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Recuerdo 107.9 is now Radio H20

Kent said:
Assuming CBS was really intending to do CHR, it does indeed look like they blew their chance badly.

CBS gave up on Top 40 years ago with 100.3. They wanted Jack on a freq. and they got it. Now that CHR is back on top they wanna give it another shot. Oh well
 
latino2008 said:
Univision has no idea what they are doing! It's a mess in dallas and it's a mess in Houston! Recuerdo in dallas never got a chance to do what it does in Houston.

Recuerdo was on KLNO for several years pre-PPM, and it was often #1. However, it is a harder sell particularly with accounts that like response getting things like events, promotions and remotes. While Recuerdo benefits in Houston from address based recruiting, Dallas does not use that procedure except in HDHA and HDBA areas... putting that format at a disadvantage in PPM. Thus the change.

Dallas has a very different composition than Houston. More first generation from rural areas of Mexico. In Houston, there is a larger base of people from urban areas in Mexico like Monterrey and San Luis Potosi and Tampico and Veracruz. So Houston has a higher Spanish contemporary core group.

Recuerdo had two chances in Dallas, on 94.1 and then on the more recent channel. It did not do what management wanted... despite many, many years of working the format (which was originally put on to ding La Preciosa and did manage to make Preciosa go away...)
 
Radio H20 about to do the Texas triangle?

RadioH20Dallas.com
RadioH20Houston.com
RadioH20SA.com
RadioAustin.com

Were all registered on 05/22/12. In addition, not certain but it appears Homie Marco, the PD from The Beat in SA is programming the station.
 
saradio1 said:
Radio H20 about to do the Texas triangle?

RadioH20Dallas.com
RadioH20Houston.com
RadioH20SA.com
RadioAustin.com

Were all registered on 05/22/12. In addition, not certain but it appears Homie Marco, the PD from The Beat in SA is programming the station.

It appears they did this in every market where they own a station, not just in Texas. Smart. Domains are cheap, and they've protected themselves from name squatters now that the first one has gone live.
 
This station sounds more rhythmic pop.
 
People are going to think this station is still Spanish with these commercials.
 
I love it. Kiss it CBS!!! You miss the time to change 105.3 or 107.5 to AMP or TOP 40 CHR format. KESS 107.9 H2O is a GREAT!!! I love more the old KDL and CASA music with some dance mix. Looks like I 93.3 will change to THE TICKET in a few months. KISS FM will drop some rating points. I see KESS 107.9 going to a 3.5 to 4 rating share in next book. ONLY one PROBLEM!!! ...H2O...Please need to stop the Spanish ads...go to English commericals fast.

CBS could now only put back The Oasis back to 107.5...that be heaven.

Dan the MAN!!!
The NORTH TEXAS RADIO MAN!!!
 
dantheman said:
I love it. Kiss it CBS!!! You miss the time to change 105.3 or 107.5 to AMP or TOP 40 CHR format. KESS 107.9 H2O is a GREAT!!! I love more the old KDL and CASA music with some dance mix. Looks like I 93.3 will change to THE TICKET in a few months. KISS FM will drop some rating points. I see KESS 107.9 going to a 3.5 to 4 rating share in next book. ONLY one PROBLEM!!! ...H2O...Please need to stop the Spanish ads...go to English commericals fast.

CBS could now only put back The Oasis back to 107.5...that be heaven.

Dan the MAN!!!
The NORTH TEXAS RADIO MAN!!!

I agree. H2O is Top 40 with some energy. Something CBS could have done with AMP if they wouldn't have been so scared of Clear Channel. Thank you Univision for not being punks!
 
I welcome the change as well! This is definitely a crossbreed between Kiss FM with a splash of "Casa 106.7" and "La Kalle 107.9" (La Kalle also did IDs at the end of each song). I do agree that they need to switch to English ads or at least do a mix bag between English and Spanish.

In my honest opinion, Liberman Broadcasting should NEVER have dumped "Casa 106.7" for La Bonita or Baneta...or whatever the heck you call it.
 
Just found out that Dj AK will doing a 5pm mix weekdays on 107.9.
 
Likely the ads were sold some time ago and it'll be a while before they cycle out.

AND/OR...perhaps since it's Univision-owned and they still want to court Spanish-language listeners to some degree, they won't cut ties completely with those advertisers and they'll just gradually phase in more English-language advertisers.
 
I've listened the last few nights. Definitely CHR-dance format, not a harder EDM format like KDL was. The back-announces are pretty refreshing.
 
107.9 is definitely not a Kiss copycat. They are doing top 40 in a different way.
 
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