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KHHT sounds like a train wreck

I agree that KHHT sounds like a train wreck. Los Angeles, doesn't have a decent urban station ever since 92.3 THE BEAT was transfer to 100.3 FM signal and brought by Radio-One.

KHHT 92.3 is Rhythmic Oldies, thier sister station in San Francisco 98.1 KISS-FM sounds much better than HOT 92.3.

Other so-called urban format music.

93.5 KDAY - Old School Hip-Hop. Reminds me of high school years back in the 90's. Unfortantely, their music is too old for my taste. Even I'm 30 something years old, but I prefere current music, not music back in the day.

102.3 KJLH - Train wreck urban AC station. They cannot focus if there are Urban AC or Urban Contemporary. Up in San Francisco 102.9 KBLX sounds 10 times better than 102.3 KJLH. DOn't get me started with Gospel music in the morning and all day Sunday.

105.9 KPWR - THey sound more like Wild 94.9 in SF than 106.1 KMEL. Even Power 106 is sister station of HOT 97.1 in NYC. Their music is mostly Rhythmic or freestyle and less ghetto gansta rap or hip-hop.

The Urban scene doesn't sound that great compare to back in 2000s.
 
Yep Urban radio in LA is offically dead. I miss listening to the Beat in the afternoons. Adimu was the afternoon dj back in 2001. So far all they are doing is trying to stay in business but doing a poor job of it. I dont know why KHHT sounds like it does now. All the so called currents from Alicia Keys, Beyonce and Mary J Blige are gone. They were decent sounding during the summer of 2010
 
wdb2003 said:
Yep Urban radio in LA is offically dead. I miss listening to the Beat in the afternoons. Adimu was the afternoon dj back in 2001. So far all they are doing is trying to stay in business but doing a poor job of it. I dont know why KHHT sounds like it does now. All the so called currents from Alicia Keys, Beyonce and Mary J Blige are gone. They were decent sounding during the summer of 2010
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I remember Adimu. He was on 100.3 The Beat from 2pm-6pm I think. He left in June 2003 and was replace by this dude named A-One & DJ Spindarella from Salt N Pepa. Just like Theo Mizuhara had a deep voice and belong on the night daypart but was doing afternoons instead. Adimu Gone, Theo Mizuhara Gone, Julio G Gone. All the Greats gone but not forgotten. Oh and let's not forget PJ Butta. Remember his catchphrase It's Like Butta Baby. Those days were killer fo real doe.
 
e-dawg said:
I agree that KHHT sounds like a train wreck. Los Angeles, doesn't have a decent urban station ever since 92.3 THE BEAT was transfer to 100.3 FM signal and brought by Radio-One.

KHHT 92.3 is Rhythmic Oldies, thier sister station in San Francisco 98.1 KISS-FM sounds much better than HOT 92.3.

Other so-called urban format music.

93.5 KDAY - Old School Hip-Hop. Reminds me of high school years back in the 90's. Unfortantely, their music is too old for my taste. Even I'm 30 something years old, but I prefere current music, not music back in the day.

KDAY is better than Power 106, KGGI, Hot 92.3, and 102.3 KJLH. I can't live without old school. Once you listen to KDAY it's pretty addictive.

102.3 KJLH - Train wreck urban AC station. They cannot focus if there are Urban AC or Urban Contemporary. Up in San Francisco 102.9 KBLX sounds 10 times better than 102.3 KJLH. DOn't get me started with Gospel music in the morning and all day Sunday.

105.9 KPWR - THey sound more like Wild 94.9 in SF than 106.1 KMEL. Even Power 106 is sister station of HOT 97.1 in NYC. Their music is mostly Rhythmic or freestyle and less ghetto gansta rap or hip-hop.

The Urban scene doesn't sound that great compare to back in 2000s.
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Adimu is now in DC on Radio One's WMMJ FM before he was on WPGC and before was WBLS. A One is now in Atlanta I saw him on a episode on The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Spinderlla is hosting her own syndicated mix show and she handles the midday shift on Radio Ones KSOC in Dallas
 
wdb2003 said:
Yep Urban radio in LA is offically dead. I miss listening to the Beat in the afternoons. Adimu was the afternoon dj back in 2001. So far all they are doing is trying to stay in business but doing a poor job of it. I dont know why KHHT sounds like it does now. All the so called currents from Alicia Keys, Beyonce and Mary J Blige are gone. They were decent sounding during the summer of 2010
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When KHHT first started Mary J Blige and Alica Keys were their core artist.
 
Yeah I got a old tape of KHHT when they first launched in August 2001. Alicia Keys, Mary J Blidge, Janet Jackson Aaliyahh, Maxwell, Usher and Toni Braxton were their top artist espically on their billboards around town back in the early 2000's.
 
wdb2003 said:
Yeah I got a old tape of KHHT when they first launched in August 2001. Alicia Keys, Mary J Blidge, Janet Jackson Aaliyahh, Maxwell, Usher and Toni Braxton were their top artist espically on their billboards around town back in the early 2000's.
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Really, post them? When they leaned on currents and 90's urban hits.
 
