So are Dan and Alfie out at KEGL? Finally?

[macattack]

The rumors about the sports format have been going crazy for the past 2 weeks.

It makes ZERO sense, but then I thought about it and well, playing big band songs could get more than a 1.3 - so . . .

I think the 1.3 was the last straw that made iHeart decide to clean house. The timing is too on the nose to be coincidental. The moment that report got released everyone at KEGL was officially on borrowed time. I would not be surprised to see further purging.

I still think they roll with a revamped Active Rock format but who knows what will happen at this point.

 

[TheBigA]

I think the 1.3 was the last straw that made iHeart decide to clean house.

That probably is why they blew out KEGL's PD. But doesn't explain why they also blew out the Market Manager.

 

[Loverofradio]

They would be crazy to blow up a music station to run syndicated sports. Either network would be a mistake.

They should start by hiring someone who knows how to program a rock station. Then bring in someone who can talk both sports and rock music. They have a few like that in their system. They put the Detroit GM in charge of Dallas. I expect to see a few Detroit people on the air soon in Dallas.

It would be crazy. But in 2022 it’s cheaper to run satellite fed sports, with the ability to make enough to bill decently.

I‘m not implying 97.1 should flip or anything. For all we know they’re probably billing well now.

Update: ok, maybe this playlist is a little off. I’m hearing All American Rejects “Gives You Hell” on the 97.1 stream as I type. Thats as “alt-pop” as it gets. Maybe a shift towards full blown “alt” and dropping GnR and Ozzy is in their future?

 

[Rudy Fitzneris]

https://www.radiodiscussions.com/threads/so-are-dan-and-alfie-out-at-kegl-finally.754201/#post-6529184

There is no reason whatsoever to shift to ALT. DROP the alt and drop the classic rock - go back to the roots of the station, playing ROCK songs from the past 20 years ONLY - and win.

 

[macattack]

I’m with Rudy on this one. Flipping to Alternative would be asinine. KVIL has that lane covered and Alternative if anything has been stealing Active hits for the format this year. “Ramon Ayala” hit #1 on Alt in addition to Active Rock; “DiE4u” narrowly missed the Alt top 10 after a successful Active run, and the current Alt top 50 has several big Active songs. If Alternative is going to spin the softer and stranger Active songs it only makes sense to lean all in on the modern rock to stand out from the Alt station.

 

[mightynine]

Is there enough product AND listener interest in the last 20 years of rock to make that work?

 

[macattack]

Is there enough product AND listener interest in the last 20 years of rock to make that work?

The 2000’s generated many rock-to-pop hits. The 2010’s are sparser in terms of crossovers but many 2010’s songs by the likes of Ghost, Volbeat, Five Finger Death Punch, and others have shown staying power. Hell Ghost had a song blow up on TikTok recently, “Mary On A Cross”. It has a chance but there will likely still have to be some 90’s hits inserted into the mix to prop things up.

 

[salemjedi54]

it's called speculation, this is a radio board, people speculate what's happening next to the station.

also, i went with those 2 formats due to the Mavs radio network and the fact the PD was fired as well as the long time anchor show too.

My post is PURE SPECULATION on my part, but here it goes.....What if iHeart was making moves behind the scenes to flip to some type of talk based format. iHeart approached Mike Soiros and Danny Balis to be part of this flip and that's why they left KTCK AM/FM. Again this post is PURE SPECULATION.

 

[Rudy Fitzneris]

Listen to TURBO on Sirius to get an idea of what Eagle should be.

Rock music. It's THAT simple. (With an awesome morning show.)

 

[salemjedi54]

WUCS Hartford, CT -- iHeart station, ESPN Radio affiliate. Unique?

unless they want the PxP feeds of ESPN radio it makes sense for that area. But for D/FW it does not make sense....to me.

 

[charles1234]

They need to dump Ben and Skin and broadcast the Mavs games on the Ticket

 

[Mediafrog+]

They need to dump Ben and Skin and broadcast the Mavs games on the Ticket

iHeart doesn’t own KTCK. Plus there would be constant conflicts with Stars games.

