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105.7 The Walrus
- Thread starter mikenike1988
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Garrett said:Darn, I wanted to listen online, and there's no listen live link...
Me too, Garrett but they emailed me and said by the end of the week the stream should be up!! 8)
How is the imaginig? are there any jingles? I am having trouble picturing any jingle as I can't think of a package out there that would fit such an odd station name. The logo is cool. 8)
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I hope they do well, but it does seem an awkward choice for an Oldies/Classic Top40 type station. It sounds more like something you'd expect to see on a Classic Rocker (think Beatles: "I'm am the Egg man, I am the Walrus...").
Also, what happens if 103-7's format doesn't work out, what real format choices are left?
Also, what happens if 103-7's format doesn't work out, what real format choices are left?
With the success of CBS FM in New York City and Sunny 105.9 in Orlando, San Diego just may see an Oldies/Classic Hits Battle. If 103.7 goes Classic Hits it would not suprise me at all given the fact that CBS is resurrecting old formats such as B94 in Pittsburgh, K Rock in New York also other radio execs are bringing formats back such as Citidel's WJZW in my old stomping ground of Washington, DC and Clear Channe's heritage rocker KEGL in Dallas. Don't get me wrong 103.7 here in Sunny San Diego could stay as it is or switch to another format, just not Oldies/Classic Hits. It would be to San Diego's benefit to dump Sophie @ 103.7 I listened to Sophie for about three hours after their launch and it was two hours and fifty nine minutes too long I don't have a clue what format Sophie is suppose to be but I did not recognize a single song they played during the time I listened and looked at their playlist on yes.net. Thank You for reading my rant, now lets get back to the oldies ;D
I don't have a clue what format Sophie is suppose to be but I did not recognize a single song they played during the time I listened and looked at their playlist on yes.net. Thank You for reading my rant, now lets get back to the oldies ;D
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136kgb
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105.7 couldnt get Shotgun Tom to be the station voice, so they hired an imitation. The guy is even trying to do Shotgun's inflections, but its not "The Real Shotgun Tom Kelly" ! Shame on John Lynch trying to copy the greatest DJ San Diego has ever had !
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Bob_Hudson
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136kgb said:
No that's what an oldies stations needs: that type of Shotgun Tom/Boss Jock energy. Every San Diego oldies station for many years had more of the Cynthia Heath Kerrigan/KPOP energy.
I listened to The Walrus today while driving from Escondido to Oceanside on Highway 78. The signal was very good in Escondido, got a little choppy through San Marcos (that stretch from Woodland to Twin Oaks is always tough on San Diego FM's), in Vista it started getting unlistenable because of interference from another station and it picked up steam again in Oceanside.
I went back and forth between it an KRTH and the difference in sound quality was stark: 105.7 has very bright highs and if your turn it up load it gets shrill, whereas KRTH has that ballsy sound with a crisp lowend bass so when you crank it up it up you feel the beat. Again, KRTH's sound had energy and The Walrus - well, it probably is technically perfect by some engineer's standards and may sound okay on some big studio monitors but it doesn't do justice to the music.
Oldies is *the* hardest format to get the processing right. In a week it will be fine, but it takes a lot of effort. When I had KBZT it was a constant battle. Gets a little easier if your format is more 70's-80's forward based.
Well I have to tell you, I THOUGHT K-BEST PROCESSING WAS GREAT FROM THE BEGINING, compared to KCBQ which was the competing Oldies station (if you are talking abouit the second K-BEST circa 1992).
KRTH is hard to beat of course, but heck, they are market #2, and they've been around forever, so they get all nice toys, I am sure...
KRTH is hard to beat of course, but heck, they are market #2, and they've been around forever, so they get all nice toys, I am sure...
Garrett said:
very hard to beat.krth 101.
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136kgb
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The best processing in SD was 94.9 when it was Y95. The chief engineer was a recording studio engineer that knew what amazing sound was supposed to be. He was and is the best engineer in San Diego, his name is Paul McManus. When it comes to audio all other engineers pale. If you don't believe it listen to the sound of the J.J. Cale Live album that was up for a grammy a few years back.
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Bob_Hudson
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RadeoEngineer said:
Let's hope so. Yesterday afternoon they played Mary Wells My Guy and there was no bottom end at - and this on Motown! This morning the Stones Satisfaction same thing - not bass drum or bass guitar to be heard. And most other stuff if there's any bass at all it's very soft and muddy. I just hope they have someone in house who cares enough to get it right because it really does make a difference with that era's music.
I don't agree that this is fact. KBZT, KKLQ and KSON had the best sound processing. Ask anyone who worked at KFMB FM in the late 80s and early 90s. Those three were the loudest and the best.136kgb said:
The Y95 engineer may have been very good, but it comes down to equipment and investment. Y-95 processing was not bad at all. But Q106 sounded the best to my ears, and others have noticed this too.
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