Re: HD, classical and resurrecting "Rock 101" (with comparisons to Boston and Washington/Baltimore)
> > > What would Houston radio professionals like to see
> there?
> > > (Personally, not predicted)
> > > Call me nuts but I'd like to hear pure acoustic
> Classical
> > or
> > > Pops.
> > >
> >
> > OK, nuts. (Just kidding.) ;-)
> >
> > But seriously, classical formats sound to me like a job
> for
> > HD. Speaking of which, does anyone know whether there are
> > plans to put classical on HD in Houston? (I know of plans
> in
> > Washington, DC, and Boston, two markets that, unless I'm
> > mistaken, seem to be more friendly towards classical. In
> DC,
> > for example, 103.5 FM HD will be programmed with "long
> form,
> > in-depth classical" and 104.1 FM HD will be "Classical
> vocal
> > music "Viva La Voce" - see
> http>
> ://www.radio-info.com/mods/board?Post=634811&Board=washbal.)
>
> >
> >
> > Also, FWIW, Sirius has three classical streams including
> one
> > devoted to pops.
> >
> > ... Hey, wait a minute, I just thought of something --
> > Maybe Clear Channel could bring back "Rock 101" as an HD
> > signal. Although HD is young, that would not be an
> > unprecedented move. Consider:
> >
> > * In Boston last year, Entercom jumped on the "Jack"
> > bandwagon when it flipped the dance-leaning Star 93-7 (a
> > rhythmic AC that had some CHR tendencies) to adult hits as
>
> > WMKK Mike FM. However, Entercom kept streaming the old
> Star
> > 93-7 online and now has announced plans to put it on HD.
> >
> > * In Washington/Baltimore, Infinity (now CBS again) killed
>
> > the old alternative WHFS (which was actually the second
> rock
> > incarnation of that, if you know DC radio history) and put
> a
> > Spanish format on the 99.1 FM frequency. Then it took one
> of
> > its Baltimore frequencies, 105.7 FM, programmed it with
> talk
> > during the day but programmed it with alternative rock on
> > the evenings and weekends, and subsequently changed the
> call
> > letters of that frequency to WHFS. And now it's announced
> > that "HFS alternative" will be an HD format.
> > So maybe Clear Channel could resurrect Rock 101 in a
> similar
> > way.
> >
>
> Also "The Loop" 97.9 WLUP in Chicago, which I had the
> opportunity to hear this past summer was an outstanding hard
> rock station, flipped to classic rock in the fall and now
> has the returned the format to it's HD2 signal.
You Guys can put the resurrection of Rock 101 to rest, Clear channel had made the HD 2 Signal for KLOL " La Preciosa"
http://www.clearchannelmusic/hdradio I myself you have loved to see that happen, but it didn't