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KBAY Flips to Country
- Thread starter atthestars
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Also KKDV used to simulcast KUIC Vacaville/Fairfield. I doubt KUIC would flip to country because the Vacaville area could get access to KNCI Sacramento given that it's radio signal reaches Vacaville, and Dixon well. Also Sacramento area radio stations sometimes put billboards in the Vacaville and Dixon areas.
Doubt that KKIQ would do the same at this time too.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Seems obvious to me that also flipping 92.7 to a simulcast is Alpha Media's way of dealing (at least in part) with that issue.
Funny ... with all the discussion we had previously about who might fill the hole, none of us considered Alpha Media. Maybe we'd better pay closer attention to that multi-market owner in the future.
I considered it, I just didn't think it would happen (oops). Glad 94.5 was picked over 106.5 since 94.5 is less prone to co-channel interference.
I thought Bonneville was the more likely possibility since they already have a sales presence in the northern half of the market, and even with them, I didn't think the chances of flipping were high.
I thought Bonneville was the more likely possibility since they already have a sales presence in the northern half of the market, and even with them, I didn't think the chances of flipping were high.
They can't use 92.7 as they are at their SF market cap with KBAY, KEZR, KKDV, KKIQ, and KUIC
KNCI receives no monetary benefit from listeners who reside in Solano County as their listening would be included only in the SF ratings. The billboards are probably geared for the traveling Sacramento listeners.
The icing on the cake would be for Alpha Media to lease KREV from Ed Stolz for a third Country signal. But that would be swimming with a shark. I'm sure they are smart enough not to do that.
LMA's count against market caps. That's why Clear Channel had to end the LMA's with several Tijuana stations that served San Diego... it put them over the cap.
The signal of KKDV basically only covers Contra Costa county. Would that still be factored into a market cap for San Francisco and San Jose? Or is it because Contra Costa county is considered part of the San Francisco market.
Yes, it is licensed in the market and it counts.
For the FCC, San Francisco is the market. San Jose is not separate nor is Santa Rosa as both are part of the San Francisco market and only exist as break-outs to serve smaller local stations.
“Bay Country” is an appealing name that reflects the Bay Area. And it doesn’t sound too corporate as well. What needs to be worked on is the current logo which doesn’t reflect about country music. Red and blue B shaped logo? Not sure if it’s temporary since their missing the frequencies in the logo. Plus the website needs to be worked on as well. Got to create a design that works for country and the Bay Area. Something like the former Big 103.7 logo.
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True too!
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Okay, I see where I confused things. I meant to type 92.1 and somehow it came out 92.7 ... 🙄
That logo looks stupid and looks like it was created by MS Word using shapes, color fill ins and a cute font.
It almost looks like something you would see on the side of a freight truck.
Bay Country 94.5/92.1 - Bay Area's Home for Country Music
www.kbaycountry.com
I was thinking an Airline logo on a 747 or 777 at first when I saw the Bay Country logo. Yes I mean if both United Airlines merged with Philippine Airlines if you did not see the Bay Country words attached to it.
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