KFRC FLIP!

[LITTLEBOYBLUE]

Someone asked for audio of the flip at KFRC. Nothing special. It segued from Don McLean, American Pie, into one of the regular Movin jingles...and into Gonna Make You Sweat by C & C Music Factory at 10:01 AM on Friday. If you have a media monitors subscription you can hear it at aircheck.net.

Seattle started with the same tune .. though it was preceded by an hour of extremely annoying stunt programming presumably designed to flush the old audience as far away from a radio as possible!! (Why not start with "Let's Get it Started" ... wouldn't that be a bit more appro-po for that format!!!?)

 

[CSHARP]

Flying to to the bay area today can't wait to check out the new Movin sound, We can all hope that Mike Preston can pull this off and bring back the Cagle Era sound to KFRC. As far as former Cagle Jocks go, Broadway Bill Lee is actually available as his contract expired back in June with WKTU in New York as the station was bringing in Whoopie, Lee was not renewed most likely to save some cash to pay Whoopi salary. Bill's been quiet all summer. Mark Mckay is still in Kansas City doing a oldies/Classic Rock format on 94.9 KCMO which is heard online, and Don Sainte Johnn is doing very well in sacramento.

 

[BnRinBayArea]

I've listened a little, and despite my undying love for KFRC, Movin' isn't all bad. Do any of these Alan Burns outlets play George Lamond, Stevie B, Linear (and/or other Hot 97.7 SJ type tunes)? If so, I haven't caught them yet...

Best wishes, Mr. Preston! I think you'll fine.

 

[Herb999]

It would be smart for movin stations in markets where they had innovative top 40 stations that played real dance music in the 80's to play all of these great songs. These station will sink if they stick to the boring played out vanilla stuff that you have to play in other markets.

 

[paulsecic]

It would be smart for movin stations in markets where they had innovative top 40 stations that played real dance music in the 80's to play all of these great songs. These station will sink if they stick to the boring played out vanilla stuff that you have to play in other markets.

I listened to movin yesterday & barfed. So thats it for KFRC!!!

 

[CSHARP]

All I can realy say after listening is KFRC rest in Peace, the KFRC calls are only being used on the top of the hour ID, everything thing else is Movin 99.7, it just sounds like a hot a/c top 40 mix , I would agree that is sounds like everything else on the radio.

This brings 99.7 and KFRC to full Circle, 99.7 formely X-100 and KYUU is playing top 40 again and KFRC is again playing Top 40.

I do hope when they ad the jocks to the station that they can pull this off and sound good, I would just hope that down the road they add the calls "movin 99.7 KFRC"

 

[Overdrive]

EEK! This new format is awful! Where can we go for 60s and 70s music? How can I drive to work without Cammy and Dean? I hate change and this is a bad one. BARF! BARF! BARF!

 

[Jay F]

It would be smart for movin stations in markets where they had innovative top 40 stations that played real dance music in the 80's to play all of these great songs. These station will sink if they stick to the boring played out vanilla stuff that you have to play in other markets.

I couldn't agree more. In the 80s Bay area stations played some dance songs that were not on the radio anywhere outside of California. I would find some of those bigger regional hits and at least add them in as spice. SF will get bored of MOVIN" very quickly f it's too vanilla.

 

[Herb999]

Huge mistake for any movin to ignore the huge 80's dance hits that were big in some markets. Think of how freash this music is, most people haven't heard it since it was played on stations that were often #1 back in the 80's. California is one place but Miami and Phoenix would be perfect too. Think about it, the #1 stations back then played a whole bunch of songs that no one on the radio has been playing since they were currents. These songs will bring an oh wow factor to the most juicy demos on the planet that has never before been witnessed in radio.

Take a look at Philly's movin. They are ignoring hundreds of huge hits in that market that don't really play on any other station. They are too scared of taking away all of q 102's older females.

