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Y-95 vs 97.1 The Eagle: Retro CHR

Y95 vs Eagle: Imaging

I'm pretty certain that Y-95 did not use jingles in all dayparts until Jams 1989's release of Turbo-Z, which Y put at top of hour and used in all day parts.

It does seem correct that prior to '89, Y-95 reserved jingles for the Morning Guys only... does anyone remember?

KEGL I believed always used Jingles; I was wondering what Jingle Packages The Eagle used over the years.

Jay? Anybody?
 
JRZFM100 said:
Y95 vs Eagle: Imaging

I'm pretty certain that Y-95 did not use jingles in all dayparts until Jams 1989's release of Turbo-Z, which Y put at top of hour and used in all day parts.

It does seem correct that prior to '89, Y-95 reserved jingles for the Morning Guys only... does anyone remember?

KEGL I believed always used Jingles; I was wondering what Jingle Packages The Eagle used over the years.

Jay? Anybody?
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Eagle did run jingles through the time period I was there (87-92). There were several packages, I don't recall which right now (need more coffee it's Sunday morning) But they ran in all dayparts, all were JAM and I "think" they were similar to whatever was running on Z-100 at the time. I'll need to confirm. I may have safety copies in my analog tape files. I'll check...

I know we did buy a package from Otis Conner when John Roberts was the PD, but it never ran on the air that much. When Folger came back, we bought numerous packages from JAMs which are most likely the ones everybody remembers...

Jay Walker
 
JRZFM100 said:
Y95 vs Eagle: Imaging

I'm pretty certain that Y-95 did not use jingles in all dayparts until Jams 1989's release of Turbo-Z, which Y put at top of hour and used in all day parts.

It does seem correct that prior to '89, Y-95 reserved jingles for the Morning Guys only... does anyone remember?

KEGL I believed always used Jingles; I was wondering what Jingle Packages The Eagle used over the years.

Jay? Anybody?
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You can check out some of the audio from both stations by scrolling down this page:
http://www.dfwradioarchives.info/audio.htm

No jingles evident in either Y95 airchecks, just their signature stutter: Y N-n-ninety Five
 
Huff said:
JRZFM100 said:
Y95 vs Eagle: Imaging

I'm pretty certain that Y-95 did not use jingles in all dayparts until Jams 1989's release of Turbo-Z, which Y put at top of hour and used in all day parts.

It does seem correct that prior to '89, Y-95 reserved jingles for the Morning Guys only... does anyone remember?

KEGL I believed always used Jingles; I was wondering what Jingle Packages The Eagle used over the years.

Jay? Anybody?
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You can check out some of the audio from both stations by scrolling down this page:
http://www.dfwradioarchives.info/audio.htm

No jingles evident in either Y95 airchecks, just their signature stutter: Y N-n-ninety Five
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Wow, I forgot this page. I'm all over Julie Patterson's Eagle air check from June of 1988. Back then I did all of the in-house production and imaging. Sounded like "Jay-FM"
Thanks for the link...
 
JRZFM100 said:
Y95 vs Eagle: Imaging

I'm pretty certain that Y-95 did not use jingles in all dayparts until Jams 1989's release of Turbo-Z, which Y put at top of hour and used in all day parts.

It does seem correct that prior to '89, Y-95 reserved jingles for the Morning Guys only... does anyone remember?
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That's how I remember it as well during '87-'88. Only The Morning Guys seemed to have had the only jingles.
 
Found this Eagle jingle demo on Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nidr0L-oUXU
Includes a Porsche promo by yours truly at the end. Amazing where this stuff turns up.

By the way in mid 80's some of the packages we used were Hit Radio and Warp Factor from JAMS if I recall correctly.

Jay Walker
 
What was cool was the one Eagle jingle midway through that ripped a bit of a Huey Lewis song into the melody. How 80's.

Of course that's standard operating practice for Jam, Pams, TM etc.
 
317C50KW said:
What was cool was the one Eagle jingle midway through that ripped a bit of a Huey Lewis song into the melody. How 80's.

Of course that's standard operating practice for Jam, Pams, TM etc.
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I'm horribly "old school" but I firmly believe no city did or does jingles better than the Dallas jingle companies. PAMS, CRC, TM, JAMS, etc were/are all legendary companies that others aspire to be.
 
Jay Walker said:
I agree you are correct with the "Power" moniker/imaging since I know that during the time Y and Eagle were competing nothing was ever mentioned about a power increase.
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Dallas Morning News, July 17, 1991: "In late April [1991], KHYI -FM (94.9) tripled its power to 100,000 watts - and switched its station identification to " Power 95 .' The increased power is not yet reflected in the Arbitron results. KHYI recorded a 2.7 share for the spring period, compared with 3.1 in the winter and 4.7 a year ago. The station held on to 12th place among Dallas-Fort Worth radio stations."

