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Yes, I definitely understand the differences, and the uphill, if not impossible battle for Radio Q at success.

I still want to give the people behind it some kudos for at least trying to bring something unique, and different to radio.There are fewer and fewer radio operators these days willing to at least take a risk like this.

And I still don't understand why an owner/operator of CCM formatted NCE's is interested in bringing this Radio Q to Boston? This Tyler Nye, might be better off trying non commercial CCM instead, if that's where his experience lies.
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
KGAY works because of where it is and what they do works because of that. you couldnt replciate that anywhere else but MAYBE provnicetown and key west
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The Palm Springs market is roughly a half million people. That is many times the population of Key West or Provincetown. In fact, the gay population of Palm Springs is estimated to be greater than the total population of either of those other two cities you mentioned.

The biggest factor is both the existence of a large LGBTQ population in the Palm Springs area and a considerable business community that welcomes and caters to that group.

And, further, KGAY is very well programmed and has a strong identity in the community. In other words, even if you do not like every segment on the air, you will probably like the station and make it part of your life.
SomeRadioGuy said:
And unless they have a gay program director, its just going to be radio that stereotypes what lgbt folks are want and listen to.
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Here, I disagree. Yes, it would be beneficial for the program director to be gay but research within the LGBTQ community and a good variety of members of that community at the station and on the air can certainly do just as good a job. I think that there are plenty of programmers who are, first, not biased against gay people, and second, good programmers. On the other hand, giving such a job to a member of the community does send an outbound message that is good for the station and that same community.
 
KilowattKat said:
Andy Cohen is gay and has a channel on SiriusXM. His music checks all the boxes: disco, uptempo beat-driven pop, and don't forget Cher. Has anyone ever tried to program specifically for an LGBT audience and play country, hard rock, soft AC or classical?
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Can that be more of a sterotype of a channel? LGBTQ+ people listen to all types of music...That's where the focus should be....a JACK Format for The LGBTQ+ Community.
 
davideduardo said:
The Palm Springs market is roughly a half million people. That is many times the population of Key West or Provincetown. In fact, the gay population of Palm Springs is estimated to be greater than the total population of either of those other two cities you mentioned.

The biggest factor is both the existence of a large LGBTQ population in the Palm Springs area and a considerable business community that welcomes and caters to that group.

And, further, KGAY is very well programmed and has a strong identity in the community. In other words, even if you do not like every segment on the air, you will probably like the station and make it part of your life.
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you make my point why this wouldnt work in boston, esp. on sub par signals
 


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