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Yet *ANOTHER* terrible move by the Eagle
- Thread starter Rudy Fitzneris
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Can a station claim city of license, to get around the Nielsen MSA?
No. The FCC defines markets based on the Nielsen definition, and network affiliations generally (I believe totally, but not 100% sure) use those same market definitions.
No network is going to violate its existing affiliate agreement to allow a second affiliate in the same market. They would be sued immediately and vigorously. And lose.
now that the stunting has begin, this officially ends a era for DFW Rock.
with that, i'll give you options to find out how to rock out in a post 97.1 The Eagle DFW Radio world.
1. KVIL ALT 103.7 and KZPS Lonestar 92.5 still exist as Alternative and Classic Rock respectfully as well as some Eagle hits being played on 98.7 KLUV (i.e the 80s and i think 90s hits) and KJKK 100.3 Jack FM playing some songs that was played on 97.1.
2. if you got HD Radio, 97.1 HD2 will have the former format of 97.1 FM/HD1 granted the jocks and ads will be replaced with no ads and continuous music no jocks as the playlist could be controlled by a well program computer, also KDGE 102.1 HD2 has the Alternative format that was known as The Edge.
3. got a smart phone, got a computer, or any kind of internet power device that let's you stream, then you can stream with those devices, from Spotify, Pandora, Audacy, iHeart, TuneIn, YouTube, you can hear stations from out of market or from a playlist your built or even national stream radio stations.
4. buy a SiriusXM receiver for in the car or home, and tune into SXM's rock stations like Octane, Alt Nation, Lithium, Ozzy's Boneyard and other rock based stations.
Plus if you want to keep up with your favorite rock bands like when they got new music coming out or when they will be here in North Texas performing live, then follow their social media accounts, and go to their websites to follow them, also check out know rock news info sites like Blabbermouth, Loudwire, and The Pit, and for the local bands in North Texas, you need to especially follow them on social media to hear their songs, find out concert gigs they are going and etc, as well as just go to known places that have local rock/metal groups performing to discover them and listen to them online.
with that, i'll give you options to find out how to rock out in a post 97.1 The Eagle DFW Radio world.
1. KVIL ALT 103.7 and KZPS Lonestar 92.5 still exist as Alternative and Classic Rock respectfully as well as some Eagle hits being played on 98.7 KLUV (i.e the 80s and i think 90s hits) and KJKK 100.3 Jack FM playing some songs that was played on 97.1.
2. if you got HD Radio, 97.1 HD2 will have the former format of 97.1 FM/HD1 granted the jocks and ads will be replaced with no ads and continuous music no jocks as the playlist could be controlled by a well program computer, also KDGE 102.1 HD2 has the Alternative format that was known as The Edge.
3. got a smart phone, got a computer, or any kind of internet power device that let's you stream, then you can stream with those devices, from Spotify, Pandora, Audacy, iHeart, TuneIn, YouTube, you can hear stations from out of market or from a playlist your built or even national stream radio stations.
4. buy a SiriusXM receiver for in the car or home, and tune into SXM's rock stations like Octane, Alt Nation, Lithium, Ozzy's Boneyard and other rock based stations.
Plus if you want to keep up with your favorite rock bands like when they got new music coming out or when they will be here in North Texas performing live, then follow their social media accounts, and go to their websites to follow them, also check out know rock news info sites like Blabbermouth, Loudwire, and The Pit, and for the local bands in North Texas, you need to especially follow them on social media to hear their songs, find out concert gigs they are going and etc, as well as just go to known places that have local rock/metal groups performing to discover them and listen to them online.
I got stickers for memories if anyone wants some.
The Hot AC format didn't even exist when KVIL was a dominant AC station in DFW -- but even if it had, I think it would be a stretch to call what they programmed Hot AC. Really, that station was hard to pigeon hole. It was very personality driven even by the standards of the time and the music mix included some rather MOR-ish oldies along with the current songs. KVIL was also notorious for some rather unique edits of current songs to chop out the heavy guitar sections.
Apparently it was also the model for Satellite Music Network's "Star Station" AC format in the early years of that format. Having heard both, I'd say that Star Station was similar in the older music that they played, but was more aggressive on the current music, playing stuff that KVIL would not play (at least after I moved to North Texas in 1984).
There may have been many early operators that successfully bridged the MOR/Top 40 gap. I only know of a very few. All are worthy of credit and admiration for their creativeness and thinking outside the box.
A 500 watt Liberty, Mo. AM station, 1140 KBIL was the first station I heard playing AC before such a term existed. That would have been by 1968. When my family moved to Dallas, we moved the dial a notch and found KVIL 1150. My mom even remarked it was unusual that the music, call letters and dial position were so similar.
There was so much more to KVIL than the music. Chapman was brilliant in my book, mainly because of how he honed in on his target audience and read their collective minds.
I worked in a record store in Dallas in the mid-1970s. The record reps hated KVIL and all remarked the station went on songs once everybody else was moving the song to recurrent. Recurrents always test so well...everybody loves them.
I thought the Star Station was created by ABC Radio. My boss is the guy that created that format after years of working for Ron Chapman, In fact, if you evolved KVIL or the Star Station to a small market station today, take a listen to: www.kgaf.net
Another exceptional station, albeit in a small market, was KSEO 750 and "FM 107" in Durant, Oklahoma especially under the direction of Bill Coxsey. His would have been more of a KVIL as a full service small town station with great jingles sung by Anne Murray (she did lots of that work, it seems).
A 500 watt Liberty, Mo. AM station, 1140 KBIL was the first station I heard playing AC before such a term existed. That would have been by 1968. When my family moved to Dallas, we moved the dial a notch and found KVIL 1150. My mom even remarked it was unusual that the music, call letters and dial position were so similar.
There was so much more to KVIL than the music. Chapman was brilliant in my book, mainly because of how he honed in on his target audience and read their collective minds.
I worked in a record store in Dallas in the mid-1970s. The record reps hated KVIL and all remarked the station went on songs once everybody else was moving the song to recurrent. Recurrents always test so well...everybody loves them.
I thought the Star Station was created by ABC Radio. My boss is the guy that created that format after years of working for Ron Chapman, In fact, if you evolved KVIL or the Star Station to a small market station today, take a listen to: www.kgaf.net
Another exceptional station, albeit in a small market, was KSEO 750 and "FM 107" in Durant, Oklahoma especially under the direction of Bill Coxsey. His would have been more of a KVIL as a full service small town station with great jingles sung by Anne Murray (she did lots of that work, it seems).
Now this is interesting...
How Headphones Are Changing the Sound of Music
Are they saying that Billie Eilish is more popular than heavy metal now because younger people listen on expensive headphones and Russ Martin fans listen on old stereo component systems with big bass speakers?
No, Star Station was created by Satellite Music Network (SMN), and was one of several formats that they offered. SMN was bought by ABC in 1989.
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