Wow, if I knew you were going to do that good of a summary, I would have skipped reading the thread all together!
You know, TLDR!
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1090 XEPRS Has Gone Back to Oldies Plus Wolfman - L.A. Daily News
- Thread starter Daryl Lynn L.A.
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You know, TLDR!
Flip, I have often said that when I die, my gravestone will have my name, date of birth, date of death, and then a ridiculously long pull-quote followed by:
That was masterful. Well done!
Now I challenge you to summarize the “Saving AM Radio” thread.
Challenge accepted.
"Saving AM Radio" is the story of middle-aged men becoming obsessed with romantic notions and setting off on a quest to fight injustice.
No.
Wait.
That's a summary of "Don Quixote".
Still....
XPRS 1090 is in a strange place right now.
MAYBE it's playing dead disk jockeys and music?
MAYBE it's just Spanish God Squad fare?
Whatever this experiment is, it won't last 6 more months and this long National nightmare will be over.
MAYBE it's playing dead disk jockeys and music?
MAYBE it's just Spanish God Squad fare?
Whatever this experiment is, it won't last 6 more months and this long National nightmare will be over.
I dunno if it'll affect the demos BUT I know of at least 1 person that listened and enjoyed "Let's Talk Hook Up" on 1090.
To be fair, he also watched Sport Fishing with Dan Hernandez on KDOC-56 before it went God Squad.
So, I can attest to an audience of one.
personally I'm just enjoying the nostalgia of hearing Wolfman BOOM in here at night in NorCal. This like all things in radio will be short lived. Just enjoying it while I can. 
In this clip, you can hear its pretty solidly XEPRS in the beginning, but then 1090 Seattle starts horning its way in. Soemtimes Seattle even wins.
Before a tower fell, 1090 was darn near an always solid XEPRSS nightly.
Before a tower fell, 1090 was darn near an always solid XEPRSS nightly.
A Western Automotive Journalists event planning lunch had me in Marin County yesterday, and after the sun went down on the way home (near Fairfield), I tuned in 1090. Not a great signal, but listening to Wolfman on that frequency with static and fade was kind of how it always was for me between 1967 and 1972.
Bottom line: I caught about 10 minutes of the show---bizarre music mix---from a fairly forgettable 50s thing into 1976's "Who Loves You" by the Four Seasons and Wolf doing a bit of philosophy... Only you can judge your love, baby....
There is zero attempt to tie Wolf to the history of the frequency, that I heard. When they went to break, it was "Wofman Jack will be back after this word from your local station".
Even though I'm old, I'm not the target for this stuff. I always thought Wolf was way less interesting after American Graffiti, when he stopped being vaguely dangerous and just became an oldies jock with a gimmick.
Bottom line: I caught about 10 minutes of the show---bizarre music mix---from a fairly forgettable 50s thing into 1976's "Who Loves You" by the Four Seasons and Wolf doing a bit of philosophy... Only you can judge your love, baby....
There is zero attempt to tie Wolf to the history of the frequency, that I heard. When they went to break, it was "Wofman Jack will be back after this word from your local station".
Even though I'm old, I'm not the target for this stuff. I always thought Wolf was way less interesting after American Graffiti, when he stopped being vaguely dangerous and just became an oldies jock with a gimmick.
He was best during his XERB days before 1090 became XEPRS.
I tried listening yesterday (Friday) morning and they were still in espanol mode. I thought that would have been gone by now.
Whoever is in charge there - Are you guys serious about this or what? I am sure you are contracted to do the Spanish programming for a time, but c'mon, you want me to get excited about a new oldies station on AM radio, hear the Wolfman again, and then when I try to tune it in to see what all of the hubub is about, something completely different is on?
Yeah, I know, I can probably check the website to see what the hours are, but like most of your intended audience, I am not on the internet when I want to listen, I am driving in the car. Come to think of it, the whole concept would probably work better as an internet only station, but I am an old guy who still listens to AM radio if and when AM radio has something to deliver. Not too often these days, I will tell you.
If I can't hear what you say you are playing when I punch up your station, it isn't working. If I want to guess at what the programming will be, I already have 1260 for that.
Whoever is in charge there - Are you guys serious about this or what? I am sure you are contracted to do the Spanish programming for a time, but c'mon, you want me to get excited about a new oldies station on AM radio, hear the Wolfman again, and then when I try to tune it in to see what all of the hubub is about, something completely different is on?
Yeah, I know, I can probably check the website to see what the hours are, but like most of your intended audience, I am not on the internet when I want to listen, I am driving in the car. Come to think of it, the whole concept would probably work better as an internet only station, but I am an old guy who still listens to AM radio if and when AM radio has something to deliver. Not too often these days, I will tell you.
If I can't hear what you say you are playing when I punch up your station, it isn't working. If I want to guess at what the programming will be, I already have 1260 for that.
I am pretty sure that the people doing the Wolfman and Oldies shows do not own the station nor have they leased or LMAed the entire time on the air. It appears that whoever is doing the Oldies portion is just leasing some hours not the whole station.
WABC does not come in clearly in Glendale, CA.
You can forget going to the website for schedule information. It's just a splash page for the listen live link. From listening, the show times are not consistent, especially whenever El Chingon decides to do a show. The crappy sound quality, and the weird, occasional signal issues make listening to it...difficult.
1090 Wolfman Jack
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Fair enough and we have talked about this before. Good for them to get whatever they can on an OTA signal.
It would seem XEPRS is time brokered. Whoever has the money has the time. The Spanish language Catholic programmer buys their time and has not defaulted on payment. That leaves the oldies programming to purchase unsold time in the hopes the Catholic programming leaves the station at some point. In the scheme of things, the situation is not ideal for either programmer.
Fresno's KYNO 940am has a 50,000watt signal footprint with 24/7 Boss Radio oldies and many nighttime hours of Wolfman. A pretty darn good recreation of both Boss Radio and the real Wolfman.
Bruce Meyerowitz would appreciate it!
Marc Paskin says he just bought a radio station in LA:
www.insideradio.com
Oldies to return in June.
Oldies Set For June Return To Los Angeles FM Dial.
Southern California radio legends like Charlie Tuna and Wolfman Jack are set to return to a Los Angeles market FM in the coming months. Marco Broadcasting President Marc Paskin says
Oldies to return in June.
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