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The Party Has Moved!

The call letters were KYKR, not KIKR. KIKR first appeared on AM 900 in 1974 after changing from KMCO, which stood for Montgomery County. KIKK filed lawsuit against KIKR for the use of the word "KIKKer." While awaiting a decision in which KIKK eventually lost, KIKR could not refer to itself as 'kicker.' On the air, we called it "Big 9 Country K-I-K-R." KIKR would move those call letters to AM 880. After the calls were changed to KJOJ, the KIKR calls found itself on Beaumont's AM-1450, which was one time famous KAYC.

KYKR moved to the vacated 95.1 which used to be known as B-95.
 
Chuck Tiller said:
The call letters were KYKR, not KIKR. KIKR first appeared on AM 900 in 1974 after changing from KMCO, which stood for Montgomery County. KIKK filed lawsuit against KIKR for the use of the word "KIKKer." While awaiting a decision in which KIKK eventually lost, KIKR could not refer to itself as 'kicker.' On the air, we called it "Big 9 Country K-I-K-R." KIKR would move those call letters to AM 880. After the calls were changed to KJOJ, the KIKR calls found itself on Beaumont's AM-1450, which was one time famous KAYC.

KYKR moved to the vacated 95.1 which used to be known as B-95.
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Very good and correct Chuck!! iirc, 1450 became KIKR when Charlie Pride and company owned it (I hated to see the KAYC call go away...worked on KAYC in the mid 70s as DJ; so did a lot of other now well known DJs like Chris Baker of KATT, OKC, no OM of Cidatel there; NO, this is not the talk Chris Baker of KPRC but the ORIGINAL Chris Baker :)

KYKR was a redone KCAW (original calls of its daytimer AM on 1510 and the FM back in the 1970s)...owned by Jimmie Joynt (who I understand is the same who sells transmitters, etc out of Dallas). As a teenager, when KCAW would sign off the air, in came WLAC in Nashville BOOMING...so I had a button reserved for it even though I wasnt a CW fan (please pun NOT intended!!) KCAW became KYKR in a rebranded version...and is still on 95.1 today (The original Chris Baker was PD of B95/KZZB during its better days...before it went dark under a new owner...amazing..only owner to take a top rated FM in a market to DARK in less than a year).
 
Do you know where Chris Baker is today? I used to work at KZZB-95 in Sales, during its heyday. Chris was originally Unknown B-Jock when I started at B-95. Here's another name for you JJ Jackson -- program director during that time. He's at a mortgage place now.
 
Has anyone noticed they are now being branded as "hip hop and R&B"? I guess they are going after KTCX's big share :D
 
hifidistortion said:
Has anyone noticed they are now being branded as "hip hop and R&B"? I guess they are going after KTCX's big share :D
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They are probably trying to make them selves stand out from KKHH as an actual Hip Hop and R&B station. I think they could care less of what KTCX is doing since their prime objective is Houston. But we can all expect for the po' po to arrive soon and end the party ;D I think that if the station wants to survive, they should try some Hispanic Hurban mixed in with Hip Hop. But they won't.
 
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