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Whats in store for KFXR 1190...

Yeah you can have the same call letters for different stations on AM FM and TV. Just like KKDA AM/FM, KVIL AM/FM - and I'm sure the old timers here can name a multitude more before my time! ;) They don't always have to be the same city or even state to re-use call letters.
 
I hate CC 1190 has such a huge playlist it could spell Trouble for other Country stations... even FM ones
Now if only CC wasnt dump... fixed the Nighttime Pattern up a bit, And Actually Tried to make this station work...
They could make a butt load of money
 
I pretty much agree with you LibertyNT. I believe this station could work as a Classic Country station. Heck, even without any jocks, they keep me interested by the large selection of music. I think their playlist is great! The have the rotation strung out enough to keep me interested. This is much better than a 200-400 rotation and they even throw in some really old stuff to spice it up. Whoever is doing the playlist right now knows what he/she is doing. If they don't stay with it, somebody needs to pick that type of format up because, for all practical purposes, we don't have that format in the Metroplex. The rimshots are the best we have right now!

Jay ::)
 
I know. It had jocks a while back... but now its been on Auto Pilot forever....
No programmers ever.. the only person ive EVER heard on them Daily is
The poor Lonely Traffic guy... all alone in a dark empty Radio Station.. Poor Guy

;)
A good Rimshot i HEar is AM 1340 KAND Out of.. uh I Forget somewhere near Tyler
 
Couple of missed points here...a set of calls can be used concurrently by a completely different entity, as long as they are on different bands. A better example would be KXAS-TV in Fort Worth, and the former KXAS-FM in Houston. No common ownership, no relationship or anything...but they existed at the same time.

Lonely traffic guy? CC does 1190's traffic via their own Total Traffic service. Joe Cucionatti (sp? Or is he still 'Joe Case-o-donuts' or whatever that was long ago?) or whoever does their reports is likely sitting in a booth, alongside all the other CC/TT reporters at CC's Dallas Pkwy headquarters, dispensing traffic via recorded reports to all the CC stations.

My guess is that CC will put on some generic satellite-fed talk programming. Won't matter what it is or where it comes from, it'll just be fodder to help sell the station, instead of trying to sell one that's dark. That's all the relationship with First Broadcasting ever was...but there were no takers.

KAND, unless something's changed recently, is coming out of Corsicana, and has since about 1937.
 
MikeShannon914 said:
A better example would be KXAS-TV in Fort Worth, and the former KXAS-FM in Houston. No common ownership, no relationship or anything...but they existed at the same time.
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IIRC, KXAS-FM in Houston was owned by LIN at the time, which owned KXAS-TV. This was around 1983-84, before the "different owner" rules came into effect.

The KXAS-FM change was quickly realized to be a marketing mistake, and the station went back to KILT-FM.
 
First leases 1190 from CC. First only lists stations it has connections with, ownership or LMA. CC never sold 1190.
 
I guess I missed the part in radio class where you can pay $50,000.00 a month to lease a station and show no on the air eveidence of the sale of commercial spots.

Jay ???
 
Jay Weaver said:
I guess I missed the part in radio class where you can pay $50,000.00 a month to lease a station and show no on the air evidence of the sale of commercial spots.
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Yep, it's one the great mysteries of Dallas radio. I doubt that First touts this as one of their success stories.
 
A wasted opportunity of a great signal. I hate seeing CC and First run 1190 like Ghetto slumlords.

And I agree LibertyNT that the Classic Country format could make a little money in DFW if it sounded as good as KKUS "The Ranch" in Tyler, KKYX in San Antonio or KWKH in Shreveport.

Get a couple of veteran LOCAL jocks with personality, and promote the thing! And do anything you can to improve the night pattern.
 
billyg - The LOCAL veteran jocks WITH PERSONALITY idea would probably work. Just because it's AM doesn't mean it wouldn't work. The KFXR 1190 numbers came close to the KFWT 92.5 numbers in one of last summer's books, without mutch effort on KFXR's part!

Jay ::)
 
AM FM... doesnt matter to me...
I have a radio that makes AM sound like FM.
If a station is good it wont matter what band its on.
1190 is pretty good without anyone...
Imagine how great it could be with personality's on it.
look at 1130 KWKH, 1340 KAND, 104.1 The ranch [also on AM],
KKYX 680, All i think 50 KW stations [idk bout 1340 or the Ranch].
I can get KWKH During the DAY. 1190 Can do that Also. With the other 1190's that
powered down KFXR could be like the 50KW KWKH. Make The 12 Towers the DAYTIME
pattern. Except with a new pattern and a 50 KW transmitter...
And make the Current DAypattern the new night pattern except with a 5KW transmitter.
That would go pretty far. Or Try to get KFXR a Clear Channel Status...
KFXR has HUGE potential. Sadly CC will never realize it.
 
I have heard that at one time 92.1 was billing about $75,000 but they were targeting small town clients and the signal doesn't cover Dallas. With 1190 and using a Classic Country format with some good talent and promotion I believe you could bill about an average $200,000 to $285,000 monthly. Don't know of the expenses, talent/LMA/Promotions would be worth it. That being said if they did buy it out and not have the LMA fees then the cost could go down. If I am Clear Channel I keep taking the $50,000 monthly. Thats profit. How much would they have to bill to get that return or more? Is there a format that could justify that for Clear Channel? That would be my question.
 
radioman921 said:
I have heard that at one time 92.1 was billing about $75,000 but they were targeting small town clients and the signal doesn't cover Dallas. With 1190 and using a Classic Country format with some good talent and promotion I believe you could bill about an average $200,000 to $285,000 monthly. Don't know of the expenses, talent/LMA/Promotions would be worth it. That being said if they did buy it out and not have the LMA fees then the cost could go down. If I am Clear Channel I keep taking the $50,000 monthly. Thats profit. How much would they have to bill to get that return or more? Is there a format that could justify that for Clear Channel? That would be my question.
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I think Classic Country is the best format for 1190..no other hi-watt station in DFW is playing this kind of music. Theres a audience who wants it, its on a monster daytime stick, why not spend some money this time around on good jocks, imaging and promotion and see if it clicks. (I wonder if the old KBOX calls could be snagged? They are at a FM station in Lompoc CA now).

I wish CC would totally cut ties with First and put together a good sounding station. First blew it with 1190. Mediocre sounding formats (though the music choices were good) cheap talent, and they couldn't sell the station.
 
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