KFNC FIRINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[HoustonWhore]

Well the firings have begun as of 10:30 this morning. Expect a total housecleaning by close of business today.....

 

[Mediafrog+]

Going all syndicated fare or complete format flip? ???They might want to beat Radio One to the punch before something new is launched on 92.1.

 

[HoustonWhore]

Halltalk is all syndicated...

 

[gitch]

Pruett and Shannon announced they are going to 6-10 shift. Not sure who will do drivetime, and with Hendrie going, sounds like some major changes.I hope for thier sake that they take Lauri Kendricks off the news end of the deal. I find that she reduces the credibility with her constant joking around during the news boradcasts.

 

[hifidistortion]

For them, if they want to stay with the whole talk thing, (and personally Houston needs FM talk,just not on a poor signal) it would be best to go hot talk. Pruett and Shannon are talior-made for such a format. But in the end, personally, I believe it will be a Jack FM by the end of summer. And that will benefit both B-PA and Houston (the part that can hear it).

 

[In-The-Loop]

So who were the casualties of war on this one? Got any names we've even heard of?

 

[Chatterati]

Re: KFNC FIRINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 6-7 pm 'news' hour missing today

KFNC's usual 6-7 pm 'news' hour with Jim Carola and Lauri Kendrick was absenttoday. Phil Hendrie started at 6 pm instead of the usual 7 pm. No announcement was made about these changes.

 

[purplejay]

hmm....I listened today at lunch and it seemed ok.my wife just told me about Phil Hendrie being on early and she was pissed!

 

[gitch]

I see the site is down with a "Under Construction" label on it.I'll be honest, the only show I listen to on 97.5 was Pruett and Shannon. I think it's a good show, and they have great chemistry together. It's not the usually talk show here they throw thier own personal opinion and agenda down your throat and yell at you if you don't agree with it.I'll be interested to see what happens next.

 

[hot_mic]

I'm not an expert on programming here but from a business sense wouldn't it make sense to lure away talkers from other local stations? They could bring credibility, their current listeners and -from that business standpoint - some or all of their sponsors and advertisers.Hell, CC brought Sam over and I'm sure many of his long-time advertisers came with him. KFNC should (or may already) be looking at other local yakkers to lure. Is there any good talent and personalities out there who aren't under contract that could be a big fish in a small pond at FNC? Even weekend hosts who want more opportunity could be lured. And those folks have tons of loyal listeners and sponsors.Just a thought or two.

 

[stan]

I agree that KFNC should lure talkers from other stations. Chris Baker should be recruited from KTRH where his talents are being wasted by being interrupted every 10 minutes for traffic and weather together.

 

[Fo-Fo-Fo-Hye]

Something to consider though. As evil as everyone things Clear Channel is... Cumulus is worse and most people with any clout already are aware of that as well.

 

[CW]

Something to consider though. As evil as everyone things Clear Channel is... Cumulus is worse and most people with any clout already are aware of that as well.

Maybe but 950/740 covers more of Houston day (and night) than 97.5 ever will......Regardless of who is the worst company, the worst signal goes to KFNC...and it will never compete with 740...Baker leave 950?? Only if he gets a better signal...

 

[stan]

Something to consider though. As evil as everyone things Clear Channel is... Cumulus is worse and most people with any clout already are aware of that as well.

Maybe but 950/740 covers more of Houston day (and night) than 97.5 ever will......Regardless of who is the worst company, the worst signal goes to KFNC...and it will never compete with 740...Baker leave 950?? Only if he gets a better signal...

My point is that when Baker left 950 for 740, his show's creativity took a hit. Maybe it was the more structured form that was forced on him at KTRH, but his show is not nearly as entertaining or listenable as it once was. 950 is not a good signal, at least outside of Houston.By the way, does anyone else here see the move of Jim Pruitt to mornings on KFRC as a way to finally kill off Walton and Johnson on KIOL? I think this will hurt W&J's ratings, whatever is left of them.

