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[MsMusicRadio]

I still think one should be all music 24/7 and the other all brokered stuff.

 

[cingram]

I still think one should be all music 24/7 and the other all brokered stuff.

For what it's worth, 770/97.5 is playing music 20 hours per day, including the paid oldies shows. I'd love to
see one of the stations go all-music, but both stations are profitable, and as far as I know, there is no plan
to do that.

C.

 

[trefdawg]

Great business model...love it when AM's are making money,by the way I caught KVE last weekend...great mix of music ! ( would love to have 50kw behind that format)

 

[F.M.Hertz]

\ You're entitled to your opinion, but posting it on here changes nothing; it just gives a false
sense of empowerment.

Here is real empowerment:
IF YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR, CHANGE THE STATION! It's much more effective than complaining on some
message board.

C.
[/quote]

I was just making an observation, and as Harry Truman (a real person, not a robot) once said: "if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen." There's no need to get bent out of shape. The last time I checked, we still have the 1st admendment here in the United States. It was just a tongue in cheek observation, and if you took offense then I guess my attempt at humor was lost.

My thoughts are if 620/770 don't compete with the bigger stations as you claim, then how is it different from WPGB, KDKA, KQV, WMNY, and others in the Pittsburgh market offering paid programming as well, albeit over the weekend.

Also, if you're not in competition, then why have promos claiming that "770 plays more music than KDKA and KQV combined?"

My screen name is a handle, like many of the people who post on here, and is irrelevant to this topic. If you must know, my real name is Lamont Cranston, "wealthy young man about town."

Again, these are observations.

 

[cingram]

My thoughts are if 620/770 don't compete with the bigger stations as you claim, then how is it different from WPGB, KDKA, KQV, WMNY, and others in the Pittsburgh market offering paid programming as well, albeit over the weekend.

We play music ... sometimes. The music hours sound pretty real, but, they're generally in the off hours, and not
meant for ratings. The other guys are going for ratings. Their game is diffferent.

Also, if you're not in competition, then why have promos claiming that "770 plays more music than KDKA and KQV combined?"

It's a gag. An eight-year-long running gag. Of course, KDKA and KQV don't play ANY music; that's the gag. In
the next promo, maybe I'll toss in 1360 and 104.7, too.

My screen name is a handle, like many of the people who post on here, and is irrelevant to this topic.

But not irrelevant to the board. I have a thing about anonymous posters taking shots at others. Sorry if I took
it out on you, beyond measure.

C.

 

[cingram]

Great business model...love it when AM's are making money, by the way I caught KVE last weekend...great mix of music! (would love to have 50kw behind that format)

It's as high as it can go without either being directional or paying other stations to move. It's a move-in, and it
is what it is. Decent signal across most of the Pittsburgh metro, though.

C.

 

[trefdawg]

I know, I just enjoy the music mix...better then DVE,BOB and 3WS combined! It just bums me out when I hit Weirton on Rt 22 and the signal dies. The suburban FM's KVE, JPA and CDK in my neck of the words do it right!

 

[F.M.Hertz]

My thoughts are if 620/770 don't compete with the bigger stations as you claim, then how is it different from WPGB, KDKA, KQV, WMNY, and others in the Pittsburgh market offering paid programming as well, albeit over the weekend.

We play music ... sometimes. The music hours sound pretty real, but, they're generally in the off hours, and not
meant for ratings. The other guys are going for ratings. Their game is diffferent.

Also, if you're not in competition, then why have promos claiming that "770 plays more music than KDKA and KQV combined?"

It's a gag. An eight-year-long running gag. Of course, KDKA and KQV don't play ANY music; that's the gag. In
the next promo, maybe I'll toss in 1360 and 104.7, too.

My screen name is a handle, like many of the people who post on here, and is irrelevant to this topic.

But not irrelevant to the board. I have a thing about anonymous posters taking shots at others. Sorry if I took
it out on you, beyond measure.

C.

No problems. But the fundamental thing is that your station is competing for more ears, just the same as the big guys are. You'd love to have more listeners, wouldn't you? If not, then why fire up the transmitter? It's a simple observation.

I won't post my name here. I'm a recovering broadcaster that has seen radio in it's better days, and it's sad to see what this industry has become. Still, it's hard to shake the bug. And not to offend anyone, especially you C., but it's sad to see station owner/operators chase the almighty dollar, refuse to spend it, and hope that things get better. It doesn't work that way. [climbing down from soapbox]

 

[cingram]

But the fundamental thing is that your station is competing for more ears, just the same as the big guys are. You'd love to have more listeners, wouldn't you? If not, then why fire up the transmitter? It's a simple observation.

Of course every station wants more listeners, but we are not competing, in the sense that the ratings just aren't
important. The clients who buy time on our stations know that by being on the air they'll reach a certain number
of people, and get the response they want. If they did not get the desired response, they'd cancel. The ratings
don't matter.

There is almost no advertising or promotion for the two AM stations except what Frankie Day has done for 770 in
the past seven years (which essentially put the station on the map). I don't even think the stations are listed in
the phone book. That's just the way it is.

As for spending money, I have to give credit to Bob Stevens for building a good facility in North Versailles, buying
the right equipment, and paying his people (including me) decently if not extravagantly. The stations operate on
a pretty economical basis, but I wouldn't call it cheap.

C.

