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KCOH
- Thread starter ChuckTiller
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Since CBS does not want to replicate the success of WVEE or WPGC for the Houston market on KKHH, I'd rather Cox go for a dayparted urban station to take on the Majic/Box couplet, as opposed to just urban ac or mainstream urban. They do have a dayparted urban station in Greensville, SC (WJMZ) and they have topped Arbitron for that market for a longtime.willdav713 said:Cox should flip 106.9 or 107.5 to Urban AC Majic needs a competitor, Radio One obtains a monopoly.DToTheJ said:
bringbackradio said:Since CBS does not want to replicate the success of WVEE or WPGC for the Houston market on KKHH, I'd rather Cox go for a dayparted urban station to take on the Majic/Box couplet, as opposed to just urban ac or mainstream urban. They do have a dayparted urban station in Greensville, SC (WJMZ) and they have topped Arbitron for that market for a longtime.willdav713 said:Cox should flip 106.9 or 107.5 to Urban AC Majic needs a competitor, Radio One obtains a monopoly.DToTheJ said:
Cox doesn't own a Houston AM station.
Greetings from Greenville, NC [80 miles east of Raliegh]...
After returning from the Spiedel Group in Columbia, SC (WOIC), KCOH was the second station that I had a regular weekend show on Sunday afternoons as the Soulman (I did a lot of fill-in at KYOK before going to WLOK, including the night George "Bugaloo" Frasier was ambushed). I worked for them back in 1970 prior to going over to KAUM to work in ad sales so I knew the whole gang there very well. It's hard to believe how swiftly time passes and is passing. Yes... "Missing" is an understatement and heard much "too" freqently. To hear of this news here in Greenville is truly disheartening. I am also sadden in learning so late of Mike's (Mike Petrizzo) passing. My belated condolences go out to all concerned. One of his biggest accomplisments which I greatly respected was his "persistance" in upgrading KCOH from a 1KW daytimer to a 5KW fulltimer. As the former applicant and General Partner for Darian Associates, my three year plight to move my petition for a 50KW FM in Brunswick, GA through the application process at the FCC was excrutiating, expensive and full of anxiety and his effort took a lot longer then mine. We discussed it several times. I had hoped to do business with debuting my new radio format I call AMERICAN SOUL. After years of development I was preparing to reunite with my old friends....
I have some comments I want to make about those naysayers about the future of Radio including AM....
They first one (1) is about investors stepping up to save a broadcast institution like KCOH Radio. You can just about forget that... When it comes to the idea of mass-communications among most well-off black investors, most of them have no idea of how to make an investment like that work for them primarily because they have no interests in finding out, much less approaching an investment opportunity creatively to make it work. For the most part they prefer to invest their resources into tangibles, i.e., entertaiment projects, running for a political office, real estate, some manufacturing, professional services, franchises, automobile dealerships, sports teams franchises, mega-churches and nightclubs to mention a few... but when it comes to the thing that makes all of these things "click," Radio and Advertising Communications and which most importantly directs the flow of consumer dollars would validate their investment, they appear to not have the vaguest idea of what's going on.
And the second one (2), lets take a brief look at information or internet technology... I-T... To the naysayers, what comes after 'IT...,' "mental telepathy?" To me as a radio broadcaster, I-T will always be to me a value-added commodity, along side print media communications, TV and of course "Door Hangers." You just have to know how to apply it to your advantage as a broadcaster, something many broadcasters should have given some thought to before the internet exploded underneath their feet. As Alvin Toffler wrote in his book, POWERSHIFT years ago, the very size of the crowd itself is [or can be] the "message." To me is still is. Radio can go places where the internet can't.
