Will Little Rock ever have two CHR/Top 40 stations again or will Alice, 107.7 be the only one?
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CHR/Top 40 stations in Little Rock
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We'll have to see if Crain does anything with the Archway properties they just bought.
i'm betting on 93.3.
unless, of course, CC gets a wild hair...Q100 had a decent run at one time. how's 94.9 billing these days? do you think they'd move the classic country to the stronger signal @ 94.9, still protecting KSSN and put a top-40 on 106.7?
just thinkin' out loud...
unless, of course, CC gets a wild hair...Q100 had a decent run at one time. how's 94.9 billing these days? do you think they'd move the classic country to the stronger signal @ 94.9, still protecting KSSN and put a top-40 on 106.7?
just thinkin' out loud...
I could see Classic Country changing into a Top 40. I don't think CC will do anything to 94.9. It actually did well in the last ratings released. With KSSN, Y107.1, and KWCK 99.9, there are 3 country stations in the listening area. CC may decide that's enough and make the change to KHKN. As bad as Magic 105 is doing, you'd think that CC would change that station, but who knows?
Keep in mind, also, that Clear Channel expects to have to spin off one station in Little Rock as a result of having gone private. I'd have to think they'd let 106.7 go out of that cluster. I don't know if they'd move the classic country format or just let the new owner decide what to do with if they end up selling it. Some, by the way, think Magic 105 is just a placeholder for a new format that will debut after the merger has finally shaken out. I guess time will tell.
I'm surprised that Cumulus hadn't moved into the LR market. Also, I had read somewhere that KLAZ in Hot Springs may move into the LR market. I wonder if there's any truth to that?
KLAZ has a permit to move its signal a little closer to Little Rock. Although it will be slightly directional, the new signal will closely resemble its current signal shifted 10 or 20 miles miles to the east. It will citygrade virtually all of Little Rock and North Little Rock but will not quite citygrade Jacksonville.
So, if you call that moving into Little Rock, KLAZ almost certainly will. What remains to be seen is whether Noalmark keeps it as is, decides to target Little Rock, or sells it. I suspect KLAZ will move to 101.5 or another frequency if 105.9 targets Little Rock with a different format or is sold. I seem to remember hearing KLAZ makes a ton when you consider the market size.
So, if you call that moving into Little Rock, KLAZ almost certainly will. What remains to be seen is whether Noalmark keeps it as is, decides to target Little Rock, or sells it. I suspect KLAZ will move to 101.5 or another frequency if 105.9 targets Little Rock with a different format or is sold. I seem to remember hearing KLAZ makes a ton when you consider the market size.
There is no way in hell that KLAZ/Hot Springs will ever move to 101.5 FM. KLEZ/Malvern is at 6KW on that frequency and KLMK/ El Dorado also resides on the same frequency that is also owned by Noalmark. The 101.5 FM frequency is not a clear channel for a 100KW station to broadcast on.
This is public information that you can find on the FCC website if you're willing to search for it.
KLAZ filed for a Construction Permit Sept. 22, 2006 to move the tower site from Jack Mountain to a location just outside south of Malvern. The station in Louisiana on the same Frequency as KLAZ/Hot Springs was asked to step down from a FM C1 Class to a FM C2. They did so, and what Noalmark plans to do with the tower site is undisclosed, other than the public knowledge that Noalmark did file for the construction Permit and study to move the site and make the signal stronger into Little Rock for building penetration. For the rest of the story and study results, I would highly recommend going to the station during normal hours of operation and ask to view the public file. The study is there for your review and you can make a better guess or in this case "stab in the dark" about Noalmark pulling up stakes and moving the city of license back to Little Rock.
In conclusion as to 101.5, read the study. There's too many stations on that frequency for a Class C1 to reside from Hot Springs. As for the rumors that have been going around since I showed up on the scene in 2005, No Clear Channel is not buying KLAZ. I'm only assuming because they went private, and with the private, privileged, knowledge of Noalmark's decision, for moving the tower site other than what's posted on the FCC website, They are not pulling stakes to move back to Little Rock. Lets put that 2+ years rumor to rest and discuss the real issues at hand! Who filed for the other construction permit in Hot Springs?
This is public information that you can find on the FCC website if you're willing to search for it.
KLAZ filed for a Construction Permit Sept. 22, 2006 to move the tower site from Jack Mountain to a location just outside south of Malvern. The station in Louisiana on the same Frequency as KLAZ/Hot Springs was asked to step down from a FM C1 Class to a FM C2. They did so, and what Noalmark plans to do with the tower site is undisclosed, other than the public knowledge that Noalmark did file for the construction Permit and study to move the site and make the signal stronger into Little Rock for building penetration. For the rest of the story and study results, I would highly recommend going to the station during normal hours of operation and ask to view the public file. The study is there for your review and you can make a better guess or in this case "stab in the dark" about Noalmark pulling up stakes and moving the city of license back to Little Rock.