This isn't the case in San Fran, Movin 997 should WANT to steal all of the older listeners of wild, kmel, and kiss. By playing all of the huge hits of the 80's that are not played on the radio (besides maybe an occasional wild mix show), it would be top 5 12+ and 25-54 and most importaintly give the station staying power. Why would you not play a song like Linear Sending all my love?

 

[radiofriend1]

Huge mistake for any movin to ignore the huge 80's dance hits that were big in some markets. Think of how freash this music is, most people haven't heard it since it was played on stations that were often #1 back in the 80's. California is one place but Miami and Phoenix would be perfect too. Think about it, the #1 stations back then played a whole bunch of songs that no one on the radio has been playing since they were currents. These songs will bring an oh wow factor to the most juicy demos on the planet that has never before been witnessed in radio.

Take a look at Philly's movin. They are ignoring hundreds of huge hits in that market that don't really play on any other station. They are too scared of taking away all of q 102's older females.

This isn't the case in San Fran, Movin 997 should WANT to steal all of the older listeners of wild, kmel, and kiss. By playing all of the huge hits of the 80's that are not played on the radio (besides maybe an occasional wild mix show), it would be top 5 12+ and 25-54 and most importaintly give the station staying power. Why would you not play a song like Linear Sending all my love?

not sure that last song was that big a hit but your point is well taken. seems like u would have to include a lot of the big mainstream eighties dance songs and maybe the linear song while not a major smash should be part of the overall mix

otherwise it seems like your options are pretty limited if u DON'T include eighties dancy hits (tho i should say that doesn't just include what they called **club hits** but legit radio hit songs)

 

[Herb999]

Linear was a top 10 hit, I just picked that one since I remember hearing it on kmel back then.

If you noticed, Movin ignores freestyle hits and many of them were huge in the 80's on the popular stations listened to the women that movin is now trying to target.

It is not just freestyle, but you cannot ignore that genre in San Fran, Miami, Phoenix and other markets that embraced that music. I'm talking about playing the best of the best, not a radio geek dance station.

Early 80's funk is missing too, Sylvester, midnight starr ETC.

They screwed up jammin oldies by ignoring hits, the same will be done to Movin, radio is why radio is dying. Radio stations are programmed by fear more than anything else. Really doesn't make listening that much fun does it?

 

[radiofriend1]

Linear was a top 10 hit, I just picked that one since I remember hearing it on kmel back then.

If you noticed, Movin ignores freestyle hits and many of them were huge in the 80's on the popular stations listened to the women that movin is now trying to target.

It is not just freestyle, but you cannot ignore that genre in San Fran, Miami, Phoenix and other markets that embraced that music. I'm talking about playing the best of the best, not a radio geek dance station.

Early 80's funk is missing too, Sylvester, midnight starr ETC.

They screwed up jammin oldies by ignoring hits, the same will be done to Movin, radio is why radio is dying. Radio stations are programmed by fear more than anything else. Really doesn't make listening that much fun does it?

doesnt have to be that way. at least the jack-type stations give a little flavour to the dial these days. just in phoenix recently and the peak is the BOMB

arch in st louis rocks too. but the bonneville version for the bay sux (max)

 

[1069_KIFR]

I do not understand the meaning of this. There was a bumper that Sue Hall had recorded, "99 (______), KFRC 99.7" I didn't know why they would run that. Now I am hearing 'Brad' saying, "Movin' 99.....Movin' 99.7" WHY!!!!!???? 99.7 is so much closer to 100.1fm. 99(.1) would put us right near Spanish KSOL! I just don't get it.

 

[Tom_KYA1260]

Wow....I can't say that I surprised be the move. Well, it was hard for me to get used to the "Classic Hits" format they were doing recently.

KFRC R.I.P. -- Am I to assume that they will scrap the KFRC calls?

they probly won't, the calls are too much of a heritage call letters

I'd like to think they wouldn't dump them too, but look what happened to KYA. Bonneville just dumped them. KYA-FM too. The idiots who owned KKIS sold their letters to a station in Alaska for Pete's sake, so I wouldn't put it past them to dump KFRC for a buck.

