So this 95.3 must be Fort Worth only. I wonder is it coming coming in clear when you head East.
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iHeart Buys Two in D/FW...
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I'm going to check it out in my car when I head to work Monday night.
Haha! I live in Ft. Worth and work in North Richland Hills.
I meant to say downtown Ft. Worth as the two pretty much bump into each other.
I last lived in the area almost a quarter century ago, but I lived in Ft. Worth near Hulen and Vickery and worked in Arlington at Park Row and Bowen. I was planning to come back, but, when I graduated college a year later, I was offered a much better job in Kansas than anything I was offered in Texas.
I last lived in the area almost a quarter century ago, but I lived in Ft. Worth near Hulen and Vickery and worked in Arlington at Park Row and Bowen. I was planning to come back, but, when I graduated college a year later, I was offered a much better job in Kansas than anything I was offered in Texas.
Although call letters have become rather irrelevant in a PPM world, I would think iHeart might give up the KHVN call if someone was willing to toss some money their way.
Call letters are as relevant as the use made of them. In a diary market, very few call letter mentions are made unless the station still identifies by its call letters; most stations don't. Stations that use names rather than call letters are written in diaries by the name or the dial position. Stations that use call letters are just as often written in by the frequency if they are listened to off the air.
So, truly, the calls are only relevant if the station uses them as as the primary identity. But whether a station uses call letters or a name, using them often is critical to establishing an identity so that listeners can / will return to that station in the future.
It appears that KGGR is building a website on the old KHVN website:
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Wonder how many black listeners of 95.3 will like the TX country from KHYI LOL.
Now that the dust has settled, my question is, who is going to fill the void left by KHVN? KGGR only play 6 to 7 hours of music in a day. The rest of the time is preaching and teaching. Not to mention, they are only a day timer.
Unfortunately it looks like no one will pick up that mantle. I don't think Service or Radio One will take the lead on an HD channel. There are no full power FM sticks available that justify 24-7 gospel format.
Isn't it sad that the home of Kirk Franklin, Marvin Sapp, TD Jakes, and several other Gospel well-knowns have no real Gospel station in the market?
Yes its sad, but unfortunately the format has aged out....just like smooth jazz. The way to consume new music is not OTA radio anymore and having the Roni around does not help things either.
A big chance for Gospel on AM was missed 20 years ago with the never-launched "Joy 1190" KJOI which was owned briefly by Radio One. I don't recall the specific reasons for the format never getting on the air, but I think it had to do with all the consolidation and station sales that were going on at the time.
1190 would have been a good place for the format...solid market coverage during the day. Decent night signal confined to Dallas County, but still would have hit a large part of the target demo.
Radio One tried Urban Gospel on FM with KROI in Houston from 2006 to 2011. While the presentation was good and the 6+ numbers respectable, the audience was way too old, and hard to sell to advertisers.
Another company, I can't remember who launched Joy 104.9. It was a great sounding station.....When you could hear it. It was strong in the middle of Dallas County but in the suburbs....not so much.
I don't think KROI in Houston will ever be successful. My friend in Houston and my niece who lived in Houston, both said that 92.1 signal is horrible.
IHeart has success with 95.7 Hallelujah FM in Memphis, and 95.5 Hallelujah FM in Jackson. I believe Praise 102.5 in Atlanta is doing pretty well for Radio One.
The market is over 7.1 million, the 92.1 60 dbu hits only 4 million. On the other hand, 4 million is more than all but the top 12 or 13 US radio markets have... so in a niche format the station could perform well. It would be a good K-Love, for example.
I believe Joy 104.9 was, at least for a time, a sister or cousin of KLTY. Mark Rodriguez's brother, Tony, owned it.
When he fired the old KTCY back up, it ran for several months as all-Beatles “Fab 105.”
I just remember listening to it with my wife in our vehicle.
I had completely forgotten about Joy 104.9 (that was 20 years ago) though I do remember the all-Beatles "Fab 105" incarnation. IIRC the signal was a Class C2 back then, and was later upgraded to a C1 and then a C0. Most of the other northern rimshots are full Class C.
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