KONO 101.1

[oldies76]

Well, just discovered your classic hits station and I'm impressed. You guys are throwing out some classics that are not played on some other stations. Nice to hear them again, especially those softer A/C classics that seem to get ignored in other markets.

Been hearing mainly mid 70's to early 80's, which falls in the favorable demo of 45 to 55 for classics.

 

[rbrucecarter5]

Well, just discovered your classic hits station and I'm impressed. You guys are throwing out some classics that are not played on some other stations. Nice to hear them again, especially those softer A/C classics that seem to get ignored in other markets.

Been hearing mainly mid 70's to early 80's, which falls in the favorable demo of 45 to 55 for classics.

Those of us in Houston can enjoy them on AM 860 - that is if we can null a local 850. The ONLY oldies / classic hits you can hear in Houston. How I wish we had KONO, or KLUV from Dallas. But the radio "geniuses" here don't think Houston can support an oldies station.

 

[oldies76]

Those of us in Houston can enjoy them on AM 860 - that is if we can null a local 850. The ONLY oldies / classic hits you can hear in Houston. How I wish we had KONO, or KLUV from Dallas. But the radio "geniuses" here don't think Houston can support an oldies station.

How unfortunate!! I was looking at a link, for radio in Houston and you are 100% right.

http://www.ontheradio.net/metro/houston_tx.aspx

What about 107.5? KLDE "fun oldies" according to the link above?

 

[rbrucecarter5]

Those of us in Houston can enjoy them on AM 860 - that is if we can null a local 850. The ONLY oldies / classic hits you can hear in Houston. How I wish we had KONO, or KLUV from Dallas. But the radio "geniuses" here don't think Houston can support an oldies station.

How unfortunate!! I was looking at a link, for radio in Houston and you are 100% right.

http://www.ontheradio.net/metro/houston_tx.aspx

What about 107.5? KLDE "fun oldies" according to the link above?

Gad that list is out of date. KLDE hasn't been oldies in over 3 years. Now it is a jumble of classic rock and "I don't know where they dredged up this clunker" songs.

 

[purpledevil]

Yeah oldies76, KLDE isn't KLDE anymore. KLDE morphed into K-Hits since then and within the last couple years, flipped entirely to classic rock...er hits under the Eagle moniker.

 

[fredcantu]

The Eagle KGLK is a top 10 station in Houston. You may not like it, but apparently Houston does.

 

[kc4rae]

Those of us in Houston can enjoy them on AM 860 - that is if we can null a local 850. The ONLY oldies / classic hits you can hear in Houston. How I wish we had KONO, or KLUV from Dallas. But the radio "geniuses" here don't think Houston can support an oldies station.

I heard KONO-AM a bit past Brenham until the bleed over from KEYH became too much. Received on a not-so-great aftermarket radio with a broken stubby antenna. Not bad considering, I think.

 

[rbrucecarter5]

The Eagle KGLK is a top 10 station in Houston. You may not like it, but apparently Houston does.

Yeah - well the other "classic rock" station in Houston rates higher, and KONO and KLUV - real classic hits stations, rate higher in their respective markets. Go a little further afield and other oldies / classic rock stations also rate higher in their markets. Even people in Houston have no idea what KGLK's format is supposed to be. It has been a lively topic on the Houston board from time to time. And I'm not the only displaced oldies fan on the Houston board.

 

[bturner]

From a purely non-emotional aspect, we know decisions on format are generally based on specifics of a partiular market and the sheer population in a station's reach. Formats that reach a smaller group or even an older demographic (that hit smaller percentages of the population or an audience with a core age that is deemed beyond that the agencies want to buy) are frequently found in the largest cities because the 'numbers' make it viable as a niche format. Assuming 'oldies' is now a niche format, it is rather surprising an AM station, at least, has not opted for this niche. I know sales potential is truly a deciding factor ($$$ invested to get X dollars from an advertiser) but I suspect it coulld attract a good number of listeners and be financially viable. If nobody wants to do the format (as it's not on the local dial at present and has not been for a few years), I'd say somebody can carve their niche and I doubt another hungry station on the dial would try to take your format away.

The Houston Metro is huge in population and I found from working along the border, likely a larger percentage of Hispanics enjoy oldies versus other groups. Considering Houston's ethnic composition, it seems a wise choice. Granted, on the border the Hispanic population generally traces their family tree back to Mexico at some point or Texas under Spanish rule while Houston's Hispanic population has large groups from other nations.

