SUGGESTION FOR 92.1 FM

[OldChicago]

I know it is probably a long shot or it would have been done already.
Can 92.1 move to 92.3, and then increase it power/HAAT or transmitter location after the move?

Old Chicago

 

[fadedglory]

Maybe, with 92.3 already in LaGrange and Livingston, then 92.5's in Navasota and Groves/Beaumont, with a directional aerial? It would be an interesting one

 

[fadedglory]

Think there's 92.5 Bay City also; new smartphone apps might help out a bit quicker

 

[stan]

Think there's 92.5 Bay City also; new smartphone apps might help out a bit quicker

Smartphone apps need to be done asap. This provides coverage for those of us outside the limited coverage area. For Houston the coverage is probably good, for those of us outside the immediate Houston area such as the Triangle we still have no news station other than over the net.

 

[fadedglory]

Listeners in BPT can now listen with their Blackberry and/or iPhone by downloading the TuneIn radio app, enter kroi in the search window, and tune into News92FM

 

[stan]

All I get is praise 92 with the kroi app.

The web stream is down this morning.

 

[stan]

All I get is praise 92 with the kroi app.

The web stream is down this morning.

As usual, I am not awake. The web stream is up this morning.

 

[fadedglory]

Looks like the gospel music programming was rerouted to the kroi app; the TuneIn app under KROI is streaming the news feed at 32kbps, sounds pretty good!

 

[Gregg]

Ten Suggestions for News 92 FM

I think News 92 FM sounds great. I had some misgivings if owner Radio One would do it right. However I am impressed at how smooth the station sounds on this, Day Two. I like that ABC Radio News reporters have even recorded promos welcoming News 92 FM. But I have ten comments on what I've heard...

1--It seems News 92 is using too many live interviews. I have misgivings about breaking the hourly news wheel, even during middays. In these days of instant information, you don't want to be doing something that doesn't give instant news at all times and slows down the format. None of the CBS All-News stations does live interviews, with an occasional exception. Houston already has three talk stations and an NPR station.
2--It sounds like the midday hours are one male host doing 2-3 minute interviews and a female anchor doing news updates. I don't think an All-News station should divide its male and female anchors like this.
3--If one of your slogans is "100% News, 0% Spin" you should NEVER get into partisan political discussions.
4--I'm not sure why they're doing Traffic and Weather on the Nines. If you carry ABC News at :00 and :30, that means traffic AND weather at :59 and :29 can only run 50 seconds. The CBS News stations give traffic 60 to 90 seconds depending on the severity of the problems and weather gets a fair amount of time as well. If you've got a lot of traffic and some major weather affecting Houston, to squeeze it all into 50 seconds is not wise.
5--Most CBS News stations do a minute of headlines at :59 and :30. Again, with traffic & weather airing at :59, News 92 can't do that. They go to ABC News without headlines preceeding. We could have a discussion of the need to follow the CBS Newsradio patterns but I say, News 92 doesn't need to re-invent the wheel.
6--Are Sports at :25 and :55? That's where the CBS stations do Business and Stock Market reports. Again, why re-invent the wheel?
7--So where is the Business and Stock Report? You should hear the same hourly wheel every hour of every day. It also seems like during midday hours, Sports and Business elements don't air in the same time slots.
8--Most CBS News stations have an Entertainment News segment once per hour. In NYC, WCBS does it at :27, WINS airs it at :37. WINS even uses its own Entertainment Reporter Sandy Kenyon (formerly of CNN) doing it weekdays mornings and afternoons. We were all happy News 92 FM didn't go the Merlin route of doing too much fluff news. But Entertainment News is something that should air hourly at the same time each hour.
9--News 92 FM uses a 30 minute news cycle. But they should consider using a 20 minute news cycle, since that gives the top stories three airings per hour. Few people who tune in an All-News station stay for a full 30 minutes. You run the risk of never hearing the top stories if you tune in at :05 or :35.
10--I personally think tele-type sound effects instantly tell a listener "This is the News Station." I know the trend has been away from this element. Only WINS NYC and KYW Philadelphia still employ the SFX. Howard Stern does it for his Sirius/XM News. Weekend Update on SNL I believe starts with tele-type SFX as well. Maybe younger listeners don't know that sound effect. But I still think it works. It gives you the instant message that this is not a talk show or an infomercial or NPR. This is the News Station.

Audio streaming at http://news92fm.com/?get-streaming-audio-player=1


Gregg
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[johndavis]

Re: Ten Suggestions for News 92 FM

2--It sounds like the midday hours are one male host doing 2-3 minute interviews and a female anchor doing news updates. I don't think an All-News station should divide its male and female anchors like this.
3--If one of your slogans is "100% News, 0% Spin" you should NEVER get into partisan political discussions.

I made it through most of yesterday's 9 to noon, but today I turned it off after about 10 minutes. It just doesn't work for me. You can't get too deep into a discussion and still hit the traffic and weather every 10 minutes, and when you try to cram a partisan political discussion into 3 minutes, you end up with one side's set of talking points and no real discussion. I'm sick of politics on the radio, anyway.

9--News 92 FM uses a 30 minute news cycle. But they should consider using a 20 minute news cycle, since that gives the top stories three airings per hour. Few people who tune in an All-News station stay for a full 30 minutes. You run the risk of never hearing the top stories if you tune in at :05 or :35.

