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Does anyone think that OKC will ever get a smooth jazz or urban ac station on the FM dial? I feel that these formats have been neglected for too long!!
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> Does anyone think that OKC will ever get a smooth jazz or
> urban ac station on the FM dial? I feel that these formats
> have been neglected for too long!!
I know everyone is getting sick of me bringing this up
but I was thinking the exact same thing. There really needs to be an Urban AC on the FM dial or an AM frequency that broadcasts 24 hours. KRMP-1140 is not cutting it as far as the Urban AC in the market. They're all over the board doing Talk and informercials with an addition to Tom Joyner and Michael Baisden with very little music, they might as well be a Talk station and pick up Radio One's talk network if they want to go that route or buy back that time on KEBC-1340 in the evenings and overnights.
As far as Smooth Jazz, I think that will most likely end up on an HD-2 channel maybe for KMGL, that would go perefectly with their AC format. Before Wild 97dot9 came into the mix, the old KTNT/KCYI did fairly well, surprisingly the Smooth Jazz format was on the frequency for about 10 years. I believe they signed on in the early 90s someone can correct me if I'm wrong. They were on 97.7 and few years later moved to 97.9. I think that format would do well.
Only time will tell when either formats will be on FM.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by X-Man on 04/16/06 01:47 AM.</FONT></P>
> urban ac station on the FM dial? I feel that these formats
> have been neglected for too long!!
I know everyone is getting sick of me bringing this up
but I was thinking the exact same thing. There really needs to be an Urban AC on the FM dial or an AM frequency that broadcasts 24 hours. KRMP-1140 is not cutting it as far as the Urban AC in the market. They're all over the board doing Talk and informercials with an addition to Tom Joyner and Michael Baisden with very little music, they might as well be a Talk station and pick up Radio One's talk network if they want to go that route or buy back that time on KEBC-1340 in the evenings and overnights.As far as Smooth Jazz, I think that will most likely end up on an HD-2 channel maybe for KMGL, that would go perefectly with their AC format. Before Wild 97dot9 came into the mix, the old KTNT/KCYI did fairly well, surprisingly the Smooth Jazz format was on the frequency for about 10 years. I believe they signed on in the early 90s someone can correct me if I'm wrong. They were on 97.7 and few years later moved to 97.9. I think that format would do well.
Only time will tell when either formats will be on FM.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by X-Man on 04/16/06 01:47 AM.</FONT></P>
The problem is that generally a smooth jazz station will only make a fraction of the money of more mainstream formats, especially in a market this size. Formats like that are usually put on the air, not by bottom-line oriented corporations, but by local owners who have an interest in the format. I'm not saying that smooth jazz stations can't make money, just that it's one of the less profitable formats. It's got to be run on an extremely thin shoestring, and it's always touch and go. I would be surprised if we ever have a smooth jazz station in OKC.
> > Does anyone think that OKC will ever get a smooth jazz or
> > urban ac station on the FM dial? I feel that these
> formats
> > have been neglected for too long!!
>
> I know everyone is getting sick of me bringing this up
> but I was thinking the exact same thing. There really needs
> to be an Urban AC on the FM dial or an AM frequency that
> broadcasts 24 hours. KRMP-1140 is not cutting it as far as
> the Urban AC in the market. They're all over the board doing
> Talk and informercials with an addition to Tom Joyner and
> Michael Baisden with very little music, they might as well
> be a Talk station and pick up Radio One's talk network if
> they want to go that route or buy back that time on
> KEBC-1340 in the evenings and overnights.
>
> As far as Smooth Jazz, I think that will most likely end up
> on an HD-2 channel maybe for KMGL, that would go perefectly
> with their AC format. Before Wild 97dot9 came into the mix,
> the old KTNT/KCYI did fairly well, surprisingly the Smooth
> Jazz format was on the frequency for about 10 years. I
> believe they signed on in the early 90s someone can correct
> me if I'm wrong. They were on 97.7 and few years later moved
> to 97.9. I think that format would do well.
>
> Only time will tell when either formats will be on FM.
>
> > Does anyone think that OKC will ever get a smooth jazz or
> > urban ac station on the FM dial? I feel that these
> formats
> > have been neglected for too long!!
>
> I know everyone is getting sick of me bringing this up
> but I was thinking the exact same thing. There really needs
> to be an Urban AC on the FM dial or an AM frequency that
> broadcasts 24 hours. KRMP-1140 is not cutting it as far as
> the Urban AC in the market. They're all over the board doing
> Talk and informercials with an addition to Tom Joyner and
> Michael Baisden with very little music, they might as well
> be a Talk station and pick up Radio One's talk network if
> they want to go that route or buy back that time on
> KEBC-1340 in the evenings and overnights.
>
> As far as Smooth Jazz, I think that will most likely end up
> on an HD-2 channel maybe for KMGL, that would go perefectly
> with their AC format. Before Wild 97dot9 came into the mix,
> the old KTNT/KCYI did fairly well, surprisingly the Smooth
> Jazz format was on the frequency for about 10 years. I
> believe they signed on in the early 90s someone can correct
> me if I'm wrong. They were on 97.7 and few years later moved
> to 97.9. I think that format would do well.
>
> Only time will tell when either formats will be on FM.
>
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