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BigBird

I am new to the Dallas market, and have been reading the board regarding Dallas radio with great interest.

After all of the input regarding KAAM, a lot of positive and a lot of negative, I decided to pay some attention to it. I agree that they are not the true standards format that they proclaim, however, I did find it to present a great mix of oldies and standards, which seems to make it a nice fit to include the 60's and 70's generation that enjoy the softer side of top 40 music.

For an AM station, the daytime signal sounds very respectful. I travel a lot, and had no problem listening everywhere between Austin and OKC and west to Abilene. I think this format could hit a home run in the Dallas market on FM!

I enjoyed the personalities for the most part. The gentleman on Saturday nights may not be the most polished jock, but he seems to have a good following. I say that we should kick back, relax, and enjoy the show. All of the listener requests that are played live is certainly a testimony to how many are listening.

The female voices are OK.

The weekday personalities (McCoy, Davis, and Brinkman) are a nice fit for the format. I heard Bob Hood one night, evidently filling in for one of the females, and that was a refreshing change. He brought some life to KAAM's evening hours. I like what he does on Sunday mornings when he has music, but the infomercials are ridiculous.

Sunday evenings ... oh well. Frank, Frank, and more Frank. Can someone please get a life!

Anyway, that is this former jocks take on KAAM. I am glad they are here.
 
I'm one of KAAM's younger fans (under 50) and have been a listener since 1990, when they were still at 1310. I don't like the pacing of this station (770). When they were at 1310, the pacing was much faster, songs were played back to back without much talk in between, the mix of songs was super. I don't want a strict standards format--what I want is an oldies format that covers classic American pop music (i.e. Sinatra, Cole, etc.), but also leaves room for classic pop music, no matter the genre (Beatles, Patsy Cline, Andre Previn). I guess you could say it would be a "classy Jack." Right now, I only listen to Chuck Brinkman's show in the afternoons--he gets it right. The other guys are slow and boring to me. I liked Jack Bishop when he was on, as well, as he made his show personal (you thought he was sitting across the room talking to you). At Christmas time, at least KAAM has the best holiday music. KVIL's makes me :p
 
I think you have hit the format bang on tgibs, and I think KAAM has a pretty good mix of that format. I agree that Jack Bishop was a great fit. Brinkman is a pro, and it shows. Would like to hear more of the weekend guy and less infomercials, but I guess they have to pay the bills somehow.
 
BigBird said:
I am new to the Dallas market, and have been reading the board regarding Dallas radio with great interest.


For an AM station, the daytime signal sounds very respectful. I travel a lot, and had no problem listening everywhere between Austin and OKC and west to Abilene. I think this format could hit a home run in the Dallas market on FM!
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I used to listen a lot more before they wrecked their audio for IBOC. They had a solid C-Quam stereo signal out to about Crosbyton, where the Albuquerque 770 was really beginning to interfere. And I've gotten them on the Northwest side of Houston, although it takes a loop antenna to boost them. And something is interfering with them down there, too. I tried in Galveston and something else is on the frequency there.

It is certainly annoying that they are following the rest of the lemmings down this IBOC debacle - we HAD a good sounding AM standard - AMAX and if the FCC had mandated it the way they forced the issue with decoders for the deaf on TV, we wouldn't BE in the mess we are in today with a system that can never work at night.
 
rbrucecarter5 said:
And I've gotten them on the Northwest side of Houston, although it takes a loop antenna to boost them. And something is interfering with them down there, too.
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I can hear KAAM during the day at my northwest Harris County location without co-channel interference, but the signal is weak. Gets a lot better as you head west along I-10, going into the main lobe of the daytime signal.
I tried in Galveston and something else is on the frequency there.
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You may be getting some co-channel interference from KJCB in Lafayette, Louisiana which could propagate very well along the Gulf coast. There is also a 10 watt TIS station in San Jacinto State Park (33 miles from Galveston) that could be the culprit, although I am not sure it is currently on the air.
 
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