Driving home I heard music on the AM. Listened for one hour and counted 8 songs from the sixities (four tops, aretha, stones), 6 from the 70's (chicago, elton J, three dog night) and one I think was from the 80's (huey Lewis). Seems straight ahead oldies. Guess djs start in january according to the station commercials. Definitely has the sound of old style 60's/70's radio. (though I am only old enough to barely remember late 70's/Early 80's KJR-AM and CFUN in Vancouver) Probably will keep it as a button. Not my primary station but a button on the dial for something different.
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KVI is Oldies
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posters: thanks for the playlist analysis, keep em coming...........live KVI air talent coming after thanksgiving.
was happy to hear KVI is keeping much of the weekend talk lineup intact. including the auto stuff on saturday morning with tom turner. part of my normal listening sat morn routeen, after a night on the road....
but, what about coast to coast with george noory? seems like this should have stayd, even with the oldies music format. its probably the #1 nightime listening show in seattle. thought KOMO might pick it up...any ideas my fellow radio knuts?
if not, what a great oportunity for a low budget seattle AM, to switch formats, and take on coast to coast at night, and alex jones and others(KVI old format rejects) by day.
was happy to hear KVI is keeping much of the weekend talk lineup intact. including the auto stuff on saturday morning with tom turner. part of my normal listening sat morn routeen, after a night on the road....
but, what about coast to coast with george noory? seems like this should have stayd, even with the oldies music format. its probably the #1 nightime listening show in seattle. thought KOMO might pick it up...any ideas my fellow radio knuts?
if not, what a great oportunity for a low budget seattle AM, to switch formats, and take on coast to coast at night, and alex jones and others(KVI old format rejects) by day.
Timmy said:
KVI was oldies from 1984 to 1990, when they began phasing in talk programming starting with Rush Limbaugh. The changeover was complete by Fall 1991.
I can't believe I'm saying this, but for the first time in 20 years I'm listening to KVI - AND LIKING IT!!
Get your ice skates and come join us out here in Hell, TVradioguru!
Bongwater said:
Therein lies one of the problems; now that you like it Bong, it doesn't stand a chance.
Again, I never said KVI wouldn't change format, nor do I even care what their format is. The point is this move is clearly an attempt to plug an increasing hole in a leaky boat, as many AMs are, or will be facing at an increased rate over the next five years or less.
I can't hear it in the Los Angeles area, but is the quality truly High Fidelity? I'll bet that glorified phone-quality mono brings back memories.
Bongwater said:
Ummm you are not alone apparently I have had three people come up to me at different time to day and tell me they were listening to KVI for the first time ever and liking it... And well I had one person ask me if I knew where they could catch Coast to Coast haha....
Actually someone in the office mentioned KVI today (non-radio person) said they loved it but wished it was on FM. 104.5 would be the perfect partner. Station has the best sound on the AM dial by far. They did something to the signal. Nice to hear Rick Hanson on the commercials promoting his show. definitely unique on the AM dial, doesn't mean it will work, but it is unique among the landscape of am syndicated talk, sports and news. It's a button on my dial. Hope they get an FM.
FMSteve said:
Too bad nobody ever thought of that....
or
Too bad that First is SO short-sighted they don't seem to be open to LMA
then again, I just sit around and wish for formats that will never be and curse the corporate demons so what the hell would I know. GET OFF MY LAWN.
I don't think I've ever heard an AM that sounds as bad as a phone.
In fact most of the AM's I listen to that play music sound pretty darn good. I hope KVI enjoys success. DFW got an Oldies station on 1400 a while back, actually Broadcasts in AM stereo.
Do you think KVI will try AM Stereo? I Think it would compliment the oldies format.
In fact most of the AM's I listen to that play music sound pretty darn good. I hope KVI enjoys success. DFW got an Oldies station on 1400 a while back, actually Broadcasts in AM stereo.
Do you think KVI will try AM Stereo? I Think it would compliment the oldies format.
AM stereo has the same problem HD has: almost nobody has the radios to pick it up.
My question is, is the KVI stream sound accurate to the AM sound? Because a quick listen gave me the impression the compressor is jumping up and down like CRAZY.
I'd love to get somebody local to post if the web stream is independently processed, or if what is streaming is the AM sound other posters are raving about.
