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TX hip hop stations getting the ax. Dallas next?

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sdh483

First, Houston lost Party 93.3, then San Antonio lost Power 106.7, now Austin lost Hot 93.3. With that in mind, which hip hop station do you think will get the ax in Dallas: 97.9 The Beat or K104? Would they flip to spanish (God forbid you guys need another spanish station) or go talk?
 
Neither. Both 104 and 97.9 are doing well,and Radio One doesn't give up on a format easily. You already know K104 is going nowhere. So take Dallas out of that scenerio.
 
I wouldn't read too much into the demise of hip hop stations in Austin, San Antonio and Houston. KPWT and KPTY had long been sub-par performers, and KDHT was average at best. The ownership situations in those markets are also considerably different. The two urban operators in Dallas specialize in it, while the owners in the other markets don't.
 
sdh483 said:
First, Houston lost Party 93.3, then San Antonio lost Power 106.7, now Austin lost Hot 93.3. With that in mind, which hip hop station do you think will get the ax in Dallas: 97.9 The Beat or K104? Would they flip to spanish (God forbid you guys need another spanish station) or go talk?
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None of them isn't going nowhere
 
I would bet on 97.9 (The Beat) along with 94.5 KSOC going away. Kathy Hughes would love to sell off these two under-achievers. She's tried with both local and coporate owners. No takers. I don't see K104 going anywhere. Who the hell knows whats going on with KRNB 105.7.
 
I figured K104 wasn't going anywhere, just like there's no way KBXX in Houston would go away. It just seems like the trend now is the underachiever rhythmics are flipping to conservative talk or spanish.
 
I haven't listened to it just went by it and it was playing hip hop I don't listen to hip hop mainly Classic Rock or Oldies.
 
I say give them the ax. I hate the stations. They just clutter up the FM band. So does hispanic stations.
 
eskipper411 said:
I say give them the ax. I hate the stations. They just clutter up the FM band. So does hispanic stations.
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Just because its not your cup of tea does not mean they have to go away. There is a big audience out there for today's hip hop. How would you like it if someone called for the music you like to listen to over the air was gotten rid of?
 
First, Houston lost Party 93.3, then San Antonio lost Power 106.7, now Austin lost Hot 93.3. With that in mind, which hip hop station do you think will get the ax in Dallas: 97.9 The Beat or K104? Would they flip to spanish (God forbid you guys need another spanish station) or go talk?

No black people in Austin & San Antonio. Houston poor management.
 
In DFW, I doubt either one of them will disappear. K-104 has new life with a new PD, and Radio One is going to hold on to this major market station as long as it makes them money. Now in the case of Houston, Party 93.3 was owned by Univision who has done the same job of miss managing a former urban that is now poorly programmed Rhythmic in Sacramento, so that station going bust isn't really a surprise. Houston's black population is about the same size as the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, so if somebody could afford to program a station against KBXX then they would be gold since it is a rapidly growing market.

As others have said, San Antonio and Austin are pretty much low-ranking markets in black population.
 
salemjedi54 said:
eskipper411 said:
I say give them the ax. I hate the stations. They just clutter up the FM band. So does hispanic stations.
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Just because its not your cup of tea does not mean they have to go away. There is a big audience out there for today's hip hop. How would you like it if someone called for the music you like to listen to over the air was gotten rid of?
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I second that Salem
 
kilamanjero said:
Party 93.3 was owned by Univision who has done the same job of miss managing a former urban that is now poorly programmed Rhythmic in Sacramento, so that station going bust isn't really a surprise.
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Univision does not own any radio properties in Sacramento.
 
DavidEduardo said:
kilamanjero said:
Party 93.3 was owned by Univision who has done the same job of miss managing a former urban that is now poorly programmed Rhythmic in Sacramento, so that station going bust isn't really a surprise.
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Univision does not own any radio properties in Sacramento.
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I forgot it's Entravision, who owns a number of Univision-affiliated properties. Those 2 companies have such a close relationship that sometimes gets them confused with one another.
 
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