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Smooth Jazz and R&B used to be in the Austin and San Antonio market

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longhorn2004

With the advent of streaming on the internet this may be a moot point.

1. Austin used to a have strong Smooth Jazz station with great signal at 93.3 (?) According to someone in the know it got great ratings and a loyal following but could not attract advertisers. I have always thought that was kind of strange, great ratings,great demo and yet one cannot sell ad space. Is that true?

San Antonio had a Jazz station too, 107 something. Do not know if it was as popular as the Austin one.

2. San Antonio used to have a R&B station back in the late 90s (remember listening to Tom Joyner on it when in San Antonio), and so did Austin though it was on 1370AM (again, used to listen to Tom Joyner in the morning on it at work). There was a public station too on the FM. 88 something., that supposively still plays some R&B and Jazz (or is it a myth). Is it still around? Can't pick it up in Georgetown.

Amazing what changing demographics (Austin African American population must be getting smaller, East Austin doesn't look the same) and effect of new genre of music (amazing too how many R&B stations flipped to hip hop) can have on the airwaves.
 
While the African American Population within the city core of Austin has dropped, the Austin Metropolitan area gained population with African Americans, the difference is the fact that many of them have left East Austin to move a bit further out in the suburbs, the northeast side including Plugerville and even Round Rock. 88.7 KAZI is still on the air and does play a good variety of Hip Hop and R&B.
 
Yuppies have been buying up East Austin in recent years because of its proximity to downtown Austin. They're tearing down and rebuilding, pumping up property values which also makes it harder for oldtimers to stay in their homes. That adds even more to the number of newcomers in the neighborhood.
 
San Antonio just got a new R&B station at 91.7 KRTU HD2.
 
I remember the smooth jazz radio station on 93.3. The smooth jazz format was on 93.3 from either '95 or '96 til '98 when they switched to a country radio station. I also remember smooth jazz on 106.7 in San Antonio back in the late '90s. Even though Austin has KAZI, I think Austin should have a full Urban AC format like 103.1 Kiss FM in Killeen. If not, they should have a translator from Kiss Fm in Killeen so that people who live down in Austin (Central, East, West, & South) would be able to hear it clearly instead of hearing mostly static like those who hear Kiss FM in Georgetown, Round Rock, Pflugerville, Cedar Park, & Leander.
 
fredcantu said:
Commercial stations can't use translators to extend their coverage area.
Click to expand...

Than what are translators good for?
 
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