Never said it was. I read the article I linked.
The radio has a connection to the museum, and it's in terms of funding. Perhaps I should have been clearer.
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KEXP Buys KREV
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Never said it was. I read the article I linked.
The radio has a connection to the museum, and it's in terms of funding. Perhaps I should have been clearer.
I agree. Look at KKGO/Los Angeles. Decent power from atop Mt. Wilson. Programmed jazz for many years. Never got great ratings.
Ik that. It is on 90.3. I think the high elevations block the signal though. 92.7 isn’t in Seattle and is in the Bay Area. I was talking about MOViN 92.5s signal getting blocked by a Mexican station tbh.
It'll be interesting to see how the transition from "The Hustle" to KEXP is done. I'm not in the Bay Area to hear it anymore - unless we're finally able to deal with our residential albatross there - but I wonder if there will be a period of silence, either with carrier on or off, before KEXP is able to take over and program it. This might be one format change that gets attention from other Bay Area media. The Chronicle spilled plenty of ink on KFOG's switchover to KNBR-FM, often accompanied by complaints about "corporate radio" (see note below); KEXP as a partial replacement for KFOG might be expected to get at least some attention from that direction.
Note: I got into an argument with Peter Hartlaub of the Chronicle about "corporate radio" when the news was revealed of KFOG's pending demise. He got very upset and quite huffy when I pointed out that the KFOG format was installed by a little old mom-and-pop called General Electric.
Note: I got into an argument with Peter Hartlaub of the Chronicle about "corporate radio" when the news was revealed of KFOG's pending demise. He got very upset and quite huffy when I pointed out that the KFOG format was installed by a little old mom-and-pop called General Electric.
How can a Mexican station which would be about 475 miles away interfere with MOViN?
P.S. A Spanish language station in the Bay Area is an American station. Mexican stations are all in Mexico.
Maybe, he meant, "Regional Mexican".
Back in 2002-04, I used to be able to pick up 92.7 in my suburban neighborhood of San Jose. But today, the low-power station KCXU in SJ blankets out the Alameda 92.7 signal. It felt so odd hearing some jazz song on KCXU with a Keak da Sneak song coming in the background.
He’s likely referring to KZHR in far eastern Washington interfering with KQMV on the other side of the Cascades.
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It just occurred to me. Isn't Mexico more like 1475 miles from Seattle?
Ah, in the confusion of that post, I thought he was referring to the new SF purchase.
Looks like KCXU-LP has a CP. granted two months ago, to move to 92.9 with a site in the east San Jose foothills, compared to its present site in downtown San Jose. So you might eventually be in luck regarding 92.7.
Back around 2003 I tuned to 92.9 and heard some sort of pirate radio station that played rap and dance music. I wonder if it was the same station that got fined for unauthorized broadcasting in 2011.
All this talk about KEXP needing studios or offices in the Bay Area? The Commission did away with the local studio rule a few years ago. All is needed is a transmitter site and a satellite or good Internet connection back to the studios in Seattle. At least initially, it would be foolish to spend San Francisco commercial real estate rates on something that just becomes an expense with no benefit.
If you go back to Post #42, that's exactly how it was sold. The hookup at the transmitter was set up by VCY during the few months they ran it.
But as I said earlier, KEXP isn't in the studios & offices business. They're more interested in audience outreach and performance venues. I'd expect them to make a co-op deal with an existing music venue for the short term. SVN West might be the right fit. Or maybe the Fox Theater.
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Whether there is a Bay Area presence boils down to what KEXP's objectives are for KREV. We don't know that information yet. Perhaps they don't know, either. I would hope that they have some idea, given the price they're paying for the facility. If they're looking for a small addition to an existing revenue stream, then a satellite operation will be sufficient. If they want more than that, they need to have a local presence of some sort, and possibly also local programming. Bay Area audiences tend to be very parochial and not welcoming of imported programming. KEXP will have competition, at least in the evenings and overnights, from KALW, which is about as local as you can get during those times of day. There's also the stream and KOIT-HD2 programming of "Highway 1", but there's nothing live about it, so I don't think that would be much of an issue. It's notable that, in a different format, USC chose to keep KDFC as a local presence. To be sure, there was continuity between the commercial operation and the weaker, noncommercial stations of the present time. KEXP won't have that to deal with, which has its advantages and disadvantages. But whether it's a mere extension or something additive to the lineup - most of us just don't know yet.
I presume you mean the Fox Theater in Oakland. There is no Fox Theater in San Francisco.
Where it is would probably be less important than what it does for their purposes. I looked at the artist bookings for the Fox Theater, and they featured a lot of indie acts that might attract the people KEXP wants to reach. SVN West is the old Fillmore West theater where they held concerts in the 60s and early 70s. A lot of hipsters would appreciate that connection, and there is space for the station to hold their own member events and concerts for broadcast. KEXP just built a $15 million performance space in Seattle, with money raised locally. I'm sure that would be a goal in San Francisco. But for the short term, a deal with an existing venue will work just fine.
No, but there are both a Fox and a "Little Fox" in Redwood City. The Little Fox would actually be an excellent size for the kind of small, intimate performances that KEXP might want to experiment with for Bay Area originations, whether for KREV exclusively or to backhaul up to the mother ship for a simulcast. (Though it would help if the 92.7 signal travelled that far down the peninsula. As it is, KREV barely registers any further south than Hwy 92/San Mateo.)
Is there any idea when KEXP takes over operations? I’m assuming when the sale is consummated and/or when the inevitable lawsuits are dismissed
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