Just curious, has anyone listened to WDKN since they came back on the air last month?
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NashRadio
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Apparently not... what is their format?
I have a couple WDKN pop music surveys from '69
I have a couple WDKN pop music surveys from '69
Country (primarily), but also gospel, sports, swap&shop, Sunday morning church services, etc. Basically a full-service station.
By the way, please don't change the subject line. Makes it very confusing. Thanks.
By the way, please don't change the subject line. Makes it very confusing. Thanks.
Should have given you this earlier. WDKN's website. You can listen online:
http://www.wdkn1260am.com/
http://www.wdkn1260am.com/
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Re: WDKN Re: WDKN Re: WDKN Re: WDKN Re: WDKN Re: WDKN Re: WDKN Re: WDKN Re: WDKN Re: WDKN Re: WDKN Re: WDKN Sorry I did not realize you were kingoftheboard. this is the only website i've ever seen where changing headings was against the terms of the site.
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You're right. I wish they wouldn't do that...
D Dean said:
You're right. I wish they wouldn't do that...
I have seen some (on Yahoo) where it actually IS against the policy to change the subject headings when replying.D Dean said:
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Anyway, bringing this one back on topic, apparently no one is listening to WDKN. That's bad news for them!
Right. If one of my topics is the most recently responded to, I can look at the main page of this board and see that in a moment's notice. Not so if the subject line has been changed. Some of these threads wander off-topic enough even without changing the subject line.Jan Jeffries said:
Anyway, bringing this one back on topic, apparently no one is listening to WDKN. That's bad news for them!
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Sgt Preston
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Anyway, bringing this one back on topic, apparently no one is listening to WDKN. That's bad news for them!
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Yep...thats why they went OFF THE AIR...in the 1st place...
small town radio is just hard to stay in biz...w/o operating in the RED![/size][/size][/size]
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Yep...thats why they went OFF THE AIR...in the 1st place...
small town radio is just hard to stay in biz...w/o operating in the RED![/size][/size][/size]
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scottwmro
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Sgt Preston said:
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This time, I tend to agree with you (Somewhat). Small town radio, even small town FM stations are struggling. All in All, it's been a bad year for radio in general. In this past year, there have been many AM licenses turned in to the commission due to corporate bought them up, and then ran them into the ground. In reality, AM is only good when there is programming on that is not on FM and there are ways for small town AM's to survive.
Let's use two examples: Buddy Sadler does a local talk show on WHIN here in town on certain mornings. People here in town want to hear that show because there are topics that are discussed that the newspaper, internet, or no other media covers. Listeners find out about his show, tune in, like it, and they come back for more. On WMRO, I have a show on Sunday Afternoons that is with a live D.J. in my studio, and he does a program that can't be found anywhere else.
The only way AM will stay alive in a small town is you must give the community something that cannot find anywhere else. What kills off many AM stations? Owners and G.M.'s get lazy, they only care about making a pot lot of money on their 50 KW FM that covers the metro, and to heck with the AM.
Satellite or Automation is o.k. I do it on AM, but you must give back to your community something that they can't find anywhere on the dial. It's just plain common sense. My understanding of WDKN in the past was the station was live with a D.J., but the D.J.'s didn't really understand how to be local. Any monkey can run a board, and play CD's, but a real, live D.J. on a small AM station must do their homework and get involved with the community. Invite important guest to the show (i.e. the mayor, city council members, community organization leaders,) In other words, people who get involved with the community in their clubs and organizations. That's how it works, and it gets listeners. This is what will keep AM alive and get the reveune in the black again.
Sorry folks, but I had to jump in on this one.
scottwmro said:
This is the only way broadcast radio will survive, period. Unique content! Why do so many radio people today think radio is only about being the promotion arm of record labels? Radio almost died once when its programs and stars started moving over to television, then the rock 'n' roll era hit, and suddenly record spinners brought a whole new generation to radio. When MTV started bringing radio listeners over to video, and then later, the digital music revolution occurred, that was a double whammy for radio's "record" era. But conservatives and sports talkers have proven new formats are still possible, someone's just got to come up with 'em. It's time for radio's next big content move...
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scottwmro
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You're very correct! What is going to be the savior for AM Radio is local content. This can be done, inexpensively. Invite your guest to your radio station for interviews. Don't go doing trades at restaurants, and doing local shows at restaurants. Sometimes, this adds noise, commotion, distraction, and ruins the program if the restaurant is busy. It does work in some places, but I don't encourage it.
Have your guest at your radio station. Keep your station clean, if you don't have time to clean the station, hire somebody that will! Show off your station! It's your baby, your pride and joy! During times when you do not have local programming, it's o.k. to be on Satellite or Hard Drive Automation to fill. This keeps the cost down.
A perfect example of a good local station is WPAQ-AM in Mt. Airy, NC., the town that Andy Griffith is from. WPAQ is totally live, because it is a heritage station, and they do lots of unique local programming. The locals love that station!
