Another Smooth Jazz station bites the dust...

[HadYourPhil]

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[sfradio]

welcome to smooth jazz 100.3 or 92.5?

 

[Radiogeek500]

No kidding on 92.5, mabye 101.5 should forget about trying to be KBCO or KCUV II and go with a UAC leaning Smooth Jazz. You know, a 50/50 mix of Vocals and Instrumentals. Dave Koz next to Music Soulchild. Would satisfy both ends of the spectrum.

 

[AnimatronicAbeLincoln]

Jack should grab the opportunity.

 

[War Of Attrition]

welcome to smooth jazz 100.3 or 92.5?

If Smooth Jazz comes back to Denver, then it will most certainly not be on either of those signals. Look at 101.5. look as 107.1. Maybe even Jack, though I doubt it.

 

[WRIKER]

welcome to smooth jazz 100.3 or 92.5?

If Smooth Jazz comes back to Denver, then it will most certainly not be on either of those signals. Look at 101.5. look as 107.1. Maybe even Jack, though I doubt it.

I highly doubt that NRC would get rid of Jack at any cost, since that is the very first Jack Station in this country and which started it all the Jacks around this country to begin with. So no don't look at Jack as carring smooth Jazz...
Maybe if Denverradio comapny actually has some brains and cells both 101.5 and 107.1 to someone and if they see a strong need for smooth Jazz in Denver then maybe.. There has to be a strong support for it since the numbers shown how disappointing it was for KJCD. I just can't beleive they decided to put it on 98.5-2 instead of 104.3-2 which would have made much better sense to say the least.

 

[Mid West Clubber]

Thats the worst idea ever, why dump the brand new CHR-Rhythmic station for Smooth Jazz. Smooth Jazz is a dying format anyway, thats why companys are starting to bail on it. I dont see what you guys see in Smooth Jazz anyway. Every song sounds exactly the same. The only use I see for Smooth Jazz is for background noise. If you have heard one smooth jazz song, you've heard em all. :

 

[WRIKER]

Thats the worst idea ever, why dump the brand new CHR-Rhythmic station for Smooth Jazz. Smooth Jazz is a dying format anyway, thats why companys are starting to bail on it. I dont see what you guys see in Smooth Jazz anyway. Every song sounds exactly the same. The only use I see for Smooth Jazz is for background noise. If you have heard one smooth jazz song, you've heard em all. :

ok either u really have no ear for music or your just plain redicuals.. for someone to think that all songs on a smooth Jazz station sounds the same doesn't have an ear for music at all! They don't there are different artists that plays different songs and I don't think it is a dying format it just that no one has any taste in music any more.. Meaning that all people listen to is RAP, heavy yucky metal and some other junkie music. Smooth Jazz is more then background noise it can calm people down and make them relax after a hard days of work. IT just sad that is lost now in this state..

 

[Mid West Clubber]

Look, I didnt mean to come across as a prick, It's just that I was offended when someone suggested flipping Denver's new CHR to Smooth Jazz when the station is brand new, hasnt had a chance to even get one book yet, and chr was a major format whole in Denver. Maybe its just me, but it seems all Smooth jazz is usually just instrumental music with a Sax and some percusion beats underneath it. We lost Smooth jazz in Indiana too, when Radio One flipped 100.9 to CHR to fill the format hole after Emmis dropped CHR and moved their AM talk to FM. Plus, New York just lost their Smooth Jazz station for a AAA Rock Hybrid. If you have ever read my posts on other boards you would know that I am a passionate dance music fan, alot of people say that all Electronic Music sounds the same, but if you actually listen to it and are a fan, you know that is far from the truth. When I need to relax I choose to listen to some CHill-Lounge music, which doesnt all sound the same by far, and I believe that within a few years Chill music will become more popular, and possibly even replace smooth jazz. I see many more Smooth jazz stations dropping the format to something more mass appeal within the next few years, I think Smooth jazz will take the same route that the old Beautiful Music stations took about 2 decades ago. If I remember correctly, Denver used to have Smooth jazz on 95.7, and it didnt work then either, so CC flipped it to CHR.

 

[Kent]

I just can't beleive they decided to put it on 98.5-2 instead of 104.3-2 which would have made much better sense to say the least.

98.5 is a MUCH better signal than 104.3, which is likely why smooth jazz landed on 98.5 HD-2. Keep in mind that HD radio only covers about as much as the citygrade signal contour.

 

[Kent]

If I remember correctly, Denver used to have Smooth jazz on 95.7, and it didnt work then either, so CC flipped it to CHR.

From everything I've heard, smooth jazz on KHIH 95.7 made more money than anything done on that frequency since. However, I wouldn't look for it to flip back as it doesn't have the potential it did a few years ago. The problem with smooth jazz is that it's hard to find new product that tests well with the format's target audience. That wasn't a problem a few years ago, but I recently heard someone say the format is oldies with some of them done as instrumentals. That's actually a really good description, and it's a lot of the problem.

 

[icycool7227]

Thats the worst idea ever, why dump the brand new CHR-Rhythmic station for Smooth Jazz. Smooth Jazz is a dying format anyway, thats why companys are starting to bail on it. I dont see what you guys see in Smooth Jazz anyway. Every song sounds exactly the same. The only use I see for Smooth Jazz is for background noise. If you have heard one smooth jazz song, you've heard em all. :

Well you obviously have not heard Sunset Jazz then! Smooth Jazz radio is really becoming bland - poor choice of songs by programmers is what's making this fail. Sunset Jazz was an internet only station and played the best in this format IMO. You heard songs that were like "wow!" compared to regular radio. Have you ever heard smoothjazz.com's internet station? That's another good one. If anything I wish this format was improving instead of failing.

I really liked CD 104.3. I have an aircheck of that station a few years ago if anyone's interested.

 

[JeeperOne]

Hi everyone:

Could someone lease repost the link WITHOUT quoting the entire friggin' article please?

Secondly, when I first heard about this on Friday, I thought Lincoln Financial, Emmis (Or whomever owns the cluster now) was gonna move the Smooth Jazz format over to 107.5, replacing that sorry ass excuse of an Urban R&B format they have. But then the more I thought about it, the more I got to wondering Wouldn't it make more sense to simulcast or move ESPN Radio over there instead and possibly let AM 1600 go dark?

Killing off AM 950 Khz. makes no sense whatsoever. One can only hope now that it becomes an all-news outlet (e.g. WINS New York or KNX Los Angeles). There are just WAY too many stations in Denver for AM 950 to do any kind of news talk IMO.

Just my opinion....

Cheers

 

[WRIKER]

Hi everyone:

Could someone lease repost the link WITHOUT quoting the entire friggin' article please?

Secondly, when I first heard about this on Friday, I thought Lincoln Financial, Emmis (Or whomever owns the cluster now) was gonna move the Smooth Jazz format over to 107.5, replacing that sorry ass excuse of an Urban R&B format they have. But then the more I thought about it, the more I got to wondering Wouldn't it make more sense to simulcast or move ESPN Radio over there instead and possibly let AM 1600 go dark?

Killing off AM 950 Khz. makes no sense whatsoever. One can only hope now that it becomes an all-news outlet (e.g. WINS New York or KNX Los Angeles). There are just WAY too many stations in Denver for AM 950 to do any kind of news talk IMO.

Just my opinion....

Cheers

FYI Lincoln Financial does own 104.3, just so u know. Now that would make a good idea to replace 107.3 but that is not likely going to happen.. Now on the other radio board it has been mentioned even from The Rocky Mountain News that 950 well become ESPN Sports radio, leaving 1600 dead and I do beleive that they are not going to plan for anything on the 1600 frequency, becasue as you already know it is a weak signal.

 

[JeeperOne]

Hi everyone:

Could someone lease repost the link WITHOUT quoting the entire friggin' article please?

Secondly, when I first heard about this on Friday, I thought Lincoln Financial, Emmis (Or whomever owns the cluster now) was gonna move the Smooth Jazz format over to 107.5, replacing that sorry ass excuse of an Urban R&B format they have. But then the more I thought about it, the more I got to wondering Wouldn't it make more sense to simulcast or move ESPN Radio over there instead and possibly let AM 1600 go dark?

Killing off AM 950 Khz. makes no sense whatsoever. One can only hope now that it becomes an all-news outlet (e.g. WINS New York or KNX Los Angeles). There are just WAY too many stations in Denver for AM 950 to do any kind of news talk IMO.

Just my opinion....

