Okay, a lot of this has probably been said, but here goes.
What Entercom has done to KISW, over all, is not good. "The Men's Room" sounds like an amateur Opie and Anthony...Personally, I prefer the real thing. B.J. in mornings, however, is a good fit. Putting Leykis on tape delay in a market where he does great is a bad idea, the chosen time-slot and station even worse. Usually, at 10:00 at night, especially on a Friday, I want rock, not talk...I'm sure many others feel the same way.
On the flip side, The Wolf may not be such a bad thing. Sure, 100.7 needs to do some major work on its audio processing so the station doesn't sound like my dad's 8-track player...But we'll have to see what happens after they finish this 10,000 songs in a row thing and get an airstaff in place. Personally, I like the variety; I've heard some songs there that I haven't heard on KMPS in a while...At the same time, maybe I'm cynical, but I don't expect that to last. They'll probably take that "upbeat, top 40" approach and apply it to the music, playing the same fifteen songs over and over again. But, if they can bring in some decent talent, who knows...They could give KMPS a run for its money. If Entercom can get up a good ad campaign, I think a lot of KMPS's listeners will see the ads and maybe be curious and tune in. I think Q Country 102.9 is sort of the wild card in the whole thing...Some parts of Everett, I pick them up okay, but don't get a really strong signal until I start going south toward Seattle. If CC were to move KFNK to that frequency as someone suggested, I think we could have an interesting battle between 94.1 and 100.7 for the country audience. I think the 102.9 audience would, especially if the audio is improved, flip to 100.7 as tthere really seems to be a special hatred for KMPS on the part of KNBQ...I know there was on the part of the old KAYO staff, considering some statements I remember reading telling listeners to tune to 102.9 and not 94.1 when KAYO went to Spanish.
I know it's not the greatest signal, but if Entercom is determined to have music on 100.7, why not flip 770 to The Buzz format...Move Rush to KIRO (or let KVI have him back) as IKnowItAll predicted...Most of the rest of KTTH is pre-recorded programming, so dump the "Truth" thing entirely, and convert KTTH to "Talk Radio for Guys"...Get a new morning and midday show, put Tom back on live, put The Mens Room back on nights, and other than adding B.J. Shea, leave KISW alone.
It'll be interesting to see what happens over the next few books...Personally, I don't think KISW will do very well. Many of the Leykis and Mens Room fans don't necessarily like rock and metal...And on the flip side, a lot of KISW's listeners aren't going to want the added talk. The Buzz and KISW were very good stations separately, but thrown together, this experiment is likely to be a failure. I think KISW will lose a lot of its existing audience to other forms of entertainment such as the car CD player, iPods, and even satellite radio...And I think the Buzz shows that have been moved will suffer because as several people have already stated here, they're not going to sit through music they don't like to hear the personalities they do like. However, I DO think The Wolf, though it's a lame name and their wolf, to me, sounds more like a wounded boyote, does stand a fighting chance. KISW, Tom Leykis, and their respective audiences will be the ones hurt the most by this switch.
I could be completely wrong on all this...We'll see. Any more, when I want good music, I stick with XM or my own CD collection. I used to flip on Tom during the afternoons, but it looks like I'll stick with O&A replays or XM's various music channels on the way home.
What Entercom has done to KISW, over all, is not good. "The Men's Room" sounds like an amateur Opie and Anthony...Personally, I prefer the real thing. B.J. in mornings, however, is a good fit. Putting Leykis on tape delay in a market where he does great is a bad idea, the chosen time-slot and station even worse. Usually, at 10:00 at night, especially on a Friday, I want rock, not talk...I'm sure many others feel the same way.
On the flip side, The Wolf may not be such a bad thing. Sure, 100.7 needs to do some major work on its audio processing so the station doesn't sound like my dad's 8-track player...But we'll have to see what happens after they finish this 10,000 songs in a row thing and get an airstaff in place. Personally, I like the variety; I've heard some songs there that I haven't heard on KMPS in a while...At the same time, maybe I'm cynical, but I don't expect that to last. They'll probably take that "upbeat, top 40" approach and apply it to the music, playing the same fifteen songs over and over again. But, if they can bring in some decent talent, who knows...They could give KMPS a run for its money. If Entercom can get up a good ad campaign, I think a lot of KMPS's listeners will see the ads and maybe be curious and tune in. I think Q Country 102.9 is sort of the wild card in the whole thing...Some parts of Everett, I pick them up okay, but don't get a really strong signal until I start going south toward Seattle. If CC were to move KFNK to that frequency as someone suggested, I think we could have an interesting battle between 94.1 and 100.7 for the country audience. I think the 102.9 audience would, especially if the audio is improved, flip to 100.7 as tthere really seems to be a special hatred for KMPS on the part of KNBQ...I know there was on the part of the old KAYO staff, considering some statements I remember reading telling listeners to tune to 102.9 and not 94.1 when KAYO went to Spanish.
I know it's not the greatest signal, but if Entercom is determined to have music on 100.7, why not flip 770 to The Buzz format...Move Rush to KIRO (or let KVI have him back) as IKnowItAll predicted...Most of the rest of KTTH is pre-recorded programming, so dump the "Truth" thing entirely, and convert KTTH to "Talk Radio for Guys"...Get a new morning and midday show, put Tom back on live, put The Mens Room back on nights, and other than adding B.J. Shea, leave KISW alone.
It'll be interesting to see what happens over the next few books...Personally, I don't think KISW will do very well. Many of the Leykis and Mens Room fans don't necessarily like rock and metal...And on the flip side, a lot of KISW's listeners aren't going to want the added talk. The Buzz and KISW were very good stations separately, but thrown together, this experiment is likely to be a failure. I think KISW will lose a lot of its existing audience to other forms of entertainment such as the car CD player, iPods, and even satellite radio...And I think the Buzz shows that have been moved will suffer because as several people have already stated here, they're not going to sit through music they don't like to hear the personalities they do like. However, I DO think The Wolf, though it's a lame name and their wolf, to me, sounds more like a wounded boyote, does stand a fighting chance. KISW, Tom Leykis, and their respective audiences will be the ones hurt the most by this switch.
I could be completely wrong on all this...We'll see. Any more, when I want good music, I stick with XM or my own CD collection. I used to flip on Tom during the afternoons, but it looks like I'll stick with O&A replays or XM's various music channels on the way home.
