I saw the job posting from KXOJ and I just have to guess that Craig will end up at Cox. I know he has several friends there.
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Is Craig West from KXOJ Headed to Cox?
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now THAT is funny!
Sorry. Just a simple question. Where is he headed? He is very talented and will be missed on the Tulsa Radio dial.
shaneradio said:
I wasn't even aware he was leaving KXOJ. I really don't see him doing anything other than Christian...he's done it for years. So unless Cox plans on bringing Spirit back...
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Sorry- just made me chuckle. He is going to be reunited with Mike Kankelfritz, aka Buster Brown here in Tulsa to do the KLOVE morning show on their network.
Mid-November start
Mid-November start
Excellent news for Craig.
And, now that they have an actual rim-shot stick in Tulsa, he should be able to be heard in most of Tulsa at 103.7.
kxojbob said:
I read about this the other day. I know Craig is too good to say anything about it on KXOJ's air, but I wonder how long it will take listeners to realize they can catch Craig & Kankelfritz on the air in Tulsa again. My understanding is that they'll be based out of Indianapolis.
Yeah. It's irronically perfect timing considering that they just lit 103.7 up again with the new (to Tulsa) format. It'll be interesting to see how the KXOJ guys weather a nationwide non-comm as their new competitor.
OKCRadioGuy said:
My take on it is that KXOJ listeners are fiercely loyal. In other words, they won't turn their knob from 100.9 unless they have a reason to, and I don't think the morning guy moving to another station is a reason. They've fought off bigger competitors before (Love 98 and Spirit 102.3).
While I have no doubt KXOJ will be just fine, it is perhaps worth clarifying that the way it looks from here:
The owner of Love 98 was made a financial offer he just couldn't refuse
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Spirit 102.3 made almost, but not quite, enough money for Cox to keep 'em going.
I know several disgruntled current KXOJ listeners who were Spirit listeners and felt their 102.3 was better. Several people isn't a 6-county survey, but I still suspect they aren't the only ones. At least in the ratings, I think Spirit WAS hurting KXOJ... to the benefit of KRAV.
NightAire said:
Noted. But back to the point at hand, 103.7 is anonymous to the majority of Tulsa listeners. Is it really possible for a satellite-fed rim-shot station to steal enough listeners from a heritage station to make it an issue?
Touche.
I was responding more to the "KXOJ listeners are fiercely loyal."I don't think my seek has recently been stopping on 103.7... so it 100 kw 98.5 and 50 kw 102.3 couldn't take them down... I agree with your assessment.
...I remember a time when 100.9 was considered a rim-shot signal!
It's KOCD Okemah, 72kW at 925 feet. The reason you couldn't find it if you looked at Radio-Locator, for example, is that they applied to remain silent due to an impending sale back in June.
Until KOCD gains R-L status again here's the map showing the 60dBu contour, which touches neither Oklahoma City or Tulsa: http://maps.google.com/?q=http://tr...CD&freq=103.7&contour=60&city=OKEMAH&state=OK
Until KOCD gains R-L status again here's the map showing the 60dBu contour, which touches neither Oklahoma City or Tulsa: http://maps.google.com/?q=http://tr...CD&freq=103.7&contour=60&city=OKEMAH&state=OK
EMF changed the calls when they took over.
Shawnee?
Mad-Dog said:
I think most of the airstaff was voicetracking from home studios. Wasn't KOCD originally licensed to Wilburton or somewhere? And then moved to rim-shot OKC and Tulsa? After moving, they were Smooth Jazz and then moved to a more straight-ahead AC catering to Tulsa (maybe in an attempt to get KBEZ's listeners after they became "Bob FM"). The music wasn't bad, but the talent was not so good. Mainly because everyone sounded horribly voicetracked. They were also Tulsa's home to Broken Arrow football (oddly enough) and were on the Radio Oklahoma Network using KOTV updates (even though they are geographically much closer to OKC).
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