In conclusion as to 101.5, read the study. There's too many stations on that frequency for a Class C1 to reside from Hot Springs. As for the rumors that have been going around since I showed up on the scene in 2005, No Clear Channel is not buying KLAZ. I'm only assuming because they went private, and with the private, privileged, knowledge of Noalmark's decision, for moving the tower site other than what's posted on the FCC website, They are not pulling stakes to move back to Little Rock. Lets put that 2+ years rumor to rest and discuss the real issues at hand! Who filed for the other construction permit in Hot Springs?
Doc, to add to that, KBGR/Beebe is also at 101.5FM, so obviously, that would preclude KLAZ from moving to 101.5 it would look like. KBGR is a non-commercial station owned by Educational Media Foundation by the way.
KLAL is very scattered. Today, they might play a ton of urban-leaning thump, and tomorrow, it'd be Matchbox 20, Gwen Stefani etc. Their morning show, starring the bald racist midget and the wanna-be prom queen, is really just a tired AC show. They talk about their kids and gaining weight and sound waaay too old for whatever the station's format happens to be that day. A good, focused mainstream CHR would take KLAL down. By the way, Q100 NEVER did well. They couldn't get past KLAL on the low end, nor could they beat KURB on the upper end of the demo's.
I loved Q100 and thought it would've lasted. However, they never could keep a morning show around very much, plus I never cared for "Way Back Wednesdays". A CHR station that I really thought would've done well was the old Star 102.1 FM. I loved their morning show, Gallagher in the Morning, and I could remember late at night, being able to listen to songs from Bryan Adams 1991/92 album "Waking Up The Neighbours" and also hearing "Stand Up(Kick Love Into Motion) from Def Leppard's Adrenalize album. I thought Star 102 was a true Top 40 station and hated it when they changed to KOKY.
#4 12+. Wow. How great for Q that they had nothing but KIDS listening. 12+ doesn't mean anything to advertisers. It's all about the demo's. Q100 NEVER had any significant adult numbers. If they did so well, as you claim, then why did the plug get pulled on them? It's because they got the crap beaten out of them by Alice and B98 in the ratings. Same thing for Mix 94-9. Go back and look at the adult numbers for Q100. You won't find any. That's exactly why they died.
yea q died because lack of numbers it had nothing to do with budget cuts...and lack of focus by the last (small team) we were live 24/7 when i started.. and continued until december 14th 2001 when i was part of the budget cut..(best thing that ever happened to me 
so you go from 24/7 staff to 1 live full timer in less than 6 months and change the music/imaging yep its because of the "numbers" <<How great for Q that they had nothing but KIDS listening.>> wait didnt you say in an earlier post that alice beat Q in the younger and B beat them in the older but Q only had kids listening... hmmmm hard for 12-17 to make a station #4 12-plus ...
but again thats history and LR could have a good run of it again with to top 40's
by the whay humble 1 who are you....
kramer<----------me (not a screen name)
so you go from 24/7 staff to 1 live full timer in less than 6 months and change the music/imaging yep its because of the "numbers" <<How great for Q that they had nothing but KIDS listening.>> wait didnt you say in an earlier post that alice beat Q in the younger and B beat them in the older but Q only had kids listening... hmmmm hard for 12-17 to make a station #4 12-plus ...
but again thats history and LR could have a good run of it again with to top 40's
by the whay humble 1 who are you....
kramer<----------me (not a screen name)
Radio 101...12+ ratings include ALL listeners from the age of 12 and up. That is why Q looked great overall in a few books. 12+ included the KIDS that listened to them. But when it came to key demographics which advertisers buy, such as 25-54W and 25-54M, Q just didn't have it. They didn't have significant ADULT ratings. No advertiser EVER buys a station because of 12+ ratings. Alice survived the dogfight because Citadel's strategy was to build a ''wall of women.'' At the time, Citadel had Alice, K-Love and B98. No way Q100 could survive among those 3 stations when it came to building an adult female audience. Same thing now for KSSN. They have MONSTER numbers but Clear Channel ALSO has Kickin' Country as a flanker. Anybody who wants to take KSSN on has to FIRST beat Kickin'. Q100 was nothing but a teen station. If the situation had been different, if Q had gotten more support from Clear Channel, it might have turned out differently. Doesn't mean you or anybody else did a bad job. Just means Citadel put more resources into the fight.
fair enough..
