KDAY SOLD!

[RBRadioWaves]

http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/81593/kday-los-angeles-sold/

Not much of a KDAY listener here (I prefer KHHT, mainly for the music), but still, this stinks. I feel bad for the staff affected.

Maybe the format won't change, but I doubt it.

 

[BMedina]

Makes sense. The Chinese and Asian population is growing fast in Southern California. Especially the SGV and I.E. Never listened to KDAY much. Listen to KHHT and KRTH.

 

[wdb2003]

I kinda knew this was gonna happen soon. It was fun while it last

 

[WBIMDJ]

SUCKS!! I was in the LA area last week and KDAY sounded better than ever. Hopefully they keep the format somehow. Another reason the FM dial across the US is just getting less and less appealing.

 

[RadioFanBoy]

KDAY may no longer even play music! This will be the first venture into radio for the new owners. Their cable network, "Phoenix North America" is primarily known for Chinese-language news and 'infotainment' programs. Hmmmmm.....

 

[henry]

Bummer. Only station in town left I listen to (besides KFI).

Guess it's time to get Pandora working in the car. R.I.P. radio.

 

[ShawnHill1]

It's not all too similar to what happened at the original KDAY (1580 AM), although it went from music to all-business before it eventually became an Asian-language station.

 

[kilamanjero]

Looks like urban radio is dead in LA, but then again it has been since 2006...

 

[davideduardo]

Looks like urban radio is dead in LA, but then again it has been since 2006...

KJLH?

 

[OHIODEAL]

KJLH?Not even close.KDAY/KDAI had their own style of music rotation.I will miss it forever.

 

[davideduardo]

KJLH?Not even close.KDAY/KDAI had their own style of music rotation.I will miss it forever.

But, unlike KDAY, KJLH is urban.

Around two-thirds of the KDAY audience is Hispanic, and less than 20% is African American.

KJLH, on the other hand, is around 92% African American.

One is urban. One isn't.

 

[WBIMDJ]

KJLH?Not even close.KDAY/KDAI had their own style of music rotation.I will miss it forever.

But, unlike KDAY, KJLH is urban.

Around two-thirds of the KDAY audience is Hispanic, and less than 20% is African American.

KJLH, on the other hand, is around 92% African American.

One is urban. One isn't.

I think by "urban" he meant hiphop/rhythmic in general

 

[WBIMDJ]

BTW, fans and listeners of the station already getting wind of the sale posting links to it talking on their FB about how they're sad about them going away and asking what the deal is... No replies from KDAY as of yet

 

[ChannelFlipper]

KJLH?Not even close.KDAY/KDAI had their own style of music rotation.I will miss it forever.

But, unlike KDAY, KJLH is urban.

Around two-thirds of the KDAY audience is Hispanic, and less than 20% is African American.

KJLH, on the other hand, is around 92% African American.

One is urban. One isn't.

When did Urban become synonymous with Black? Don't Hispanics live in the same "urban" areas? KDAY and KJLH both play "rhythmic" music, no? If not, which one doesn't have the rhythm?

 

[davideduardo]

When did Urban become synonymous with Black? Don't Hispanics live in the same "urban" areas? KDAY and KJLH both play "rhythmic" music, no? If not, which one doesn't have the rhythm?

"Urban" or "Urban AC" are synonymous with "Black Contemporary" or "Black AC" and have been since the "urban" term began being used to modernize the classic "r&b" format name.

While the term has been incorporated, later, in things like "Churban" to identify r&b / Black influenced CHRs, the urban name fundamentally means "Black" or "African American".

 

[wdb2003]

The only stations that are gonna benefit from KDAY's format flip are KHHT and KPWR. Hot already plays Old School and Power can easily add Old School Hip Hop music into the mix but with their current direction I doubt it. KJLH numbers stayed flat after V flipped to the Sound. I guess Im gonna have to get an increase on my data plan to use TuneIn. The only stations that are doing Classic Hip Hop are

KNRJ 101.1 The Beat Phoenix, Arizona
WFQY 970 AM and 99.1 "BDay Jackson, Mississippi

Also Im surpirsed Magic Johnson's YMF Media didnt make a offer. $19.5 million is a good offer despite the signal.

 

[kilamanjero]

Looks like urban radio is dead in LA, but then again it has been since 2006...

KJLH?

Oh, you mean the radio station with a weak class A that doesn't even cover the whole LA radio market with a market-grade signal? Nope, it is practically non-existent, IMO. Move up to a class B then it might have some relevancy. Urban radio in LA is dead.

Ever since the mainstream urban incarnation of "The Beat" died on 100.3 frequency has been gone since 2006 has how long it has been dead in LA. Blame it on Radio One or Clear Channel not seeing the use of the intellectual property of "the Beat" again to bring back something "CHRurban" back or Emmis with Power, but regardless it is dead in LA.

 

[Kent]

Oh, you mean the radio station with a weak class A that doesn't even cover the whole LA radio market with a market-grade signal? Nope, it is practically non-existent, IMO. Move up to a class B then it might have some relevancy. Urban radio in LA is dead.

The two KDAY signals don't cover the whole LA radio market with a citygrade signal either. The signals of KDAY 93.5 and KJLH originate just a few miles apart and are almost identical. KDEY 93.5 originates well east of LA proper in San Bernardino County and does virtually nothing to improve the signal in the northern part of the metro.

 

[davideduardo]

Oh, you mean the radio station with a weak class A that doesn't even cover the whole LA radio market with a market-grade signal? Nope, it is practically non-existent, IMO. Move up to a class B then it might have some relevancy. Urban radio in LA is dead.

The two KDAY signals don't cover the whole LA radio market with a citygrade signal either. The signals of KDAY 93.5 and KJLH originate just a few miles apart and are almost identical. KDEY 93.5 originates well east of LA proper in San Bernardino County and does virtually nothing to improve the signal in the northern part of the metro.

Yeah. KDEY's 70 dbu does not even touch the LA MSA, and there are only a couple of square miles of the 65 dbu that reach into the LA market. Most of what KDEY covers is in an unrated zone between the LA and IE radio markets.

 

[kilamanjero]

Oh, you mean the radio station with a weak class A that doesn't even cover the whole LA radio market with a market-grade signal? Nope, it is practically non-existent, IMO. Move up to a class B then it might have some relevancy. Urban radio in LA is dead.

The two KDAY signals don't cover the whole LA radio market with a citygrade signal either. The signals of KDAY 93.5 and KJLH originate just a few miles apart and are almost identical. KDEY 93.5 originates well east of LA proper in San Bernardino County and does virtually nothing to improve the signal in the northern part of the metro.

I know and that is why I've said urban radio has been dead in LA since 2006.

Everybody wants to do a 'run-of-a-mill' rhythmic format which is boring and basically fails against the clusterf**k that is Power 106 rather something "urban-leaning rhythmic" like the original Beat was at 92.3 or even WPGC. It doesn't mean become an urban (because I know the market's demographics very well), but least place it on a market-grade signal that allows people whom want that can get it. Think something like Hot 93.7 in Hartford without the reggae, reggaeton, or dancehall music...