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Houston Will Soon Be "Point"-less...

It's not so much about it being interesting as it is about entertaining. I don't hear any station creating any excitement. One of these days, the 'suits' will get it and swing that pendulum back to entertaining the audience through talented personalities, and expanded playlists.
 
finally..something exciting to look forward to. still no ticking clock, hammering noises.
how much longer? waiting until the Christmas? 1/1/11? ::)
 
Maybe "The Hook 106.9", the top 100 hits, only the hooks, back to back to back, playing more songs per hour than any other station. 10 second news and 5 second traffic and weather for the busy Houstonian. The Hook, 106.9 for listeners who don't have the time. And for electro-shock therapy listeners. A new radio format from the creators of Spud, the only beer brewed with potatoes for those who can't tell the difference. Void where prohibited (Idaho and 49 other states).
 
Whoa... i come back from vacation in NY and this is on the Houston forum??

So this is serious this time huh?? I think we're either looking at either Sports, Alternative, or Adult-Leaning Urban format, similar to Atlanta's V103.

Im leaning more towards the Urban though. The Box badly needs some competition, still.
 
Mr ric. I 100% agree. I was looking at the ratings on here. Can't believe the numbers are so high considering the programming on it. The when I think about it... if you listen to this format at all what other options do you have??? Translation they win by default! As does majic 102.1 has been for years. so I agree.

Bring a fresh urban in here!
 
Let's see...

They have country, classic country and classic hits here. In most of their markets where they have multiple stations, they seem to set things up to sell in combo, either by owning variations on a format from cradle to grave like 92.9 and 97.1, or by owning demos like men and women 25-54 in basically the same socio-econonomic group by pairing combos like hot AC and classic rock.

Since they have already set up the birth to death thing with country here, I think they'll do something rock oriented and younger leaning with 106.9. Active rock would allow them to pull from both The Buzz and The Arrow.

Cox has been known to put formats on lesser signals that were designed to take just enough shares away from a dominant station in a demo to make one of their other stations seem more attractive to agencies. Active rock would give them a vehicle to achieve several different goals. It just fits. The Eagle is the softer side of classic rock. Pairing it up with an active rock would give them a better shot at financial success by shaving Clear Channel's Buzz / Arrow combo.
 
Box really needs some comp since Hot is not a full urban station it is really no comp for them. I would like to see rap hiphop r&b 2002 & older stuff like I stated before
 
It wouldn't be unheard of for Cox to operate multiple rock stations at the same time. In one of the Florida markets (Jacksonville, I believe), they run three.
 
Go to internic and have a look at

1069thebeat.com
1069bobfm.com
1069theref.com
1069theriver.com
 
ToiletClown said:
Go to internic and have a look at

1069thebeat.com
1069bobfm.com
1069theref.com
1069theriver.com

Hard to sell The Beat in combo with classic rock and Geritol country.

Bob eats into The Eagle.

The Ref? Who are they kidding?

The River? That could be anything.

I'd still bet on the original URL.
 
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