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KDOK 1240 is going to be sold!

600kogo said:
It would be neat to hear standards on AM.....
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QX-FM has been simulcast on 1400 KEBE in Jacksonville for quite a while.
 
KDOK has a whole lot of overlap with KZQX. Unless they are planning a second format, I don't really see the point. They got it for a great price though.
 
Unless Chuck pipes in an gives us the skinny on this, let the armchair programmers start conjecturing on the new format.

I'm with Lazy. I don't see the point in a simulcast with 100.3 as their daytime coverage areas are basically identical. Both cover Longview, Kilgore, and Henderson, and neither cover Tyler.

I will continue to hope for a 60's-80's classic hits format, but it is already a win in that we will see a long-neglected heritage AM signal going to a local operator who knows how to program a station.
 
Way to go, Chuck! ;D ;D ;D

If I were still in good ol' East Texas, I'd love to be part of getting that new baby off the ground with you.

Purchase price = song and dance. Get it low and build it up.
 
Chuck said:
You'll have to wait and see, but the plan is for a separate, but complimentary format. ;)
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That's great news! Another local AM saved!

I'd love to hear a oldies-classic hits station that doesn't forget the 50's and early 60's rockers. If you also need help with music let me know.
 
Hey, Chuck.....if you're in the mood, you might contact ETRG and see about purchasing KFRO-AM and KCUL-AM for another song and dance. Seems those two could use a good operator these days.
 
C414B said:
Hey, Chuck.....if you're in the mood, you might contact ETRG and see about purchasing KFRO-AM and KCUL-AM for another song and dance. Seems those two could use a good operator these days.
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Or KZAM in Wichita Falls, or KGWT south of San Antonio. Both seem like they're run by one dude with a laptop last time I tuned in. LOL.
 
C414B said:
Hey, Chuck.....if you're in the mood, you might contact ETRG and see about purchasing KFRO-AM and KCUL-AM for another song and dance. Seems those two could use a good operator these days.
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Both stations could use someone who cares about them, but it would be a lot of work. I think KFRO has more potential than KCUL. It might be better to just turn in the ticket for KCUL and put a motel or Cracker Barrel on the land. I think you'd make more money.

With all that's happening right now, I feel like I'm juggling chain saws (and they are turned on). :) The big problem is, any East Texas AM radio station is going to be a restoration project. I've learned the hard way that it is best to do restorations one at a time. Otherwise, you stand a good chance of making things worse, not better.
 
KFRO and KCUL are tied up with so much red tape (just like Clear Channel's small AMs that they can't sell), that it would take years to pull them out of the group due to the way their loans and the group itself is made up.
 
Sad.

I was at KCUL during the Tony Bridge era. At that time, KCUL was a hoppin' little duo in terms of community service/visibility/presence. Now, I realize the FM carried the AM...but still, KCUL was the station in Marshall.

Such a shame it has been run into the ground and relegated into such an inferior product.

I understand what you're saying about juggling live chainsaws, Chuck. I sincerely wish you the best in reviving KDOK and look forward to seeing/hearing what you have up your sleeve for AM1240.
 
Chuck said:
Both stations could use someone who cares about them, but it would be a lot of work. I think KFRO has more potential than KCUL. It might be better to just turn in the ticket for KCUL and put a motel or Cracker Barrel on the land. I think you'd make more money.
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I think KFRO has the most potential for upgrading. I remember someone on this board mentioning that 1370 once had a CP for a 5KW daytime upgrade back in the 80's or 90's. Unless KCUL can be moved into Longview or Shreveport 1410's a lost cause.

I wonder how much upgrading has been done to KDOK 1240 over the years. When I worked at 96-X in 1997 I was told by one engineer the transmitter shed had a "bunch of vintage junk". ;D It sounds much better now.
 
Sadly KFRO can NOT be upgraded due to the fact that the former owners did not protest the upgrade of KMNY 1360 in Dallas. Now KFRO is boxed in unless that piece of junk useless terd of a station in Dallas down grades....but not likely.
 
600kogo said:
Sadly KFRO can NOT be upgraded due to the fact that the former owners did not protest the upgrade of KMNY 1360 in Dallas. Now KFRO is boxed in unless that piece of junk useless terd of a station in Dallas down grades....but not likely.
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I forgot about that.. I doubt Waller or East Texas Radio Group cared about KMNY's upgrading.

"Useless turd" is right. With all the recent 50K upgrades, only a handful of DFW AM's cover the whole metroplex at night. The only time I listened to 1360 was in the early morning when they had that gap in brokered junk and played 80's rock "Retro Radio" for a few months in 2008.
 
Chuck said:
Well, you caught me. The shortcut address is www.kdokradio.com ;)
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The licensing.fcc.gov link that 600kogo posted earlier this month doesn't work anymore and I was looking for an update.Nice surprise though.

Still I'm happy you decided to simulcast 1240 on 101.9 and 105.3. I'm guessing KXAL's classical-jazz format didn't gain that many listeners?
 
KXAL will continue on 104.7 and on line at www.kxal.org. It probably will be on Kilgore Cable as well. The financial support for the station has been nearly nonexistant, very similar to the results Kilgore College had with KTPB.

Keep in mind that this is all subject to FCC approval. Anything (including nothing) could happen.
 
Since I am outside the AM1240 listening area, what is it running on-air now?
 
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