Have to agree a bit about 95.7..After Rivers throws the off switch, the station sound comes off like a loop tape..
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KMCQ vs. KJR
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I've had KVI on in the car a few times, and enjoy hearing old friends like Mark Christopher, but their music selection isn't much better than KJR. KMCQ is fun to listen to, I'll be a listener as long as they continue with the diverse catalog of oldies. And yes, sadly, I know it is going to end someday.
Agree with lonely summer. You would think that KVI, being Am would try a little harder with the music. Not that hard to make a wide rotation X spot on music wheel to give a little wow factor. I can think of a gazillion hits that could be put in this rotation. Never even heard Wild World, or Another Saturday on KVI (metioned in another post about KJR), let alone Wreck of Edmund, Sundown. two or three X spots a hour would get me on board more often. It may be to much to ask, but to get me to listen to am, it's going to take more than the same old, same old.
Laughing at my own post. Cat Stevens and Gordon Lightfoot are the same person, right? Hey, my handle leaves a lot of room for error, which the mighty gooroo has pointed out several times to me. I know it's only rock and roll, but I like it. Hey there's another one KVI! Come get your love on radio info, come to think of it never heard Redbone, or while talking native american, Indian Reservation either, in fact from the Raiders only Kicks. I'll stop now.
Speaking of KVI, i've noticed tuning into them on Saturdays and Sundays the past couple weeks that all of their infomercial(or most of them at least) programs aren't on.
Did they drop most of their infomercial programming, or am I just hearing things? And if they did drop most of it, I think KVI should pick up either Dick Bartley's shows, or Gary Bryan's Rewind for the weekend; if they want to be a real player in the oldies format of course.
Did they drop most of their infomercial programming, or am I just hearing things? And if they did drop most of it, I think KVI should pick up either Dick Bartley's shows, or Gary Bryan's Rewind for the weekend; if they want to be a real player in the oldies format of course.
Scooby, it looks like they lost the Tami Michaels produced ones:
http://www.kvi.com/college
http://www.kvi.com/college
SeattleObserver said:
Ah, OK; I figured at least some of their infomercials were gone.
From listening to them every so often on the weekends the past couple weeks, I could definitely tell they've decreased their infomercials. I wonder why they lost the ones that aren't on anymore though; because I thought all those shows were their moneymakers
I stumbled onto KMCQ when I turned on the radio in my garage while setting up for a weekend project. (The radio, which had not been used in years, was already set on 104.5, otherwise I would have gone to one of my usual frequencies.) Kept it on all weekend, jammin to the tunes. "This must be their first weekend broadcasting," I told my wife. "They'll get people hooked on their playlist, and then start up the advertisements."
Now, WHAT do I read? They've been broadcasting for months? Unless there's a secret benefactor behind it, something will have to change at some point. I just hope what changes is not the playlist.
Now, WHAT do I read? They've been broadcasting for months? Unless there's a secret benefactor behind it, something will have to change at some point. I just hope what changes is not the playlist.
BlairJ said:
Well, there is a benefactor behind it and that's a radio station broker that can't seem to sell this thing and has unlimited enough pockets to keep it going. As for keeping the format, that's up to whoever buys it. But it's obvious the station has created quite a buzz, both on and off this board........
OK, OK, I can't stand it. I laugh at all the comments regarding KMCQ's great programming,etc. We all know that it's just an Audio Vault (filled with great tunes by Mark Christopher, oops!) and that it's doomed to go away once it gets sold BUT I love the station!
I find myself drawn to it like a moth to the flame. I know some of the segues are train wrecks. I know the processing is lame. Intellectually I know all that. Yet I jumped for joy when I saw them show in the latest Arb. ( I didn't think they even bothered with PPM encoding).
I hope they continue to show and once sold the new owners get the message about the format. Oldies and variety is a good thing.
And ditto the previous comments re KVI. if you want me to suffer the AM signal then you'd better damn-site be compelling. Right now KVI, you are NOT.
