104.5 KMCQ GOES LIVE- A NEW 100,000 WATT STATION HITS SEATTLE!!!

[mightymoose]

TOO MUCH like KJR-FM?? No-no-no. I hear lots of stuff that hasn't been played on KJR or KBSG for years. These folks certainly are not following a list from some consultant.

By the way Crowski's mention of the Pat O'Day philosophy on air talent is correct.

 

[WDAE-FM101]

I agree- When was the last time you heard "Doo Wa Diddy" by the Exciters or "Everything That Touches You" by the Association on Ackerly's (I mean Clear Channel's) KJR? I hope KMCQ continues doing what they're doing

 

[spectacle]

Agreed 2! Enjoy this post KBSG thing while it lasts. I can't wait to see what depressing bland package it's next master has ready for it to compete with "Jack" or "Mountain". How about "buzzkill"? Like most of radio!

 

[vivalamusica]

I'd like more old KBSG style stuff and less KJR-FM late 70s "classic rock."

I'd like to see the whole old KBSG come back before the dreaded B-973.

 

[Scoobyfan1]

I'd like more old KBSG style stuff and less KJR-FM late 70s "classic rock."

I'd like to see the whole old KBSG come back before the dreaded B-973.

They've actually played a lot of songs that I don't remember EVER being played on KBSG, original or B97.3; in the past few weeks they've played Sugar, Sugar by the Archies, The Unicorn by the Irish Rovers, Seattle by Perry Como(which I actually requested, I like the lyrics) and Goldfinger by Shirley Bassey.

 

[radiojjh]

104.5 KMCQ GOES LIVE- A NEW 100,000 WATT STATION HITS SEATTLE---My Critique....

I was in the "Emerald City" from Friday night thru Sunday afternoon...and I decided to give 104.5 a listen.....it took a little longer than I expected for me to pick it up on my radio....but once the signal came in....generally it came in just fine all over Seattle.....Bellevue, Tukwila, Renton, Sammamish, Isssaquah, Kirkland, Everett, Edmonds, and North Seattle.....I was pleasantly surprised.....

My only bad observations.....there were a handful of song NOT in stereo. "Black Water," was one.....the stereo generator was on but the song was NOT in stereo. And that sounded awful. Musically it sounds like KJR-FM's "Super Hits Of The 60's & 70's" which was such a fun format when I worked on the air there...and Bob Case was programming it. KMCQ-FM is a fun station to listen to, and not nearly predictable as KJR-FM....it was nice to hear "I Say A Little Prayer For You" by Dionne Warwick. I did seem to hear alot by the Supremes for their 60's songs. But the did play some nice stuff like "Close To You" by the Carpenters, a song or two by Bread, and then the Doors "Love Her Madly." I'm sure when some BIG company gets ahold of it, they will ruin what is nice and fun station to listen to.....I must say it is REALLY ODD to hear a station play NO commercials..and just some pre-recorded liners and drops periodically.

It will be interesting to see what happens in the future to this station.

On other notes...KOMO-FM's signal really gets out nicely...I was very pleasantly surprised...and it's amazing on the weekends how many infomercials there are on AM radio...very very sad to say the least. I realize it's money....sure would be nice to hear some real fun radio again....AND I did enjoy hearing the Casey Kasem countdown Sunday morning on KJR-FM, it was cool when Casey played BOTH sides of a CCR hit.....and Casey really did sound great in the 70's...I had forgotten. ONE BIG DISAPPOINTMENT----I could hear the Mariners games on the air in Ellensburg(when I was driving back to Spokane) and a couple of other cities but NOT on KIRO-710...what kind of a flagship station are they?!?!?!?!?---when they don't carry the games themselves, instead you hear syndicated ESPN stuff...that is NOT good programming in my humble opinion.

It was great to have some Dick's Cheeseburgers and fries, dinner at the Cheesecake Factory and stopping by Dicks on the way out of town and bringing back 14 of those Cheeseburgers, putting them in my freezer, and then when I'm in the mood, popping 1 or 2 in the microwave and enjoying a real treat.....It was really nice in Seattle on Saturday & Sunday....nice to be back home once again......



JJ Hemingway....Your Spokane Radio Pal...

 

[scott salvatori]

out on the road, just after midnight , tue 3-16, i tuned out of my XM/sirius, to see what was playin on this newbee 104.5. (other than bob rivers and crew, i gave up on big city corporate cookie cutter radio formats years ago, yawn!). to my major suprise, i was flabbergasted to hear an entire CDB album of greatest hits playin. its the first time in decades the seattle FM airwaves countryrocked with "in America" "still in saigon" " the legend of wooley swamp" etc. kind of like the old days when kzok's midnight album side, or kmtt's CD @ 3:00, would roll during the all nighter......................................... so this 104.5 is fishin' for a buyer?any one want to mortgage their house and join forces $$$. maybe we can conglomerate 100 of us, and be 1% owners. i'm sure there wouldnt be any infighting??? not!!!!!!!

 

[swhyde1980]

They are throwing alot of deep cuts into their playlist. Last month one night they played "Best Of Both Worlds" by Robert Palmer. Something I haven't heard on the radio, since I was about 8 years old.

 

[David1960]

I really love what they're doing and hope it never gets dummied down to the lowest common denominator. The last few songs they played in sequence are:

My World Is Empty Without You - Diana Ross & The Supremes
Baby Don't Go - Sonny & Cher
Go Now - The Moody Blues
Look What You Done For Me - Al Green
I'm Ready For Love - Martha & The Vandellas (a #9 hit that I'm pretty sure KBSG never played yet sounds right)
Magic Man - Heart
Smokin' In The Boys' Room - Brownsville Station
Sittin' On The Dock Of the Bay - Otis Redding
Surfer Joe - The Surfaris

It's a fascinating mix. I am so bored with KJR-FM flogging the same songs over and over. This mix is intriguing and keeps me listening.

I was thinking of taking some time and doing a song-by-song comparison of KJR-FM vs KMCQ but I don't think the result would really say much. On that direct match-up basis, it's very possible that I'd like KJR-FM's playlist better BUT it wouldn't give a good indication as to which station is more listenable because I don't like total predictability that KJR-FM offers.

Take the Al Green example. KMCQ played Look What You Done For Me and I like it, rate it a solid 7 out of 10. But if KJR-FM were to be playing Let's Stay Together at the same moment, a song that I rate as a solid 10, I'd SEEM to like KJR-FM's playlist better. But if they're hitting me up with Let's Stay Together day after day after day and never find a place for a lesser known but still viable hit like Look What You Done For Me, I will get bored. A station might play nothing but my 100 favorite songs of all-time but I'd much rather listen to one that includes all those plus the songs that might rate #101 through 600. Still very likeable but not as predicable.

I'm wondering if that, in a nutshell, is the situation with current research methods and why the playlists are so stale, tight and limited. I have never been on a research panel so I honestly don't know if that's how it's done (meaning "which song do you like better - this or this"). Can someone on the inside shed some light? And do the tests account for how burnout makes listeners tune out? I have a hard time figuring how that would even be done but I hope that it is.