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Please post your thoughts about the Springfield Market, the major players, etc. I may be considering a relocation and could use your input. Thanks.
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Springfield: Love the town (as do my parents). Hate the market (as do my parents).
The major players:
Journal: Have to start here. Journal has market leader KTTS, second or third banana KSPW and pretty much nothing else. KZRQ 106.7 is a struggling rock station. KSGF does well in the talk format but is mostly syndicated programming. Most people think it does well by default.
Clear Channel: Has KGBX, which does very well. Doesn't have much else. KXUS 97.3 is the heritage AOR, which has fallen to the middle of the pack. KTOZ 95.5 does variety hits, and it does okay in the ratings. It also has jocks, but not too many of them. KSWF 100.5 is the country station. It's a trainwreck, and the ratings seem to indicate that. I hear the 25-54 numbers, however, are better than the 12+ would indicate. KGMY 1400 is syndicated sports.
Midwest Family: KOMG 92.9 is classic country and has suddenly gone from being a cellar dweller to top-3. KOSP 105.1 is oldies and used to be the cluster leader but has fallen to the bottom ranked station in the cluster in the last book. It has John Stevens and the M&M Boys of KTTS fame. KKLH recently flipped from classic hits to classic rock as 104.7 The Cave. It went up in its first book since the change. KQRA 102.1 is alternative and recently had a really good book after being at the bottom of the cluster for several books. Probably the best cluster in the market in terms of staff and chemistry but has a lot of uncertainty as well. It's looking for an OM and is rumored to be for sale as one of the owners passed away a year or so ago.
Meyer Communications: Horrible place to work from all accounts from within the building. KTXR 101.3 is soft AC, but I don't recognize many songs I hear on it. KWTO AM/FM are a talk/sports combo; AM is talk while FM does sports. KWTO 560 is probably looking for a new morning host; its new morning host just passed away over the weekend. KBFL 1060/99.9 is a standards simulcast.
The major players:
Journal: Have to start here. Journal has market leader KTTS, second or third banana KSPW and pretty much nothing else. KZRQ 106.7 is a struggling rock station. KSGF does well in the talk format but is mostly syndicated programming. Most people think it does well by default.
Clear Channel: Has KGBX, which does very well. Doesn't have much else. KXUS 97.3 is the heritage AOR, which has fallen to the middle of the pack. KTOZ 95.5 does variety hits, and it does okay in the ratings. It also has jocks, but not too many of them. KSWF 100.5 is the country station. It's a trainwreck, and the ratings seem to indicate that. I hear the 25-54 numbers, however, are better than the 12+ would indicate. KGMY 1400 is syndicated sports.
Midwest Family: KOMG 92.9 is classic country and has suddenly gone from being a cellar dweller to top-3. KOSP 105.1 is oldies and used to be the cluster leader but has fallen to the bottom ranked station in the cluster in the last book. It has John Stevens and the M&M Boys of KTTS fame. KKLH recently flipped from classic hits to classic rock as 104.7 The Cave. It went up in its first book since the change. KQRA 102.1 is alternative and recently had a really good book after being at the bottom of the cluster for several books. Probably the best cluster in the market in terms of staff and chemistry but has a lot of uncertainty as well. It's looking for an OM and is rumored to be for sale as one of the owners passed away a year or so ago.
Meyer Communications: Horrible place to work from all accounts from within the building. KTXR 101.3 is soft AC, but I don't recognize many songs I hear on it. KWTO AM/FM are a talk/sports combo; AM is talk while FM does sports. KWTO 560 is probably looking for a new morning host; its new morning host just passed away over the weekend. KBFL 1060/99.9 is a standards simulcast.
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Did anyone ever land the Mid-West Ops gig? Thoughts and comments regarding their options and choice? Just curious...
gboy said:Did anyone ever land the Mid-West Ops gig? Thoughts and comments regarding their options and choice? Just curious...
Yes. Mary Fleenor is the new OM at MWF. She was the former GM at the Clear Channel cluster. She comes from a programming background and was reasonably well-liked at Clear Channel, though she may have gotten in a little over her head as a GM. So, the OM position, which is centered around programming instead of sales, is probably a better fit for her. A friend of mine worked for her at Clear Channel and said he would work for her again.
Anyone remember the old KRFG hard rock station? They had great format, but the signal always had a hiss.
Here in TX, I wish we had a station that did severe weather coverage like KTTS. Here in Dallas, the stations will tell you about the tornado after it came through and did its damage. I long for a station like KTTS that halts the music and talks you through the tornado crisis.
Here in TX, I wish we had a station that did severe weather coverage like KTTS. Here in Dallas, the stations will tell you about the tornado after it came through and did its damage. I long for a station like KTTS that halts the music and talks you through the tornado crisis.
Hero said:Is there any word on who will end up buying the Clear Channel properties?
(sorry if this has already been covered, but I don't usually come here.)
At least initially, Clear Channel's Springfield properties were not on the divestiture list. Springfield is about the smallest market that wasn't on the list. The cluster apparently has a pretty high profit margin, though it also has an incredibly high payroll for a market of its size. Rumor, also, is that there will be a second set of divestitures, and Springfield may go at that point. We'll have to wait and see if that happens.
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