92.5 The Outlaw Patriot?

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When did 92.5 "The Outlaw" switch formats to "the patriot"? I was scanning the FM band yesterday afternoon and came across 92.5, which used to be country type music, calling itself "the outlaw". Now, apparently it has returned to talk format. I recall 92.5 went to a "progressive talk" format a few years ago after CC finally killed off KSJL. The "progressive" talk format didn't last very long, mutating into "the outlaw". Now it seems its changed into conservative talk. What's next?

 

[LibertyNT]

What's next?

Mexican Polka.

 

[fredcantu]

I've found that often these questions can be found by going to wikipedia and punching in the call letters. Of course, you have to be current on the call letters.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KRPT

Wiki tells us the current talk format began April 2010.

 

[daypart]

CC picked up the rights to the entire lineup of FM Talk 106.7 (when Cox abandoned that format) and parked it on weak stick 92.5. IMO, this move was mostly designed to keep another competitor from having access to this secondary tier of syndicated conservative talkers in the market, lest they peel away listeners from the first-tier talkers on WOAI. It would also keep a farm team of shows within the SA CC cluster, in case any shows outside of the sacred Beck-Rush-Hannity triumvirate on WOAI ever need to be replaced.

I doubt that CC will be in any hurry to flip 92.5. It just doesn't put enough signal into metro SA to ever be much of a factor in the market. It's probably serving the cluster better as a talk flanker than it would as the home of a unique format.

 

[sfradio]

What's next?

Mexican Polka.

Regional Mexican music stations are already somewhat Mexican Polka

 

[fredcantu]

Tejano stations also feature their share of polka. I always tell families who are hosting students from Germany to take them to see a Tejano dance. They get a kick seeing their German roots get a modern Texas/Mexico twist.