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Radio Sticker Of The Day: KUBE
- Thread starter Bongwater
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Personally I find it more interesting that nobody recognized that today's "Stay Away From Seattle" day...
why has nobody been talking about the fact that KUBE has moved from being in the top five to now, with PPM, barely being a top 20 station in town. Oh how the mighty have fallen. Tepper' last day is Friday right? Let the rebuilding begin for CC.
Was KBLE 93.3 actually religious at one point? I can only recall them being country.
Wikipedia also states that they were religious:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KUBE
Wikipedia also states that they were religious:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KUBE
Dan said:
Yes they were....more Southern Gospel actually (like KBLE-AM was before the Catholics bought it in 2001.) Country sounding songs aren't uncommon. In a radio program guide in the Seattle P-I in the late '60s "The Grand Ole Opry" radio program was featured on KBLE-FM. I can't be too sure really. All I remember was a religious song or AM cross promotion was never too far away on KBLE-FM.
I think 93.3 MHz had something called KOTO before KBLE bought the frequency back in the mid '60s...maybe some old timers can fill me in on KOTO.....
KBLE-FM also had brokered Scandanavian and Hawaiian music programs. In comparison to other Seattle commercial FM radio stations at the time, they were a pretty odd duck. Seattle FM radio was undergoing a huge change back then. Seattle FM radio through most of the '70s was divided between eggheads (classical/easy listening music fans) and hippies (fans of "album rock".) There really wasn't much pop or country on FM until KYYX and KMPS-FM in 1977, then KVI-FM in 1978 (today's KPLZ) and FM finally started coming into it's own.
Then, what is rarely mentioned is they became KLFM for a period I don't recall...then back to KBLE-FM. I know this because they were using the KBLE-FM calls in August of 1981. I first remember heaing the KUBE calls at the top of the hour in January '82.
I was a big fan of KUBE when they launched and rode the CHR wave. Charlie Brown, as the first PD, and Michael O'Shea as first GM, put a great sounding station on the air ... couple of guys who knew great radio like a reflex. When the Hip-Hop thing broke out, I found I couldn't listen to KUBE ... but would go back every so often to sample. Each sample resulted in some 15 second window that made me DIVE for the tune-out. This morning thought I'd try to catch Rob's buh-bye...but again, TUNE OUT.
This station was cash cow for C/Channel until PPM hit ... and, like many others, true listening habits came to light. It's sad to see what it was when it launched, and what it became now --- not necessarily something to hang on anyone's shoulders, because they really ARE good people at the station. But I have to note that stations that have that ability to make people want to stay away and never sample it are really good vitamins for the other stations!!! KUBE certainly serves a niche...and I clearly am outside that club!! But, remember, old people ROCK (on their porch, mostly, but it counts).
This station was cash cow for C/Channel until PPM hit ... and, like many others, true listening habits came to light. It's sad to see what it was when it launched, and what it became now --- not necessarily something to hang on anyone's shoulders, because they really ARE good people at the station. But I have to note that stations that have that ability to make people want to stay away and never sample it are really good vitamins for the other stations!!! KUBE certainly serves a niche...and I clearly am outside that club!! But, remember, old people ROCK (on their porch, mostly, but it counts).
Bongwater said:
Actually KVI preceded KYYX ... KVI went on in '76, and we launched KYYX in 77. The switch to KPLZ happened around the disco era, as KPLZ was trying to rebrand a bit to join the bandwagon ... and went after a "101-PLUS" image (which they had always used to identify the frequency). KPLS was taken so PLZ was closest available.
LITTLEBOYBLUE said:
Thanks, I stand corrected....
"101-PLUS"....like "102 1/2 KZOK-FM"....was there ever another fraction ever used to identify an FM frequency? like "95 1/8"? Or "106 3/4"?
I agree 93.3's audio processing change from the old KBLE-FM to The Northwest's New 93 FM and later KUBE was nothing short of DRAMATIC. It was the BEST sounding CHR station for all during the '80s........
LITTLEBOYBLUE said:
GREAT bumper sticker: "Some seniors ROCK; others are off their rocker."
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