 

[davideduardo]

Granted, on the border the Hispanic population generally traces their family tree back to Mexico at some point or Texas under Spanish rule while Houston's Hispanic population has large groups from other nations.

Houston Hispanics are nearly 90% Mexican or Mexican American in origin. The remainder are predominantly from the Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, and have very similar tastes in music (the #1 station in San Salvador is a regional Mexican format station).

The key for an Hispanic to be an oldies or classic hits partisan is generally having grown up in the US... whether second generation or 10th generation.

 

[kc4rae]

The Eagle KGLK is a top 10 station in Houston. You may not like it, but apparently Houston does.

Yeah - well the other "classic rock" station in Houston rates higher, and KONO and KLUV - real classic hits stations, rate higher in their respective markets. Go a little further afield and other oldies / classic rock stations also rate higher in their markets. Even people in Houston have no idea what KGLK's format is supposed to be. It has been a lively topic on the Houston board from time to time. And I'm not the only displaced oldies fan on the Houston board.

The Eagle isn't too far different, other than the two stations you've mentioned, than classic hits stations I've listened to lately. It seems some classic hits stations are leaning more toward classic rock. I've heard two stations that advertise AC, but are really classic hits. The madness!

I suppose than when people look for a station to listen to, it doesn't matter how the station defines its format as long as it plays what they want to hear. How a station defines its format might defy logic, but I guess that's the new thing now, eh? Ah, who's knows.

 

[rbrucecarter5]

The Eagle isn't too far different, other than the two stations you've mentioned, than classic hits stations I've listened to lately. It seems some classic hits stations are leaning more toward classic rock. I've heard two stations that advertise AC, but are really classic hits. The madness!

I suppose than when people look for a station to listen to, it doesn't matter how the station defines its format as long as it plays what they want to hear. How a station defines its format might defy logic, but I guess that's the new thing now, eh? Ah, who's knows.

Uh - NO!!! Old album rock doesn't equate to good album rock, and sure doesn't equate to classic rock. I don't know where the Eagle dredges up some of the stuff they play, but if they understood the classic rock format, and mixed it equally with 70's and a few 60's oldies - that would be one thing. I think they are trying to do much with one station - rely heavily on the 80's, which makes up the majority of the playlist - or should I say playlost - as in lost songs that were lost for a good reason.

I don't know if there is a format definition out there somewhere, but classic rock is not the Eagle. Neither is classic hits, which is usually 70's charted songs, with a lot of better charting songs from the 60's, and no classic rock except where there was a crossover. That is what I remember on KLUV, and what I get on KONO. You San Antonio people have a real classic hits / oldies station. Houston does not.

 

[sdh483]

You San Antonio people have a real classic hits / oldies station. Houston does not.

Couldn't have said it better myself. It would be nice to hear a real classic hits station here on a primary signal, not just an HD2 signal where I can only listen to in my car.

 

[mrh1960]

You San Antonio people have a real classic hits / oldies station. Houston does not.

Couldn't have said it better myself. It would be nice to hear a real classic hits station here on a primary signal, not just an HD2 signal where I can only listen to in my car.

We also had a real classic hits / oldies station here in Austin (98.9 KXBT) until it was purchased and switched formats. Now, like Houston, we are without...sad.

 

[kc4rae]

I was listening to KONO-AM in eastern Williamson County even before the rumor of UTs pending purchase of KXBT. On my Pioneer SX-636, it sounded pretty good. I had someone thinking it was FM they were listening to! Austin gets a pretty decent signal until, of course, sunset. :'(

 

[mrh1960]

I was listening to KONO-AM in eastern Williamson County even before the rumor of UTs pending purchase of KXBT. On my Pioneer SX-636, it sounded pretty good. I had someone thinking it was FM they were listening to! Austin gets a pretty decent signal until, of course, sunset. :'(

Yeah...it's nice to have that option, but I prefer it be local so we are getting local updates, i.e. weather, traffic, news etc. Also prefer FM reception...sounds much better. The nice thing was that KXBT had a slightly different playlist than KONO...it leaned more toward Pop/Rock vs Pop/Disco..reminded me more of a 70's Top 40 station...KONO seems more 80's oriented..

