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KFNK and KNBQ Trade?

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Seattleradiodude

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I dont understand the whole bonneville switch thing...

But I was thinking....

KNDD has been lackin for SOOO long, and Entercomm seems to have zero interest in changing that.

Would it make since for Clear Channel bring to the table to trade KFNK and KNBQ for KNDD?

Throw a CHR station on the frequency to go head to head with KBKS... then use the new revenue to purchase the new 104.5
and re-instate the "monkey" or "q-counry"

hmm... just thinkin out loud! ;D
 
I doubt it. Two signals that only get crappy coverage in SOME of the Puget Sound over one gets imperfect but overall fairly decent coverage that covers MOST of the Puget Sound...hardly.
 
Seattleradiodude said:
I dont understand the whole bonneville switch thing...

But I was thinking....

KNDD has been lackin for SOOO long, and Entercomm seems to have zero interest in changing that.

Would it make since for Clear Channel bring to the table to trade KFNK and KNBQ for KNDD?

Throw a CHR station on the frequency to go head to head with KBKS... then use the new revenue to purchase the new 104.5
and re-instate the "monkey" or "q-counry"

hmm... just thinkin out loud! ;D
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What a ridiculous thought. Next time think to yourself! :eek:
 
SeattleRadioPro said:
What a ridiculous thought. Next time think to yourself! :eek:
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Haha, Thanks for that... all I was doin was see'in what people thought about it.

Not ignorant comments like your buddy

Bongwater at least made a valid point
 


U have two unique stations up there with unique playlists - the monkey KFNK, and Leavenwourth's AAA KOHO-FM

I try to listen on-line to both w/o success.

Would anyone have direct URL's that I can type into real player directly! Many thanks!


 
Bongwater said:
I doubt it. Two signals that only get crappy coverage in SOME of the Puget Sound over one gets imperfect but overall fairly decent coverage that covers MOST of the Puget Sound...hardly.
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the Monkey would easily tie with KISW if they had equal market coverage (in terms of 12+, that is!)

maybe the monkey format could go to 97.3 KBSG?!

 
I believe the premise you're making is based on your perceived value of KNDD as a listener and critic of their programming, but is not based on any known revenue numbers or market valuation.

Let's look at it this way.. Based on todays values, KNDD, (full Class C), with a full market signal from West Tiger Mountain and thus signal parity with all the other Seattle-Tacoma DMA FM's is worth $110-$120 million. That my friend is pretty much stick value for a market size 13, excluding any multiples based on revenue factored in.

Now let's compare the "rim shot" signals and stations licensed to Eatonville, WA. KFNK, (class C3), which serves mainly Pierce, and South King County, and KNBQ, licensed to Centralia, Wa., about 60 miles away from the other Seattle stations, (but full Class C). Now let's assume KFNK was still worth the original $12M sale price, and KNBQ was worth say, $24M. So you have the combined total of the two not full market signals for $36 million, again purely based on stick vaule.

So why is it again an owner would swap their full market Seattle station worth even $120 million, for two stations valued at $36 million?
 
Kelly said:
So why is it again an owner would swap their full market Seattle station worth even $120 million, for two stations valued at $36 million?
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I think only someone smoking pot virtually every night would do that kind of a swap....:)
 
BUT....

If Clear Channel were to move the Monkey to 102.9 and KNBQ to 104.9, here's what you'd get

A South Sound Country Station on 104.9.

A better chance for the Monkey on 102.9

Hard rock fans here are used to crappy radio signals anyway (hell, they put up with KCMU's 400 watt grunge heyday, Z-Rock 1590 AND KFNK on 104.9.) Country fans are spoiled with bigger clearer signals and that's what they've come to expect and neither 104.9 or 102.9 is the best in Seattle for country. Or anything. So no matter what, as it is and always will be, KNBQ will always be a South Sound country station and NOTHING more. So FORGET Seattle.

And Centralia/SW WA has 104.3. Did Clear Channel get rid of that? It says Bicoastal runs it, which these days can mean anything. (Radio-Locator says KFNK's licensee is Ackerley-a subsidiary of Clear Channel of course-and located in LYNNWOOD. Which is as far away from Eatonville as the Crab Nebula is to Bellingham, or at least that's what 104.9 from Eatonville sounds like IN Lynnwood. But whatever...)

104.9 and 104.3 overlap somewhere around Olympia. So why doesn't Clear Channel just give KFNK 102.9 (the better signal of all of these) and a fighting chance and move the KNBQ format to 104.9, buy back KMNT (the Canadians have seen to it that 104.5 ain't gonna happen in THIS lifetime anyway. Hey, don't blame them; it's not their fault their radio station application and approval process is nowhere near as SLUGGARDLY as ours.)

Then, with 104.3 back in the stable, save some $$$ by getting rid of KMNT and running KNBQ on 104.9 AND 104.3 in SW WA?

Country music is country music is country music and like, how many country stations do we have here now?

Seattle/Puget Sound needs more rock. 102.9 would be a rimshot north of Seattle for KFNK, but it's better than total oblivion by Celine Dion on 104.9.
 
pbf1 said:
keep dreaming!
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And I will. Because out of dreams comes innovation...or at least a DAMN GOOD idea....
 
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