Make of this what you all will, but this is where I got my original information. KHYI did not flip to KODZ until 10/28/91, IIRC, so this article and information long predates the format/call change.
 
ken barnett said:
I was there from 10/90 til 10/91.
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Ken,

A good friend of mine was able to salvage one of the JAMS jingle collection reels for Y95 from that time. A jingle with your name is a part of that collection. I'll have to dig up my copy and see who all else was on there.

R
 
MikeShannon914 said:
Jay Walker said:
I agree you are correct with the "Power" moniker/imaging since I know that during the time Y and Eagle were competing nothing was ever mentioned about a power increase.
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Dallas Morning News, July 17, 1991: "In late April [1991], KHYI -FM (94.9) tripled its power to 100,000 watts - and switched its station identification to " Power 95 .' The increased power is not yet reflected in the Arbitron results. KHYI recorded a 2.7 share for the spring period, compared with 3.1 in the winter and 4.7 a year ago. The station held on to 12th place among Dallas-Fort Worth radio stations."

Make of this what you all will, but this is where I got my original information. KHYI did not flip to KODZ until 10/28/91, IIRC, so this article and information long predates the format/call change.
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Mike, once again your incredible knowledge of all things DFW media history related shines through the haze like strobes on a tower ;D.

Thanks for the information, I never knew that piece of the puzzle. I didn't get involved with 94.9 engineering wise until the LMA took place. By then they were at Cedar Hill running as a full C.

Thanks!!!

Jay Walker
 
MikeShannon914 said:
Jay Walker said:
I agree you are correct with the "Power" moniker/imaging since I know that during the time Y and Eagle were competing nothing was ever mentioned about a power increase.
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Dallas Morning News, July 17, 1991: "In late April [1991], KHYI -FM (94.9) tripled its power to 100,000 watts - and switched its station identification to " Power 95 .' The increased power is not yet reflected in the Arbitron results. KHYI recorded a 2.7 share for the spring period, compared with 3.1 in the winter and 4.7 a year ago. The station held on to 12th place among Dallas-Fort Worth radio stations."

Make of this what you all will, but this is where I got my original information. KHYI did not flip to KODZ until 10/28/91, IIRC, so this article and information long predates the format/call change.
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JULY 20, 1979:
KWJS - cp granted to move antenna to 4.2 mi NNE of Alvarado (Lillian site), ERP 100kw at 760ft HAAT
(Broadcasting Magazine - 8/6/79)

FEBRUARY 28, 1984:
KWJS - cp granted to change HAAT to 1140ft (ERP remains 100kw)
(Broadcasting Magazine - 3/19/84)

APRIL 17, 1991:
KHYI - cp to change HAAT to 1509ft (ERP remains 100kw)
(FCC CDBS)

Perhaps the increase in "power" was a spin on the station's impending increase in tower height?
 
Pardon my usual stream of off-topic ramblings. ::)

This is a short look at the aftermath of the collapse of Channel 39 and it's effects on 105.3/100.3/107.5

It was a period of lots of rebuilding over and over again after the collapse of the Channel 39 Tower. Our first tower after the collapse for fulltime operation was the old WFAA Hill Tower. We built the transmitters in the area off the loading dock where the OLD 1947 RCA Television transmitter Power amplifier was located. I think we were each running 27.5k TPO into a combiner feeding a six bay master antenna up around 600-800 ft. Coverage was pretty poor compared to the full C we had on 39 but it was better than static.

The first installation at the Hallford/Estes tower on Potter road was our first step back to full power service...

We had installed for each station two new combined 816R Continental FM transmitters along with the 802D digital exciters and a Mosely Digital STL. each into dedicated 6 bay antennas near the top of the tower. The top antenna was a single bay for 107.5, below that a 6 bay for 105.3, and at the bottom a 6 bay for 100.3.

This was the layout for 105.3/107.5/200.3 the only difference was 107.5 where we ran a single bay at the top of the tower and used brute force RF to make the service contour.

When we lit that site up at full power, I remember voicing a promo for Young Country after the relocation to the Hallford/Estes tower where we were able to have some semblance of '"Full C" operation.

The verbiage was something along the lines of:

"In Chrystal clear digital stereo, now twice the height and triple the power Young Country 1053 FM 105."


I put the Hallford/Estes tower site together at least four different times until the final configuration after it was purchased by Richland Towers. The installation included the new tower, high power combiner, and a community CBR panel antenna at the top of the tower. Today this system combines 100.3/107.5/105.3 and now Radio One's The Beat.

IMHO the Richland Tower Cedar Hill North FM site is the best FM site in the state for coverage. It gets out like a big dog and has minimal issues with downtown multi-path.
;D

It was a ton of work, and it brought home to me how perilous having ALL of the FM stations located in such close proximity can be. In the back of my mind I worry about what would happen if a F-5 tornado blasted through Cedar Hill. I figure we would be scrambling for 50ft push up masts from Radio Shack just to get back on. I hope this NEVER happens :(

Jay Walker
 
Here's an aircheck of Y95 that I've submitted to FMAirchecks from April 11th, 1991 (just prior to the flip to Power 95) that has cuts from JAM's "Turbo Z" and a cut from "Warp Factor" in use.

http://fmairchecks.com/2011/10/03/khyi-y95-dallasfort-worth-41191-jo-jo-wright/

Speaking of JAM's "Warp Factor", it's worth mentioning that cuts from that package was used on 3 different Dallas/Ft. Worth stations at various times in the 80s. They were KEGL, Y95, and KAFM.

