Big 103.7?

[1069_KIFR]

A name change again??? 103.7 The Band, 103.7 Classic Hits, Oldies 103.7, The Bays 103.7.

NOW .... BIG 103.7?????

KOSF to become KBIG or KBGG???

 

[MarioMania]

Can CC stick with 1 brand on 103.7?

 

[crainbebo]

Not so big when their playlist has 500 songs in it, and 50 of those are repeated 4-5 times a day!! It's the standard at every CC Oldies station. If I could change radio this frequency would be KKSF Smooth Jazz, and it would never change...

-crainbebo

 

[davideduardo]

Not so big when their playlist has 500 songs in it, and 50 of those are repeated 4-5 times a day!! It's the standard at every CC Oldies station.

Actually, the playlist is more like 600 songs, and a quick check of BDS shows no song was played more than once a day in 6 AM to 12 Midnight in the last 8 weeks. The few songs that have 10 to 11 plays a week (the maximum for any song) got half the plays in overnights, meaning that they are doing the common practice of gold recycling to optimize rotations in the more critical non-overnight hours.

 

[Radiomusik]

A name change again??? 103.7 The Band, 103.7 Classic Hits, Oldies 103.7, The Bays 103.7.

NOW .... BIG 103.7?????

KOSF to become KBIG or KBGG???

Changing callsigns from KSOF to the ones you have mention above are taken from other Radio Stations and they cannot be used due to FCC regulations, but KBSF could work in order replace KOSF callsign.

 

[landtuna]

Couldn't they go back to the call they had in the 60's - KGO-FM?

 

[crainbebo]

Same songs day in and day out! Rinse, lather, repeat. Every major market Oldies is like this and it's disgusting. Everyone thinks 2000 song playlists will drive listeners off. Too bad, why not bring back the "Oh wow"! hits. If not, a little bit of Dave Koz and Sade may be the perfect fit for this frequency.

-crainbebo

 

[MarioMania]

How many songs on there playlist does 98.1 Kiss-FM have?

 

[davideduardo]

How many songs on there playlist does 98.1 Kiss-FM have?

About 425 different titles get played weekly. I don't know if they have any specialty shows, and songs in those shows get counted in that total.

 

[davideduardo]

Everyone thinks 2000 song playlists will drive listeners off.

We don't think that, we know it. Routinely, stations with large lists get lower TSL than tighter list stations and in competitive situations, the shorter list wins when signal and other factors are the same.

 

[davideduardo]

Couldn't they go back to the call they had in the 60's - KGO-FM?

I doubt Cumulus would let them use it.

 

[landtuna]

I doubt Cumulus would let them use it.

1. I thought the FCC issued calls, not individual stations.
2. Aren't KGO and KGO-FM considered two separate calls?

 

[davideduardo]

1. I thought the FCC issued calls, not individual stations.
2. Aren't KGO and KGO-FM considered two separate calls?

KGO AM and the TV with the same calls but different owners jointly use "KGO" in San Francisco. When Citadel bought the AM from Disney, the got consent to use the calls despite being different owners.

The first user of calls has rights to all services. If someone else wants to use calls in another service, they must get permission from original user.

It is not uncommon for larger market stations to "settle" with a smaller station for use of calls that are not being employed. For example, WMIA (AM) in Arecibo, PR, was rewarded by Clear Channel for giving consent to use the calls WMIA-FM on an FM in Miami.

Another issue is that the FCC is not issuing 3-letter base calls, and will generally only allow them to be restored if the station that had them is under the same owner; three-letter ones can also be moved among co-owned stations in a market.

 

[LKellerIII]

103.7 was also KGO-FM for 2 or 3 years in the 80s - while ABC (Capital Cities, I'm thinking) owned the station. They tried running the ABC Talk Network, and changed calls from KSFX to KGO-FM. It wasn't a success, and after that the station was sold - to become KLOK-FM, then later KKSF, etc.

 

[sfradio]

They changed the call letters to KOSF when they where "the new 103.7", so I don't think CC cares about the call letters.

 

[landtuna]

The first user of calls has rights to all services. If someone else wants to use calls in another service, they must get permission from original user.

Another issue is that the FCC is not issuing 3-letter base calls, and will generally only allow them to be restored if the station that had them is under the same owner; three-letter ones can also be moved among co-owned stations in a market.

Thanks for the clarification. I don't know why 3-letter calls are not being issued other than they are generally regarded as "historical" even though the general population doesn't seem to care.

 

[onairb]

KGO AM and the TV with the same calls but different owners jointly use "KGO" in San Francisco. When Citadel bought the AM from Disney, the got consent to use the calls despite being different owners.

'KGO TV' has not called itself that in years-at least, not verbally. I believe the calls are still displayed on screen, in small print, for legal IDs, but everything you see or hear on the station is "ABC7". This has been going on since several years before the TV and radio stations split.

 

[davideduardo]

'KGO TV' has not called itself that in years-at least, not verbally. I believe the calls are still displayed on screen, in small print, for legal IDs, but everything you see or hear on the station is "ABC7". This has been going on since several years before the TV and radio stations split.

In any case, the seller, Disney, had the right to determine whether the buyer of the radio operation would be given consent to use "their" call letters. As happened, Disney licensed Citadel to use the WABC, WLS, KABC and KGO calls following the sale. They had the right to require a change of calls at the radio stations.