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No Joke. Star 101.5 Flipping Today Too

boombox4 said:
And I think Young Country lasted until the flip to Jack in 1999. Between 1999 & 2005, when the Wolf showed up on 100.7, looks like it was just one current Country station. Seems that historically, two country stations is the max around here -- at least in the most populated section of the metro.
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Young Country first changed to KYPT 96.5 The Point in 1998. They changed to Alternative KRQI "K-Rock 96.5 in 2002. Then to JACK in 2005.
 
Bongwater said:
Young Country first changed to KYPT 96.5 The Point in 1998. They changed to Alternative KRQI "K-Rock 96.5 in 2002. Then to JACK in 2005.
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I think the dates are slightly off: KYCW flipped to KYPT in December ‘99, then to KRQI in December ‘03, then Jack in April ‘05.
 
Re: future of radio subtopic.
I do agree with the statement that this business has no future if those of us my age didn't start asking questions and taking an interest. When I first joined this board, I figured I'd be PD of some big station with an air shift. My parents thought I should go into sales or programming, thinking I'd be better behind the scenes. These days, my interest is still in programming, though especially in the last couple years, has shifted towards the technical side. These days, my dream job would be to work not for a station, but for one of the big automation companies. My good friend and I have talked before, sometimes at length, about how inaccessible the software used by most stations is. I'm currently looking for accessibility auditing work as it is, so this would be the perfect blend of radio and the tech jobs I've been looking for. Pretty much everything I know about radio has been self taught. I did do a radio show as a senior project and worked with a pro then, but outside of that and conversations with the GM at North Sound Media, all of my knowledge comes from this board, other online resources, and self exploration.
As for internet media taking over the place of traditional radio, I've heard this a lot. I really can't comment on where that's going. I was really thinking Amazon's Amp had the potential to be a platform that could make something close to radio, but they shut that down after 18 months.
 
bobdavcav said:
As for internet media taking over the place of traditional radio, I've heard this a lot. I really can't comment on where that's going. I was really thinking Amazon's Amp had the potential to be a platform that could make something close to radio, but they shut that down after 18 months.
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Good example. Expenses exceeded the revenue. Bad business model. Apple has invested millions in two formats of internet radio: country and pop. Neither has attracted the kind of attention they intended. Garth Brooks has had more luck with TuneIn. But for the most part, people don't use those kinds of streaming services for curated & hosted programming. They just want music.
 
boombox4 said:
He still shows up as a member. Maybe something is taking time away from participating in the forum. He and I didn't get along much, for some reason, but he always has had good information and insight concerning radio operations, that's for sure.
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Too many wanabees
 
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