in theory you lose 40% of your listeners to a competitor.
They are constantly adding and dropping songs every week. I can tell you which ones, if you like.
Radio stations were never meant to replace personal music collections.
Add me to the list of people who agree Country would be a better move for 97.1.
Not so sure I agree that iHM "needs" Bobby Bones in DFW. That said, if 97.1 were to ever flip to country, Bones almost certainly would be heard in a daypart on the station.
Country is not the only format that I think would work better. Urban AC is another.