If Cumulus ends up with Citadel....

[Triple Fake Jerry]

Isn't the i93 tower in the mid cities somewhere (Haltom City IIRC) ???That gives the Ticket and FM saignal, doesn't give them better coverage where they lack (Plano, Mckinney area)

The i93 (KLIF-FM) tower is off Singleton near loop 12. Oddly enough, it's not far from the 1190 (longtime known as KLIF) 4-tower day site.

Originally 93.3 was situated in Tarrant County, closer to their community of license, Halton City.

In any event, your point stands that i93 is spotty throughout much of Collin County.

104.1 comes in fine in McKinney, a little weaker in Plano but still listenable. I can get 104.1 all the way to just outside of Greenville driving east on 380.

93.3 is weak in Collin County and the farther north you go, you get interference from 93.1 out of Denison.

 

[TheBigA]

They will want to free up a big 100,000 watt stick for another format.

Like what? Triple A? They're making more money with country.

You don't blow up a heritage station just because of format duplication. Even Clear Channel understands that.

 

[Gopher]

93.3 is useless in most of Grayson, Fannin and Cook and parts of Collin county. Lots of listeners in those areas and 104.1 and 1700 serve them well. You are going to have to go 96.3 or 99.5 and 1310 to keep the coverage you have now.

Trust me, lots of P1's in Big Sky Country.

 

[Kent]

93.3 is useless in most of Grayson, Fannin and Cook and parts of Collin county. Lots of listeners in those areas and 104.1 and 1700 serve them well. You are going to have to go 96.3 or 99.5 and 1310 to keep the coverage you have now.

Of the counties you mentioned, only Collin is part of the DFW MSA. They're not going to get rid of a station that's making money just so they can hit three fringe counties that they don't even sell. Not even Cumulus is that stupid. Of course, that assumes this deal happens in the first place, which it may or may not.

 

[LibertyNT]

I've fancied the thought of Buying KKLF 1700 myself.
put some awesome rock & roll oldies. Call it the Mighty 1700 KKLF
(since it kinda sounds like KLIF, which it originally simulcasted before 1310's towers got blown down)

Of course it has little Dallas and nearly no Clear Ft. Worth Coverage Day or Night,
it would probably just be a Collin County Station like KLAK.

 

[amisdead]

I've fancied the thought of Buying KKLF 1700 myself.

How much have you saved up? Cumulus probably expects 3-5 million for 1700. Hope you have at least 10% saved up and investment banker friends in high places.

 

[metroneck]

The problem with combining kscs and wolf, is country format is do for a rebound in next decade, just as kiss and i93 are in vouge today. Owning the two country powerhouses in a country music boom is priceless. Anyone remeber what happened after the Urban Cowboy and Dallas got rolling..

 

[UncleCharlie]

Bennetts attempt on 101.1

@trying2getn

I don't recall Bennetts attempt on 101.1.

When did Bennett try to by 101.1 from the city? What was the price? Why did he fail?

Stay Hard.

 

[salemjedi54]

Re: Bennetts attempt on 101.1

@trying2getn

I don't recall Bennetts attempt on 101.1.

When did Bennett try to by 101.1 from the city? What was the price? Why did he fail?

Stay Hard.

It was 5 to 8 years ago. It was a combined plan with Susquhehanna and Service Broadcasting. Susqhuehanna would get 101.1 for The Bone. Service would get 93.3 for KRNB and then WRR would be put on 105.7. Both companies were to pay the City of Dallas about 50-75 million to get WRR. It failed because the Friends of WRR said NO.

 

[bucwhyl]

Service would have gotten screwed on that deal.

 

[charles123]

Service would have gotten screwed on that deal.

Talk about stupidity

 

[MikeShannon914]

http://www.dallasobserver.com/content/printVersion/281722/

That will explain some of it. I won't get into the politics of this, as I'll surely anger some Friends of Michael Spears (some of whom are friends of mine) that stood to benefit from that proposal.

 

[davideduardo]

The problem with combining kscs and wolf, is country format is do for a rebound in next decade, just as kiss and i93 are in vouge today. Owning the two country powerhouses in a country music boom is priceless. Anyone remeber what happened after the Urban Cowboy and Dallas got rolling..

And if that unlikely thing happened, any station with low ratings can convert to country. There is no exclusivity inherent in having today's two country stations because any station can join the party if it looks profitable.

