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This looks like a play to grab disaffected listeners from K-FOG.
Pretty interesting that two stations with such similar names were allowed to co-exist in the pre-PPM ratings environment. Did one send a C&D letter to the other at any point?
I hope K-FOX's changes don't mean that The Bone's playlist will start to skew even older than it does now. Bone needs to play more rock from the 90's and 2K's, not less.
Pretty interesting that two stations with such similar names were allowed to co-exist in the pre-PPM ratings environment. Did one send a C&D letter to the other at any point?
I hope K-FOX's changes don't mean that The Bone's playlist will start to skew even older than it does now. Bone needs to play more rock from the 90's and 2K's, not less.
MarkW said:
The irony is the GM of KFOG who sent the C & D to KFOX is now the GM at KFOX. He probably made the decision to hire Big Rick, Webster and Annalisa as well as the production director away from KFOG.
emprex said:
K-FOX is clearly intending to lean more "Classic Hits" than "Classic Rock" -- they're also playing "I Just Died in Your Arms" by Cutting Crew and stuff by America -- making for some trainwreck segues so far. I don't see why they're shifting, they've been beating The Bone pretty consistently of late. "Disaffected Fogheads" may indeed follow Annalisa to K-FOX, since KFOG's morning show is pretty dull, but Fogheads want more than hearing "Margaritaville" multiple times a week. And they can get that from Oldies 103.7 too.
MarkW said:
If I'm not mistaken, the call letters and branding for both stations existed before they competed against each other. KFOG has been playing rock since the early 80s (IIRC), and the same call letters attached to the previous format on 104.5 - Beautiful Music. Both corporatations probably decided there was value in keeping an established identity.
Besides, despite their alphabetical similarity, the words "fog" and "fox" have different meanings...obviously.
landtuna said:
I can think of a couple of other examples along those lines - LA had a Beautiful Music station in the 70s called "The Coast" (KOST) with a bird logo (seagull, maybe), and lots of branding references to the ocean, waves, and the beach. The KOST call letters are still in use there...for a soft rock format, I think.
Another example is in NYC - the famous "Seventy-seven, W-A-B-C" jingle from their Top 40 days, which used the tune from the song "I'll Take Manhattan." From what I've read, ABC actually paid royalties to the composer so they could use the tune.
TomJF said:landtuna said:
I still can't get my head around KSAN as a country station, and that's been over with for fifteen years.
Same thing happened to me one day in 1983 (I think) when making a biz trip to the Bay Area I jumped into my rental car and flipped on 93.3 expecting KYA RnR and Country music came out!!!
ARGH!!!!!!!!
Yeah, the KSAN rock to country transition was traumatic for me back in 1980. Parked my car in the morning after commuting listening to rock. Got back in the car after work, turned the key, and...country!!
(Hasten to add that I like a lot of country music...just don't like a great radio station converting its format.)
(Hasten to add that I like a lot of country music...just don't like a great radio station converting its format.)
I would wager that, Greg Kihn would not give a hairy rat's A** about the KUFX call letters being moved to 102.1 in San Francisco. He could care less about anything dealing with KFOX. He is only focusing on finding employment in this new era of Radio. For many of us, we'll get up in the morning go to our jobs. But poor Greg will be out there humping and schelping his on-air demo reel and resume hoping to find some work as a morning on-air personality.
1069_KIFR said:
I'm guessing he's got quite a bit of coin in the bank, unlike a lot of guys his age who get unexpectedly laid off. He's a musician with a back catalog -- they're called "residuals".
emprex said:
uh, that page also says Greg Kihn hosts the morning show so clearly it hasn't been updated yet.
Lucky for them, there probably won't be a hockey season -- having to run the Sharks every other nite for 6 months would be a hindrance when you're trying to broaden your audience and attract more women.
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