Changes at KDFC

[DToTheJ]

John Evans is out after seven years in afternoon drive, and thirty years in the market.

Morning news woman Betsy O'Connor also exits.

Now... How long until 102.1 drops classical altogether?

 

[LKellerIII]

John Evans is out after seven years in afternoon drive, and thirty years in the market.

Morning news woman Betsy O'Connor also exits.

Now... How long until 102.1 drops classical altogether?

A year ago I argued that the classical format was safe, despite the poor demographics of their audience - they were rated in the Top 5.

The change from Arb diary to PPM has changed all that. I guess the reason is - diary keepers think they come off as more educated and sophisticated when they report to Arbitron that they listen to classical music, but PPM reveals that they really don't listen as often or as long as they used to report.

I'd say KDFC's future as a classical station is seriously in doubt.

 

[sfradio]

is 102.1 The buzz - totally 90's, coming?

 

[alexh1013]

is 102.1 The buzz - totally 90's, coming?

that will be a great station!

 

[1069_KIFR]

Not the buzz, BUT..... "__" 102. Fill in the blank, I know you know what I'm getting at here. K _ _ _ !! It is going to happen. Just a matter of time.

 

[SFStatic]

All formats that used to show huge time spent listening are hurting with PPM. People have been writing down longer hours than they actually listened to their favorite stations for years, it hasn't exactly been a secret. The meter records what they hear (NOT what they are listening to, necessarily). A listener may have rightly ignored writing down a station they heard while walking through a store, but the meter will record it if it picks it up for 5 minutes.

 

[DavidKaye]

John Evans is out after seven years in afternoon drive, and thirty years in the market.

Morning news woman Betsy O'Connor also exits.

Now... How long until 102.1 drops classical altogether?

I'd be fine with dropping the DJs entirely and going back to automation. KDFC has become too chatty, and the addition of DJs has not raised their ratings. KDFC's ratings today are actually slightly lower than the days 15 or so years ago when there was KKHI AM & FM, KDFC and KIBE.

 

[Madmansam]

is 102.1 The buzz - totally 90's, coming?

But I always heard that "Today's Hit Music- The New Q-102" would be the eventual replacement for Classical KDFC! LOL!

 

[DavidKaye]

is 102.1 The buzz - totally 90's, coming?

But I always heard that "Today's Hit Music- The New Q-102" would be the eventual replacement for Classical KDFC! LOL!

Maybe some day you folks will realize that the music you'd prefer to hear to is less than a tenth of 1% of what's out there. There should be room for symphonic and chamber music, avant jazz and gypsy jazz, Western swing and cowpunk, brass bands and string quartets, and even the occasional bass clarinet quartet playing 80s music.

 

[kenrayc]

Ho about the new 102.1 all POLKA all of the time.

 

[1069_KIFR]

Who are ya calling a Ho?!

 

[BossRadioDJ]

Who are ya calling a Ho?!

The guy who sang "Tiny Bubbles" was a Ho...

 

[SFStatic]

So is his daughter! She's Hoku Ho. Her name means "Star," and she's a recording artist in her own right.

 

[DavidKaye]

Ho about the new 102.1 all POLKA all of the time.

My friend, guitarist Ron Romanovsky (half of Romanovsky & Phillips for those who followed the singer/songwriter circuit in the 80s and 90s) switched out of that genre into polka and the accordion. He enjoys playing it, plus it also makes him nearly unique in Santa Fe.

I happen to like polkas and obereks.