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It appears Cox is dropping "X" 106.7

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saradio1

Homepage & Facebook suggest X106-7 has gone with just 106.7.

Anyone believe 99.5 tweaks their format soon to new Rock and/or Alternative? Perhaps, a Labor Day Weekend tweak. Thus, leaving 106.7 to cater to the upper demos?
 
That was a tad misleading...

Thought you meant they were dropping the format altogether, but you meant just the "X" brand.

If Houston is any indication, history says that Cox will slowly but surely morph 106-7 into what K-Zep was prior to the flip. That's what's basically happened here, with the Eagle dropping the "Classic Hits" imagining for "Houston's only classic rock station", which is what The Arrow used prior to the flip, and the musical presentation has mostly mirrored what The Arrow was spinning during its run with the format.

Perhaps KTKX becomes "106-7 The Eagle"? Seems to be pretty standard fare for Cox classic rockers to be named The Eagle.

I'll play along with the idea for KISS. Maybe Cox is dropping the association of the X brand on 106-7 so they can introduce it to the market again, down the road, on KISS as an alternative station named "X 99-5". Sure doesn't seem likely both 99-5 & 106-7 will remain status quo given the departure of the main competition of K-Zep from a full powered signal.
 
purpledevil said:
That was a tad misleading...

Thought you meant they were dropping the format altogether, but you meant just the "X" brand.

If Houston is any indication, history says that Cox will slowly but surely morph 106-7 into what K-Zep was prior to the flip. That's what's basically happened here, with the Eagle dropping the "Classic Hits" imagining for "Houston's only classic rock station", which is what The Arrow used prior to the flip, and the musical presentation has mostly mirrored what The Arrow was spinning during its run with the format.

Perhaps KTKX becomes "106-7 The Eagle"? Seems to be pretty standard fare for Cox classic rockers to be named The Eagle.

I'll play along with the idea for KISS. Maybe Cox is dropping the association of the X brand on 106-7 so they can introduce it to the market again, down the road, on KISS as an alternative station named "X 99-5". Sure doesn't seem likely both 99-5 & 106-7 will remain status quo given the departure of the main competition of K-Zep from a full powered signal.
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That's a good idea for 106.7 to be called "The Eagle"

I had suggested that "X" moves to 99.5 as an alternative station on the KZEP board because there is no need for two classic rockers to be under the same roof. One of them needs to play newer rock and I'm sure at this point 106.7 is still gonna keep the classic rock format. Hopefully 99.5 will be able to bring in new rock or alternative to SA soon.
 
saradio1 said:
Homepage & Facebook suggest X106-7 has gone with just 106-7.
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Same with the on-air presentation, since this hasn't been mentioned before. It's now no longer X, I can pretty much confirm it. Interesting.
 
saradio1 said:
It's official- 106.7 is now 106.7 The Eagle.

Next, X-99.5? One can only hope.

www.eaglesanantonio.com
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God I hope too. Saw KISS's playlist and I hate it! Too much of the same bands/songs no one cares about. Like I said, it's 2014! Not 2004!

Looking at X107.1/Atlanta, X107.3/Orlando, 97X/Tampa Bay, and X102.9/Jacksonville, the playlist seems up to date with a nice blend of 90's and 2k rock/alternative. If Kiss wants to play bands like Slipknot, Disturbed, Linkin Park, Mudvayne, and Breaking Benjamin, at least throw in Five Finger Death Punch, Volbeat, and The Pretty Reckless in there. If not, X-99.5 sounds pretty good to me.
 
Yeah, I figured the same Frog. I listened online for awhile, seems like it's a little more "hair band" focused than ours is. Still, when you're the only game in town, you can play pretty much what you want.

I like what our Eagle has become, but it's still a little strange to not have two-fer Tuesdays in this town.

It's really nice when your only competition is a small community college radio station, or in San Antonio's case, a translator. Just watch how KTKX starts to climb over the next few measurements. Fortunately, they only need 1 facility to do it in San Antonio.
 
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