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Urban AC comes to Austin's FM dial

You beat me to it! I tuned in today noticed the change.
 
So let me get this : Austin Has 3 R and B Stations Smooth 1560 AM , 96.3 FM RnB and KAZI 88.7 FM
I thought Austin didnt have the AA Population
1 Local Owned UAC
1 Corp. UAC
1 Non-profit Community Station
Only in Austin this would and could happen
 
radioguy67 said:
So let me get this : Austin Has 3 R and B Stations Smooth 1560 AM , 96.3 FM RnB and KAZI 88.7 FM
I thought Austin didnt have the AA Population
1 Local Owned UAC
1 Corp. UAC
1 Non-profit Community Station
Only in Austin this would and could happen
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All we need now is a real hip hop station and Mega to come back on the air waves.
 
I thought 1560 was only R&B in the mornings. That counts as half of one. :p
 
Syndicated Steve Harvey will do mornings on 96.3 and former simulcast partner KJCE 1370 is dumping Walton & Johnson, too, in favor of whatever it was running before.
 
radioguy67 said:
So let me get this : Austin Has 3 R and B Stations Smooth 1560 AM , 96.3 FM RnB and KAZI 88.7 FM
I thought Austin didnt have the AA Population
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The female African American population is approximately 3.5%. Your typical urban AC targets 25-54 African American females. That would be a little over 2.5%. So, I'd say Austin doesn't have the demographics to support urban AC. However, a translator isn't going to get a huge share in most cases anyway, even if it's executed to a "T." Maybe Entercom sees a translator doomed to low shares no matter what as a good compliment for KKMJ and KAMX because African American females are sampling those stations already anyway?
 
fredcantu said:
The Beat targets the larger Hispanic population. Perhaps 96.3 is targeting those who grew up on The Beat.
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You're thinking of a rhythmic ac/oldies format.
Entercom doesn't necessarily dabble in that format, although they do own urban oldies WWWS in Buffalo. And CC was no longer interested in keeping the 2nd incarnation of Jammin' on 103.1 as of four months ago.
 
Don't be fooled into thinking a commercial and non-commercial cannot compete. Radio is all about revenue and listeners. Commercial stations sell advertising but non-commercial stations sell underwriting acknowledgements and many clients will be a rep from both the commercial and non-commercial station. Plus, radio is about listeners. Ears can be tuned to either station, commercial or non-commercial. A listener is a listener. Granted a commercial station might be a dog and a non-commercial might be a cat, but they're both pets in the eyes of pet owners, the listeners. I suspect KAZI's board will garner a plan to compete against the new kid on the block.
 
fredcantu said:
Syndicated Steve Harvey will do mornings on 96.3 and former simulcast partner KJCE 1370 is dumping Walton & Johnson, too, in favor of whatever it was running before.
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Smart move using Steve Harvey, he has an entertaining show in the morning. 92.3 The Z in Killeen broadcasts Steve Harvey too.
 
Ok just picked up online..............Niiiiiiiiiice. Long overdo for Austin and surrounding areas. Hope it gets descent numbers so it stay around for awhile. Should be a lowcost affair to operate.
 
radioguy67 said:
So let me get this : Austin Has 3 R and B Stations Smooth 1560 AM , 96.3 FM RnB and KAZI 88.7 FM
I thought Austin didnt have the AA Population
1 Local Owned UAC
1 Corp. UAC
1 Non-profit Community Station
Only in Austin this would and could happen
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You forgot to mention the Old School show on Fridays on KUTX.
 
longhorn2004 said:
Why am I not picking up this new urban station in Georgetown?
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I could never for the life of me receive 96.3 in the Jollyville Braker area. I was able to DX 107.5 The Eagle last night and KTRH 740 tonight (Mark Levin show is on) and even the third KOKE-FM (which sounds better on that 105.5 frequency) 96.3 on all devices is no dice.
 
Anonymouse said:
How will KAZI take this?
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People who want to listen to Austin City Council meetings will still be tuning to 88.7 KAZI if away from the TV or an internet connection, plus KAZI has people from the streets of Austin do unpaid interships at the station making it fun and enjoyable to listen to. They will survive. Old School Fridays has been on the air for several weeks now on Fridays at 4pm? on KUTX. Plus the fact that I can receive a somewhat listenable signal on 88.7 vs no signal on 96.3 from Northwest Austin.

Now all we need is AM 1370 to flip to Oldies, and move Bo Chase from KDRP to KCJE AM so us Northsiders can listen. They have the library for it on 95.5 HD-2 just a little software tweak would be all it would take. I got a new Walkman that receives the AM stations now!!! rbrucecarter would be with me on that one that is if 1370 could reach Houston.
 
Entercom filed an application for a license to cover the upgrade a few days ago.
 
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