Houston Needs More Urbans and Steve Harvey

[JayDee3]

Found an interesting post on why there should be more urban stations in Houston http://www.urbanradionation.com/2012/01/houston-we-have-problem-lets-talk-radio.html

 

[ChuckTiller]

What I find interesting is there is no mention of 1360 KWWJ and 1430 KCOH. These are stations that certainly deserve recognition. KCOH is a local urban talk/music station. KWWJ is a black gospel formatted station.

 

[Mediafrog+]

What I find interesting is there is no mention of 1360 KWWJ and 1430 KCOH. These are stations that certainly deserve recognition. KCOH is a local urban talk/music station. KWWJ is a black gospel formatted station.

The article's author is thinking in terms of music formats. KCOH is an old-school mish-mash of talk shows and block music programming, whose audience I suspect skews to extremely old demographics who have listened to the station for decades out of habit. KWWJ is endless preachers, preachers, preachers, yet more preachers, still more preachers, preachers, preachers...yawn. Had the sale of KCOH to Paraclete Ministries gone through a couple of years ago, both stations would now be pretty much the same.

And both 1360 and 1430 have inadequate nighttime signals that only cover part of the market. And they are on the mostly irrelevant AM band.

I can see the argument for fresh competitors for KMJQ and KBXX, but who? Nobody wants to take on those ratings monsters, the same way nobody wants to challenge KODA.

 

[Mediafrog+]

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[Mediafrog+]

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[LibertyNT]

I'd still venture to say that Houston is in more Desperate need of a Classic Hits Station.

 

[sdh483]

I'd still venture to say that Houston is in more Desperate need of a Classic Hits Station.

Although my heart goes out to the writer of the article, I have to agree with your statment. I wish 107.5 reverted back to their prior format before classic rock and K-Hits.

 

[DJboutit3]

Houston needs a classic Rap Hiphop R&B station that plays music mostly from 1988 to 2002 also with few tracks other yrs to none of this new skool crap

 

[mr.ric]

Found an interesting post on why there should be more urban stations in Houston http://www.urbanradionation.com/2012/01/houston-we-have-problem-lets-talk-radio.html

I have been saying this for years, except people here just look at me crazy. I'm glad this article was more clear and precise on the problem, that way people would get a better understanding.

 

[willdav713]

Houston needs a Urban Oldies station. The last one that came close to Urban Oldies somewhat died on July 4, 2001. Maybe on 96.5. Cox won't do it unless the sell 97.1 in a fire sale.

 

[kilamanjero]

Found an interesting post on why there should be more urban stations in Houston http://www.urbanradionation.com/2012/01/houston-we-have-problem-lets-talk-radio.html

I have been saying this for years, except people here just look at me crazy. I'm glad this article was more clear and precise on the problem, that way people would get a better understanding.

It's clear as day, that Houston's urban music audience is very underserved considering it is one of the largest urban music-producing cities and markets with a substantial black population outside Atlanta. CBS KNOWS they could give Radio One a run for its money here as it has in DC, Atlanta, and Charlotte. After an initial glance at RO properties in these places, it is clear CBS has consistently forced these stations to be very proactive in their programming techniques. Both of the Box and Majic has become ultra-complacent, and the Box has intentionally neglected local artists; whereas, CBS urbans tend to be more inclusive of local artists and regional genres into their programming and mixshows. CBS could easily do this with one full-service urban format with healthy amount of throwbacks programmed into its playlist to chip away at 25-34 year olds from Majic while taking down the Box. They ought to dump the consistently low-rated (and cannibalizing), KHMX, which would allow KKHH to drop its rhythmic-lean and go back towards its original Mainstream/CHR programming while freeing up a frequency so there could be a serious challenge both KMJQ and KBXX.

On Steve Harvey, that show is over-hyped and unnecessary, so Houstonians ought be grateful to not have to listen to that mess. Houston is better off with another urban-format local morning show in the morning, but caters to the professional 25-35 year old crowd moreso than the 12-24 year old crowd the Box tends to patronize.

 

[mr.ric]

Found an interesting post on why there should be more urban stations in Houston http://www.urbanradionation.com/2012/01/houston-we-have-problem-lets-talk-radio.html

I have been saying this for years, except people here just look at me crazy. I'm glad this article was more clear and precise on the problem, that way people would get a better understanding.

