And with yet another Smooth Jazz bailing on the format( KSSJ Sacramento), how much longer will Clear Channel keep 95~Five playing the likes of Dave Koz, George Benson and Kenny G ? Low cume, upper demos and out of favor with PPM, Nurse Jeff and I suspect they're hanging on just for the revenue (doesn't take much to run that station). Three and a half years ago we started pestering the CC suits to put KFWhyEye on FM as TMISU were stumbing and bumbling with KT'R. Now a whole different story...and the local line-up of 5~Fifty could stand a major overhaul. So how much longer for Smooooooooth Jazz on KYOT?
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Will KYOT Be The Last Smooth Jazz Standing?
- Thread starter DrAkbar
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I hope forever!
I certainly hope the Smooth Jazz format will keep standing. Dave Koz does naturally what it takes a lot of disc jockeys a long time to learn; being natural. He's informative as well, and that works for me because I'm not a huge jazz fan, and I like to know who I am listening to. It's amazing to me that artists, such as Boz Scaggs, Michael McDonald, and Ambrosia from the late 70s, have remixed some of their hits to fit the smooth jazz format and are getting airplay for the first time in years.
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cklw800
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I'm not crazy about their playlist either but the station has a great sound. The only thing that scares me out of hoping for the best for them is that it is the last CC SJ station standing I believe. Also, they DON'T carry Brian Culbertson, Miranda or Maria Lopez from BA. That's good, but the rest of the guys plus a weekender or two are LOCAL. The fact that there are that many warm local bodies on the air making the station sound very, very good just has me thinking negatively. We always lose that when we get excited. If they're hanging on to it for revenue I'm surprised they didn't go all BA to save more money. But Melissa, Tony and Becky make the playlist tolerable because THEY are so good. Crossing my fingers.
I think KIFM San Diego (Smooth Jazz 98.1) is safe for now.
I think 95.5 should become a hit music station. They can be Hot 95.5 and then play all the hits...... ;D
KIFM is owned by Lincoln Financial Media Company, not Clear Channel. The topic was focused on if KYOT would be the last Clear Channel station playing Smooth Jazz.ncountysurf said:
I'm not sure THEY know the answer to that.
cklw800 said:
Well, the BA format isn't free, and Clear Channel sold off its interest in BA so it's not staying in the family. The station has always been almost entirely automated and costs virtually nothing to run.
If you put it on the bird with the BA format, you're giving up cash + sales inventory. There's no real financial incentive to changing what they're doing.
If this had been a fully staffed radio station like most of the casualties in the format, its neck would be on the block. But the Coyote has always been a high profit margin/low expense operation. Managers like to mess with profitable stations about as much as congress likes to mess with social security.
Here's what I'd think you'd need to do to follow the Dr's orders and move KFYI to 95.5:
1. Increase billing on KFYI (which costs a lot more to run).
2. Find a format for 550 that would bill equal to what you've given up with KYOT after you factor in KFYI's performance.
3. Move Sports Parking Lot 910 to 550 and sell off 910 if you can't find a better format for 550.
...or you could just keep playing Gato Barbieri's cover of Europa on 95.5.
Jazz_Kat said:I don't know about the last one standing, but I will love to see the station continue on. I'm a big fan of The Coyote, although I'm not crazy about their playlist. :
Lately the Nurse and I've noticed back to back vocals on The Coyote. The WAVE in el Lay is playing even more vocals and taking a more foreground approach in their presentation. What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports does all this mean for 95~Five??
Dr. Akbar said:
Among yesterday's postings on laradio.com (the free front page) was an item
on what recently-installed PD Jhani Kaye is doing to tweak KTWV El Lay.
(Yes, he's still PD of KRTH and continues to get raves for what he's done
on "K-Earth One-Oh-One!")
Dr. Akbar said:
Looking at yes.com, there's a lot of the usual vocal suspects on KTWV: Doobie Brothers, Bruce Hornsby, Joe Jackson, Sade, Norah Jones... but Michael Jackson's Billie Jean? About every 4th song is an instrumental.
Interesting. It might play well in Paradise Valley. With Mix & Peak walking the line between Hot AC and Mainstream CHR and KEZ following the Lite-FM today's hits and yesterday's disco playbook, there's nothing else soft on the dial.
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musicman3355
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There is another CC smooth jazz station thats still alive though, KMYT in Temecula.ihEARDtHAT said:
musicman3355 said:
You are right, but there are three to my account, KYOT, KMYT, WJCD.
http://www.smoothjazz1077.com/main.html
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