[BC] Re:KWKH

[Brian Urban]

I started listening to the Houston Colt 45's (which became the Astros) on
KWKH from the Rio Grande Valley when I was just a pup.  Great programming,
including Louisiana Hayride.  Superb overnight truckers show in the 70's
from Kelly's (mile marker 6) w/ John Trimble (now at WRVA?).  I tried to
listen a year or so ago and it was just one ad after another.  Really sad.

CC also took KONO AM/FM combo in the Austin/San Antonio area (oldies format)
and "tweaked" it so that it is now just run of the mill.

I'm not really knocking CC, but their programming decisions don't make sense
to me.  But then I'm just an engineer who happens to listen (and not liking
what I hear).

In all fairness, my own station has "tweaked' the format, and become more
like everyone else instead of a truly unique entity.
 
<Rant mode>

The reason I listen still comes down to content.  Don't the programming
decision makers get it? Or is it just because this is an engineering
listserve that we don't see what programmers are talking about.

HEY PROGRAMMERS---IT ISNT'T THE DELIVERY METHOD, ITS THE CONTENT!!!!

<end Rant mode>


On 5/31/06 3:51 PM, "tg at btsg.com" <tg at btsg.com> wrote:

> KWKH was an awesome station before CC.  I remember listening to them from El
> Paso,m TX to
> Shreveport, LA. several years back on a return trip from building a TV station
> in West Texas.  I
> left El Paso about 4 PM and got into Shreveport the next morning, and never
> lost a solid signal
> from them the whole trip.  A few months ago, however, I tried to pick them up
> about 30 miles away
> and never found them.  Really sad, as the station had a tremendous following,
> and some really solid
> programming. But then apparently they have gone the way of so many other great
> AMs, and "Faded off
> into the sunset (Literally!)".
> 
> Tommy Gray
> BTSG
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: PeterH5322
> To: 
> Sent: Wed, 31 May 2006 13:32:45 -0700
> Subject: RE: [BC] 50 kW Values /was/ Re: WJBK
> 
> 
>> That's an easy problem. Both WISN and KWKH are both owned by Clear
>> Channel, so if they want one to go away, they own both, so they can do
>> what they want.
> 
> The option is lowering KWKH to a Class B, and then letting the three
> 1130s which exist along a line drawn between New York City and Vancouver
> fight it out to see who actually gets an upgrade.
> 
> I know WISN wants one, but Minneapolis was on first, Detroit on second,
> and Milwaukee on third.
> 
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