 

[db59]

I have been listening to 97.5 FM in my car during the evenings and I am now hooked, at least as long as I do not lose the signal. It does fade in and out occasionally in the car. They are playing my type of music, fantastic oldies from the '60's & early '70's. I didn'[t hear anything from the '50's, even though their promo says they play music from the '50's & '60's. This is the kind of station I want to hear, and even better yet, no Piano Man within earshot.

 

[FreddyE1977]

Just had 770 on and there was a couple on there screaming about how some Federal
judge would be going to Hell for agreeing with the Federal Trade Commission and ordering
them to take down their website (??).

I understand the need to broker time in order to pay the bills, but isn't there anyone
a little less close to the bottom of the barrel out there?

 

[KeyTimes950]

Just had 770 on and there was a couple on there screaming about how some Federal
judge would be going to Hell for agreeing with the Federal Trade Commission and ordering
them to take down their website (??).

I understand the need to broker time in order to pay the bills, but isn't there anyone
a little less close to the bottom of the barrel out there?

From what I understand, Freddy, you were listening to that couple's swansong on 770KFB.

I won't post my name here. I'm a recovering broadcaster that has seen radio in it's better days, and it's sad to see what this industry has become. Still, it's hard to shake the bug. And not to offend anyone, especially you C., but it's sad to see station owner/operators chase the almighty dollar, refuse to spend it, and hope that things get better. It doesn't work that way. [climbing down from soapbox]

I also could be called a recovering broadcaster, even 12 years after I hung up my headphones for the last time and took a job elsewhere in the mainstream media. (Yes, I may have outed myself, though I suspect there are a few who already know my alter-ego.)

Having said that, my pet peeve is that radio isn't what it was when I was starting in the business. But I'm also realistic enough to know that we never again will have the myriad of local stations that had morning shows and midday talk and afternoon drive entertainment and news coverage and high school football and so forth.

So, while I keep hoping for a day when all my 18 car pre-sets include stations that observe the "public interest, convenience and necessity" around the clock, I will enjoy what I can on the 18 I've got ... which includes (for now) AM 620 because of its overnight music, and FM 97.5 for ditto in this area and a country station up where my mother-in-law lives. (C., you'd know both of them, or at least your boss would.)

I also have the best pairing for a drive along Interstate 70 in Pennsylvania, FM 95.3 in Washington County and FM 107.1 in Westmoreland County, and the four stations that lay any claim to being news stations, AM 1020, AM 1410, FM 90.5 (I am a BBC fan) and FM 104.7 (because I knew Rose Somma-Tennent long before she became Quinn's co-host).

Other stations upon request, but they will shift a couple times in the next couple weeks for vacation trips.

 

[FreddyE1977]

Just had 770 on and there was a couple on there screaming about how some Federal
judge would be going to Hell for agreeing with the Federal Trade Commission and ordering
them to take down their website (??).

I understand the need to broker time in order to pay the bills, but isn't there anyone
a little less close to the bottom of the barrel out there?

From what I understand, Freddy, you were listening to that couple's swansong on 770KFB.

Well that's certainly reassuring

Mr. Ingram seems like such a nice fellow. I felt sorry for him being in business with crazy people.

 

[cingram]

KeyTimes is correct -- the show you were listening to ended everywhere (not only on KFB), as of this
afternoon.

One of the tenets of paid programming is that as long as the checks don't bounce and the hosts don't
cause you legal problems, the time will get sold. I learned early on not to try to pass judgment on the
content.

97.5/770 KFB will be playing 22 hours of oldies per day starting Monday. Please join us! And listen for
some nifty stuff coming soon.

C.

 

[trefdawg]

More music than KDKA and KQV combined!

 

[cingram]

More music than KDKAand KQV combined!

That line gets more unsolicited comments than anything else on the station, other than Frankie Day. You
would be surprised at how many people don't get the joke.

We just put some new jingles on KFB and by popular acclaim, the KDKA/KQV sweeper has been left on the
air.

C.

 

[PHIL Z]

Sat on our North hills Porch Last Eve [6-9] listening to 97.5 KFB From 6:30 pm to 11pm. Good Music No Repeat Songs. Keep up the good work.

 

[corporateradiosucks]

I have been listening to 97.5 FM in my car during the evenings and I am now hooked, at least as long as I do not lose the signal. It does fade in and out occasionally in the car. They are playing my type of music, fantastic oldies from the '60's & early '70's. I didn'[t hear anything from the '50's, even though their promo says they play music from the '50's & '60's. This is the kind of station I want to hear, and even better yet, no Piano Man within earshot.

I think we're getting to the point on here where we need to make and sell anti-Piano Man t-shirts.

 

[cingram]

I have been listening to 97.5 FM in my car during the evenings and I am now hooked, at least as long as I do not lose the signal. It does fade in and out occasionally in the car. They are playing my type of music, fantastic oldies from the '60's & early '70's. I didn'[t hear anything from the '50's, even though their promo says they play music from the '50's & '60's. This is the kind of station I want to hear, and even better yet, no Piano Man within earshot.

Wow! On behalf of everyone associated with 97.5/770 KFB, thanks for the kind words.

The "50's/60's" promo was outdated and has been replaced.

We do not play Piano Man.

C.

 

[FreddyE1977]

97.5/770 KFB will be playing 22 hours of oldies per day starting Monday. Please join us! And listen for
some nifty stuff coming soon.

Best news I've heard in a long time!