KXOL

[Neel]

best i can tell, the transmitter dispute with emmis took alot of wind out of their sales... they started a pretty hard decline with that, add in the very mild movin' commotion, and then throw in a very finely tuned amp-radio -- and well, put a fork in it. they need to fix their signal as a start.. don't do latino if you don't have a strong signal contour in santa ana.

so where is this signal strong anyways???

It's strong where I live in Azusa Canyon. Most of the mt wilson signals are weak but 93.5, 96.3, 98.7, 102.3 all seem to come in strong. Probably not of KXOL listening takes place here anyways.

I know the signal is really bad in the Inland Empire.

 

[SuperRadioFan]

For me, clock radios have always shown themselves to be worthless unless you are in the heart of a city where transmitters are not far away. BUT, in my car, there was no issues with the reception.

But... in-car is where the least amount of listening takes place.

Speak for yourself Senor Gleason.... At my office when I am NOT in my car, I might listen to KFI or KABC, or sometimes KLAA, but rarely do I listen to FM music stations in SoCal. Otherwise in my office I get my music fix online and that means out of the area stations!! At home I rarely even turn the radio on. Do you think I am the ONLY ONE who does not listen to the radio at home? I'd love to see the provable statistics on this, I know you're going to say 70% or higher home/office listening. Whatever

 

[Dj Woody]

How about something like Exa? Do you guys think that would work in LA? It's like a more refined Super Estrella. Exa plays a lot of music Super Estrella don't play or plays like 6 months after everyone else plays them. lol

Or how about something like Los 40 Principales?

 

[hdsucks]

kroq comes in very poorly here, and i tried another radio for kxol and im still having no luck... maybe something in my car is interfering with the signal, i dunno. anyways, i wish them all the best, i can rarely here it but when i drive up towards verdugo i will make sure i listen!!

 

[davideduardo]

How about something like Exa? Do you guys think that would work in LA? It's like a more refined Super Estrella. Exa plays a lot of music Super Estrella don't(sic) play or plays like 6 months after everyone else plays them. lol

Or how about something like Los 40 Principales?

Exa and Los 40 are both geared to the Mexican market, playing a mix of English and Spanish language pop, aimed first at 15-25 and second at the B and C+ socioeconomic levels of Mexico.

B and C+ perons don't emigrate from Mexico in any significant numbers. Second generation persons of Mexican heritage listen to Amp or Kiss or KPWR or KXOL or similar. Those who arre first generation who like pop don't as a rule take to too much if any English music. And in any case, the target, 15-25, is not salable for a Spanish language station in the US. In Mexico, where the average age is so young, it is a viable target.

Much of the music is adolescent and early post-adolesent.

Stations in the US generally follow the US releases, not the Mexican releases. For many songs, the release date in Mexico is earlier than in the US:

 

[davideduardo]

I'd love to see the provable statistics on this, I know you're going to say 70% or higher home/office listening. Whatever

Arbitron.

The distribution has been pretty consistent for decades... around 30 to 31% in the car, about 38% at home and the remainder at work.

The PPM does not measure the difference between in-car and at work, so the data comes from the diary markets (over 250 of them) and the PPM markets up to the conversion.

However, the PPM shows, for LA, about 40% of the total week listening to be in home, and 60% away from home, meaning car and work.

Next question?

 

[BC_714]

There are few, if any, format "holes" in the LA market. If KXOL were to change, it would either have to challenge someone head-on, as AMP did to KIIS, or retry a niche format that did not work before. On the latter point, I would like to see KXOL give Rhythmic AC a try again in LA. Not the oldies-based way Emmis tried with KMVN but a more current based one like WKTU/NY.

Again, it would be hard to see SBS own an English language radio station unless if they sold the frequency.

Not so hard...I mean Entravision did own a certain English station for a few years...so it wouldn't be completely out of the question...

Musicfan you really don't know much about the radio business do you? First you think FM Talk will comeback and now you suggest a Latin alternative station? LOL Some people are funny! Superestrella leaned alternative a few years back. They use to play lots of rock en español and how did that turn out?

You're right, I am not a radio dork...I'm not going to argue again about things I said in previous posts, that is my opinion...

nope just a dork period. lol

 

[BC_714]

How about something like Exa? Do you guys think that would work in LA? It's like a more refined Super Estrella. Exa plays a lot of music Super Estrella don't(sic) play or plays like 6 months after everyone else plays them. lol

Or how about something like Los 40 Principales?

Exa and Los 40 are both geared to the Mexican market, playing a mix of English and Spanish language pop, aimed first at 15-25 and second at the B and C+ socioeconomic levels of Mexico.

B and C+ perons don't emigrate from Mexico in any significant numbers. Second generation persons of Mexican heritage listen to Amp or Kiss or KPWR or KXOL or similar. Those who arre first generation who like pop don't as a rule take to too much if any English music. And in any case, the target, 15-25, is not salable for a Spanish language station in the US. In Mexico, where the average age is so young, it is a viable target.

Much of the music is adolescent and early post-adolesent.

Stations in the US generally follow the US releases, not the Mexican releases. For many songs, the release date in Mexico is earlier than in the US:

Sr. Gleason is right. These are people in the middle-upper classes of Mexico City, Guadalajara, Monterrey. Not the indios pimpirincuacuaros that come from the ranch/pueblito of Sinaloa state to the U.S. and listen to mexican regional crap.

 

[Dj Woody]

On other words... FRESAS? hahaha oh wait... jajajajaja

 

[PapiYankee]

I also used to enjoy KXOL but lately they seem to be playing more Hip Hop and Pop and I don't feel that "Latino pride" anymore.
Also, some of their jocks need a muzzle and they have no morning show.

I've heard that the GM and GSM have been trying to push it in the direction of a mainstream CHR.

Speaking of KXOL they are going to start airing "Infomercials" for the labels AKA paid spins overnights and weekends. That surely will not help their cause.

 

[RBB05]

I also used to enjoy KXOL but lately they seem to be playing more Hip Hop and Pop and I don't feel that "Latino pride" anymore.
Also, some of their jocks need a muzzle and they have no morning show.

I've heard that the GM and GSM have been trying to push it in the direction of a mainstream CHR.

Speaking of KXOL they are going to start airing "Infomercials" for the labels AKA paid spins overnights and weekends. That surely will not help their cause.

going to be hard for the GM to do. He used to be the COO of the whole company, as well as GM in LA, but ownership lost faith in him and he was bucked down the ladder a little.

 

[hdsucks]

put a fork in it.. time to start over