The most listened to Houston Radio Station, and My Houston Trip for the Day...

[willdav713]

When I traveled to Houston on Oct 31st, My tuner was on Majic 102.1 the most.

They had a 6 PM mix show playing mostly R&B Oldies. I listened to it until the signal faded out on I-10 near Bernando Rd.

I also got to film I-10 all the way from Downtown Houston to San Antonio, I will soon be posting that on YouTube. I couldn't get the Walkman connected to the laptop, as I had no way of monitoring the audio on my Dell Laptop, so I will be searching the web for a sound card that can be hooked up to my laptop. I did, however manually place my stereo headphones onto my camera. So I got an air check FM band scan.

104 KRBE I picked up near the Columbus exit, they were playing "This Love..." by Maroon 5, which was on the air, overplayed at KRBE in 2005. Well, it's 2012 KRBE, The Contemporary Hits Radio Top 40 supposed to be radio station. I don't recall that song being a #1 hit.

To Cheapskate Cox Radio, -----NEWSFLASH-----
The Eagle IS NOT CLASSIC HITS. AC/DC Hell's Bells along with Heart's Barracuda is not Classic Hits, they advertise they are better than the Arrow, but they sound just like the Arrow. I wish Cox would bring back Oldies 107.5 but with an expanded playlist.

Funny thing is when I got to I-10 and Washington Ave all the way into Downtown Houston, the first song I listened to was Kenny Rogers "Lady" on Country Legends 97.1
Reminds me of KHOU's commercial "The Spirit of Texas" mid 80's ad with Kenny Rogers.

The trip cost me $2.50 round trip from San Antonio on the Mega Bus, we rolled in 15 minutes early at 10:30 AM.

On the trip back to San Antonio we were 30-45 minutes late due to taking 1 hour to get from Downtown Houston to Katy.

Houston's changed since 7 years, but the radio is still sucky except for Majic 102.1

Any most listened to Radio Stations out there you would like to share? What makes them stand out?

 

[rbrucecarter5]

To Cheapskate Cox Radio, -----NEWSFLASH-----
The Eagle IS NOT CLASSIC HITS. AC/DC Hell's Bells along with Heart's Barracuda is not Classic Hits, they advertise they are better than the Arrow, but they sound just like the Arrow. I wish Cox would bring back Oldies 107.5 but with an expanded playlist.

Your trip sounds depressingly close to what I discovered when I actually moved here 3 1/2 years ago. Thankfully I had a few months of oldies before that terrible Eagle flip. I don't think anybody knows what the Eagle's format really is - the best guess is a juke box for the 300 songs the music director likes best, because nobody else likes most of those clunkers. Especially when they are played into the ground. I swear I almost get physically ill every time I hear Hotel California I'm so burned out on it now.

R&B and country are of no interest to me. Your Houston radio experience would have been extremely different had you listened to HD subchannels.

88.7 just started an exciting new HD-3.
KSBJ has NGEN, which is as good as Christian rock and hip-hop gets. Quite astounding given the mediocrity and lukewarmness of their over the air praise and worship format.
91.7, of course, is full time classical over the air - almost as good as WRR
93.7, 94.5, and 106.9 have good HD-2's.
KRBE and the 107.5 Eagle have oldies on HD-2

I listen so much to those I haven't explored too many other HD-2's but I believe there is a dance format on one. Not too much to my liking, but I'm glad its there because it is different and creative. Smooth Jazz is on a couple of places I think - when I'm in the mood for it.

Really - if you don't have HD radio, Houston radio sucks for the most part. I may sound like an ad for HD radio, but to me it is a means to an end. I'd buy HD radio for the NGEN format alone, especially since there are two oldies channels. I'd caution anybody about HD radio, though, the reliability sucks no matter how good your radio, you just about have to be a DX'er to make it work. And there is a five second dead air lock time going from one HD-2 to another. If you can put up with that ____ and actually find an HD radio, Houston radio goes from suckish to fantastic. Why the stations put their good formats on HD-2 is a mystery to me. Personally, I'd swap the HD-2 and HD-1's of half the stations in town and let folks finally hear something great on Houston radio instead of the slop they usually get.

 

[rageradio]

That is pretty much what I summed up about 106-9 The Point. A jukebox of songs the PD liked the most or could tolerate. Because there was so much more music that format missed out on. The current HD2 channel is a much better version of The Point

 

[schmave]

That is pretty much what I summed up about 106-9 The Point. A jukebox of songs the PD liked the most or could tolerate. Because there was so much more music that format missed out on. The current HD2 channel is a much better version of The Point

I remember liking The Point on my trips to Houston ... back in 2001 and 2003. We'd lost our 80s station in Columbus a little bit before that, so it filled a gap with music I missed. In 2004 and 2005, sometimes I'd stream The Point while I worked or was around the house. It didn't take long to notice how repetitive the playlist was, or how the DJs sounded so automated with short, predictable breaks (never time, rarely weather updates).
In 2007, 2008 and 2009, when I lived in Houston, it still hadn't changed. A real injustice to the 80s format that so many songs were forgotten and the same bunch were played ad nauseum.

 

[rageradio]

Oh yeah.. I remember when I worked there you there was always some jock in a production booth working on VTs. It amazes me how the point lasted a full decade playing the same, what were once gems of the 80s, songs into the ground. For the last five years it was virtually lifeless.