Major Wastes of 2 Frequencies: 1550 and 95.7.At one time, they were once linked together!

[Floyd]

Major Wastes of 2 Frequencies: 1550 and 95.7.At one time, they were once linked together!

What is everyones opinion of the new KYOU-1550? Is it better than the old KYCY Talk format? Actually wrong question! Anything is better than the old KYCY Talk format! I personally think it stinks! It is amazing how this frequency as well as former sister frequency 95.7 have just plain SUCKED! When Buckley Broadcasting operated Classical KKHI- 1550 and 95.7, they were the best run Classical Music stations around.In fact, with all the different formats at 95.7 within the last 11 years(1994-2005) since Buckley sold it, they have been: "News/Talk KPIX 95.7 The Express" for 3 years, "Top 40 KZQZ Z-95.7" for 5 years, "Classic Hits KKDV 95,7 The Drive" for 1 Year, "Country KZBR 95.7 The Bear" for almost 2 years and now MAX FM. As for 1550 AM,They simulcast the KPIX News Talk Format until 1997, then they changed calls to KYCY and simulcast its Country FM @ 93.3 with the exception of Don Imus in the mornings and then they went back to News Talk around ?2000? Now they are KYOU. As for both 1550 as well as 95.7 the longest calletters and format was KKHI Classical which was there from 1963 until 1994!

 

[Tom_SF]

Re: Major Wastes of 2 Frequencies: 1550 and 95.7.At one time, they were once linked together!

They did better as classics....
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[pliu1003]

Re: Major Wastes of 2 Frequencies: 1550 and 95.7.At one time, they were once linked together!

Now that you mentioned it, could the next format flip be classical music? I mean the only real classical music station in this SF market is KDFC. If that happens, it would REALLY put pressure on KDFC wouldn't it?

 

[KMRichards]

Re: Major Wastes of 2 Frequencies: 1550 and 95.7.At one time, they were once linked together!

> Now that you mentioned it, could the next format flip be
> classical music? I mean the only real classical music
> station in this SF market is KDFC. If that happens, it would
> REALLY put pressure on KDFC wouldn't it?

Classical does not generate sufficient revenue to service the debt load of the acquisitions of the stations. That is why the only commercial Classical stations are ones that are still under their original ownership, rather than the major corporate players.<P ID="signature">______________


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[paulsecic]

Re: Major Wastes of 2 Frequencies: 1550 and 95.7.At one time, they were once linked together!

> They did better as classics....
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Yes. My dad listened to KKHI all day in the 50s & 60.

 

[LKellerIII]

Re: Major Wastes of 2 Frequencies: 1550 and 95.7.At one time, they were once linked together!

> Classical does not generate sufficient revenue to service
> the debt load of the acquisitions of the stations. That is
> why the only commercial Classical stations are ones that are
> still under their original ownership, rather than the major
> corporate players.
>
KM - isn't KDFC owned by Bonneville, now? They're not Clear Channel or Infinity, but wouldn't you consider them a major player in radio? The original owner (can't remember his name) was a Palo Alto businessman and sold the station to Bonneville in the late 90s.

 

[KMRichards]

Re: Major Wastes of 2 Frequencies: 1550 and 95.7.At one time, they were once linked together!

> > Classical does not generate sufficient revenue to service
> > the debt load of the acquisitions of the stations. That
> is
> > why the only commercial Classical stations are ones that
> are
> > still under their original ownership, rather than the
> major
> > corporate players.
> >
> KM - isn't KDFC owned by Bonneville, now? They're not Clear
> Channel or Infinity, but wouldn't you consider them a major
> player in radio? The original owner (can't remember his
> name) was a Palo Alto businessman and sold the station to
> Bonneville in the late 90s.

Yes, KDFC is owned by Bonneville, but they are unlike any other corporate entity in broadcasting. I suspect keeping KDFC's format has as much to do with the Mormon influence as with anything else.
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[BossRadioDJ]

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KMR wrote:

> Yes, KDFC is owned by Bonneville, but they are unlike any
> other corporate entity in broadcasting. I suspect keeping
> KDFC's format has as much to do with the Mormon influence as
> with anything else.


You don't think it has anything to do with the station's ratings or that the station is a solid money-maker for the company?

D.J.

 

[KMRichards]

Re: Major Wastes of 2 Frequencies: 1550 and 95.7.At one time, they were once linked together!

> KMR wrote:
>
> > Yes, KDFC is owned by Bonneville, but they are unlike any
> > other corporate entity in broadcasting. I suspect keeping
>
> > KDFC's format has as much to do with the Mormon influence
> as
> > with anything else.
>
>
> You don't think it has anything to do with the station's
> ratings or that the station is a solid money-maker for the
> company?

I think that any other corporate owner than Bonneville would look at those ratings and revenue numbers and think "not big enough".
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[BossRadioDJ]

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> > You don't think it has anything to do with the station's
> > ratings or that the station is a solid money-maker for the
> > company?
>
> I think that any other corporate owner than Bonneville would
> look at those ratings and revenue numbers and think "not big
> enough".
>

For a classical music station? I think any other corporate owner would look at those ratings and revenue numbers with a smile, knowing they were doing something right.

As it is, they should be looking at Bonneville and asking themselves what those guys are doing right that everybody else seems to be doing at least a little bit wrong, classical format or otherwise.

D.J.

 

[LKellerIII]

Re: Major Wastes of 2 Frequencies: 1550 and 95.7.At one time, they were once linked together!

> > > You don't think it has anything to do with the station's
>
> > > ratings or that the station is a solid money-maker for
> the
> > > company?
> >
> > I think that any other corporate owner than Bonneville
> would
> > look at those ratings and revenue numbers and think "not
> big
> > enough".
> >
>
> For a classical music station? I think any other corporate
> owner would look at those ratings and revenue numbers with a
> smile, knowing they were doing something right.
>
> As it is, they should be looking at Bonneville and asking
> themselves what those guys are doing right that everybody
> else seems to be doing at least a little bit wrong,
> classical format or otherwise.
>
> D.J.
>
Agreed - Though some of the criticisms aimed at Bonneville and Max FM are probably valid, many of the posts lately have been talking about Bonneville like they're some kind of loser company. I don't think that's backed up by the evidence considering Bonneville has 2 stations consistently rated in the Top 5. No other company can make that claim. Perhaps they haven't been making good decisions about 95.7, but 2 out of 3 ain't bad. I guess the demographic on classical music listeners isn't ideal...i.e.: not YOUNG, but they ARE affluent - I would think a highly rated classical station in the 4th largest and probably best educated market would be an attractive buy, and would generate good revenue.