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Going back in time: Before the 2002-now KJR...

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crainbebo

As you know, 95.7 has had some changes over the years. How did everyone think of the following 95.7 formats?

1980s: KLTX (K-Lite) Soft Rock

Mid 90s: Original Oldies 95.7 (with Lost 45s)

2000: KMBX Mix 95.7 (probably a clone of KLSY back in the day)

2001: The Beat 95.7 KBTB (Rhythmic Oldies. Pretty much disco and upbeat oldies.) And does anyone remember the Quick 96 stunt before the Clear Channel KJR Oldies? (10 second snippets of songs)

-crainbebo
 
Ummm...actually 95.7 was KIXI-FM "KIXI Light" from 1980-1986, when it was sold and became KLTX "K-Lite"

Everything else is accurate.......
 
I liked KIXI Light. Bill Norton was PD there, played some songs not normally associated with "soft rock" (although they cut out the hard rock guitar solo in the Kinks "Come Dancing"...ouch!). If I'm not mistaken, this was where I first heard Mark Christopher.
 
Lonely Summer said:
I liked KIXI Light. Bill Norton was PD there, played some songs not normally associated with "soft rock" (although they cut out the hard rock guitar solo in the Kinks "Come Dancing"...ouch!). If I'm not mistaken, this was where I first heard Mark Christopher.
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KIXI Light was a very different, but good, radio station. Certainly not a cookie-cutter AC, more of a locally programmed station that wasn't afraid to dig a little deeper. However, stations that venture off into this territory rarely win. And that was certainly true of KIXI Light. Mark Christopher came in toward the very end of KIXI Light, and the beginning of KLTX. This marked a change to more corporate guided radio on this frequency.
 
KIXI-FM was awesome....for an AC of it's time.

Funny thing was while I do remember them cutting out the guitar bridge of "Come Dancing", they strangely left the guitar bridge in on "Lay Your Hands On Me" Thompson Twins.......
 
What about the Beat about 10 years ago? It had rhythmic oldies, some disco maybe in the mix as well.

-crainbebo
 
crainbebo said:
What about the Beat about 10 years ago? It had rhythmic oldies, some disco maybe in the mix as well.

-crainbebo
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The Beat was Bob Case's attempt to replicate the success of "Jammin' Oldies" when it was the format du jour in the late 1990s. Problem was it was five years too late and it had the wrong PD for the job. As a result it was VERY unlistenable and (thankfully) died a quick death in '02. .
 
I remember when it was Mix. It was a hot AC and it was great. Bon Jovi, Vertical Horizon, Marc Anthony, J Lo, pretty decent time for Hot AC the early 200's. Plus Heidi May was rockin' it then too!
 
KMBX probably failed from KPLZ, KLSY and KRWM fighting out KMBX at the time, then switching to the Beat.

-crainbebo
 
Bongwater said:
KIXI-FM was awesome....for an AC of it's time.

Funny thing was while I do remember them cutting out the guitar bridge of "Come Dancing", they strangely left the guitar bridge in on "Lay Your Hands On Me" Thompson Twins.......
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I remember that also. They did make some odd choices from time to time, but overall, it was a very enjoyable station, played a lot of stuff that didn't get much play elsewhere - and of course that probably lead to its demise.
 
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