In the most broadest sense we do use the internet to make life a bit easier we communicate with it, to shop with it, and even defend ourselves with it, but when push comes to shove, guns will always need bullets and bullets will always need guns.... gun will never go out of style and when that changes then say "Hello" to "Buck Rogers." If anything, the internet is just another blessing for radio, not a curse.
http://radiodiscussions.com/smf/index.php?topic=221694.0
Softjamms
Greenville, NC
After returning from the Spiedel Group in Columbia, SC (WOIC), KCOH was the second station that I had a regular weekend show on Sunday afternoons as the Soulman (I did a lot of fill-in at KYOK before going to WLOK, including the night George "Bugaloo" Frasier was ambushed). I worked for them back in 1970 prior to going over to KAUM to work in ad sales so I knew the whole gang there very well. It's hard to believe how swiftly time passes and is passing. Yes... "Missing" is an understatement and heard much "too" freqently. To hear of this news here in Greenville is truly disheartening. I am also sadden in learning so late of Mike's (Mike Petrizzo) passing. My belated condolences go out to all concerned. One of his biggest accomplisments which I greatly respected was his "persistance" in upgrading KCOH from a 1KW daytimer to a 5KW fulltimer. As the former applicant and General Partner for Darian Associates, my three year plight to move my petition for a 50KW FM in Brunswick, GA through the application process at the FCC was excrutiating, expensive and full of anxiety and his effort took a lot longer then mine. We discussed it several times. I had hoped to do business with debuting my new radio format I call AMERICAN SOUL. After years of development I was preparing to reunite with my old friends....
I have some comments I want to make about those naysayers about the future of Radio including AM....
They first one (1) is about investors stepping up to save a broadcast institution like KCOH Radio. You can just about forget that... When it comes to the idea of mass-communications among most well-off black investors, most of them have no idea of how to make an investment like that work for them primarily because they have no interests in finding out, much less approaching an investment opportunity creatively to make it work. For the most part they prefer to invest their resources into tangibles, i.e., entertaiment projects, running for a political office, real estate, some manufacturing, professional services, franchises, automobile dealerships, sports teams franchises, mega-churches and nightclubs to mention a few... but when it comes to the thing that makes all of these things "click," Radio and Advertising Communications and which most importantly directs the flow of consumer dollars would validate their investment, they appear to not have the vaguest idea of what's going on.
And the second one (2), lets take a brief look at information or internet technology... I-T... To the naysayers, what comes after 'IT...,' "mental telepathy?" To me as a radio broadcaster, I-T will always be to me a value-added commodity, along side print media communications, TV and of course "Door Hangers." You just have to know how to apply it to your advantage as a broadcaster, something many broadcasters should have given some thought to before the internet exploded underneath their feet. As Alvin Toffler wrote in his book, POWERSHIFT years ago, the very size of the crowd itself is [or can be] the "message." To me is still is. Radio can go places where the internet can't.
In the most broadest sense we do use the internet to make life a bit easier we communicate with it, to shop with it, and even defend ourselves with it, but when push comes to shove, guns will always need bullets and bullets will always need guns.... gun will never go out of style and when that changes then say "Hello" to "Buck Rogers." If anything, the internet is just another blessing for radio, not a curse.
http://radiodiscussions.com/smf/index.php?topic=221694.0
Softjamms
Greenville, NC
gabigley1 said:willdav713 said:DToTheJ said:
The first Urban Contemporary radio station in Houston flips to Spanish Religious. I don't know if KCOH sold for 2.10 million, or $210,000?
Will KCOH flip to Spanish Religious or will it flip to English Religious? My guess is it will go English
Catholic Religious and not to Spanish Catholic Religious.
The new owners tell me, as expected, that KCOH will indeed flip to English Catholic programming. So, the rumors of a flip to Spanish Catholic Religious programming are untrue.
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purpledevil
Guest
willdav713 said:bringbackradio said:Since CBS does not want to replicate the success of WVEE or WPGC for the Houston market on KKHH, I'd rather Cox go for a dayparted urban station to take on the Majic/Box couplet, as opposed to just urban ac or mainstream urban. They do have a dayparted urban station in Greensville, SC (WJMZ) and they have topped Arbitron for that market for a longtime.willdav713 said:Cox should flip 106.9 or 107.5 to Urban AC Majic needs a competitor, Radio One obtains a monopoly.DToTheJ said:
Cox doesn't own a Houston AM station.