it sure was a damn fun time in my life...and ed is still my boy at alice and i ocassionally talk to ol rob walker and tj/ty B mac...kevin cruise is still my boy in little rock ...now gary robinson is in shreveport and tanner is in one of the carolina's kickin major a$$...and even after i left Ol Bobby bones might as well be the mayor of austin with his numbers...i never got a chance to meet heather and dc but i did listen to joe momma on KKYK when i was a kid
alright works done here the wife is waiting for me with some food.. so ill stop typing and have a life
holler
kramer
p.s. still dont know who you are
it sure was a damn fun time in my life...and ed is still my boy at alice and i ocassionally talk to ol rob walker and tj/ty B mac...kevin cruise is still my boy in little rock ...now gary robinson is in shreveport and tanner is in one of the carolina's kickin major a$$...and even after i left Ol Bobby bones might as well be the mayor of austin with his numbers...i never got a chance to meet heather and dc but i did listen to joe momma on KKYK when i was a kid
alright works done here the wife is waiting for me with some food.. so ill stop typing and have a life
holler
kramer
p.s. still dont know who you are
Whatever happened w/ Kevin Cruise? Is he still in the LR market or is he out of town/out of state?
don't make me get out my arbitron books from 98, 99 and 2000 to see how Q100 did.
Q was live 24-7. Q was fun. Q was everywhere. Q had TONS of listeners. ADULT ones too. I have pictures from concerts, remotes, etc...we pretty much got the kids by default. Q was set up as a mainstream adult top-40. not a hot-a/c (which is what i thought it was when i got there!), but a very VERY mainstream top-40 station. there was no "lean" in any particular direction, and most of the R&B songs that had anything resembling a "rap" in them were "rapless" for a LONG time.
now, i'm not at the house where i can look at the exact info, but in my mind, i thought Q had decent ratings for a station that had, what - an on-air staff of 5 full-timers and maybe 2 or 3 part-timers, all of whom worked their tails off to make sure the station was happening; and outside of mornings there were some pretty decent numbers. even I had great numbers - and i sucked - but i was #2 at night right behind Power and in front of KSSN (yeah, that would be me tooting my own horn), not to mention having the highest numbers on the station. (even if it WAS only "kids listening". do KIDS fill out diaries?) i never could figure out why mornings didn't catch on, but i ain't that smart. ask kramer - he'll tell you all about me. i am an idiot. i do think that Gary did the best he would with what he had to work with whether it was talent, budget or whatever.
alice was just getting started then, and wasn't all that good. alice didn't have the 100kw signal that it does now either. there was no K-Love, and the Equity/Archway/Crain stations weren't much of a blip either. 101.1 as an alternative station was happening for a minute though. if i recall, the top stations were KSSN, Power, B98 and Magic. when i get to the house, i will look for the concrete info. but yeah, the "wall of women" seems to have worked out quite well for Citadel. if only some others had thought about building such a wall...
Q was live 24-7. Q was fun. Q was everywhere. Q had TONS of listeners. ADULT ones too. I have pictures from concerts, remotes, etc...we pretty much got the kids by default. Q was set up as a mainstream adult top-40. not a hot-a/c (which is what i thought it was when i got there!), but a very VERY mainstream top-40 station. there was no "lean" in any particular direction, and most of the R&B songs that had anything resembling a "rap" in them were "rapless" for a LONG time.
now, i'm not at the house where i can look at the exact info, but in my mind, i thought Q had decent ratings for a station that had, what - an on-air staff of 5 full-timers and maybe 2 or 3 part-timers, all of whom worked their tails off to make sure the station was happening; and outside of mornings there were some pretty decent numbers. even I had great numbers - and i sucked - but i was #2 at night right behind Power and in front of KSSN (yeah, that would be me tooting my own horn), not to mention having the highest numbers on the station. (even if it WAS only "kids listening". do KIDS fill out diaries?) i never could figure out why mornings didn't catch on, but i ain't that smart. ask kramer - he'll tell you all about me. i am an idiot. i do think that Gary did the best he would with what he had to work with whether it was talent, budget or whatever.
alice was just getting started then, and wasn't all that good. alice didn't have the 100kw signal that it does now either. there was no K-Love, and the Equity/Archway/Crain stations weren't much of a blip either. 101.1 as an alternative station was happening for a minute though. if i recall, the top stations were KSSN, Power, B98 and Magic. when i get to the house, i will look for the concrete info. but yeah, the "wall of women" seems to have worked out quite well for Citadel. if only some others had thought about building such a wall...
I bet a lot of people don't remember that there was a time several years ago when there were 3 Top 40 stations in LR: Q-100, Alice, and K-Hits 106.3. Alice was just getting started, Q-100 was your "family friendly" top 40 station, and K-Hits was a little raunchy w/ Todd and Lukas in the morning. One thing about true Top 40, back in the late 80's/early 90's, there was true Top 40 in LR w/ the old Zoo-98 and the old KKYK w/ Craig O'Neill. I had always heard that Craig never liked playing rap. I graduated high school in 1990 and can still remember being able to listen to Madonna's "Vogue", Bell Biv Devoe's "Poison", Warrant's "Cherry Pie" and other songs like that on the same station on 98.5. After Zoo changed to B-98.5, then KKYK started using advertisements like "with none of that rapping nonsense". There was some good music that didn't get played in 1991 and early to mid 92 because of that. By the way, whatever happened to Todd & Lukas?
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