LA 106.3 KXOR is supposedly a "classic rock" station. But I'm starting hear a lot of rock from 2000 onward which leads me to think that the station may be headed for a format change to mainstream rock (or something else). Moreover, after listening a little to KJIN-AM 1490, I have been hearing songs (such as "Double Vision" by Foreigner) that KXOR also seems to play. It appears to be more overlap between these stations than others are letting on. Might KXOR 106.3 in fact be headed for a format change?
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KXOR LA 106.3 Rock Hits Radio - Possible Format Change?
- Thread starter Rob Rockin
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come on now. rock from the 1990s and early 2000s is now "classic"
70s and 80s are oldies.
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Well, certainly SOME rock from the 90s is in fact classic. But we're talking songs like "Dani California" from 2006, "All Summer Long" from Kid Rock (2008), and other songs I don't recognize. Those songs all sound like they were on 106.7 The End (remember them?). About the only thing preventing them from being mainstream is lack of any currents. By the way, listen to Eagle 98.1 (Baton Rouge) or Bayou 95.7 (New Orleans), and you'll see they really are classic rock stations.
I think they are adding more from the time they were a mainstream rocker a few years ago as remember demos 25-54 now more 90s-00s when growing up (But the station is still rolling older tunes), but fact is, the area doesnt have any new rock except trying to catch 99.5 hd2 or 106.1the underground. 96.7 has actually gone more automated till afternoons now. With a new owner, he is just trying to maximise his return .. KJIN is not running as a profit as when it rains, audio gets muddy.. If they would care, they would look into fixing it. I think personally going mainstream would be best thing as I am seeing a few heavy classic stations realize, update or you are out.
My pulse is what KTIB will do.. as they have had so many am transmitter issues, plus they received a translator, I'm wondering if you will see the AM become a one tower 1000 watter and run everything (where they run classic hits outside normal weekdays) toward the new translator that I beleive will be off 94.9 tower in St. Charles
My pulse is what KTIB will do.. as they have had so many am transmitter issues, plus they received a translator, I'm wondering if you will see the AM become a one tower 1000 watter and run everything (where they run classic hits outside normal weekdays) toward the new translator that I beleive will be off 94.9 tower in St. Charles
I agree: best route would be go mainstream. But then again, Top 40 might not be so bad an option. By the way, KJIN does NOT do station ID at the top of the hour as they should. They also have NO local advertising. For KXOR, they would do well to sample a listen to Westwood One's Rock 2.0 format (might give them some ideas for what a mainstream station ought to sound like).
While KXOR should consider more new rock, I am thinking along the lines of integrating the type of new material 106.1 The Underground plays into its playlist. At the same, 106.3 should drop a lot of that real old rock that's played on classic hits stations (e.g. Bob Seger, Buffalo Springfield, J. Geils). But the classics that ought to stay are the hard rock and especially hair bands of the 80s and early 90s.
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The top of the hour ID is defined by the FCC as being required at a natural break in programming. Many stations interpret this to mean either before or after a music sweep, placing the ID closer to around :45. With hundreds and hundreds of stations doing this, mostly in the bigger markets, there does not appear to have been any significant enforcement action by the FCC as long as those stations do the ID once an hour.
Back in October I Talked to one of the program directors at KJIN/KCIL/KXOR. He told me that they have ordered liners for the station but it will take a while before they get them. WFPR Hammond went about four months before they got their liners. In my opinion KJIN (where the transmitter is only 5.5 miles away from the studio) needs to be STL microwave for better audio instead of soggy phone lines. KVAK-AM in Valdez Ak. had the same problem with hissing durning music or talk, but the only thing they don't have that KVAK had was a background buzzing. And before anyone ask the transmitter is located next to the Intracostal canal In Houma so the property was prone to flooding.
I see KXOR 106.3 getting a countdown in early 2017 regardless of whether it stays classic rock or officially switches to mainstream rock. If it stays classic rock, then Sammy Hagar's Top Rock Countdown would be perfect. But if the switch to mainstream occurs, LA Lloyd Rock Countdown would be a definite possibility. When it comes to the rock on LA 106.3, you don't what you get. Sometimes, it might be a classic hit rock song. Other times, it's something that 97.9 CPR would play.
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