Use your head, not your heart to program local radio on a budget. You don't need a teenage monkey or some kid fresh out of broadcasting school running the board, playing CD's and costing you money. They need to learn the real ropes of today's AM local radio, go out and sell! Your sales people need to become personalities themselves and interview their local clients and business owners. There are many ways to be local on a budget, and not have to hire D.J.'s to run a board!
Have your guest at your radio station. Keep your station clean, if you don't have time to clean the station, hire somebody that will! Show off your station! It's your baby, your pride and joy! During times when you do not have local programming, it's o.k. to be on Satellite or Hard Drive Automation to fill. This keeps the cost down.
A perfect example of a good local station is WPAQ-AM in Mt. Airy, NC., the town that Andy Griffith is from. WPAQ is totally live, because it is a heritage station, and they do lots of unique local programming. The locals love that station!
Use your head, not your heart to program local radio on a budget. You don't need a teenage monkey or some kid fresh out of broadcasting school running the board, playing CD's and costing you money. They need to learn the real ropes of today's AM local radio, go out and sell! Your sales people need to become personalities themselves and interview their local clients and business owners. There are many ways to be local on a budget, and not have to hire D.J.'s to run a board!
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Sgt Preston
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Buddy Sadler does a GREAT job on WHIN...(but, he'd do a GREAT job anywhere he lands)...i worked with an AM station in Pikeville, TN many years ago...ALL "LIVE" @ that time...now its a corner in a NIK-NAK shop hooked up to a media player.
Many stations (AM & FM) have given up & gone to the satellite services or syndicated programming to make ends meet...
Youre right...any monkey can spin records (or CDs) but, It IS all about offering something "UNIQUE".
Neal Peterson is doing an EXCELLENT job in Springfield,TN (WSGI-AM 1100 & WDBL-AM 1590) keeping it "LOCAL" & interesting.
Maybe the owners of WDKN should take notes.
Many stations (AM & FM) have given up & gone to the satellite services or syndicated programming to make ends meet...
Youre right...any monkey can spin records (or CDs) but, It IS all about offering something "UNIQUE".
Neal Peterson is doing an EXCELLENT job in Springfield,TN (WSGI-AM 1100 & WDBL-AM 1590) keeping it "LOCAL" & interesting.
Maybe the owners of WDKN should take notes.
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scottwmro
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I didn't criticize you in a bad way, but a very positive, good way, I only used it as a good example. You’re taking things the wrong way. Buddy, radio is changing and in 10 years, I'm afraid AM is not going to be around if we AM's (especially the ones with FMs) don't do some local. My local is on Sundays. It is the one day of the week that there is no satellite on the station. I didn't say you had to be local everyday of the week.olebud said:
If someone wants to hire a person to be there all the time during the day, that's their business, but in my situation, I don't need to becuase I'm around. Technology has come along way and I can control my station from my house, and I only live 2 minutes from it. I'm just giving examples on how to save money. Anybody can take it or leave it.
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Sgt Preston said:
I don't think it's our place to criticize the owners of WDKN. They have to learn for themselves. Let them be. The former owner had it live, but in my honest opinion, he did it wrong. The new folks have to find their niche in their own market themselves and we should stay out of it, unless they ask us to give them advice.
I found my own niche here in Gallatin, and I get criticize for it every day because of some jealous 60+ men who wanted Citadel's "True Oldies Channel" on my station instead of the Citadel's Hot AC Format called "Today's Best Hits", which gears to my age group, 25-45. I love playing the current hits on AM.
Scott Shannon is busy right now in consultation of the "Citadel Owned" Hot AC stations to keep them going and Scott is a great programmer, but on the air, his voice annoys me. I have a right to my opinion, especially to the person who down me for liking David Caruso (Horatio Caine of CSI-Miami) as an actor. As Mr. Caruso has said "If you're not willing to risk, there are no rewards"!
I see it this way, it's my station, I paid for it, it's fully paid for, and like the other 60 signals that come into our area. Nobody can tell them what to, so nobody has a right to tell me what to do. I should not have to be force to listen to a minority group of men, that are a group of less than 6 people (three who have worked in the broadcast industry), who have no business telling me what I should do and down me and my family personally.
If I want my station to play Lady Gah Gah, instead of Leslie Gore, so be it. I turned off the lights on Leslie Gore's Party on my station in 2006! By the way, you can still play Hot AC, and do some local too!
Evidently, there ARE people here who are interested in WDKN and other stations like it. This topic has now gone into two pages. So you are wrong. I wouldn't expect you to listen to them if you don't live in Dickson and hardly ever go there.jwk1979 said:
True, this subject has gone to TWO pages, but how many of these posts have anything to do with WDKN. It seems that a fairly good portion of the posts have to do with small AM stations in other towns and not so much about WDKN (namely a couple of station in Gallatin).firepoint525 said:
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