If it is... yikes. Maybe it sounds better on a narrowband AM radio? I just think I'd need Dramamine if I listened to that very long.
FYI, Tulsa Oklahoma has an AM oldies station that's a touch of 50s, mostly 60s & 70s, and a dash of 80s. It's Imus in the morning but then live and local 9am central to 2pm, then again 4pm - 7pm weekdays. The jocks take requests, talk with listeners on the air, and I don't think there's a liner card to be found in the studios.
When they're NOT local, they're taking the Kool Gold format from DialGlobal. You can hear them stream live (most of the time) at http://krvt.com I don't know how marketable it is, but it's sure fun radio!
My question is, is the KVI stream sound accurate to the AM sound? Because a quick listen gave me the impression the compressor is jumping up and down like CRAZY.
I'd love to get somebody local to post if the web stream is independently processed, or if what is streaming is the AM sound other posters are raving about.
If it is... yikes. Maybe it sounds better on a narrowband AM radio? I just think I'd need Dramamine if I listened to that very long.
FYI, Tulsa Oklahoma has an AM oldies station that's a touch of 50s, mostly 60s & 70s, and a dash of 80s. It's Imus in the morning but then live and local 9am central to 2pm, then again 4pm - 7pm weekdays. The jocks take requests, talk with listeners on the air, and I don't think there's a liner card to be found in the studios.
When they're NOT local, they're taking the Kool Gold format from DialGlobal. You can hear them stream live (most of the time) at http://krvt.com I don't know how marketable it is, but it's sure fun radio!
For those who don't know you can follow the KVI playlist here: http://www.yes.com/#KVI_AM
All in all, KVI has something going. Or at least more than it had. I really think KVI should have quit talk the day they lost Limbaugh. Very few former Limbaugh affiliates survive without him and it would have been cheaper and far more painless just to flip altogether.
It would be nice if Fisher promoted KVI well and often. They have the means to do it - the internal cross-promotion resources of Fisher (KOMO-AM/FM/TV, KPLZ,.KING-FM) are second to none.
But it's gonna also take some reintroduction. It's been 20 years and there's zillions of people who aren't even aware of the change or even remember that at one happier time, KVI wasn't a wingnut talk station, but one of the West Coast's premiere oldies radio stations.
And if Fisher is READY to get SERIOUS about making GREAT RADIO. The planets have aligned. And what they get is what they put into it......
It would be nice if Fisher promoted KVI well and often. They have the means to do it - the internal cross-promotion resources of Fisher (KOMO-AM/FM/TV, KPLZ,.KING-FM) are second to none.
But it's gonna also take some reintroduction. It's been 20 years and there's zillions of people who aren't even aware of the change or even remember that at one happier time, KVI wasn't a wingnut talk station, but one of the West Coast's premiere oldies radio stations.
And if Fisher is READY to get SERIOUS about making GREAT RADIO. The planets have aligned. And what they get is what they put into it......
Bongwater said:
"So when you're tired of OUR oldies and want something a little ... newer ... may we suggest... But stay on those phones and give till it hurts.
It's the honeymoon.
One poster already mentioned the loose segues, heard em too.
Top and bottom hours sets a little long for me.
From what I recall from KJR, news was 60sec. How about a light
teletype under the news people? Right now you can hear the Komo
news room which doesn't hurt. Improve the traffic bed.
Heard not one song before 1964. Maybe I haven't listened long enough.
Great Balls, Jailhouse Rock, Runaround Sue and a handful of others would be cool.
Signal sounds great, has to be a Optimod. Not tried the stream, but sure is nice not getting the multi pathing when listening.
Good luck Fisher, I'm rooting for ya! (only locally owned Seattle station)
One poster already mentioned the loose segues, heard em too.
Top and bottom hours sets a little long for me.
From what I recall from KJR, news was 60sec. How about a light
teletype under the news people? Right now you can hear the Komo
news room which doesn't hurt. Improve the traffic bed.
Heard not one song before 1964. Maybe I haven't listened long enough.
Great Balls, Jailhouse Rock, Runaround Sue and a handful of others would be cool.
Signal sounds great, has to be a Optimod. Not tried the stream, but sure is nice not getting the multi pathing when listening.
Good luck Fisher, I'm rooting for ya! (only locally owned Seattle station)
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