What goes around comes around...it would be so bazaar if 960 returned as MOR with KABL calls...as I mentioned on an old thread, that was my SF Aunt's favorite station, it seemed to be on 24/7 in her place!
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Bloomberg 960 ending October 1
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It won't happen as long as it's owned by iHeart. That I can guarantee.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Would it also be the station of choice for neighborhood bazaars?
(Sorry, couldn't help myself.)
I never listened 24/7, but I did listen often, in the car and at home (I also taped it a bunch, if only I could remember where those tapes went; several tapes got thrown out about 15 years ago, and I sincerely hope that they weren't among those).
Sadly, I have to agree.
In Rossmoor, maybe
Ad revenue might be virtually nonexistent, but hypothetically if it were noncommercial (which it will never be so long as iHeart owns it), the old KABL format (or something similar but maybe a bit more up to date) it could possibly still work there.
The online recreation exists, and it's good, but it's inconsistent amalgamation of KABL's various eras just kind of sounds like an annoying mashup. I prefer the consistent smoothness I remember hearing when I heard it back in 1999-2004
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I never listened 24/7, but I did listen often, in the car and at home (I also taped it a bunch, if only I could remember where those tapes went; several tapes got thrown out about 15 years ago, and I sincerely hope that they weren't among those).
Sadly, I have to agree.
In Rossmoor, maybe
Ad revenue might be virtually nonexistent, but hypothetically if it were noncommercial (which it will never be so long as iHeart owns it), the old KABL format (or something similar but maybe a bit more up to date) it could possibly still work there.
The online recreation exists, and it's good, but it's inconsistent amalgamation of KABL's various eras just kind of sounds like an annoying mashup. I prefer the consistent smoothness I remember hearing when I heard it back in 1999-2004
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being non commercial means itd have to survive on underwriting and listener donations.. and on AM in a big city, that wouldnt work.
And before anyone says.. WJIB under bob bittner
bob had been doing what he did for YEARS .. longevity. 960 SF has nothing of that
I’m not sure who has the higher ratings among the board posters in California, KMZT Beverly Hills or KNEW Oakland!
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Never heard of KKGN, quick research says it’s now KNEW? Don’t think many board posters here care for Bloomberg.
I forgot they changed it a while back.
Back on topic:
Whois data shows that the domain name registrations for Patriot960.com and ThePatriot960.com updated on August 2, 2024. iHeartMedia remains the registrant organization, and their registrations expire this December 18, 11 years to the day they initially registered the domains.
ThePatriot960.com was the old domain name for KNEW before the Bloomberg LMA began in September 2014.
In contrast, 960ThePatriot.com is for Salem's Phoenix conservative talk station KKNT.
Whois data shows that the domain name registrations for Patriot960.com and ThePatriot960.com updated on August 2, 2024. iHeartMedia remains the registrant organization, and their registrations expire this December 18, 11 years to the day they initially registered the domains.
ThePatriot960.com was the old domain name for KNEW before the Bloomberg LMA began in September 2014.
In contrast, 960ThePatriot.com is for Salem's Phoenix conservative talk station KKNT.
As I've been saying, this format makes the most sense, especially as we head into an election and there are millions of dollars in political advertising available.
and in this climate/situation, a station liek this doesnt have to do much in a big market except.. exist to get some of that money.... even if they offer little local except traffic and news
Thank you K.M.! I must have "bazaar" on the brain as my wife and I were just talking about a new Kosher Bazaar that opened up in our area! I must say though that "bazaar" might be a more fun word than "bazarre", or maybe I have it backwards...
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Bringing my friend, cartoonist Dan Piraro, into this (as long as we're going tongue-in-cheek here): What a Bizarro use of verbiage.
i used to love that cartoon!
There's nothing to read into the August 2 date. Nearly all iHeart domains were updated that day to add Cloudflare services. In reality there's nothing to change as they're already pointing to iHeart's servers. Nothing would need to be changed on the DNS side to take the domain live.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
As usual around here ... much ado about nothing and much conjecture based on less than nothing. 🙄
Unless and until iHeart issues a press release or some kind of statement that definitively tells us what will be replacing Bloomberg Radio on KNEW 960, the only indisputable, concrete thing we can do is wait until Bloomberg's programming is discontinued on October 1, and then see what takes its place, if anything.
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I hope this doesn’t come off as rude or anything but what exactly do you expect this forum to discuss if not at least discuss things like that that look relevant to the discussion.
I’m trying to understand this complaint…
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