According to KTHV-Channel 11, Little Rock radio station KITA will change formats on Sunday. The report says that owner Tom Rusk sold the station to a New York group and no word on their plans for the station were announced. Deacon Alvin White, a longtime fixture with the station, said in his signature gravely voice that the station has seen many great announcers through the years. I can attest that the station, on 1440 AM, had a sound that was unique to Little Rock. A professional sounding morning show, complete with traffic and news, just like the big boys, was a staple on the station. The black gospel station may have succumb to pressure of 94.9 FM, I don't know. But it is sad to see one of the last, locally owned stations in Central Arkansas, being bought by people out of state. The station always tried to compete with the big guys and actually always did fairly respectable in the ratings, considering it's situation. Since nothing else is going on with this board, I figured this was worth mentioning.
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L.R. RADIO STATION TO SEE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
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u-j
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> According to KTHV-Channel 11, Little Rock radio station KITA
> will change formats on Sunday. The report says that owner
> Tom Rusk sold the station to a New York group and no word on
> their plans for the station were announced. Deacon Alvin
> White, a longtime fixture with the station, said in his
> signature gravely voice that the station has seen many great
> announcers through the years. I can attest that the
> station, on 1440 AM, had a sound that was unique to Little
> Rock. A professional sounding morning show, complete with
> traffic and news, just like the big boys, was a staple on
> the station. The black gospel station may have succumb to
> pressure of 94.9 FM, I don't know. But it is sad to see one
> of the last, locally owned stations in Central Arkansas,
> being bought by people out of state. The station always
> tried to compete with the big guys and actually always did
> fairly respectable in the ratings, considering it's
> situation. Since nothing else is going on with this board,
> I figured this was worth mentioning.
>
So what is the solution to a lack of locally owned stations? And I hope your answer is not for the government to un-do de-regulation because I don't think that will ever happen.
> will change formats on Sunday. The report says that owner
> Tom Rusk sold the station to a New York group and no word on
> their plans for the station were announced. Deacon Alvin
> White, a longtime fixture with the station, said in his
> signature gravely voice that the station has seen many great
> announcers through the years. I can attest that the
> station, on 1440 AM, had a sound that was unique to Little
> Rock. A professional sounding morning show, complete with
> traffic and news, just like the big boys, was a staple on
> the station. The black gospel station may have succumb to
> pressure of 94.9 FM, I don't know. But it is sad to see one
> of the last, locally owned stations in Central Arkansas,
> being bought by people out of state. The station always
> tried to compete with the big guys and actually always did
> fairly respectable in the ratings, considering it's
> situation. Since nothing else is going on with this board,
> I figured this was worth mentioning.
>
So what is the solution to a lack of locally owned stations? And I hope your answer is not for the government to un-do de-regulation because I don't think that will ever happen.
I hope Mr. Rusk made a pile of money from that sale. He worked as my back-up at KZOU (along with contract engineering just about every other station in Little Rock back in the day).
He had a little yellow Toyota car-thingie-something that depsite its small size held every spare part for every piece of studio or transmitter gear at any Little Rock or Conway station...<P ID="signature">______________
Never hold a cat and a dustbuster at the same time.</P>
He had a little yellow Toyota car-thingie-something that depsite its small size held every spare part for every piece of studio or transmitter gear at any Little Rock or Conway station...<P ID="signature">______________
Never hold a cat and a dustbuster at the same time.</P>
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MediaMogul
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> I hope Mr. Rusk made a pile of money from that sale. He
> worked as my back-up at KZOU (along with contract
> engineering just about every other station in Little Rock
> back in the day).
>
> He had a little yellow Toyota car-thingie-something that
> depsite its small size held every spare part for every piece
> of studio or transmitter gear at any Little Rock or Conway
> station...
>
It's the Davidson Media Group of New York....
HOLA ARKANSAS!!!! BUENOS DIAS....
Any questions???
> worked as my back-up at KZOU (along with contract
> engineering just about every other station in Little Rock
> back in the day).
>
> He had a little yellow Toyota car-thingie-something that
> depsite its small size held every spare part for every piece
> of studio or transmitter gear at any Little Rock or Conway
> station...
>
It's the Davidson Media Group of New York....
HOLA ARKANSAS!!!! BUENOS DIAS....
Any questions???
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armoradio
Guest
> It's the Davidson Media Group of New York....
>
> HOLA ARKANSAS!!!! BUENOS DIAS....
That's correct, a trip to Davidson's website shows that KITA will become "Potenci Latin KTUV-1440 AM" a Spanish station.
>
> HOLA ARKANSAS!!!! BUENOS DIAS....
That's correct, a trip to Davidson's website shows that KITA will become "Potenci Latin KTUV-1440 AM" a Spanish station.
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u-j
Guest
> I hope Mr. Rusk made a pile of money from that sale. He
> worked as my back-up at KZOU (along with contract
> engineering just about every other station in Little Rock
> back in the day).
>
> He had a little yellow Toyota car-thingie-something that
> depsite its small size held every spare part for every piece
> of studio or transmitter gear at any Little Rock or Conway
> station...
>
Our paths may have crossed at some point. Tom was (and still is) the engineer for KSSN while I was there. We didn't call him Mr. Rusk though. Just the Engineer of Love.
> worked as my back-up at KZOU (along with contract
> engineering just about every other station in Little Rock
> back in the day).
>
> He had a little yellow Toyota car-thingie-something that
> depsite its small size held every spare part for every piece
> of studio or transmitter gear at any Little Rock or Conway
> station...
>
Our paths may have crossed at some point. Tom was (and still is) the engineer for KSSN while I was there. We didn't call him Mr. Rusk though. Just the Engineer of Love.
> > It's the Davidson Media Group of New York....
> >
> > HOLA ARKANSAS!!!! BUENOS DIAS....
>
>
> That's correct, a trip to Davidson's website shows that KITA
> will become "Potenci Latin KTUV-1440 AM" a Spanish station.
>
I'm surprised that it has taken this long for a Spanish station with a useable signal across all of Central Arkansas to get up and running.
> >
> > HOLA ARKANSAS!!!! BUENOS DIAS....
>
>
> That's correct, a trip to Davidson's website shows that KITA
> will become "Potenci Latin KTUV-1440 AM" a Spanish station.
>
I'm surprised that it has taken this long for a Spanish station with a useable signal across all of Central Arkansas to get up and running.
Also, it won't be surprising if he is retained as the contract engineer. Not a bad deal for him.
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