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Sports to replace KNX News simulcast at 97.1 FM
- Thread starter Rollo-Smokes
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Or the Audacy app
And now the iHeart app too
As I mentioned previously on post #53, those with HD car radios will still be able to hear KNX on FM at 97.1 HD2
Did you ever buy another black and white TV?
I wish
Gosh, I think you guys have it all wrong. The All-News format is a success in Los Angeles. Its ratings are so much better today with KNX on FM than when it was AM only. Currently KNX-AM-FM is #6. When they released a longer list of the BIA Kelsey ranking of America's highest billing stations a couple of years ago, KNX was around #20, among the best in Audacy's chain.
Yes, the demos are old but with spoken-word formats, that doesn't matter as much. Advertisers know their spots will be not be an interruption as they would be on a music station. And you can run so many more commercials per hour than a music station. I am sure Audacy has no regrets about giving KNX an FM simulcast.
The thing is, Audacy wants an FM sports station in Market #2. In the last few months, Audacy gave FM simulcasts to its sports stations in Chicago and Miami. LA was next. But there was no logical place to put it. KRTH is #2, KCBS-FM #3, KTWV #6 (tied with KNX) and KROQ #9. The answer: Put it on 97.1 since KNX can also be heard on 1070 AM. KNX's 50,000 watt clear-channel AM is the reason Audacy felt it could use 97.1 for The Fan. Not because Audacy is having misgivings about all its AM-FM All-News stations around the U.S.
I addressed many of your comments here last week: Why Now For FM Sports In Los Angeles? And Other Burning Questions
The ratings were up, but in the demos that mattered, KNX-FM did not show as much growth as any of Audacy's other AM/FM News simulcasts.
The last BIA earnings report publicly made available was for 2023. KNX billed $20.8 million. That trailed multiple stations in Los Angeles and was less than half of what KIIS-FM billed then. 2023 is a long time ago in terms of billing. For example, 880 WCBS New York billed $29 million in 2023 and that station was still blown up just months after the report came out.
BIA Releases Top Billing Stations For 2023 As WTOP Leads For Ninth Straight Year
BIA Advisory Services has revealed its annual ranking of the top billing stations in the country as part of its
radioinsight.com
It's hard from our perspective to know how KNX-AM-FM currently are doing in billing since we only have that 2023 BIA Kelsey report. I still think $20 million is a good number. If Audacy had an underperforming FM station (as KAMP/KNOU was in 2021 before it became KNX-FM) that station would have been sacrificed.
But we know that Audacy is focused on getting Sports stations on FM in all the largest markets. I mentioned Chicago and Miami recently getting FM simulcasts but I forgot about Kansas City, Portland and Buffalo in the last few months as well. Clearly Audacy is intent on getting FM sports stations in as many large markets as possible.
Here's a list of Audacy's sports stations in top markets and when they went all-sports. As you can see, Los Angeles is the only major market that currently has NO Audacy sports station, at least for the next few days.
1. New York -- WFAN July 1987 -- WFAN-FM August 2012
2. Los Angeles -- KNX-FM May 2026
3. Chicago -- WSCR June 2000 -- WSCR-FM February 2026
4. Dallas -- KRLD-FM December 2008
5. Houston -- KILT (AM only) February 1994
6. San Francisco -- KGMZ-FM April 2011
7. Atlanta -- WZGC January 2012
8. Washington -- WJFK June 2021 -- WJFK-FM July 2009
9. Philadelphia -- WIP 1988 (ended 2014) -- WIP-FM September 2011
10. Boston -- WEEI August 1994 -- WEEI-FM September 2012
Also Miami -- WQAM 1992 -- WQAM-FM August 2025
Detroit -- WXYT 2000 -- WXYT-FM October 2007
San Diego -- KWFN April 2018
Portland -- KRSK September 1990 (as KFXX) -- KRSK-FM July 2025
Baltimore --- WJZ March 2003 -- WJZ-FM November 2008
Cleveland -- WKRK August 2011
Kansas City -- KFNZ October 2003 -- KFNZ-FM August 2024
Buffalo -- WGR February 2000 -- WGR-FM February 2026
Memphis -- WMFS 2007 -- WMFS-FM May 2009
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That’s a screaming anomaly on the list. I don’t see them being stranded on AM for much longer.
Right now, they're running Houston Texans play by play on the country station KILT. That's the lowest rated of the three, but it's the top billing country station in the entire country! It makes more money than higher rated country stations in Chicago or Dallas. So how can they blow that up?
Audacy also owns KLOL "Mega 101", which behind their 3 FM sister stations in both ratings and cume. Could KLOL be the one that flips?
The speculation has been around Audacy’s fourth Houston FM KLOL Mega 101. But that would mean abandoning their Spanish language effort in the market.
Audacy may have to wait for another FM acquisition in a possible consolidation frenzy, through a merger or horse trading.
I am going to guess they want a sports station now that L.A. is about to become the worlds center of attention, from the World Cup to the Olympics, Dodgers etc...2 thoughts though. I would hope the station actually goes to events, sets up a booth, libve broadcasts etc. Also its odd that KNX elminated their sports reports...
Hmmm, that instagram page may be a fake.
Nights? Weekends?
Moe daytime details...
radioinsight.com
97.1 The Fan Los Angeles Sets Daytime Lineup
Audacy has set the launch lineup for Sports "97.1 The Fan" KNX-FM Los Angeles when it launches on Tuesday, May 11.
radioinsight.com
I’m not sure if KNX ever had regular sports reports like KFWB did or KCBS currently does — both at :15 and :45 past every hour. KNX used to have a sports anchor weekday mornings until 2021.