If I'm not mistaken, I believe it was mentioned that KTWV is cheaper to run than KNOU.
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KNX onto … 97.1??
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If history serves, the KNOU call letters may stay. KCBS simulcast is KFRC-FM, KYW simulcast is WPHI-FM, WBBM simulcast is WCFS-FM.
San Francisco was at least partly about not relinquishing the KFRC calls to a potential competitor.
And they have not gone jockless today. Julia is still in the air with her scheduled 10a-3p shift. And I guess KNX will be running the Six Flags Magic Mountain Ticket Giveaway that still being promoted on the website as starting today????
The KNOU calls have no heritage or history. Plus how cool 😎 to have KNX-FM back
KCBS FM was already in use in LA. WBBM FM was already in use in Chicago. KYW probably can't use the call letters for their FM as CBS is still using them for the TV station and they are only grandfathered for the AM. They might be able to use KNX FM.
True, but you would think having the LA Dodgers would help with identity here.
Oops sorry. It's really only been a month? Yeesh!
This is 100% correct.
CBS retained the rights to the shared call letters, with Entercom/Audacy gaining rights to use them for 20 years. WCBS, KCBS, WBBM, WWJ, KYW, and KDKA will eventually have to find new brands as will iHeart and Beasley's shared WBZ Boston and some of the Sports stations like WJZ-FM Baltimore whereas KNX and WINS will not.
It's more than the teams themselves. It's about the shows, too.
There'd be some intellectual property discussions, I imagine. If KNX-FM were an active thing, I wonder if Audacy would be inclined to indulge the streaming KNX-FM:
KTWV has a relatively old average listener age, and the format is hard for agency buyers to understand. But it is easy to maintain, with very limited music work done each month and no high-cost, high-maintenance talent.
Interesting thought, but looking at the new logo, they're already referring to themselves as KNX at 97.1 FM. Also call letters issued by a regulating authority (FCC) is separate from intellectual property
When Audacy’s NYC all-newsers migrate to FM, they’re going to do it simultaneously. No way are they going to throw either of the stations not moving to FM under the bus.
And it’ll be the death rattle for the AM dial altogether.
Nothing at the FM side that the music on 97.1 is going to completely stop in less than an hour. Nothing like throwing your last batch of loyal listeners under the bus with a total shock to the system.
Yes, but what claim to intellectual property would a streaming service have when it's using call letters that could be issued by the FCC?
This is likely to be one of those "...and no one noticed" flips.
Agreed and if one of them goes to 94.7 with its inferior signal that one will still feel like it went under a smaller bus.
wow nothing special to say goodbye
interesting tidbit on KNX’s “In Depth” program leading into the simulcast, apparently KNX has the highest share of female listeners in comparison to the other all-newsers in their portfolio.
And this had been in the works for weeks in total secrecy, with staffers not saying anything.
And this had been in the works for weeks in total secrecy, with staffers not saying anything.
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