 

[Tom_KYA1260]

I don't want just music, I want a music radio SHOW! You just can't do that with these jukeboxes up and down the dial.


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[LKellerIII]

"I do not understand the meaning of this. There was a bumper that Sue Hall had recorded, "99 (______), KFRC 99.7" I didn't know why they would run that. Now I am hearing 'Brad' saying, "Movin' 99.....Movin' 99.7"

Yeah - I asked the same question on this board a few months ago about the Sue Hall bumper. Nobody responded with an answer. Now Movin is doing the same thing? Odd. And the "Classic Hits" djs always IDed "99.7," not "99." Except for Power 106 (105.9) in LA, stations generally don't round off their frequencies anymore. I assume that's because the vast majority of radios sold have digital frequency readings. One of the problems with the ill-fated "X-100" was supposed to be confusion over their dial position. Toward the end, the dj's would say "99.7, X-100" which sounded kind of lame.

RE:the heritage KFRC call letters...for some reason, stations these days like to have call letters that sound like their image name...as if anybody cares. "Movin" in LA dumped KZLA for KMVN, so CBS might try something similar. "Wild 107" was still KSOL for a few years before they moved the calls to the "classic soul" station, and changed Wild to KYLD. Though I have to admit, "KYLD" is clever. Does anybody but a bunch of radio nerds care that Max-FM is now KMAX instead of KZBR? When 610/KFRC became "Magic 61," James Gabbert (K-101, TV20, KOFY) offered to buy the KFRC calls for a substantial sum of money from the station's owners at that time (not yet CBS), but they turned him down. Of course, CBS's Live 105 is still KITS, after all these years.

 

[1069_KIFR]

I rememeber the X-100 problem. People saw their ads, tune their radio's to 100(.1) fm, and nothing. The closest transmission of a station is on 100.3. Now if the station was at 99.9, then maybe more could have found the station.

The "99.7, X-100", was too late as Emmis had already sold the station to Bedford Broadcasting. Then they went the opposite. Started promoting KFRC FM as "FM 99.7, KFRC FM" complete redundunce.

X-100 should have positioned it as saying, "99.7, round it up, crank it up, X-100!"

Oh well, thanks for the response, but now I know there are at least 2 of us out there dumbfounded about this, "Movin' 99, Movin' 99.7"

 

[RadioStarOne]

This is just another example of what idiots the Brass At CBS Radio are and always be! And by the way anything that has been broadcast under the KFRC brand since August 1986 was just "The Great Pretender."
KFRC died in that year and you all know it too!!! They did a very respectable job with it (Bradford Broadcasting, Alliance Broadcastiing then Infinity under Uncle Mel he let the station be) but it was never the same because you had to be there the first time, and who really wants sloppy seconds anyway!!! KFRC RIP forever this time! It has now been FUBAR this time!!!! Great Job Dougie pooo!!!! This new format will never last much past December 2007 at the latest!

 

[TropoDuckie]

Dear RadioStarOne,
"What idiots the Brass at CBS Radio are???" Surely you Gest??? They're all cut from the same "skin-flint"...I mean stone!!! ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES!!! Need anyone say more???
P.S. I really have to laugh though. Are you possibly originally from Long Island per chance? You're hearing from one of the original guys who helped to coin the phrase "FUBAR". The girl in question here went to our high school...slept with everybody...and had a great body...but kinda of a goofy looking face...and definitely a bit more than messed up in the head. We made up that ackronym for her...you probably know what the letters stand for...but what you probably don't know is that her name was "Barbara", hence the letters "BAR", and her last name began with "F". Don't ask me what the "U', other than for the word "up", represented. I for one, can't remember that far back, or even now, can't think of any middle names that begin with "U"!!! (cept maybe for "ugly").

 

[1069_KIFR]

It has always been my understanding that FUBAR and SNAFU were military acronyms.

F@%&ed
Up
Beyond
All
Recognition
__________

Situation
Normal
All
F@%&ed
Up

Please set me straight if this is not so. And my humble apologies to you and probably to Barbara as well!