Recent Trip to East Texas

[SandySanford]

Okay, this should get the discussion started. On a recent trip to East Texas I rolled up and down the dial and noticed a few things...

KNUE sounded better than I remembered

KYKX sounded "hollow" what's the deal, it almost sounded like there was no "bottom" to their music

KOOI was pretty smooth, I think the transitions were good and really better than I remember them as well

KGAS in Carthage was still the same

KTBB was making for interesting talk and sounded like they are superiorly (sp?) engineered

And for KFRO to be a C3 at 500 feet, I was having problems keeping a stereo synch as I went south

Finally, East Texas Radio seems like the more it changes, the more it stays the same!

 

[KPLEXCOMPLEX]

> Okay, this should get the discussion started. On a recent
> trip to East Texas I rolled up and down the dial and noticed
> a few things...
>
> KNUE sounded better than I remembered
>
> KYKX sounded "hollow" what's the deal, it almost sounded
> like there was no "bottom" to their music
>
> KOOI was pretty smooth, I think the transitions were good
> and really better than I remember them as well
>
> KGAS in Carthage was still the same
>
> KTBB was making for interesting talk and sounded like they
> are superiorly (sp?) engineered
>
> And for KFRO to be a C3 at 500 feet, I was having problems
> keeping a stereo synch as I went south
>
> Finally, East Texas Radio seems like the more it changes,
> the more it stays the same!
>
KYKX hollow sound only follows the lead of its morning host Dru

 

[nuzguy]

Your observations are the same as those from anyone who listens to any stations in this area for even a short while. It's as if each station is book marking its place/frequency in the market, with the result each outlet sounds as if it doesn't even acknowledge that there's an audience to be reached. KDOK-FM and a couple of other stations are the only ones making any effort at all to involve listeners in the stations' existence. All the others are just there--nothing happening and no one seeming to care about that obvious lack of connection. Quite a contrast to the "days of old" (when AM was THE mode), Longview and Tyler were hotbeds of radio activity, commercial inventories were sold out, and every day was a race for listeners. Now it's a case of mind over matter--station owners and managers don't mind about the lack of listeners and the listeners themselves just don't matter.