Rockets broadcast on 96.5

[kirby]

Around 6:30, the pregame show was on and now the Rockets game is being broadcast on both 610 and 96.5. Is this the end of MIX 96.5 and the beginning of Sports 96.5?

 

[DJboutit3]

I just heard a station ID still saying they are MIX 95.6 guess they are trying to get ratings by starting to play rockets games

 

[kirby]

10:00 back to music...

 

[KTN Corp]

I started listening at 19:00 CDT, as the sun was about to set, for 45 minutes. Unlike the Texans games on KILT/KILT-FM, the sound was not as clear or dynamic (definitely on KHMX); it sounded like a low bit-rate ISDN line.

KHMX would make sure that the game was heard in the North Harris County/Montgomery County area (and for the benefit of younger listeners). But the commercials were not simulcasted like the Texans games either.

 

[purpledevil]

Around 6:30, the pregame show was on and now the Rockets game is being broadcast on both 610 and 96.5. Is this the end of MIX 96.5 and the beginning of Sports 96.5?

Wonder why the switch from KILT-FM to KHMX? It seems highly unlikely, but certainly something I'd like to see happen. With iPods, Mp3 players, etc. not having an AM band, 610 is not an option in certain situations. Furthermore it's gotten to the point where I can't tell when 95.7 ends and 96.5 begins as they sound nearly identical. If it were to transpire, rest assured, that would be the end of 610 as a sports station, and likely as a part of the CBS cluster.

 

[schmave]

How long has this been a regular thing? My guess would be they are simulcasting night games as a way to reach the northern audience 610 shuts out after dark.

 

[Mediafrog+]

How long has this been a regular thing? My guess would be they are simulcasting night games as a way to reach the northern audience 610 shuts out after dark.

Perhaps CBS should have purchased KJOJ 880 in order to better cover Montgomery County and other northern exurbs. Too late now.

You gotta think CBS is at least thinking about moving or simulcasting 610 on FM.

 

[schmave]

How long has this been a regular thing? My guess would be they are simulcasting night games as a way to reach the northern audience 610 shuts out after dark.

Perhaps CBS should have purchased KJOJ 880 in order to better cover Montgomery County and other northern exurbs. Too late now.

You gotta think CBS is at least thinking about moving or simulcasting 610 on FM.

It would be long overdue. But is 96.5 the logical choice to blow up?

 

[KTN Corp]

How long has this been a regular thing? My guess would be they are simulcasting night games as a way to reach the northern audience 610 shuts out after dark.

Perhaps CBS should have purchased KJOJ 880 in order to better cover Montgomery County and other northern exurbs. Too late now.

You gotta think CBS is at least thinking about moving or simulcasting 610 on FM.

It would be long overdue. But is 96.5 the logical choice to blow up?

KKHH is probably better since KHMX is a stable format (20 years as Mix 96.5). Sports 95.7 anybody? How about 610's FM, KILT-FM?

 

[purpledevil]

Not with KILT-FM overtaking KKBQ for Houston's country leader again. Looks like listeners like commercials, commercials, and MORE commercials. To think, if KILT-FM were to vanish, what would 93 Q do for TV spots and music breaks?

Logical to me would be to blow up the station that doesn't fit in the cluster. Of course, that would be KLOL. "Sports Radio 101". What a catchy ring that has to it. That would leave 101 as the leader of the pack in sports programming, with that signal and that talent...no one would be able to touch "The Sports Leader".

But reality....do you really think CBS is going to move sports to FM? I don't see it. Not with all 4 FM's doing as well as they are.

 

[Mediafrog+]

But reality....do you really think CBS is going to move sports to FM? I don't see it. Not with all 4 FM's doing as well as they are.

All four CBS FM's did very nicely in the latest PPM's. Probably no sports on FM for the time being, unless The Eye wants to grab a rimshot away from Cumulus.

 

[kirby]

Last Wednesday was the only time I know of where a Rockets game was simulcast on 96.5. Maybe there was a glitch with the voice tracked Lauren show and no other DJ was available, so they decided to use the Rocket game to take up the night shift. The audio quality was horrible!!

 

[KTN Corp]

Not with KILT-FM overtaking KKBQ for Houston's country leader again. Looks like listeners like commercials, commercials, and MORE commercials. To think, if KILT-FM were to vanish, what would 93 Q do for TV spots and music breaks?

Cox isn't doing too well. For their biggest market, KKBQ is their only Missouri City station and the rest are rimshots. And it only gets worse when two of the rimshots are full power stations simulcasting after pulling a format off one of the stations.

Logical to me would be to blow up the station that doesn't fit in the cluster. Of course, that would be KLOL. "Sports Radio 101". What a catchy ring that has to it. That would leave 101 as the leader of the pack in sports programming, with that signal and that talent...no one would be able to touch "The Sports Leader".

CBS should put their specialty, all news, on full-power KLOL. Maybe they can buy the KTRH news intellectual property from CC and change the calls back to KTRH-FM while 740 goes all talk. It would be nice to choose between CBS and ABC for top-of-the-hour news in Houston again after all these years. I can't believe that the hourly CBS news, when KIKK is actually on, is limited to the top headlines while the last 2 minutes is stacked with commercials instead of the few stories covered in depth.