 

[Theo_Huxtable]

950 doesn't have a good signal outside of Houston? I find that quite entertaining (unlike Chris Baker). Who would rather be on KFNC that has an awesome signal in Beaumont, or on 950 that has a great signal in the 4th largest city in America... that's a hard choice I am sure.I personally find it laughable when people refer to KFNC or KIOL as Houston stations. So much for actually serving their city of liscense. They're not Houston stations. You can call a turd a tulip, but in the end it's still a turd. Neither of these are Houston stations.

 

[tex-tin-star]

you got that right theo about knfc and kiol not being houston stations,there east texas rimshot stations.as far as kiol goes its licensed to la porte. 8)

 

[CW]

950 doesn't have a good signal outside of Houston? I find that quite entertaining (unlike Chris Baker). Who would rather be on KFNC that has an awesome signal in Beaumont, or on 950 that has a great signal in the 4th largest city in America... that's a hard choice I am sure.I personally find it laughable when people refer to KFNC or KIOL as Houston stations. So much for actually serving their city of liscense. They're not Houston stations. You can call a turd a tulip, but in the end it's still a turd. Neither of these are Houston stations.

KPRC is 5KW omni during the day (it goes directional SW at night from its tower site)...it can be heard up and down the Gulf Coast during daylight hours; though ground conductivity is NOT as good from their NE xmtr site just off 610 vs the Dayton KTRH site, but 950 NOT heard outside Houston?? That is just NOT the case. I can hear it pass the LA state line when driving east on I10.True, KFNC is a Beaumont station...but KIOL IS licensed to LaPorte and DOES put City Grade (3.16mV or 70dbU which is good enough to pick up on table top radios) across LaPorte...but thats it (same goes for KFNC anyway)..it does NOT cover SW to the NW side where the majority of its market (english speaking males, age 25-54) lives except in the car...and then thats not that good because of desense by Sr Road....which DO cover all of Houston with a city grade because of their location. The towers to the East (Devers 1 & 2 and Winnie and soon Devers #3!) are in a bad location to cover the west end...97.1's North side tower seems to work quite well in that area. I guess because of 103.5 Austion (BOB-FM) is why Cumulus could not build north as well (well, they may not have been able to cover La Porte from there either...and getting it to cover Laporte MAY have been needed to get its upgrade to a C approved....though I doubt it personally...they could have stayed licensed to Conroe/Willis but the ID would have been Willis/Houston and that just doesnt give it that "Houston" flair like LaPorte would...well in the corporate mind anyway...personally I could care less and so would most of the listening audience)

 

[cantthinkofanything]

Well the firings have begun as of 10:30 this morning. Expect a total housecleaning by close of business today.....

 

[stan]

950 doesn't have a good signal outside of Houston? I find that quite entertaining (unlike Chris Baker). Who would rather be on KFNC that has an awesome signal in Beaumont, or on 950 that has a great signal in the 4th largest city in America... that's a hard choice I am sure.I personally find it laughable when people refer to KFNC or KIOL as Houston stations. So much for actually serving their city of liscense. They're not Houston stations. You can call a turd a tulip, but in the end it's still a turd. Neither of these are Houston stations.

KPRC is 5KW omni during the day (it goes directional SW at night from its tower site)...it can be heard up and down the Gulf Coast during daylight hours; though ground conductivity is NOT as good from their NE xmtr site just off 610 vs the Dayton KTRH site, but 950 NOT heard outside Houston?? That is just NOT the case. I can hear it pass the LA state line when driving east on I10.

CW, I guess that I was referring to listening to KPRC at night. I cannot get KPRC at night in Beaumont, while I can get KTRH and KFNC. KPRC can cover the city of Houston at night, but I'm sure there are issues at night in certain parts of the city. That's all I was trying to say.

 

[CW]

CW, I guess that I was referring to listening to KPRC at night. I cannot get KPRC at night in Beaumont, while I can get KTRH and KFNC. KPRC can cover the city of Houston at night, but I'm sure there are issues at night in certain parts of the city. That's all I was trying to say.
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Yep, you cannot get KPRC in Bmt at night...950s towers are on I610 on the NE side of Houston (in the curve between Hwy90 and US59) the pattern looks SW from there at night...so Bmt is in a deep null.