No discussion about the new country station in Vegas?

[Radiogeek500]

Man, where have you guys been?

A heritage Standards outlet in the city that in a aspect INVENTED standards dumps the format to compete against KNWR and only crickets are chirping in here?

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[Jay_F]

> Man, where have you guys been?
>
> A heritage Standards outlet in the city that in a aspect
> INVENTED standards dumps the format to compete against KNWR
> and only crickets are chirping in here?
>
> Sigh
>

Being in Vegas, I have some insight on this flip.

This will be a challenge for the new Coyote station. KWNR is a good, active station with 15 years of country heritage. Except for "After Midnight", they are live and local all the time, including weekends. Most of their jocks have been there for years and are well known and well liked by their listeners. They are always running contests, putting callers on the air and out on the streets. They are a solid station.

Coyote is launching with 10,000 songs in a row commercial free and is running a heavy TV advertising campaign. They will certainly get some sampling. Both stations seem to be playing near identical music. This could end up being a fun country war.

My feeling is that since country radio is going through a boom period right now we will see an increasing number of stations flipping to country. Some markets with one country station will get a second and those with two will get a third.

 

[Ed_Salamon]

> My feeling is that since country radio is going through a
> boom period right now we will see an increasing number of
> stations flipping to country. Some markets with one country
> station will get a second and those with two will get a
> third.

From your lips to God's ear! That would be fantastic.
Dittos to your comments on KWNR, but KJUL has a fantastic signal and they don't come any better than Coyote's consultant Joel Raab. It will be quite a battle.
It is also guranteed to increase the shares for Country listening in Las Vegas.
Ed Salamon

 

[smashedcd]

> > My feeling is that since country radio is going through a
> > boom period right now we will see an increasing number of
> > stations flipping to country. Some markets with one
> country
> > station will get a second and those with two will get a
> > third.
>
> From your lips to God's ear! That would be fantastic.
> Dittos to your comments on KWNR, but KJUL has a fantastic
> signal and they don't come any better than Coyote's
> consultant Joel Raab. It will be quite a battle.
> It is also guranteed to increase the shares for Country
> listening in Las Vegas.
> Ed Salamon
>
is it country or redncek pop?? redneck pop being mostly shanai , faith, tim type stuff..or more of a real country sound..<P ID="signature">______________
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[Jay_F]

> > > My feeling is that since country radio is going through
> a
> > > boom period right now we will see an increasing number
> of
> > > stations flipping to country. Some markets with one
> > country
> > > station will get a second and those with two will get a
> > > third.
> >
> > From your lips to God's ear! That would be fantastic.
> > Dittos to your comments on KWNR, but KJUL has a fantastic
> > signal and they don't come any better than Coyote's
> > consultant Joel Raab. It will be quite a battle.
> > It is also guranteed to increase the shares for Country
> > listening in Las Vegas.
> > Ed Salamon
> >
> is it country or redncek pop?? redneck pop being mostly
> shanai , faith, tim type stuff..or more of a real country
> sound..
>


It's what you call "redneck pop". Very mainstream and hit oriented. In fact the two stations are playing near identical music.