CC could care less about 98.7, its the black sheep of the whole cluster. I like 98.7, I'm just being honest. I still think 95.5 will go hot talk by the end of this year or beginning of next year. KSSE, I guess would be the next one.ocer said:
musicfan101 said:
I was not slamming KLOS in any way in terms of the numbers, that was just a guess. I assumed with Bob Moore taking the reins at Citadel LA, he is trying to do everything in his power to switch to hot talk.Radioresearcher said:
hdsucks said:
I wonder if CC would ever flip 98.7 to hot talk, maybe they see the chance to launch a format like that knowing that CBS had no interest in it.hdsucks said:
They invested a lot in KFI, KTLK, KLAC...plus it wouldn't be completely out of the question, they still have that "hot talker" in Orlando.radiojomo said:
KLAC runs off syndicated Fox Sports Net Radio, KFI is the #1 station overall in LA and fairs well in revenue, and most of KTLK is syndicated programming. Unless this station would be a syndicated Hot Talk station (which there are very little shows being syndicated for a "Hot Talk" format), CC wouldn't make the jump off of literally spending very little to run 98-7 to spend millions for a Hot Talk station that would fair very little revenue. Also, KYSR's signal is weak compared to their other FMs. Either flip to an all music station or just stick to the Alternative. If 98-7 were to ever flip to something other than Alternative, just watch somebody jump to that bandwagon right away when they see KROQ's ratings jump to a 5.0hdsucks said:
I think with proper advertising (something in which KLSX lacked) it could work and bring in a lot of revenue. Also, remember that 98.7 is simulcasted in the High Desert, a lot of the demo in which KLSX tried to appeal to lives out there. Not to mention 98.7's signal is far better than 97.1's. Also, I wonder if CBS would ever be open to simulcasting AMP on another station in the High Desert so it could mess with KIIS a little more, or move it over to 93.1 (which is a little better)?radiojomo said:
97.1's signal is excellent. What can be better than a Mount Wilson FM? Hot Talk is just too expensive to run right now with radio revenues down. Why do you think every new talk station around the country is running syndicated programming? There was a big combo of things that happened to de-throttle KLSX. Ratings, lack of programming syndication and most importantly REVENUE. You can't say that KLSX never brought in revenue. KLSX billed in more than enough revenue for the almost whole decade it ran. Do you think CBS would have kept it if it didn't make any revenue? CBS is just a smart company and know when their investment (running a Hot Talk format) is finally not producing enough. It was not CBS's fault, it was the advertisers fault. There was no advertisers (because of the economic downturn; cuts in advertising budgets), therefore no money, therefore no money to run the station, therefore no station. I'm sure CBS runs the new station at the price they paid (or still pay) Tom Leykis just to rant about how stupid women are. It was just an economic decision and it obviously paid off. Top 10 in less than 3 months. #1 in 18-34. At the FRACTION of the costs of KLSX? What can be better than that? Plus, it seems that almost all the personalities from KLSX are moving on or still producing content so what are the listeners really missing? Download the podcasts and plug them into an iPod! Sure, no Tom Leykis...but he'll come around soon, just you watch.musicfan101 said:
musicfan101 said: