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KKNG changing formats
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9:45pm and the stream appears to already be carrying EWTN...
>>>It seems like nothing works in OKC but religious programming and classic rock. <<<
Well, I wouldn't say Catholic programming WORKS. I'm sure the station will be non-commercial and depend financially on the Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa, as well as listener contributions. I don't think there'll be a sizable listenership to Catholic programming in Oklahoma City. The other FM stations in Oklahoma City programmed for Protestant listeners are also non-commercial.
And even though the market is losing one Classic Country station, it still has three 100,000 watt stations doing Country, mainstream KTST and KJKE, and Classic Country KXXY. That's still as many FM Country stations as you can hear in Nashville.
Well, I wouldn't say Catholic programming WORKS. I'm sure the station will be non-commercial and depend financially on the Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa, as well as listener contributions. I don't think there'll be a sizable listenership to Catholic programming in Oklahoma City. The other FM stations in Oklahoma City programmed for Protestant listeners are also non-commercial.
And even though the market is losing one Classic Country station, it still has three 100,000 watt stations doing Country, mainstream KTST and KJKE, and Classic Country KXXY. That's still as many FM Country stations as you can hear in Nashville.
Gregg said:
KXXY is a great sounding Classic Country station in my opinion. It's the only station I listen to for country being that I can't stand today's country. I think two modern country stations and one classic is a good balance in a market where country is popular like OKC. This city has too many classic rock stations though by far and I think the herd should be thinned. 94.7 should go back to playing active rock and go after 100.5 the KATT. Rock isn't my specialty but I've heard their music is very ho-hum compared to the Edge in Tulsa. That brings me to my next point. Tulsa's radio stations are leaps and bounds beyond OKC's. I think a big part of that is I don't believe Cumulus has a huge presence in Tulsa.
A few of OKC's religious stations simulcast on multiple frequencies so it seems like there is more than there actually is.
Gregg said:
I agree, it won't get a huge audience in Oklahoma City. When I lived in Oklahoma, the Catholic population was pretty small. Most everyone I knew went to a Baptist church of some kind, though the nondenominational/charismatic churches were seeing steady growth, too. I wouldn't be surprised if they've overtaken the Baptist churches for membership.
Bott Radio, by the way, does operate a commercial Christian station in Oklahoma City in KQCV 800/95.1. Of course, it really doesn't actively seek commercial advertisers and is really more about selling airtime on its network to religious institutions and organizations. It has a non-commercial arm called Community Broadcasting, and I really can't tell the difference between it and the commercial Bott Radio. I'll admit, however, that I don't listen to it very often! I just remember when they bought a non-commercial station in St. Louis and simulcasted commercial KCCV in Kansas City for a week or two. It wasn't too difficult given that what little advertising KCCV got sounded more like underwriting announcements in the first place.
You know, it's funny, but I've always thought that, while Tulsa was a more complete market because it had more signals, OKC usually had better quality radio when compared format-to-format.
I'd much rather have KXXY over KXBL.
KOMA has always been better than anything Tulsa has had to offer, whether it was KQLL or KTSO.
KATT puts KMOD to shame. While I think Star 103.3's flip to "Rock 103.3" has been a huge improvement, I'd still rather have KRXO.
I'd prefer KMGL over KRAV (except at night), though I have to admit I'd have KRAV over KYIS!
There are, however, two areas I'd definitely agree with you on: contemporary country and CHR/Top-40. KWEN and KVOO are ten times better than KTST and Jake, and Tulsa's Twister is every bit as good. I'd also have KTBT and KHTT over KJYO and KKWD, though that hasn't always been the case!
I'd much rather have KXXY over KXBL.
KOMA has always been better than anything Tulsa has had to offer, whether it was KQLL or KTSO.
KATT puts KMOD to shame. While I think Star 103.3's flip to "Rock 103.3" has been a huge improvement, I'd still rather have KRXO.
I'd prefer KMGL over KRAV (except at night), though I have to admit I'd have KRAV over KYIS!
There are, however, two areas I'd definitely agree with you on: contemporary country and CHR/Top-40. KWEN and KVOO are ten times better than KTST and Jake, and Tulsa's Twister is every bit as good. I'd also have KTBT and KHTT over KJYO and KKWD, though that hasn't always been the case!
bchristi said:
Cumulus has zero presence in Tulsa. 94.7 doing Active Rock and going after KATT didn't work a few years ago, I don't see why it would be any different now. And KMYZ in Tulsa is more straight-ahead 90's and now Alternative with occasional flashes of harder rock and the occasional Johnny Cash tune. I agree that OKC has far too many Classic Rock stations, but it's clearly what the listeners want.
J.L. said:
Well, that would be the 3rd time since the mid 90's that 94.7 flipped Alternative. Both previous attempts were fairly substantial failures. OKC seems to prefer college-style alternative rather than Mainstream (as The Spy's previous success has proven). I'm not sure why 96.9 would flip to anything since they've been fairly competitive with KRXO over the years. Jack FM has been tried in OKC and didn't work.
Ionosphere's right: everything I've seen and heard over the years have pointed to OKC being a rock / classic rock town, with country right behind or even with rock in popularity.
Radio stations aren't set up to evenly divide the available formats across the frequencies; they're set up to go after the biggest piece of the pie... and in OKC, that's rock and country.
Radio stations aren't set up to evenly divide the available formats across the frequencies; they're set up to go after the biggest piece of the pie... and in OKC, that's rock and country.
Un-premium No-choice you mean.... LOL!
94.7 the Brew might surprise some folks over the next few months. Lex & Terry have helped erode Katt's Rick & Brad ratings by over 50% in the last year and have already leap frogged KRXO and BOB mornings. With the Baker boy at the reigns, Brew could really rock someone's world!
Kent said:
I agree with you on CHR. 5 years ago the situation was different but KKWD is almost un-listenable since Cumulus changed it to their national playlist. KJYO still sounds great with the exception of the Sunday night mix shows. They are fairly balanced musically for a CHR and they should be being they are the only real game in town since KKWD plays mostly hits from 3-5 years ago.
And I agree with radio stations being set up to try to get the largest amount of the pie. In OKC today, it seems like that format is classic rock.
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