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Worst Station I've Ever Heard
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PaulBWalkerJr
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WHat makes the music and the rest of the station so much worse then the jingles??
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KPLEXCOMPLEX
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KAAM is one of a few bright spots on the dial. If you don't like the music of the 40's,50's and 60's then go listen to something else more in line with your age. The Pams Jingles sounds are from the 50's and 60's that is their image,and it works for them. Frankly they sound better than a good chunk of DFW stations, and haven't sold out to some consultant research focus group, sales gluttony most other stations have.
I was recently in Dallas and dialed in 770 and the sound quality was awful during the day. I felt like I was listening to an MP3 file recorded at 8K. Is that the result of using IBOC? If so, that's a heck of a trade off, satisfying the 3 people who have IBOC AM receivers at the expense of 1,000's listening on plain old AM radios.
Cheers, Jim Stewart
Cheers, Jim Stewart
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KPLEXCOMPLEX
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OK he narrowed it down. We all agree the IBOC is pure garbage,but KAAM format is one of the last glimmers of hope in the gray world of DFW radio.
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PaulBWalkerJr
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You could be near their towers??
Well being over 60 years of age,I guess I could blame my hearing aid,but I don"t use one.I just don't think this is going to make it.The music sounds like they are playing old 78's,and the dead air between spots and announcer(Chatter) is very uncomfortable.Chuck Brinkman,who was great at KLUV,is never there,I've listened to his show several times and it's always a female DJ.I guess they're trying to talk Chuck in off the ledge.Ok Chuck, play some more from Pams Series #18"Sonosational"
WOW! Certainly not one of the most "objective" posts I've seen here... I live in Central California and at 54, I think KAAM is just great! (and have said so on other boards.) Sure, it sounds "different." That's what makes them so good for those looking for adult standards, some watered-down early Top 40 "oldies" (I detest the word,) some mainstream A/C "pop", a little Broadway and some patriotic, too ... all hallmarks of what Crawford Broadcasting is doing, and well, in Rochester and Birmingham...even as the son bought the station from the company not long ago to keep it the way it is.
While I listen online a lot to KAAM, I find their "signal" clean and well defined, though I don't know how it sounds on-air in HD. The signal, at 10kw days, 1kw nights is nothing like the 50kw blowtorch on 770 in New York, but, it appears, that "Legends 770" gets it done for 100,000 people a day in the Metroplex. It pulls a 1 share, but they know how to make it work, apparently.
Even the quirky way they do "live" spots is unique, but I admit, the weekend infomercials and soft-sell religion will set you back a bit. Other than that, they have good talent in the morning with a 17 year vet, Jaan McCoy, Jack Davis is right up there, don't know where Chuck Brinkman is, I heard that Eddie Hubbard is supposed to be or was there and the nights are pleasant. A jukebox overnight, but lots of relaxing music. Plus, Hermann Bockelmann who is the most unique and off-the-scope guy you could ever want to hear.
Give 'em a break. Of only 354 "standards" stations in the country today, KAAM is a far cry better than the homogenized Dial Global 499 songs every day and the mish-mash of daily repeats from songs not standards from ABC.
A shame radio doesn't go out on the limb like this more often, instead of the cookie-cutter stuff we get across both bands today.
And as for the Pams jingles, kitchy as they are, I wish I had the budget for that many cuts...and they sound fine, even when you expect them not to.
Despite some buffering from time-to-time online, it sounds pretty tight and well produced to me most of the time -- not sloppy at all.
I heard "Chinatown" the other day by Percy Faith and went out and bought the darn CD...I had forgotten how nice a song that was 33 years ago.
Different, yes. Not for everyone, yes. But not your "standard" standards station, either. I think that's pretty decent of them to take a chance with a format where they do reach that upper end core audience when everyone else is writing them off.
While I listen online a lot to KAAM, I find their "signal" clean and well defined, though I don't know how it sounds on-air in HD. The signal, at 10kw days, 1kw nights is nothing like the 50kw blowtorch on 770 in New York, but, it appears, that "Legends 770" gets it done for 100,000 people a day in the Metroplex. It pulls a 1 share, but they know how to make it work, apparently.
