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1260 Going Country Gold
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I correctly predicted the return of Live 105, The Eagle and called for 1260 to go classic country. Anyone want to go to Vegas and win some money with me? 🤣
The deeper story here is that Saul, who had chosen Classical as the logical format to show off the strengths of digital AM, has clearly abandoned that.
And with that having failed, 1260 is back to music that there is no known audience for on AM---all Taylor Swift for a month, followed by Classic Country hits from the 80s, 90s and 2000s.
Sidebar: "A low-powered signal at 98.3" will carry the Classical? Is KRCD giving up the simulcast? Are they selling KRCV to Saul or is he leasing it?
And with that having failed, 1260 is back to music that there is no known audience for on AM---all Taylor Swift for a month, followed by Classic Country hits from the 80s, 90s and 2000s.
Sidebar: "A low-powered signal at 98.3" will carry the Classical? Is KRCD giving up the simulcast? Are they selling KRCV to Saul or is he leasing it?
I would.like it if they added 50s, 60s, and 70s country too. Now that would be some REAL country gold. No need to worry about aged-out demos since no one is listening anyway and Johnny Cash is better than anything they will be playing.
when I was a DJ on a classic country station, that’s what we did 🤷🏽♂️
There is also K252FO, a translator in the San Fernando Valley
selling KKGO am-fm in combo > trying to make a few cents from selling classical format
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Yes, that's the translator that Saul acquired in 2013 in Monterey; he moved it to San Fernando five years later, during that window where the FCC allowed same in advance of the auctions for new translators.
Because that move preceded those auctions, it is not tied to 1260, so he can use it to retransmit the current 1260 programming via the existing HD2 of 105.1, so it's a win-win for him.
You apparently still don't know Saul, even after all the discussion we've had about him here over the years. He honestly does not care if 1260 makes money or not (and if you look at the history since he acquired it back in 1993* that's pretty obvious). As Mike said, his original intent with putting Classical there was to promote digital AM. Now, since he has decided to retake the mantle as top Country billing station, he is making a logical move after his decision in May to go deeper into Gold on the FM, he has apparently decided to put a complementary format on 1260, so he can offer "bonus" spots on it to advertisers who place heavy buys on the FM (although he doesn't come right out and say it, I know him well enough to be 99.9% certain of what he is thinking).
"A few cents"? Perhaps it could be seen that way, but it has nothing whatsoever to do with Classical. Saul does that format because he likes the music. Nothing more.
Incidentally, in that link to the May discussion thread, please note that in post #5, TheBigA started with:
Which should give you some idea of what we locals think of the columnist. His column is carried by several co-owned smaller newspapers, and I doubt that they actually pay him to write it.
We haven't had a decent radio reporter since Claudia Puig left the Los Angeles Times back in 1997.
* - Sidebar, since there has been so much discussion over 98.7 in NYC: The sale of the then-KGIL from Buckley Broadcasting to Saul was approved by the FCC the same week as the sale of the former WNBC (WFAN/660) from Emmis to Infinity. I find it curiously coincidental that in 1993, Buckley was selling off all of its stations, just as Emmis has been doing in recent years (98.7 is their last remaining property).
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K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
I talked with Saul about that shortly after his announcement in May. No interest whatsoever on his part to going farther back.
Clearly overlooking the great contributions of Don Barrett here.
Who says it’s all about what happens on the OTA signal? How are we so sure this doesn’t have something to do with being able to access a new audience with 1260’s streaming app and having a presence on OTA? Didn’t a station in NYC just do that for the very same reason?
It’s not far fetched to think that this format will fit better than what’s on 1260 now. Southern California is home to the largest country music festival in the world. We’re seeing the format finally promote its more urban artists that can relate to the demographics that would be listening to other formats. Kane Brown sings about Hank, and Willie just like everyone else does. Mr. Richards, since you’re friends with Saul, tell him with the right promotion this could work better than anything that’s been on 1260, in literally the history of the signal. Maybe he can also add some sports franchises or pick up the NFL package to make a little extra money. But, I don’t want to get ahead of myself, I’ve already gambled enough and been right on this board a few times.
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Make sure Saul isn't drinking coffee at the time, K.M.
And if you see Dick Whittington, same advice.
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Levine's 98.3 K252FO Los Angeles, which covers the entire San Fernando Valley. Levine moved it from Monterey as part of the 2016 250 mile move period for AMs. Since it has completed the required four years rebroadcasting the AM, they can now have it fed by any signal (in this case 105.1 HD2).
I had no idea. Thanks, Lance.
And their former San Luis Obispo stations are still owned by the family. Rick Buckley's now-deceased daughter Martha and her son Eric Fahnoe's Dimes Media purchased the stations from Buckley Broadcasting as part of the sell-off.
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