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KAMY?
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It was probably KAMX on 1520 - a daytime only small-signal station owned at the time by the Agnew brothers in conjunction with 107.9 KFMG. KAMX had a short period of heroic success as a top-40 station from 1979 to about 1981 or 1982 with a heroically small playlist of only about 30 songs. Very good radio, actually! The station later played an AOR format for a while and was called 15 rock, then for about 15 years simulcast whatever was on 107.9 through several owners, with a short diversion along the way into the Radio Disney format. The license was finally purchased in 1999 by Don Davis who moved it to 1550 to increase power and add nighttime operation. The station is now KKJY.
Yes, it was great radio. Frank Felix worked with Agnew and put the same format on 690 XETRA for southern california. It garnered fantastic ratings forcing 1360 to drop top 40 for all-news and actually beating then top 40 KFI in Los Angeles. They doubled the numbers for 590 in San Bernardino.
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AZJerry
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Kent, ABQRadio, Jon Bruce...I'll be showing my age I suppose with some pre-KAMX history of 1520
in Albuquerque...if memory serves me right, back in the mid-to-late 60's the calls were KHIP-1520...with a country format (daytime only)...don't know who owned it then, but they had their studios on
San Pedro, north of Central...in a small strip center. They were trying to compete with 1450-KRZY
(the country leader then). of course with the time difference and the 50,000 Blow torch KOMA-1520 (Oklahoma City) going directional west in the late afternoon, they could barely be heard during the last couple of hours of afternoon broadcasting before signoff
The jocks could hear KOMA's signal in their headset It's good that frequency isn't available in Albuquerque anymore.
in Albuquerque...if memory serves me right, back in the mid-to-late 60's the calls were KHIP-1520...with a country format (daytime only)...don't know who owned it then, but they had their studios on
San Pedro, north of Central...in a small strip center. They were trying to compete with 1450-KRZY
(the country leader then). of course with the time difference and the 50,000 Blow torch KOMA-1520 (Oklahoma City) going directional west in the late afternoon, they could barely be heard during the last couple of hours of afternoon broadcasting before signoff
The jocks could hear KOMA's signal in their headset It's good that frequency isn't available in Albuquerque anymore.Thanks for the information! I suspect Casey probably did mean KAMX when he announced that new affiliate in '82. I know my parents, having lived in Oklahoma for a substantial part of their lives, listened to KOMA at night in Albuquerque. My father mentioned there was a Spanish station he'd hear when he headed to work in the morning. That, of course, was because he left the radio on 1520 after pulling into the driveway. I agree that it's a good thing that frequency isn't being used in Albuquerque. Someone else told me one of the jocks on the station when it was either top-40 or rock was playing a listener request and announced it with, "Here it is, if you can hear me over KOMA!"
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AZJerry
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Kent...thanks for the "if you can hear me over KOMA..." info. Great line! ...and oh so true!
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