When and what station did the all Elvis format happen? How long did it last? I understand it did good 6+. Wasn't it was a AM daytimer.
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Way off in Texas just 30 miles northwest of San Antonio, KBRN in Boerne, an AM daytimer that didn't make it to San Antonio did an all Elvis format. As I recall, it lasted about 2 years. The 250 watt AM at 1500, never really made any money although the current owners have managed to keep the lights on for several years. For the record, I left the area in mid-1993. KBRN was billing about $5,000 a month and was the best they'd ever done.
WCVG-AM 1320 back around 1988. Not a daytimer, but might as well be. It had been a daytimer with 500 watts day, but went with 430 watts night around 1987 with most of that signal directed west and south. The patterns are still visible at Radio-Locator, even though their towers have been torn down to build a warehouse and they are using a longwire at 50 watts now.
Only if they do not hold Special Temporary Authority for the reduced power level. They do presently hold such authority, but it has to be renewed on a regular basis (that's the "temporary" bit).
An AM station on the outskirts of Portland, OR did an all-Elvis format back in the early 90s. After they went bankrupt and liquidated, I picked up their low hour Continental 5kW 315R-1 'Power Rock' for $500 in storage fees. After retuning it, that became the main transmitter at KJR-AM, moving a Collins 828 E-1 as the TX2. To be fair, I used to alternate the 'Rock Brothers' each quarter, so it wasn't like the Collins saw any less service.
That allowed me to retire the original old RCA BTA-5H Ampliphase which after a lot of TLC, had been the backup. So, thanks failed Elvis station! Their ineptness was my gain.
That allowed me to retire the original old RCA BTA-5H Ampliphase which after a lot of TLC, had been the backup. So, thanks failed Elvis station! Their ineptness was my gain.
WCVG did all-Elvis in the late 80's, and WAOL 99.5 ran an all-Elvis format at some point either in the 90's or early 2000's. Not sure about WCVG, but WAOL did not do any covers of Elvis songs. So, you wouldn't hear Cheap Trick's version of "Don't Be Cruel" or anything else of the like. It also didn't limit Elvis tunes to one particular genre. Elvis had quite a catalog of gospel songs (and I seem to remember his gospel albums are the only ones that ever won Grammy awards), and those were fair game as were his country songs. So, it had at least double the library of WGRR.
As Kelly mentions, Portland, OR also had an all-Elvis station, KLVS, which I believe was at 1290. Memphis had WLVS AM/FM in the early 80's, though it only did all-Elvis as a stunt when it launched and for occasional weekend programming and during big events at Graceland that attracted large numbers of tourists. It ran a country format during most of its existence and picked up WEZI's easy listening format and calls when it became WGKX "Kix 106" in the early 80's.
As Kelly mentions, Portland, OR also had an all-Elvis station, KLVS, which I believe was at 1290. Memphis had WLVS AM/FM in the early 80's, though it only did all-Elvis as a stunt when it launched and for occasional weekend programming and during big events at Graceland that attracted large numbers of tourists. It ran a country format during most of its existence and picked up WEZI's easy listening format and calls when it became WGKX "Kix 106" in the early 80's.
So I've been the owner of Boerne Radio KBRN for the last 4 years...got a repeater at 103.9FM...we play Elvis...we're hyper local - we play everything - and we did almost $50K last December. It's working. Hope you check it out... www.boerneradio.com
That is wonderful KBRN is in the hands of people that know understand radio. I think KBRN had too many years with operators that chose very niche formats or just lacked experience running a radio station. In 1993 Boerne was a much smaller place as well. Will check out the website.
By the way, I sell for the station owned by the Solid Gold Oldies host
By the way, I sell for the station owned by the Solid Gold Oldies host
I see that I'm a little late getting to this but am intrigued by you referring to a 5KW station, once licensed to Portland and more or less in the middle of the city, as one on the outskirts!
WCVG needs to be rebuilt somewhere, and probably soon. The FM translator is only marginally better
Either could be considered a great technical plant but the FM translator covers a lot of people for a less than 40 foot high above average terrain antenna. I bet some engineer somewhere could figure out a high dollar directional antenna and double the population in their 60 dm coverage.
Aug. 5, 1988... the format lasted until a flip to Business News a year later. WCVG did not register in the ratings while it was Elvis-formatted.
Sarcasm, Bandit?
No one could possibly believe that any AM in 1987 might regret switching from Top 40.
No matter what format they could have ran, your sales folks would have to "get results" for local non agency customers. It use to be called "beat the streets". Difficult and expensive to start but doable if you have the financial strength.
In 1987 there were still some cars on the road with AM only radios. I believe WLW was AM only still so the AM band locally wasn't a "wasteland". I wasn't in the market back then but I do not recall any one doing classic country (1970's) in the early 1990's. Of course it's been 30 + years and you can't turn back the hands of time.
In 1987 there were still some cars on the road with AM only radios. I believe WLW was AM only still so the AM band locally wasn't a "wasteland". I wasn't in the market back then but I do not recall any one doing classic country (1970's) in the early 1990's. Of course it's been 30 + years and you can't turn back the hands of time.
When they dropped top 40, they lost the few listeners they had, and never got them back.
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