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Is Stevie Wonder still really involved with the station? If so, does he really show the level of independent thinking and chance taking that Saul does? (These are real and not rhetorical questions, I haven't listened to the station since the 80s).
My guess is KJLH must follow the dictates of the black contemporary charts, but being in LA, they probably have an oversized voice in shaping those charts.
Regardless, we need more independent station owners who think outside the box. I won't be listening to a minute of all Taylor Swift radio since I am one of about a dozen people who are not fans of her music, but I love the idea of an independent radio mind and programmer doing this stunt and others like it. That is what makes radio FUN, not just seing how many times a station can spin the top 10 records in two hours.
What I wrote is mathematically true for all situations, wherever, whenever. Anything times zero equals zero. But I was specifically replying to David's comment about licensing costs:
He's discussing ASCAP and BMI (and possibly a couple of more minor players), those costs. AFAIK, they're a percentage of revenue. So my point was that when a subchannel has no discernible revenue, those costs aren't likely to be a consideration in whether or not to do a stunt.
Now if the fees are based on the total revenue for the station (main channel plus all subchannels together), or even the whole company or market cluster, then revenue isn't zero and that cost becomes more of a consideration. That's above my pay grade.
The previous programming on the HD3 signal consisted of a lot of recordings that were mono anyway, so it didn’t really matter.
True, however in the recent past HD-3 was used to simulcast KKJZ 88.1, so it was a disappointment that the simulcast was in mono.
I think so many Taylor Swift fans tuned in that it crashed the broadcast. If you think that is crazy, you should see the ticket prices!
The tour is reported to have passed $1.5 billion in ticket sales, and is working on the dates and venues for Europe, Latin America and Asia. This could be a $3 billion dollar tour.
Sidebar: some one asked me how popular Taylor is in Latin America I observed that if she goes to Bogotá, Lima, Santiago, Rio, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Mexico City, we are talking about places with 10 million to over 20 million population and a 50,000 seat stadium can be filled several times without even getting 1% of the population. The USA does not have 8 markets with over 10 million, so this is a valid comparison... and US pop music has always been a major part of contemporary radio formats everywhere in Latin America.
Does that amount include the "secondary" market? If not the total could be two, three maybe even four times that amount. AMAZING!
No, that is just ticket sales. But you are absolutely right that the ticket is not the only "spend" by attendees. There is travel for many attendees, and that includes car use and expense, air travel, Uber costs, lodging and local food and beverages, as well as souvenirs, T-shirts and other apparel. Even parking at the venue. Huge.
Which is why the Canadian prime minister appealed for Taylor to bring her tour to his country:
Trudeau to Taylor Swift: Don't make it a cruel summer and come to Canada
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took to Twitter to try to convince American pop star Taylor Swift to add some stops on her "Eras Tour" in Canada after she announced 14 new dates in Europe.
How many Canadian markets could do the kind of crowd needed? Vancouver, Toronto, maybe Ottawa. Montreal, being mostly Francophone, is questionable. Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary may be too small. And nothing big enough in the Maritimes.Which is why the Canadian prime minister appealed for Taylor to bring her tour to his country:
Trudeau to Taylor Swift: Don't make it a cruel summer and come to Canada
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took to Twitter to try to convince American pop star Taylor Swift to add some stops on her "Eras Tour" in Canada after she announced 14 new dates in Europe.www.reuters.com
The amazing thing about Taylor is her music is not limited to English-speakers. Years ago, she posted a video of her playing a sold-out stadium show in Tokyo. This was before she went pop. For some of these fans, the only English they know are the choruses of her songs.
In a few weeks she will be going to Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and then four stadium shows in Tokyo:
That is not unusual for the area of my experience which is Latin America. At one time in the earlier 70's I programmed an FM in Lima and out of 21 or 22 FM stations, about 17 had entirely English language music, ranging from Top 40 to AC to several blends of rock.
My first job in Mexico City included carting songs and other things for Radio Éxitos 790 AM which played 50% English top 40 and 50% Spanish. Mexico City had half a dozen stations playing all English music, and that was in 1963. My own first station in Quito the next year played about 40% US Top 40, from Bobby Vinton to the Stones. Later I did rock on one of my FM stations.
All that is normal in all the countries of Latin America and has been since the 50's. Taylor Swift is just another in a long line of superstars.
Getting this thread back on topic, I discovered yesterday afternoon that the all-Taylor Swift stunting on 105.1 HD3 has ended and the subchannel now carries K-Jazz. Meanwhile, KKJZ-FM 88.1 appears to be off the air, because when I tuned to that station I heard nothing but static. I wonder what’s going on there.
Doesn't Saul own k jazz?
KKJZ is actually owned by California State University Long Beach. They have a management agreement with Saul’s son Michael, sort of like an LMA in commercial radio.
I think we need to be more clear. The KKJZ management contract is with a company called Global Jazz. Global Jazz's parent company is Mt. Wilson FM Broadcasters. Saul Levine owns both.
Michael Levine is General Manager and Program Director at KKGO.
Stephanie Levine, Saul's daughter, is General Counsel for KKGO, but she is Station Manager for KKJZ. Saul is listed as General Manager and Michael as Director of Underwriting.
The KKJZ studios moved off the Cal State Long Beach campus to the KKGO studios in Westwood (on Cotner Avenue, next to the 405, just north of the 10) in 2015.
Michael Levine is General Manager and Program Director at KKGO.
Stephanie Levine, Saul's daughter, is General Counsel for KKGO, but she is Station Manager for KKJZ. Saul is listed as General Manager and Michael as Director of Underwriting.
The KKJZ studios moved off the Cal State Long Beach campus to the KKGO studios in Westwood (on Cotner Avenue, next to the 405, just north of the 10) in 2015.
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