Even the quirky way they do "live" spots is unique, but I admit, the weekend infomercials and soft-sell religion will set you back a bit. Other than that, they have good talent in the morning with a 17 year vet, Jaan McCoy, Jack Davis is right up there, don't know where Chuck Brinkman is, I heard that Eddie Hubbard is supposed to be or was there and the nights are pleasant. A jukebox overnight, but lots of relaxing music. Plus, Hermann Bockelmann who is the most unique and off-the-scope guy you could ever want to hear.
Give 'em a break. Of only 354 "standards" stations in the country today, KAAM is a far cry better than the homogenized Dial Global 499 songs every day and the mish-mash of daily repeats from songs not standards from ABC.
A shame radio doesn't go out on the limb like this more often, instead of the cookie-cutter stuff we get across both bands today.
And as for the Pams jingles, kitchy as they are, I wish I had the budget for that many cuts...and they sound fine, even when you expect them not to.
Despite some buffering from time-to-time online, it sounds pretty tight and well produced to me most of the time -- not sloppy at all.
I heard "Chinatown" the other day by Percy Faith and went out and bought the darn CD...I had forgotten how nice a song that was 33 years ago.
Different, yes. Not for everyone, yes. But not your "standard" standards station, either. I think that's pretty decent of them to take a chance with a format where they do reach that upper end core audience when everyone else is writing them off.
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EasyPeazy
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JRA said:
No, but in Garland you're a lot closer to KAAM than WBAP. KAAM is licensed to Garland after all.
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mustangsally
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KAAM is a little ol' radio station programming to an audience that enjoys it. Sometimes its corny. Occasionally it pops and squeaks. Once in a while it bumps into stuff and drops things. But it doesn't put on airs or otherwise pretend to be something it's not.
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rapking
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If you wanna listen to some Crappy Music stations....Move To Boston( My Hometown ) . All Of Boston Music Stations are [EDIT] ..Thank God Providence and Cape Cod is not that far away .
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PaulBWalkerJr
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How did the fact you hate Radio One and most stations in Boston because they play crappy music add to this thread?
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KPLEXCOMPLEX
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You have answered your own question..look at the source
I heard a station somewhere north of Dallas, maybe even a little north of Wichita Falls, and this was about ten years ago... It was either on 106.5 or 106.1, most likely 106.5. I don't remember the calls, but it was one of those stations that might as well have the liner, "playing everything from the past 20 years because no label in their right mind would waste service on us today". The actual liners came in two varieties, one was an older guy voice, certainly not a professional VO, saying something like "all your favorites" interspersed with a young, very inexperienced voice saying something like "Hitradio 106.5" It was obvious whoever did the younger liners was trying to imitate Kiss 106.1.
The music sounded like very worn old C21 Z format tapes with the occasional current or recurrent song thrown in. Anytime a newer song was played, the young voice would come on and hype the hell out of it being a hit. I think he basically brought his own CDs and played them in between changing reels. It was truly a trainwreck, but so quiant in it's non-coporate small town sound that I couldn't help but listen.
I've searched the various radio station databases online and can find nothing. I assume that it's changed frequency and come up to modern times with a mega-owner. I remember looking it up in a B&C yearbook at the time and finding that it was a 3kw banger.
The music sounded like very worn old C21 Z format tapes with the occasional current or recurrent song thrown in. Anytime a newer song was played, the young voice would come on and hype the hell out of it being a hit. I think he basically brought his own CDs and played them in between changing reels. It was truly a trainwreck, but so quiant in it's non-coporate small town sound that I couldn't help but listen.
I've searched the various radio station databases online and can find nothing. I assume that it's changed frequency and come up to modern times with a mega-owner. I remember looking it up in a B&C yearbook at the time and finding that it was a 3kw banger.
Sometimes, near sunset KAAM comes into Galveston and Freeport with a good signal. I agree with many, they are refreshing compared to the over researched, over consulted corporate bores.
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