I actually went to the Open House when KXTR moved to a new location in Independence, MO. If I recall, the move coincided with KXTR going 24/7 with Classical noon to midnight, jazz overnight and beautiful music 6 to noon with Tom Green, a DJ I got to talk to. They had been on the air a while but I think they played only classical music and had a relatively short broadcast day.
In the months that followed, they'd allow us to take all the AP teletype paper from the trash for our little part 15s. One day they bragged having 20 commercials a day, almost one an hour (and their rate was a hefty $20 about 1969.).
As I understand it, KXTR did quite well for a while but like so many other commercial classical stations, the frequency can bill so much more in revenue than classical, to the format kept being moved to lesser and lesser signals.
I'd love to learn more about KXTR, especially the early days. Please share.
In the months that followed, they'd allow us to take all the AP teletype paper from the trash for our little part 15s. One day they bragged having 20 commercials a day, almost one an hour (and their rate was a hefty $20 about 1969.).
As I understand it, KXTR did quite well for a while but like so many other commercial classical stations, the frequency can bill so much more in revenue than classical, to the format kept being moved to lesser and lesser signals.
I'd love to learn more about KXTR, especially the early days. Please share.