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Sad news for KFXM.
- Thread starter 30james
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I just had a long conversation with and he said that the station will be back on the air by October 15. He had a computer failure with the operating software.
I did not discuss that with him. Lets him get it back on the air first. When he gets it back up he will. let everyone know what happened.
I wouldn't mind an expansion of 70's to 80's or even some 90's songs as long as he doesn't lean too much on the songs that are being played into the ground by stations that play classic hits of that era. I hope he doesn't totally leave the 50's and 60's behind. What I like about KFXM is hearing instrumentals, novelty tunes, and a lot of other music from back in the day that doesn't get played elsewhere mixed in with the bigger hits.
And he doesn't play classic hip hop or classic alternative. I totally agree with you though. Time for fresh coat of 🎨🎨
Oh my, that is so sad! Fortunately, the site is archived in the Wayback machine: K F X M The Lost Goldmine in the high desert!
I hope we don’t lose it either.
KFXM first signed on October 4, 2004.
Interesting how the website is down and cannot be contacted by phone. We don’t know how long that will last.
I was listening to them in the beginning of this year and heard some great stuff.
I feel your pain 30james. Like WLNG on Long Island. KFXM is similar here in Los Angeles. Both are low powered FM’s and have an endless playlist unlike the full powered FM’s. Many record collectors and fans (myself included) will be competely devastated if this station disappears from the airwaves.
For now, let’s see what happens.
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Saying WLNG is synonymous with "Long Island" is an exaggeration. It covers less than 130,000 persons in a market (Nassau / Suffolk MSA) of 3,000,000.
Similarly, KFXM covers 18,000 in a market of 13,700,000.
Yes, they have streams, but that costs them extra money and is not viable outside the immediate area of coverage.
And the way, a small town station should be programmed. Good ideas 54!!
KFXM is a high desert station, so bringing up it's "listener potential" in a highly unreachable population of 13.7 million is futile. 13.7 million (- the 18,000) in the LA basin west of the mountains who cannot even tune in. So really, 18 thousand potential listeners and how many of those are tuning in?? And for those tuning in, a wonderful, full and complete cycle of classic hits covering several decades. It's either that (which many prefer) or hearing the same daily 80s monotony of K-Earth 101, if they can even hear it on the eastern side of the San Gabriels. KFXM is a very good station, comparable to the ones I listen in Florida and I hope they continue spewing out the great music. Being over 55 does have it's advantages!
The whole issue here is that we don't know if the licensee is both willing and able to continue sustaining the operation of this station. While it lasted a "good long time" people get older, volunteers drop out and don't get replaced and the format itself appeals to fewer and fewer remaining people.
Except for some occasional broadcasts of a loop of a few songs, it appears that the regular programming is gone. The website and the phone are gone. So... what remains? Was there ever a plan to transfer the license and station to someone else?
18 K is the population of Rosamond. You can hear KFXM in Lancaster and Palmdale on any car radio.
18 k is the population of the 60 dbu coverage area.
The" Sunday Oldies Jukebox" in the Akron area, 88.9 WSTB [when I started listening to it] played 50s/60s/70s. Now they've started adding some 80s into the mix. Listener supported station that does extremely well. I heard at one point, before iheart wrecked WMJI [in my opinion], that they had 3 times as many listeners as Majic. And they did this only putting out 680 watts. They don't subscribe to Nielsen. They do pretty well with a signal that reaches Southern Summit to Northern Summit county to the middle of of Summit County and middle of Portage county. Their "distant" signal reaches Western Medina county/Eastern Trumbull county, Southern Cuyahoga/Geauga county and Northern Stark county. However, when it comes to the Western/Southwestern part of their coverage, WRDL [Ashland College station] starts competing with their signal and WOFN in Beach City is on 88.7 which bleeds over into 88.9. And to keep it on the KFXM thread, I listened to KFXM online a LOT a few years ago. I thought it was an absolutely awesome sounding station. [As an aside, WSTB is a high school student run station that runs a format called "The Alternation" Monday to Saturday, so if you like Alternative music give it a listen. It's not bad and I say that as a cranky, senior citizen.]
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Based on the Spring Akron numbers, the station is 14th in 25-544, it's strongest demo. 22nd in 12+. It does about 65% better in men than women, too. It is very bobbly in the 12+ numbers, having gone as high as 1.9 in Fall of 2020 and as low as 0.5 in Fall of 2021. In real numbers, that's a cume iv about 22,000 and AQH persons of 800.
Of course, home-to-Akron stations only get 35% of local listening, with most going to Cleveland stations and some to Canton ones.
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