On the subject of Praise 92.1 & K-Hits, I was thinking about this. Are there any plans for the stations to change their calls to reflect their new identities? My Suggestion: Change KROI to KPSE, KHPZ, or KPRA and Change KLDE's calls to KHTZ, KKHS, KHIS. also, another question: Why did Houston refuse to change the calls to KODA, KTJM, & KLOL to reflect their current identities of Sunny , La Raza, & Mega? This is totally confusing.
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Troy Goodwin said:
To many stations, calls are irrelvant and a bother. They use frequency and name. The best example would be Spanish language stations that use calls only once an hour and in English because it does not matter.
Would it appropriate, DavidEduardo if these Calls would pronounced en Espanol-Like KLTN for Kah-Ele-Teh-Ene, or KTJM for Kah-Teh-Jota-Eme. There's a legendary station In Los Angeles called KHJ, which is now owned by Liberman, The Calls were pronounced en espanol, Kah-Achey-Jota But, The FCC have found out these call MUST be pronounced in english. It does sound too innaproppriate. Before Estereo Latino, Houston's most popular Mexican station was KQQK, or In Espanol, Kah-koo-koo-Kah. Selena was the station's most popular artist, the sound shifted from KQQK to KLTN, as More Spanish FM stations are starting to become popular here.
While I haven't expected Radio One to change the KROI call, it should be noted that all their other "Praise" stations have calls that reflect the format. So a change might be likely given past practice, although it doesn't appear that any of the other "Praise" stations actually use the calls in their imaging.Troy Goodwin said:
I don't think the KLDE calls are going anywhere, or Cox would have made a change along with the revamped identity.
KODA hasn't been used as part of the station's imaging since the nickname change to "Sunny 99.1" around 15 years ago. Still kinda cool calls though (was really neat when Houston also had KLEF.)
KTJM is a Liberman station, and Liberman hasn't bothered to change the calls on any of the properties they've acquired in Texas--just not important with Hispanic targeted stations (a reflection of the general practice in Latin America.)
KLOL at least still reflects the frequency, but also being Hispanic targeted, ignores the calls in favor of the Mega 101 moniker. I'm sure Clear Channel also didn't want the calls to wind up with Cumulus for their Rock 103.7 (KIOL.)
Before the change, It WAS an elevator music station-We ALL knew that. Wished we could have it back.
KLEF happens to be the forerunner of KTBZ (94-5, The Buzz). Way back then, KLEF was a classical station, and it was supported by listeners who love this beautiful music. KLEF was jointly owned by the Houston Symphony Orchestra, and the Houston Grand Opera. I wished i had XM Radio.
Between KLEF & KLDE, it was KJYY Joy 94.5. Perhaps around 1987, '88 or '89? I'm not sure. However, Marsha Carter was the PD there, while I was at KILT. She called me in June and told me there would be an opening in September and they were going to evolve the station's light ac format into a hybrid jazz format(smooth jazz). She wanted to me to do the 7-Midnight shift. I told her I was very interested. She told me to call her in August and start getting ready. I called and she was gone. Not long after, KLDE was born.
Troy Goodwin said:
They can say it however they want as long as they say it in English for the Legal ID.
smallermarket said:
FCC now allows Spanish stations to ID in Spanish... many of them have been doing for several years.
Troy Goodwin said:
The FCC was snookered. KKHJ NEVER said calls in Spanish, ever. I was PD for three years, and the ruse was used to get the old three letter cals back, and was totally bogus.
Chuck Tiller said:
94.5 was KJYY "Joy 95" from March 1986 to April 1988, when KLDE was born.
I knew it was in there somewhere. Thats the reason I put a time frame. I wasnt sure. Plus, Joy95 wasn't memorable anyway. Thanks for the clarification.
Troy Goodwin said:
KQQK was not "Mexican" as you indicate. It was Tejano, which is a Texan music form of Americans of Mexican heritage, but hardly even heard in Mexico. Those Tejanos will beally get upset if you call them Mexicans, too!
I can see some stations like Sunny and K-hits not changing calls. Both now can be seen as a "heritage" call sign (yes KLDE too, it has been around for almost 20 years). KODA at one time meant boring doctor office background music and it still is for the most part, just in 2006 terms. Same with KLDE. Once an "oldies" station, but really still just that, just update to 2006. These are evolutionary changes to the relatively same format styles that they started with so why change them?
Troy Goodwin said:
K-Houston's-Jazz.. still applies.
It was virtually a necessity to kill the KIKK-FM calls as they were so strongly identified with the old format. It also prevented any future diary confusion with co-owned KILT-FM.smallermarket said:
KIKK was truly THE legendary Country Station that was used to be popular from one generation to the next. The legend lives on KILT-FM, as it continues pick-up longtime KIKK listeners. In Houston, KIKK was everywhere, and I too was raised on KIKK. KIKK's music was pure legacy. After 4+ decades, I knew its going to retire. CBS was right-It can't support BOTH country stations.
And prior to KLEF it was KARO from 1960 to 1964, although I'm not sure it was on the air continuously for that whole time. The owners were absentee I think.Mediafrog+ said:
With regard to KODA perhaps the owners didn't want to alienate all their loyal listeners by saying 'hey look, we're something completely different now so get lostTroy Goodwin said:
. I think the transition in terms of music was actually gradual, not an overnight thing, but I could be remembering wrong. That would have been the smart thing to do, imo.- Status