 

[salemjedi54]

They need to dump Ben and Skin and broadcast the Mavs games on the Ticket

LOL!!!. The Mavericks are on KEGL because Cubes does not want any conflicts so that cancels KRLD AM/FM and pretty much any talk station in the Cumulus Media domain.

 

[Jay S]

I think the 1.3 was the last straw that made iHeart decide to clean house. The timing is too on the nose to be coincidental. The moment that report got released everyone at KEGL was officially on borrowed time. I would not be surprised to see further purging.

I still think they roll with a revamped Active Rock format but who knows what will happen at this point.

Even though KEGL’s numbers were bad. KZPS’ numbers were good. Don Davis was PD of both. That’s a bit ironic. It may be that all the talk and Mavs games is hurting KEGL.

KZPS could be vulnerable with Don Davis and Bo and Jim gone. If I were Cumulus and I would look into flipping 93.3 to classic rock. I’d definitely put some type of classic rock/mainstream rock format on 93.3 if KEGL flips. Although, KLIF-FM doesn’t have a competitive signal, they might be able to alleviate this if they could simulcast on an HD subchannel of one of their stronger signals and get a translator to relay it to the suburbs.

 

[salemjedi54]

KZPS could be vulnerable with Don Davis and Bo and Jim gone. If I were Cumulus and I would look into flipping 93.3 to classic rock. I’d definitely put some type of classic rock/mainstream rock format on 93.3 if KEGL flips. Although, KLIF-FM doesn’t have a competitive signal, they might be able to alleviate this if they could simulcast on an HD subchannel of one of their stronger signals and get a translator to relay it to the suburbs.

Ahhh go back to 93.3 The Bone. That will work.....hahahahahaha

 

[Loverofradio]

I’m with Rudy on this one. Flipping to Alternative would be asinine. KVIL has that lane covered and Alternative if anything has been stealing Active hits for the format this year. “Ramon Ayala” hit #1 on Alt in addition to Active Rock; “DiE4u” narrowly missed the Alt top 10 after a successful Active run, and the current Alt top 50 has several big Active songs. If Alternative is going to spin the softer and stranger Active songs it only makes sense to lean all in on the modern rock to stand out from the Alt station.

I’m curious why AAR would ever be played on a station that bills themselves as active rock. im pretty sure if you asked AAR they’ll be surprised to know they’re being played on the Eagle

 

[Loverofradio]

My post is PURE SPECULATION on my part, but here it goes.....What if iHeart was making moves behind the scenes to flip to some type of talk based format. iHeart approached Mike Soiros and Danny Balis to be part of this flip and that's why they left KTCK AM/FM. Again this post is PURE SPECULATION.

Well we have our answer?

 

[b-turner]

Whatever The Eagle does is to be determined on it's billing potential. Every signal has a certain value that is maintained by billing and/or potential billing by a certain time in order to maintain or exceed the frequency's value. When you look at programming, one has to analyze it's billing potential versus value of the frequency. A format that does not traditionally bill enough to maintain the value, then there is no chance of that happening. Judging the dollars in Sportstalk and the competition, it makes zero sense. Active Rock might be possible with revamping the market. A new format entirely would be costly but you need to see the sales trend of KEGL to know the best route. KVIL at the start of the year had horrible billing. Now look at the station after a revamp.

 

[MarkW]

I want to say 1310 / 96.7 The Ticket is one of the highest billing stations in the market. I am unsure about 105.3 The Fan.

Anyone know where each ranks?

 

[CTListener]

Whatever The Eagle does is to be determined on it's billing potential. Every signal has a certain value that is maintained by billing and/or potential billing by a certain time in order to maintain or exceed the frequency's value. When you look at programming, one has to analyze it's billing potential versus value of the frequency. A format that does not traditionally bill enough to maintain the value, then there is no chance of that happening. Judging the dollars in Sportstalk and the competition, it makes zero sense. Active Rock might be possible with revamping the market. A new format entirely would be costly but you need to see the sales trend of KEGL to know the best route. KVIL at the start of the year had horrible billing. Now look at the station after a revamp.

As a whole, rock of any type other than classic rock underperforms in billing, so if billing is the problem at The Eagle, and it doesn't flip to sports, wouldn't it makes sense to abandon rock entirely and go with a musical format that generates advertising revenue more in line with its share?