Just amazing how a discussion about classical music returning to KSUR/KMZT can devolve into a discussion on how popular Taylor Swift's latest download is (and then isn't).
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And KSUR's next move: All Classical
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KMZT will officially relaunch this Saturday, with personalities, and an improved signal:
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Saul Levine Re-launches ‘K-Mozart’ In Los Angeles.
Saul Levine’s Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters is re-launching classical “K-Mozart” KZMT Los Angeles on Saturday, May 1. The station, which originally went on the air 62 years ago, returned to
How many times has KMZT appeared or disappear due to whatever Saul Levine was in at the time. I swear I heard this before.KMZT will officially relaunch this Saturday, with personalities, and an improved signal:
Saul Levine Re-launches ‘K-Mozart’ In Los Angeles.
Saul Levine’s Mount Wilson FM Broadcasters is re-launching classical “K-Mozart” KZMT Los Angeles on Saturday, May 1. The station, which originally went on the air 62 years ago, returned to
I think this is its third try.
However, this time, there's a technological solution to the AM fidelity/Classical problem.
If you'd owned 1260 since 1990-something, what would you have done?
The so-called "improved signal" is nothing new. They just turned the HD Radio back on, after having it off during the time it was the Oldies format.
A brief history of the formats on 1260 AM:
1993-1995 Adult Standards
1995-1996 News
1996-1997 all-Beatles
1997-1998 Broadway show tunes
1998-2000 Adult Standards
2000-2002 Jazz
2002-2004 Adult Standards
2004-2005 Oldies
2006-2007 Country
2007 Classical
2007-2009 Talk
2009-2011 Oldies/Adult Standards
2011-2016 Classical
2016-2017 Adult Standards
2017-2020 Oldies
2020-present Classical
So this is now the third iteration of "K-Mozart" on 1260.
A brief history of the formats on 1260 AM:
1993-1995 Adult Standards
1995-1996 News
1996-1997 all-Beatles
1997-1998 Broadway show tunes
1998-2000 Adult Standards
2000-2002 Jazz
2002-2004 Adult Standards
2004-2005 Oldies
2006-2007 Country
2007 Classical
2007-2009 Talk
2009-2011 Oldies/Adult Standards
2011-2016 Classical
2016-2017 Adult Standards
2017-2020 Oldies
2020-present Classical
So this is now the third iteration of "K-Mozart" on 1260.
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It's my station and I'll change when I want to....change when I want to.
Has WMZT ever been used in connection with a classical format east of the Mississippi? When the syndicated "Beethoven Radio" was on 1290 in Hartford, the call letters were WCCC(AM), just as they were when it and WCCC-FM were simulcasting a rock format. WBVN or something similar apparently wasn't considered for a format that was never going to attract much of an audience on AM.
Maybe one day there will be a WMZT.
I was thinking WSFM Wilmington NC (a daytime-only AM with a translator) had been W-Bach but it was just Bach FM. I was going to say when the station switched to something else it was because the NPR station added classical on HD2. In fact, the HD2 station didn't add a translator until the next year.
Wikipedia doesn't say when WSFM became Bach FM but the call letters were swapped with another station in 2011.
Wikipedia doesn't say when WSFM became Bach FM but the call letters were swapped with another station in 2011.
Went online this morning and the KSUR stream is playing Go Country (KKGO), not KSUR. I went online to KSUR's website and clicked on the link there and still got country. Their playlist ends last night at 1157 listing Michael Jackson's Never Can Say Goodbye. Do you think they're trying to tell us something?
Correct. Because as of today, KKGO is playing Christmas music. So they moved country to HD-2, which is KSUR.
The Christmas will last a month, then everything returns to normal on 12/26.
I just put 105.1 on still country as of 10:17 AM
The website says "105.1: Your Christmas Destination." Last played: "Jingle Bells."
This is posted on their Facebook page:
Can someone please explain why a station that's the only country station in the market switch to Christmas music and compete with other stations that are doing the same?
Because they can. December is traditionally a down month for the country format. Apparently a chunk of the female demo seeks out Christmas music. So rather than lose the listeners to KOST, the station flips to Christmas music. And it's not just country Christmas. KKGO is not the only country station that does this. BTW the station owner, Saul Levine, is Jewish.
Here's an interview with PD Michael Levine:
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If you look at the playlist you see a combination of Burl Ives, Perry Como and Siinatra with Dolly Parton, Luke Bryan, Faith Hill and even Gene Autry. It's obviously a mix that fits the country listener's taste better than the KOST blend.
Or like my once sleepy town South of D.C. That is, until Amazon announced they just broke ground on a huge fulfillment center five miles from where I live. They can't build housing fast enough.
Perhaps someone that knows the Levines could tell us about when the KMZT translator (K252FO) on 98.3 will return to the air, its been off for months now, even though it's still being station ID'd along with AM 1260 and FM 105.1 HD-4.
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