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NM blog on KAGM: Talk Radio Outlet Flames Out

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The end is apparently near for 106.3 Talk FM radio in ABQ/Santa Fe, with media insiders reporting that the station, which features interviews with a wide array of NM politicos, will switch formats as soon as the end of August after more than a year of unsuccessful struggle to eat away at news/talk leader 770 KKOB-AM.

Just Wednesday we reported that Dianne Anderson, paired in the mornings with longtime talk radio host Larry Ahrens, had abandoned ship and will go back into TV news at KRQE. Larry, who hosted the morning show on KKOB for nearly 25 years and made a run for the GOP nomination for Governor before heading to the FM dial in March of 05', recently formed an alliance with ABQ PR man Tom Garrity to book guests on media outlets.

The beginnings of KAGM were like a political campaign, with the station running attack ads against KKOB and other targets of their anger, but to little effect. The last ratings book had 106.3 ranking nearly last in the big ABQ market, only garnering a 0.7 share of the average audience 12+. No word yet on what the new format will be at the soon-to-be-shuttered FM talker.
 
It really is too bad now that the end is near. What the hell will we talk about here? Seriously, KAGM had a shot but horrible managment and horrible programming destroyed it and really any chance for anyone to take a shot at KKOB again.
 
I see KAGM in it's final days has yet another new slogan. I see a lovely pic of Lee on the site, note to webmaster crop it to make it look like the others. I also hear from inside the AGM bunker that they will give it another book. I find it hard to believe that they will give it until Feb of 07, but then again AGM hasn't launched a winner since KABG hit the air in June of 97 ten years ago if you use agm math.
 
bobeeboxer said:
I see a lovely pic of Lee on the site
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One does get the impression it's a vanity site, and KAGM is a vanity station.

I rather doubt KAGM is going bankrupt, since I have long suspected the corporation is a tax writeoff.
 
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