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ANOTHER STATION SWITCHING FORMAT?????

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RadioFanBoy

In this case, Salem's KXMX-AM 1190. They've been playing a jockless loop of Country music since 3pm today. However, the station is still using the "Talk Radio In The Mix" sweepers and id's they've had for a while now. Most of the music is in the "classic" country vein, there is some contempoary, and some gospel country thrown in.

Now, a check of the web site -- http://www.kxmx.com -- shows there has been scheduled programming; in the case of KXMX-AM, time paid for, since 3pm on today. As I type this at 6:23pm pacific tiime, Vietnam Radio is scheduled to air on AM 1190 at this moment. Granted there could be technical difficulties with the program, or the check might not have cleared for the week, but let's run with this for a moment, shall we?

With the sudden demise of KZLA, perhaps Salem sees a better money making opportunity for 1190 than what they have now. An AM classic country station would make for a better AM/FM combo with The Fish. Just don't expect them to hire anyone back from KZLA. If indeed, Salem is returning 1190 to an english language music formatted station (how long has it been???), look for them to most likely sign with ABC, Westwood One, or Jones Radio.

I can't wait to see what Monday brings.
 
Salem has one country formatted statoon (in the huge country music friendly market of Honolulu). It's an AM and runs Jones Radio Network country format.

Contrary to an earlier post made in another thread on this board, salem's 95.9 The Fish is not doing well in Los Angeles. They've missed their sales goals many months in a row. They've cut back on staff. Perfect Orange County signal for a country format.
 
mostb1 said:
salem's 95.9 The Fish is not doing well in Los Angeles. They've missed their sales goals many months in a row. They've cut back on staff. Perfect Orange County signal for a country format.
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Ever see their "stick"? LOL it looks like it's in someone's backyard BUT it does the job I guess. (About a mile away on the side of a hill is 96.7 KWIZ-FM's stick)
Orange County used to have KIK-FM so why not have it revived on 95.9 FM?
 
I am hearing some operatic or possibly catholic church like choir singing in some Asian language. I think the country music you heard was probably filler for a brokered program that somehow dd not make it to air
 
Salem Honolulu does put off the appearance of being a halfway "legitimate" cluster, unlike every other market they operate in where it's the same ideology-first, ratingsless formats. Nevertheless, just like the mystery of poorly run sportstalker WKNR/Cleveland, country isn't a format Salem has anything to do with. Not that multiethnic is, but they are basically a brokered operator, buying time for their network crapola during the week and whoring out whatever's left. Why they'd flip a format that's always sold out at $600/hr is beyond me.
 
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