 

[willdav713]

I was listening to KONO-AM in eastern Williamson County even before the rumor of UTs pending purchase of KXBT. On my Pioneer SX-636, it sounded pretty good. I had someone thinking it was FM they were listening to! Austin gets a pretty decent signal until, of course, sunset. :'(

Yeah...it's nice to have that option, but I prefer it be local so we are getting local updates, i.e. weather, traffic, news etc. Also prefer FM reception...sounds much better. The nice thing was that KXBT had a slightly different playlist than KONO...it leaned more toward Pop/Rock vs Pop/Disco..reminded me more of a 70's Top 40 station...KONO seems more 80's oriented..

especially the True Oldies Channel overnights!!! Music that has stopped playing on KONO when KSMG was their rival! aired during that 12 midnight to 6 am block! I miss the Tom Kent shows as well!

I still haven't listened to Bo Chase at his new home at KDRP-LP as I can't stream on the go. Plus my Panasonic Walkman can't receive KDRP at all. Not on I-35 on the Megabus, not Downtown near City Hall, Not on Burnet and Koenig (I can really pick up Jammin 103.1 loud and clear on the Local non-DX setting) and not on Jollyville and Braker even not on my Onkyo. On a not cloudy and very hot day, I can pick up KONO 101.1 bleeding over with KLOL, also passing through New Braunfels I can pick the pair of KONO and KLOL along with KMJQ bleeding over with KQXT in San Marcos (by Texas State campus)

The irony here is coming home I used to pick up Jammin 103.1 bleeding over with KXBT last year. Nothing like being able to catch both of my most listened to radio stations in Austin on the same channel which never ever worked that way before as it is usually the splatter of a station which is not really my taste like rbrucecarter's trying to pick up KONO 860 with the splatter of KEYH.

I don't really care much for KONO as KXBT had a better music mix. When KSMG was around as Oldies I would listen to that station, when KEYI was Oldies 103 I would listen to that station over KONO, Paragon cable allowed my cheap Soundesign AD series turntable AM/FM dual cassette tuner let me pick up San Antonio and Austin stations, plus we had their DMX and DJ remote too.

This year for me, it is back to Time Warner Cable (when nothing is on the standard package, I have to music channels to listen to) along with my archived KXBT library on my 1 TB hard drive cloned from my 500 GB Hard Drive in Storage.

 

[fredcantu]

KDRP's 100.1 translator in Austin is directional to the south to protect WACO 99.9.

 

[kc4rae]

I was listening to KONO-AM in eastern Williamson County even before the rumor of UTs pending purchase of KXBT. On my Pioneer SX-636, it sounded pretty good. I had someone thinking it was FM they were listening to! Austin gets a pretty decent signal until, of course, sunset. :'(

Yeah...it's nice to have that option, but I prefer it be local so we are getting local updates, i.e. weather, traffic, news etc. Also prefer FM reception...sounds much better. The nice thing was that KXBT had a slightly different playlist than KONO...it leaned more toward Pop/Rock vs Pop/Disco..reminded me more of a 70's Top 40 station...KONO seems more 80's oriented..

Of course, it would be nice to get a local station. Perhaps soon, you all will get something in Austin metro soon. In Nashville, where I recently relocated, it is much the same. No oldies/classic hits (the oldies outlet for years switched to Jack FM in 2005 I believe) except for a college station with a 1000 watts and very low height. Barely gets into northern Davidson County.

 

[bgrn198]

I was listening to KONO-AM in eastern Williamson County even before the rumor of UTs pending purchase of KXBT. On my Pioneer SX-636, it sounded pretty good. I had someone thinking it was FM they were listening to! Austin gets a pretty decent signal until, of course, sunset. :'(

Yeah...it's nice to have that option, but I prefer it be local so we are getting local updates, i.e. weather, traffic, news etc. Also prefer FM reception...sounds much better. The nice thing was that KXBT had a slightly different playlist than KONO...it leaned more toward Pop/Rock vs Pop/Disco..reminded me more of a 70's Top 40 station...KONO seems more 80's oriented..

Of course, it would be nice to get a local station. Perhaps soon, you all will get something in Austin metro soon. In Nashville, where I recently relocated, it is much the same. No oldies/classic hits (the oldies outlet for years switched to Jack FM in 2005 I believe) except for a college station with a 1000 watts and very low height. Barely gets into northern Davidson County.

What about this Nashville station? seems to be pretty good Oldies/Classic Hits station listening to it online

http://hippieradio945.com/