It's clear as day, that Houston's urban music audience is very underserved considering it is one of the largest urban music-producing cities and markets with a substantial black population outside Atlanta. CBS KNOWS they could give Radio One a run for its money here as it has in DC, Atlanta, and Charlotte. After an initial glance at RO properties in these places, it is clear CBS has consistently forced these stations to be very proactive in their programming techniques. Both of the Box and Majic has become ultra-complacent, and the Box has intentionally neglected local artists; whereas, CBS urbans tend to be more inclusive of local artists and regional genres into their programming and mixshows. CBS could easily do this with one full-service urban format with healthy amount of throwbacks programmed into its playlist to chip away at 25-34 year olds from Majic while taking down the Box. They ought to dump the consistently low-rated (and cannibalizing), KHMX, which would allow KKHH to drop its rhythmic-lean and go back towards its original Mainstream/CHR programming while freeing up a frequency so there could be a serious challenge both KMJQ and KBXX.

On Steve Harvey, that show is over-hyped and unnecessary, so Houstonians ought be grateful to not have to listen to that mess. Houston is better off with another urban-format local morning show in the morning, but caters to the professional 25-35 year old crowd moreso than the 12-24 year old crowd the Box tends to patronize.

Or, instead of dumping KHMX completely, what CBS could do is merge the current format on KKHH with KHMX over on 96.5, then just tweak KKHH over to mainstream Urban as the "new sound" of Hot 95-7. That way, CBS could have a straight competitor to KBXX and KRBE with the other station.

And on Steve Harvey, yeah... no.

 

[jayxs]

I'm all for a classic urban format. How about 102 Jamz HD2? Not that I expect them to move the gospel format to facilitate this. If KIKK can come back, why not Jamz?

 

[DJboutit3]

Class Rap Hiphop on a HD channel would be a waste

I think these frequencies would be best for this format 96.5 100.7 105.7 or 106.9 107.5 which ever Eagle moves permanently then the other would be open

 

[rageradio]

Frequency has nothing to do with it. Its a matter of who (Cox, CBS, Crap Channel) wants to maintain that kind of format and its profitability. 100.7 is a rim shot signal. No format has any real fighting chance of! success on one of those.

 

[ksradiogeek]

Found an interesting post on why there should be more urban stations in Houston http://www.urbanradionation.com/2012/01/houston-we-have-problem-lets-talk-radio.html

I have been saying this for years, except people here just look at me crazy. I'm glad this article was more clear and precise on the problem, that way people would get a better understanding.

It's clear as day, that Houston's urban music audience is very underserved considering it is one of the largest urban music-producing cities and markets with a substantial black population outside Atlanta. CBS KNOWS they could give Radio One a run for its money here as it has in DC, Atlanta, and Charlotte. After an initial glance at RO properties in these places, it is clear CBS has consistently forced these stations to be very proactive in their programming techniques. Both of the Box and Majic has become ultra-complacent, and the Box has intentionally neglected local artists; whereas, CBS urbans tend to be more inclusive of local artists and regional genres into their programming and mixshows. CBS could easily do this with one full-service urban format with healthy amount of throwbacks programmed into its playlist to chip away at 25-34 year olds from Majic while taking down the Box. They ought to dump the consistently low-rated (and cannibalizing), KHMX, which would allow KKHH to drop its rhythmic-lean and go back towards its original Mainstream/CHR programming while freeing up a frequency so there could be a serious challenge both KMJQ and KBXX.

On Steve Harvey, that show is over-hyped and unnecessary, so Houstonians ought be grateful to not have to listen to that mess. Houston is better off with another urban-format local morning show in the morning, but caters to the professional 25-35 year old crowd moreso than the 12-24 year old crowd the Box tends to patronize.

Or, instead of dumping KHMX completely, what CBS could do is merge the current format on KKHH with KHMX over on 96.5, then just tweak KKHH over to mainstream Urban as the "new sound" of Hot 95-7. That way, CBS could have a straight competitor to KBXX and KRBE with the other station.

And on Steve Harvey, yeah... no.

I agree. Merge Mix and Hot (DUMP Kidd Kraddick, that d-bag should have NEVER been on H-Town radio in the first place) musically (and carry most of Hot's airstaff over, like PK, Sarah and Ivan), and put Urban on 95.7. And yes, CBS does tend to add in local artists on their urbans. That would be great for a city like Houston. I really am surprised Houston doesn't have a second hip-hop station.