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ESPN 98.7?

DToTheJ said:
Had ESPN come up with more money than Randy Michaels last summer, the frequency may have very well been theirs.
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My view, and I said this last summer, is that ESPN never wanted to buy a station. This has always been an LMA idea, even when 101.9 was on the table.
 
FLjack2 said:
Yes, I read that the "Kiss" brand will move to 107.5. I'm curious if they will change the call letters or keep it WBLS. Those letters are pretty legendary.
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I have WBLS on now and the host just said the two stations are coming together as "107.5 WBLS". So that answers both questions. "Kiss" is gone, and the WBLS call letters will remain.
 
WNJE

How is 98.7's reception in the WNJE listening area (NW Jersey)? Will ESPN use the 1040AM LMA as a fill in signal for Deportes, continue to simulcast the English language broadcast, now from 98.7, or drop the 1040 LMA altogether?
 
That's sad news! I used to listened to that station back in the 80's and 90's, from "Kissing After Dark", "The 12 Days of Kiss-tmas", "Rhythm Review" with Felix Hernandez and many others as well as Bob Slade's "Soul Beginnings". I'm going to miss this station so badly. I used to taped them off the radio since the late 90's and early 2000's.

Just one more thing, did Clear Channel carries the "Kiss-FM" moniker such as KIIS in Los Angeles, WPKF in Poughkeepsie, WKKF in Albany and so on? They all using the "Kiss-FM" moniker as a CHR station.
 
WRKS KissFM New York was born in August 1981 - long before Clear Channel trademarked the "Kiss" moniker (or before Clear Channel was a gleam in anyone's eye!). Thus, KISS FM NYC faced no opposition from Clear Channel with regard to naming rights.
 
Do we know if the new combined station on 107.5 will carry Tom Joyner or Steve Harvey in the morning?
 
Donald_WBWH said:
Do we know if the new combined station on 107.5 will carry Tom Joyner or Steve Harvey in the morning?
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Per published reports, Joyner and Baisden will not be carried.
 
TheBigA said:
The first "Kiss" station I know of was WKYS in DC, starting around 1976.
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KISS in San Antonio was the first "Kiss" as it has the calls and was using the name since the late-40's. I believe 1947 was when it started.
 
Hmm, interesting @johndavis, I haven't heard Steve Harvey's show before - they just have Tom Joyner's back in Dayton, OH where I'm from.

Also looks like (from their playlist) that WBLS may lean a bit newer than WRKS - New Yorkers can verify this. I'm guessing they'll try to mix in a combination of both stations on 107.5. From looking at the the playlists, they both look like good stations - I really like 98.7's playlist. It will be interesting to see what they do here.
 
I'm still reeling on this news that came out of nowhere!

It's bittersweet in a sense because I was a huge fan of Kiss-FM back in the early to mid 80's. This was around the time when the disco aspect of 'KTU (92.3) turned into a more rhythmic slant and 'BLS had Frankie Crocker at the helm.

But if there's anything to be learned by what had happened, it is this.....as much as we can all "armchair quarterback" and try to predict the future, corporate will pull a fast one and do something like this. Then again, this is really nothing new.....remember "Jack" on CBS-FM. No one saw that coming either.
 
Tony Santiago said:
I'm still reeling on this news that came out of nowhere!

It's bittersweet in a sense because I was a huge fan of Kiss-FM back in the early to mid 80's. This was around the time when the disco aspect of 'KTU (92.3) turned into a more rhythmic slant and 'BLS had Frankie Crocker at the helm.

But if there's anything to be learned by what had happened, it is this.....as much as we can all "armchair quarterback" and try to predict the future, corporate will pull a fast one and do something like this. Then again, this is really nothing new.....remember "Jack" on CBS-FM. No one saw that coming either.
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I'm reeling from this news too. I feel like I grew up with KISS. I remember back in the day Mary Thomas and the Sat. Master mix, etc. They were a hot station. I would have never seen this coming.
I suppose one could argue there is no money in having 2 urban AC stations....definitely a result of PPM. It is sad but things change.
 
CTListener said:
In other words, radios in retail and office locations aren't often tuned to urban formatted stations, so the crucial "not voluntarily listening" audience that PPM seems designed to measure is lacking? Tell me again why it suddenly doesn't matter to advertisers whether their sales pitches reach an audience that is engaged by the programming of the station it's listening to?
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At work listening has historically been about 1/3 of all listening, with at home and in-car each being a third. In NYC, only a quarter of listening is in car, so we have to adjust the others up a bit.

Most at-work listening is not in offices, since most workplaces are not offices. The locations are loading docks, delivery trucks, repair shops, stockrooms, etc. and as often as not any kind of station can be listened to. Do you think the guys at an auto parts store in Brooklyn are listening to Lite FM?

Advertisers want exposure, and that is one of the reasons they pushed for stations to step up and spend the extra money to give them the PPM.

Two years ago, Arbitron had a workgroup of major agencies and buyers, reps and station group researchers to determine the need, form and feasibility of an engagement metric. It was determined that the time buyers wanted simplicity, not an additional metric and radio stations would not immediately benefit from such a metric. The answer to your question is that no, advertisers who use ratings don't want that measurement.
 
Oh, my God! While they switch the FM station over to ESPN-FM, 1050 AM is going to switch to Spanish Sports! ESPN Deportes is coming to the Big Apple! Who knows how long until it hits Beantown?
 
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