KHHT just played Case Missing You from 2001. Good song. Haven't heard that in two years. The last time I heard it was on KJLH in the long lonely hot LA summer of 2009. I have it on my iPhone on repeat.
 
Thats the Art Laboe Sunday Special your listening too. Its live but not coming from KHHT studios in Burbank. I think Art Laboe has a studio in Hollywood where his shows are produce. Sunday nights between 6pm-12am KHHT and KGGI carry the same program. Sunday Night Slow Jamz with Rdub is on at 12am til 4am on KHHT so youll hear more R&B slow jams later
 
wdb2003 said:
There on tape so does anyone know how to convert them to the internet?
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If you have a cassette deck or player with either a pin plug or RCA out, and a line in on your computer (not microphone) then there is software available that will convert analog audio to digital from the cassette output to the computer. Just search on softare to convert cassette output to MP3's... the format of choice for the web.

I have used EZ Tape-converter to dub some old airchecks and demos, and it worked fine; there are others, too.
 
wdb2003 said:
Thats the Art Laboe Sunday Special your listening too. Its live but not coming from KHHT studios in Burbank. I think Art Laboe has a studio in Hollywood where his shows are produced. Sunday nights between 6pm-12am KHHT and KGGI carry the same program. Sunday Night Slow Jamz with Rdub is on at 12am til 4am on KHHT so youll hear more R&B slow jams later
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His studio is at Sunset and Detroit in Hollywood.
 
If you have a cassette deck or player with either a pin plug or RCA out, and a line in on your computer (not microphone) then there is software available that will convert analog audio to digital from the cassette output to the computer. Just search on softare to convert cassette output to MP3's... the format of choice for the web.

I have used EZ Tape-converter to dub some old airchecks and demos, and it worked fine; there are others, too.

Hopefully Target or Walmart still sells tape players or walkmans. I think I saw a few at CVS but thanks for the info I wonder how those audio tape files are update to MP3's
 
e-dawg said:
I agree that KHHT sounds like a train wreck. Los Angeles, doesn't have a decent urban station ever since 92.3 THE BEAT was transfer to 100.3 FM signal and brought by Radio-One.

KHHT 92.3 is Rhythmic Oldies, thier sister station in San Francisco 98.1 KISS-FM sounds much better than HOT 92.3.

Other so-called urban format music.

93.5 KDAY - Old School Hip-Hop. Reminds me of high school years back in the 90's. Unfortantely, their music is too old for my taste. Even I'm 30 something years old, but I prefere current music, not music back in the day.

102.3 KJLH - Train wreck urban AC station. They cannot focus if there are Urban AC or Urban Contemporary. Up in San Francisco 102.9 KBLX sounds 10 times better than 102.3 KJLH. DOn't get me started with Gospel music in the morning and all day Sunday.

105.9 KPWR - THey sound more like Wild 94.9 in SF than 106.1 KMEL. Even Power 106 is sister station of HOT 97.1 in NYC. Their music is mostly Rhythmic or freestyle and less ghetto gansta rap or hip-hop.

The Urban scene doesn't sound that great compare to back in 2000s.
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There is nothing with KDAY they're playing hits that I haven't on Power 106 in a mad minute.
 
True but the station still lacks because of its signal. KDEY in Riverside gets higher ratings because 93.5 is stronger there. KDAY in Baldwin Hills hardly gets reception in the San Fernando Valley. I cant really tell if its a signal upgrade because its still crappy.
 
wdb2003 said:
If you have a cassette deck or player with either a pin plug or RCA out, and a line in on your computer (not microphone) then there is software available that will convert analog audio to digital from the cassette output to the computer. Just search on softare to convert cassette output to MP3's... the format of choice for the web.

I have used EZ Tape-converter to dub some old airchecks and demos, and it worked fine; there are others, too.

Hopefully Target or Walmart still sells tape players or walkmans. I think I saw a few at CVS but thanks for the info I wonder how those audio tape files are update to MP3's
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You'll find cassette players in abundance on eBay, caveat emptor of course. Amazon has some, too.

Here is a guide to using freeware to do the job... very simple explanation, too.

http://lifehacker.com/#!222394/alpha-geek-how-to-digitize-cassette-tapes
 
wdb2003 said:
Thats the Art Laboe Sunday Special your listening too. Its live but not coming from KHHT studios in Burbank. I think Art Laboe has a studio in Hollywood where his shows are produce. Sunday nights between 6pm-12am KHHT and KGGI carry the same program. Sunday Night Slow Jamz with Rdub is on at 12am til 4am on KHHT so youll hear more R&B slow jams later
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I only heard the slow jam show once. It was sometime in 2008 when they were still playing current R&B.
 
It's been on for a while. It mostly caters to Rythnmic CHR stations on sunday nights. Just a mix of 80's 90's and 2000's rythnmic r&b slow jams.
 
wdb2003 said:
It's been on for a while. It mostly caters to Rythnmic CHR stations on sunday nights. Just a mix of 80's 90's and 2000's rythnmic r&b slow jams.
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I heard Kissin You by Total on the slow jam show but it was the remix. I remember hearing it on 92.3 THE BEAT back in 95-96. I haven't heard it in a mad minute.
 
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