I find myself drawn to it like a moth to the flame. I know some of the segues are train wrecks. I know the processing is lame. Intellectually I know all that. Yet I jumped for joy when I saw them show in the latest Arb. ( I didn't think they even bothered with PPM encoding).
I hope they continue to show and once sold the new owners get the message about the format. Oldies and variety is a good thing.
And ditto the previous comments re KVI. if you want me to suffer the AM signal then you'd better damn-site be compelling. Right now KVI, you are NOT.
fremont said:
Non-issue. Their catch phrase is "We play all songs from the 60s and 70s" not "we play ONLY songs from the 60s and 70s". They throw in a few from the 50s here and there too. As long as they're in keeping with the texture of the main two decades, I'm fine with them reaching a little beyond in both directions. Huey Lewis definitely fits that bill.
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It's funny, but that's the way Top-40 did it back in the 60's & 70's. Going from one musical extreme to another....I remember hearing a station going from B.T.O. to Barbra Streisand and then a Charlie Rich song. Music wasn't nearly as focused and restrictive as it is now. Take a look at some of the top songs from the 1960's thru the 1970's and it will amaze you as it does me at times the songs that did so well and generally we never thought much about it, we just enjoyed the music AND the personalities. Those were great days. I always liked the 1971-72 version of KUUU. Lots of classic hits and current stuff as well. And as I remember one of their sayings was "Better Music And More Of Your Favorite Songs......" Some of those early 70's songs I miss hearing----"We've Got To Get It On Again" by the Addrisi Brothers, and you rarely hear Cat Stevens "Morning Has Broken." 1972 was such a great year for tunes....
The only reason these posts get started is because when you google KMCQ all you getis this board posts because they are only current information. I compare the KMCQ situation to what happened to WAMU. Once the Feds let all the perspective buyers know they intended to close to bank if it didn't get sold it's market value essentially dropped to zero because all the qualified buyers knew that if they just sat around long enough, they could pick up it for (pardon the pun here) a song. Now that everyone reasonably believes KMCQ is bankrupt or on the ropes, I'm guessing the business strategy might be 'why jump to buy what you might be able to get for next to nothing if you just wait long enough?' Meantime the hits keep rolling - and the cash keeps flowin and the bleeding goes on - and like WAMU the investors get nothing. THAT'S the primary difference here.
Your assumption could be correct Steenman. First may have painted themselves into a bit of a corner, mainly because of timing.
The problem for a potential large group suitor is the station has no cashflow, so going to shareholders or a bank in an effort to find capital for a purchase and build-out is a tough sell. That and since the station doesn't have a full market signal, I maintain the stick value is depressed. If someone really thought the station was worth what First needs to recover, then so much time wouldn't have passed without an owner.
The 'auction sale' move was merely a simple debt restructure to buy themselves more time. Like you, I think the value continues to drop or at least flatten out and any potential suitors are playing the waiting game. That and with the economy in the Northwest still suffering, why would someone go out of their way to buy a new stick when they need to concentrate on the established ones?
The problem for a potential large group suitor is the station has no cashflow, so going to shareholders or a bank in an effort to find capital for a purchase and build-out is a tough sell. That and since the station doesn't have a full market signal, I maintain the stick value is depressed. If someone really thought the station was worth what First needs to recover, then so much time wouldn't have passed without an owner.
The 'auction sale' move was merely a simple debt restructure to buy themselves more time. Like you, I think the value continues to drop or at least flatten out and any potential suitors are playing the waiting game. That and with the economy in the Northwest still suffering, why would someone go out of their way to buy a new stick when they need to concentrate on the established ones?
KMCQ is always interesting to listen to. It is a music disaster, but maybe that's part of the attraction. Then there are times they play some crap that should never get on the air and I punch 'em out. Be interesting to see if/how KJR-FM evolves with a new morning show and new afternoon show and a new PD.
I loved KUUU, they introduced me to a lot of great oldies from the 50's and 60's.radiojjh said:
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