Actually, if you tune in at :05, you'll hit their top local stories because they're coming out of ABC. But yes, the clock here seems to follow more of a local TV newscast than a CBS/Group W all news clock. That's not necessarily a bad thing - the average listener doesn't say to themselves "sports at :15 and :45 'round the clock on 1010 WINS" as they look at their watch. But they do need to do a better job of setting benchmarks for their features. If all the talk of appointment setting with PPM is to be believed, then they need to steal from the WINS playbook and drill into our head when we'll hear sports & business, because that can be as effective as "traffic & weather on the 9's"

 

[hookem]

I feel the traffic and weather reports are rushed, when they do "Traffic and Weather together on the 9's." The :59 minute mark seems extremely rushed because they are trying to make it before the top of the ABC News hour.

Besides that, I wish that station has more reporters but that's it. I like the station. Keep going 92.1.

 

[RadioNewsGuy]

Listening online. Wow, the mid-day report is horrible. I may have a misspelling here, but Carolyn Campbell is either having a medical condition or really can't read and speak. She stumbles more than Anne Curry. Also, live report from Occupy Houston was horrendous. The reporter, Jorge (didn't catch his last name) seemed to be confusedly reading a press release. Their audio is all over the place, the sounders are double playing, and it really sounds very amateurish. The anchors are also trying too hard to interact with AccuWeather. Just let them do the forecast. It doesn't have to be an event. I realize something is better than nothing, but this something is a far cry from the glory days of when KTRH actually did news. Growing pains is one thing, and completely expected. This, at least the mid-day report, is something completely different.

 

[DJboutit3]

I think doing traffic & weather ever 15 min would be better so it would not sound rushed

 

[Mediafrog+]

Re: Ten Suggestions for News 92 FM

10--I personally think tele-type sound effects instantly tell a listener "This is the News Station." I know the trend has been away from this element.

The trend has been away from this because any station that is worth a **** replaced teletype machines with computers 30+ years ago. Sorry, but this is 2011, not the 1960's.

Only WINS NYC and KYW Philadelphia still employ the SFX.

Northeast markets, loaded with longtime residents who are set in their ways, and used to decades of the same milieu. Houston doesn't fit that mold.

Howard Stern does it for his Sirius/XM News. Weekend Update on SNL I believe starts with tele-type SFX as well.

Two good reasons to NOT use SFX on a serious news station, so the content is not confused with the goofy crap associated with those two. :

Maybe younger listeners don't know that sound effect.

Unless they are into old movies. Maybe throw in a spinning newspaper on the website... ;D

It gives you the instant message that this is not a talk show or an infomercial or NPR.

Actually just concentrating on real news sends the message that it's not something else.

 

[TexasTuner]

Aside from the comments left by others, I suggest they kill the stereo pilot..the programming is in mono, why add to the noise, since the 92.1 isn't a full market signal? And their audio levels are all over the place. I get it that they're brand new, and have a lot of growing pains, but they've got to clean that up. It's a PITA to have to jack around with the car radio to hear their interviews or actualities. I don't know if this is operator error, or engineering issues, but it don't sound good.

OTOH, give them credit for getting out there and working on doing the best they can. I hope Radio One is in it for the long haul..this will be an expensive proposition.

They needs Iphone and Android apps asap, and a few translators wouldn't hurt, either.

My two cents worth.

 

[KTN Corp]

Aside from the comments left by others, I suggest they kill the stereo pilot..the programming is in mono, why add to the noise, since the 92.1 isn't a full market signal?

Houston is a Stereo town; the moment people notice the stereo pilot is missing, they will switch back to KUHF.  How come the AccuWeather segments sound better on KROI than on KUHF?  It seems that KUHF patches them in through the internet, even though NPR touts the best sound quality possible.

The sounders need to be changed, it is definitely KRLD's! I don't hear 'News 92 FM' on those chimes like they say on the spots, it's 'K-R-L-D' instead (Bonnie Petrie and Scott Braddock may have brought something back from Dallas).

I love the spot from yesterday that knocked AM radio fidelity and the power line noise (to knock KTRH indirectly). They tout the stereo effect!

 

[AirUpThere]

Radionewsguy, at some point, Bryan or Roger is going to catch you playing on Radio-Info.com and call you in and aircheck you. And it won't be pretty. Just a lil advice, chap.

 

[poops]

Listening online. Wow, the mid-day report is horrible. I may have a misspelling here, but Carolyn Campbell is either having a medical condition or really can't read and speak. She stumbles more than Anne Curry. Also, live report from Occupy Houston was horrendous. The reporter, Jorge (didn't catch his last name) seemed to be confusedly reading a press release. Their audio is all over the place, the sounders are double playing, and it really sounds very amateurish. The anchors are also trying too hard to interact with AccuWeather. Just let them do the forecast. It doesn't have to be an event. I realize something is better than nothing, but this something is a far cry from the glory days of when KTRH actually did news. Growing pains is one thing, and completely expected. This, at least the mid-day report, is something completely different.

Glory days of when KTRH actually did news.... hmmm.... they did news, but from my recollection, I have never remembered them doing all news... in the morning, Dewey Compton (Garden Line I believe), can't remember what the talk show was in the afternoon, Phillip Clark in the evenings... they had a pretty good mix back then, not the yadda, yadda, yadda, same ole, same ole, same ole, that they have today. You are very correct... KTRH was good back then.... today not so much, and IMHO...they should look to clean their own house, instead of trying to shoot up someone else's (but then... that's what you do when you really don't have anything good to bring to your own table). From this listeners viewpoint... News 92 FM is doing a great job and has much more to offer than any of the "so-called" news stations out there that I am able to receive down here on the coast. Again, that's my humble opinion, given with all due respect.

poops

 

[fadedglory]

In the afternoons, they had the "Ask the Doctor" call-in show way back when

 

[johndavis]

In the afternoons, they had the "Ask the Doctor" call-in show way back when

There are some things that should be left behind in history. Toaster Talk AM radio is one of those things.