Robyn
 
JRZFM100 said:
Y95 vs Eagle: Imaging

I'm pretty certain that Y-95 did not use jingles in all dayparts until Jams 1989's release of Turbo-Z, which Y put at top of hour and used in all day parts.

It does seem correct that prior to '89, Y-95 reserved jingles for the Morning Guys only... does anyone remember?

KEGL I believed always used Jingles; I was wondering what Jingle Packages The Eagle used over the years.

Jay? Anybody?
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Y95, IIRC, only used jingles for the last 2 years of its life. In addition to JAM's "Warp Factor" and "Turbo Z", they also bought "Z Force", another JAM package.

While I'm on the subject, I want to point out that one popular misconception over the years is that another Dallas jingle company, TM (now TM Studios), released a package called "Dallas Power" in early 1989 using Y95 as the pilot station. Because of that, everyone had assumed that Y95 had actually used the package.

They did not!

"Dallas Power" was actually a reworking of an earlier custom package that was created for KCPX/Salt Lake City, UT. When TM decided to market the package, they chose Y95 as the pilot station, even though they weren't airing jingles between songs. This practice is nothing new as there is a ton of jingle demos from just about every company out there that had never actually use the jingles.

Anyway, sorry if I'm off topic, back to the topic.

KEGL, as mentioned, used JAM, starting with the "Hitradio" package around 1984. They also used cuts from "Hitradio 2", "Warp Factor", and "Skywave". Around 1989, they went to Century 21 and bought cuts from "WPLJ-The Jingles" (later re-worked and re-named "Hollywood's KIIS"). Then in 1991, they went back to Century 21 (which was merging with TM to form TM Century) to purchase cuts from "KIIS 91" (a.k.a "LA's #1 Hit Music Station"). This was the last jingle package they bought before switching to Rock 40 in 1992.

And just for the heck of it, since were on the subject of jingles:

KAFM used TM's "Airpower" and JAM's "Warp Factor" and "The Flame Thrower" while KTKS used JAM's "Hot KIIS", "Fresh Kiss", and "The Flame Thrower".

Robyn
 
And I do have a question since we are talking about KHYI, but was the whole Power 95 era nothing more but a smokescreen so that Oldies 94.9 could be launched about 6 months later?

I know just before the flip to Oldies, the Power 95 moniker was dropped for just plain 94.9 FM. During that time, several false announcements were sent out about what format 94.9 FM would adopt, including Heavy Metal and Classic Country (which I found very ironic since that was the exact same format that Oldies 94.9 would adopt after it was LMA'ed and became Sunny 95 in late 1992).

I remember either reading or hearing somewhere that KHYI's GM Scott Ginsberg (sp?) was quoted that "they needed to do a secret format change at Y95". This was mentioned right after Oldies 94.9 was born, so I assume that Power 95 was just a 6 or 7 month long stunt.

Anyway, though I'd would ask.

Robyn
 
Oh, I know this was probably been post before, but here is some airchecks from YouTube that are worth a listen:

KHYI (Power 95) Jo Jo Wright 7/8/91

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5aq-wP50Lk

KHYI (Y95) Les Garland (guest DJ) 3/5/88

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHnyyuD5-dw

KHYI 1991 Vignettes (not really an aircheck per se, but a collection of clips recorded in 1991 that cover KHYI's timeline as a CHR. It includes the name changeover from Y95 to Power 95 and a few breaks from 94.9 FM.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbu75WnUV40

KEGL (sometime 1990) Michael Blake doing nights, poking fun at KHYI's night jock Shadow Haze for being "too old".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58SIPqXy0KQ&feature=plcp

KEGL (sometime 1990) Kidd Kraddick filling in for the "suspended" Michael Blake. Kraddick was doing mornings by that point.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvv0E2J0gd0

KHYI (sometime Spring 1987) Supersnake/Kemosobe Joe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsr3t_2d_N4

KHYI (February 1989) JD Ryan

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yus4z5NAkmc

KEGL (January, 1992) Fast Eddie Coyle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NErZFh_Z6L4

Dallas/Fort Worth Radio 1980s (KHYI, KEGL, KTKS, and others)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6P3OkaJdhbU

KEGL Randy Brown (1985)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlOY...RDC94mKzo-bdU2E2pHYK_Ub&feature=results_video

KEGL Jimmy Steal (1987)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF1f3kwf0wM&feature=bf_next&list=PLF62rEeDZsRDC94mKzo-bdU2E2pHYK_Ub

Robyn
 
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