I'll top that....Cox doesn't own a Houston FM, either. 4 owned FM's are licensed to Pasadena, Cleveland, Conroe, & Lake Jackson. Just for techinical's sake. ;D
This is the email to me to me from Len Oswald on the new format planned for KCOH:
President
Guadalupe Radio Network
Now, that low selling price is surprising to me. Any reasons why KCOH was only able to get $2.1 million dollars for the station? Wasn't it posted here awhile back the asking price was about $4.5 million? That would be a more believable figure to me, anyway.
Len OswaldWe will be providing English-language Catholic radio programming on KCOH. Thanks for your question and interest!
President
Guadalupe Radio Network
Now, that low selling price is surprising to me. Any reasons why KCOH was only able to get $2.1 million dollars for the station? Wasn't it posted here awhile back the asking price was about $4.5 million? That would be a more believable figure to me, anyway.
gabigley1 said:Now, that low selling price is surprising to me. Any reasons why KCOH was only able to get $2.1 million dollars for the station? Wasn't it posted here awhile back the asking price was about $4.5 million? That would be a more believable figure to me, anyway.
Fundamental rule of the free market: Anything is worth only what someone is willing to pay for it. Ask anyone who has tried to sell a house in the past five years. Obviously $2.1M is all the current owners could get.
Biggest factor: It's AM radio, which is slipping into irrelevance.
Radio station values have plummeted in recent years. Note that WOR in NYC recently sold for $30M. A decade ago the owners were turning down offers for $150M. Many owners that bought in the consolidation frenzy have seen the value of their investments plummet, and that includes FM.
gabigley1 said:gabigley1 said:willdav713 said:DToTheJ said:
The first Urban Contemporary radio station in Houston flips to Spanish Religious. I don't know if KCOH sold for 2.10 million, or $210,000?
Will KCOH flip to Spanish Religious or will it flip to English Religious? My guess is it will go English
Catholic Religious and not to Spanish Catholic Religious.
The new owners tell me, as expected, that KCOH will indeed flip to English Catholic programming. So, the rumors of a flip to Spanish Catholic Religious programming are untrue.
I believe that Guadalupe Radio airs EWTN Radio network programs. This will be the second time EWTN Radio will be in Houston since Eternal Truth Broadcasting leased KGBC from 2003-2006.
EJM said:As part of a lease agreement that was announced this morning, it looks like the KCOH format (and even calls) will move down the dial, to 1230. The switch is planned to take place at about the same time as 1430's relaunch (in February)
I suspect Liberman will eventually sell the 1230 license to KCOH management, much as they did with the lease situation with Dan Patrick and KSEV. Liberman has been dumping underperforming stations lately.
It will be a struggle for KCOH going forward. The audience is probably very old, and it's AM radio, and a lousy AM signal at that.
That leaves Liberman's "Baila" format alone on KNTE 101.7, another station likely to be sold in the near future.
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purpledevil
Guest
EJM said:As part of a lease agreement that was announced this morning, it looks like the KCOH format (and even calls) will move down the dial, to 1230. The switch is planned to take place at about the same time as 1430's relaunch (in February).
More details are in the Chronicle's new story, at http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/KCOH-Radio-moving-to-1230-AM-4118588.php.
SON OF A GUN!!!!! My wish came true!!!!!!
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purpledevil
Guest
Found this interesting article concerning the happenings with KCOH, the lease agreement with Liberman for KQUE, and what all still will need to transpire. Good read.
http://forwardtimesonline.com/index...io-secure&catid=69:local-and-state&Itemid=126
http://forwardtimesonline.com/index...io-secure&catid=69:local-and-state&Itemid=126
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