Cheers

FYI Lincoln Financial does own 104.3, just so u know. Now that would make a good idea to replace 107.3 but that is not likely going to happen.. Now on the other radio board it has been mentioned even from The Rocky Mountain News that 950 well become ESPN Sports radio, leaving 1600 dead and I do beleive that they are not going to plan for anything on the 1600 frequency, becasue as you already know it is a weak signal.

In that case, maybe an all-news outlet on 1600 wouldn't be such a bad idea. They could sell it to CBS Radio who could also simulcast the news outlet on 92.5 so the station reaches into the nooks and crannies that 1600 just can't.

That said, if 1600 is such a horrible signal, why not just simply move ESPN Radio to 104.3 and leave KKFN alone? *boggle*

 

[WRIKER]

Hi everyone:

Could someone lease repost the link WITHOUT quoting the entire friggin' article please?

Secondly, when I first heard about this on Friday, I thought Lincoln Financial, Emmis (Or whomever owns the cluster now) was gonna move the Smooth Jazz format over to 107.5, replacing that sorry ass excuse of an Urban R&B format they have. But then the more I thought about it, the more I got to wondering Wouldn't it make more sense to simulcast or move ESPN Radio over there instead and possibly let AM 1600 go dark?

Killing off AM 950 Khz. makes no sense whatsoever. One can only hope now that it becomes an all-news outlet (e.g. WINS New York or KNX Los Angeles). There are just WAY too many stations in Denver for AM 950 to do any kind of news talk IMO.

Just my opinion....

Cheers

FYI Lincoln Financial does own 104.3, just so u know. Now that would make a good idea to replace 107.3 but that is not likely going to happen.. Now on the other radio board it has been mentioned even from The Rocky Mountain News that 950 well become ESPN Sports radio, leaving 1600 dead and I do beleive that they are not going to plan for anything on the 1600 frequency, becasue as you already know it is a weak signal.

In that case, maybe an all-news outlet on 1600 wouldn't be such a bad idea. They could sell it to CBS Radio who could also simulcast the news outlet on 92.5 so the station reaches into the nooks and crannies that 1600 just can't.

That said, if 1600 is such a horrible signal, why not just simply move ESPN Radio to 104.3 and leave KKFN alone? *boggle*

WoW what an idea, I wonder why they never thought about that before they moved KKFN to 104.3? I am wondering maybe becasue the fan is local and ESPN well that is just a satallite station. Or maybe KKFN is more known and to them it made sense to move KKFN to 104.3 instead of ESPN radio? I can;t wait to see how they do in the ratings later on this yr on being the only Sports Talk FM station on this side of Colorado!

 

[Johnnie_Radio]

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Secondly, when I first heard about this on Friday, I thought Lincoln Financial, Emmis (Or whomever owns the cluster now) was gonna move the Smooth Jazz format over to 107.5, replacing that sorry ass excuse of an Urban R&B format they have. But then the more I thought about it, the more I got to wondering Wouldn't it make more sense to simulcast or move ESPN Radio over there instead and possibly let AM 1600 go dark?



I WOULD LOVE TO SEE K.S.1075 GONE TOO, THEY PLAY THE SAME 25 SONGS ALL DAY...AND THEY SOUND MORE THUGISH THAN ANYTHING...IF I WERE LINCOLN
I WOULD HAVE PUT A CLASSIC URBAN AND JAZZ ON 107.5.....GET RID OF THE CRAP HOP AND SAME TIRED MUSIC STATION...!!

I THINK SPORTS WAS A BRILIANT MOVE TO 104.3 ;D

 

[Mid West Clubber]

And then leave the market void of any Urban/Rhythmic music....... Yeah that's a crazy idea.... :

 

[JeeperOne]

Hi everyone:

And then leave the market void of any Urban/Rhythmic music....... Yeah that's a crazy idea.... :

Umm.....Last time I checked, 95.7 was still pretty Urban (And Rhythmic too!).

 

[Mid West Clubber]

95.7 is a Rhythmic AC..... They arent cutting edge on any new hip hop, plus they mix in music like Prince....... Not exactly a big drawl for the Rhythmic Chr Demo.

First you guys are trying to kill off the brand new Chr station, now your trying to kill the heritage KQKS...... Do you guys hate CHR and Rhythmic music that bad????