 

[Nightpattern]

The problem with combining kscs and wolf, is country format is do for a rebound in next decade, just as kiss and i93 are in vouge today. Owning the two country powerhouses in a country music boom is priceless. Anyone remeber what happened after the Urban Cowboy and Dallas got rolling..

And if that unlikely thing happened, any station with low ratings can convert to country. There is no exclusivity inherent in having today's two country stations because any station can join the party if it looks profitable.

Why is a Country resurgence so unlikely? It happened as recently as 2009 with the emergence of Taylor Swift. Secondly, why wouldn't it be very beneficial to own the market's two heritage format signals? Just because someone can sign on and play Country music doesn't guarantee them any real piece of the pie. Witness KFWR and KHYI.

 

[metroneck]

KFWR is a mineral wells station trying to get attention in cowtown. The signal doesn't even register in Dallas County.

 

[OHTBGH]

If Cumulus end sup with Citadel I hope two things will happen:

1) Cumulus stock will be VERY VERY profitable.

2) Friad Suleman is kicked off the board and sent packing to Pago Pago to run a Catholic AM station.

Perferably one with really low wattage so it doesn't reach New Zeland and start and International incident! ;D

-BGH

 

[texasstooge]

Had Citadel Broadcasting taken up Cumulus Media's offer(s), here's what I think would happen (far as stations are concerned):

1. Consolidate 96.3 with 99.5 (move callsign KSCS to that frequency) while keeping "The Wolf" branding. Change its HD-2 signal to "The Texas Twister".

2. Move i93 from 93.3 to 96.3 (changing it to i96) for better coverage. Change the callsign of that station to KPLX. Change that frequencie's HD-2 signal with Citadel Media's new "Classic Hip-Hop and R&B Format".

3. Simulcast "1310 The Ticket" to 93.3 (changing the callsign to KTCK-FM) for better coverage. Add the "24/7 Comedy Radio" format to its HD-2 signal.

4. Keep WBAP-AM on 820, however reinstate the "Platinum 96.7" format (using "The True Oldies Channel" satellite feed), add "Timeless Cool" to its HD-2 signal, and simulcast WBAP 820 on its HD-3 channel.

5. Sell KLIF 570 AM and KTDK 104.1 FM to Clear Channel. Change the callsign of 104.1 to KLIF-FM and simulcast KLIF-AM from there and add another simulcast to KDMX 102.9 HD-3.

6. Sell KKLF 1700 to an independent company such as M&M Broadcasters and slightly tweak the News/Talk format to a localized version for the Northeastern portion of North Texas and change the callsign to KRCT.
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I know some of what I listed won't happen in a million years, but just use your imagination.

 

[BBontheRadio]

Say NO to drugs.

 

[Junkie101]

The problem with combining kscs and wolf, is country format is do for a rebound in next decade, just as kiss and i93 are in vouge today. Owning the two country powerhouses in a country music boom is priceless. Anyone remeber what happened after the Urban Cowboy and Dallas got rolling..

And if that unlikely thing happened, any station with low ratings can convert to country. There is no exclusivity inherent in having today's two country stations because any station can join the party if it looks profitable.

Any station can become profitable including country in DFW if they differentiate themselves significantly from their competition. Both WOLF and KSCS have made more money than most other formats for decades, and country has been and remains a viable deliverer of quality sale-able ratings. Trouble is today that KSCS and WOLF are both dismally old musically, despite the promos, and country's old music IMO dates itself in eras differently that pop music. Somebody that gets into that game, and creates and delivers an energetic current station, in and away from the music can carve out some share points. Both stations now mix todays music with far too old generations.

 

[amisdead]

That's a nice dream, but isn't that an awful lot of effort for the HD channels no one really listens to and that make no money?

Also, Clear Channel is at the cap for FM properties so buying 104.1 is not even a possibility. They could buy 570, but why would Cumulus sell it?

Also, as someone else mentioned earlier in the thread, Dallas-Fort Worth is a two country station market. Even with decent competition from KSCS, KPLX is still the highest cuming country station in the nation (for you playing at home, that means more ears listen to 99.5 than any other country station anywhere). Country works well here. If Cumulus merged the two stations into one, Clear Channel or CBS would just launch another country station. That would be very low hanging fruit.