DavidEduardo said:
Radio-locator still lists 690 as XETRA, with a grade A signal lobe in L.A. Does your radio say something different?
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Radio-locator still lists 690 as XETRA, with a grade A signal lobe in L.A. Does your radio say something different?
Sam Lit said:
My radio does not say anything. Where I live, inland (Glendale adjacent to La Cañada-Flintridge), you can't get it daytime and it is noisy at night. It takes a 10 mv/m at minimum to get ratings in LA.
The calls have been XEWW since late last year. The usable signal barely hits a bit of coastal LA county and coastal Orange County.
The radio-locator maps are clearly labeled as "for amusement purposes only" and the usable signal is about 20% inside the innermost red contour. XEWW has zero ratings in the LA metro, mostly because the signal is not strong enough to hear well in today's noisy environment.
Big E said:
Thanks, Big E! That makes sense and I kind of remember Mucho mentioning that the name of the station was going to change to Mega. I think he was also doing his gig at the then-called WestWood 1.
Two LA stations? Hmmm! I miss four of them: KRLA (1110), KFWB (980), KHJ (930) and KDAY (1580).
KRTH (101.1) doesn't even come close to the original Drake-Chenault formatted KHJ. Way too much repetition from a small library. KOLA (99.9) is slightly better, but not great; plus, their Optimod (if they're running one) is out of whack. The "sound" isn't as full as it should be.
I've been in radio broadcasting, in one way or another, since 1955; and nothing comes close to the programming of yesterday. It ain't broadcasting, it's narrowcasting.
KRTH (101.1) doesn't even come close to the original Drake-Chenault formatted KHJ. Way too much repetition from a small library. KOLA (99.9) is slightly better, but not great; plus, their Optimod (if they're running one) is out of whack. The "sound" isn't as full as it should be.
I've been in radio broadcasting, in one way or another, since 1955; and nothing comes close to the programming of yesterday. It ain't broadcasting, it's narrowcasting.
SoCal Tom, what do you think of 100.3 The Sound? What did you think of these stations: KMPC-FM/The Edge (KEDG) 1987-89; MARS-FM (1991-92); FM101.9 KSCA; Channel 103.1. Those are stations I have missed, except for Channel 103.1 until they migrated for their short stay on Internet only.
SuperRadioFan said:
Personally, I don't (or didn't) think much of any of the stations you mentioned. I almost gave up listening to radio when it became so narrowcasted; and with a shrunken library.
And a mention about KRTH. I was listening one Memorial Day weekend, about 15 years ago, to their " countdown500." When I heard "Tequila" by the Champs at multiple positions during the weekend, I gave up listening to KRTH. A true countdown show would have, at least, the number of songs that are advertised. In other words, if a station is going to play the top 500 songs of the past decade, they should have at least 500 songs in the library.
WABC , CKLW, WKBW, WLS, WCFL,WKYC, KQV,---------oops thats not 2----sorry
They still have so-called "weekend specials"....but looking at the songs played list.....it's nothing more than just a re-shuffle of their existing daily playlist, to make it look as if they are presenting something different...when it really is not!
Can't fool us...right?? Narrowcasting for sure!
15 years ago would have been 1993....yeah, sounds right for a Memorial Weekend countdown, with those "repetitives" within the same 500....That's not the way to go! When Bob Hamilton was PD in the mid 80's..the weekend specials and countdowns on KRTH were one-of-a-kind, memorable ones, and so-TRUE.
A station that is missed today is the KRTH of the early-mid 80's.
kzewdude said:
kzewdude said:
Sorry for the partial double post. I am an avid reader and very rare contributor. In any event:
A quick correction regarding the old KDAY 1580. The general manager was Art Astor, who had come over following a very successful run at KHJ during the Boss Radio days. From KDAY, Art rejoined Gene Chenault and Bill Drake in their syndication business. He soon bought KORJ (later KIKF and KMXN--now KEBN, part of Liberman's powerhouse Que Buena Spanish-language multicast) in Orange County, eventually adding other stations to his broadcast group.
He is still very active, owning stations in San Diego County and the Inland Empire. Art's current passion is the Astor Classics Event Center in Anaheim, where he displays his huge collection of restored, classic automobiles, along with a magnificent collection of early radios and other communication devices.
http://www.astorclassics.com/index.html
Bob Wilson was the program director who came to Los Angeles from KAFY, Bakersfield. Bob, along with Art, pumped life into a very languishing facility by changing the format to a modified "AOR" in those days.
After Bob left to start R&R (with investments from Astor, Art's relatives the Kardashians [yup, same family] and others,) Mike Lundy -- who went on to KFI, KGIL, KOST and eventually KFWB--moved from morning drive to mid-days as program director.
Other jocks during the station's heyday included B. Bailey Brown, Sam Riddle, Nathan Roberts, Rick Scarry, John Darin and many others.
The station was eventually sent to rock and roll heaven with the advent of similar programming on FM and KDAY became the "R&B" powerhouse it remained for a time.
At last report, Bob Wilson is recovering from several strokes suffered in December of 2006. Any update on his condition would be welcomed.
observer8057 said:
Art Astor is going to auction some of his cars the end of June. Here's one link from Motor Trend; more info at the RM Auction link in the article and for more info just Google "Art Astor auto auction"
http://wot.motortrend.com/6242195/c...r-collection-is-going-on-the-block/index.html
oldies76 said:
Back in 2000 I wrote an Op-Ed piece for Don Barrett's LA Radio dot com website. Don published it in early July, 2000. I made a hard copy of the piece, then filed it away. A few weeks ago, I came across the piece and the replying emails. With all of this in hand, I republished the entire piece, including some of the emails, to my blog. It's at http://socaltom.blogspot.com Just scroll down until you find it. It was posted on Friday, February 8th.
It makes for some interesting reading, as all of it is pertinent today.
mars fm and my all time favorite.................72,000 watts of music power(les talk)KPWR LOS ANGELES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.Power 106!!!!zzzz zzz zz zzzz.power 106 was alot of fun back then. ;D
Agree completely! 80's KROQ was amazing and loved KNAC!failsafe said:
now how come come has mentioned Ten-Q?
Scholar Brad said:
They kinda did on page 3 - KIQQ. I talked to Joe Nasty one time during an album giveaway contest. If you were the certain number caller you would win the album of your choice. I tried to get him to give me an album but I was the wrong number caller. Rules were rules.
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