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My Country 107.3 Debuting In Corpus Christi

Posted: 23 Mar 2017 12:18 PM PDT
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With the sale of Convergent Broadcastings Corpus Christi stations to ICA
Radio approved by the FCC and closing imminent, Variety Hits 107.3 Jake-FM
KAJE Ingleside TX will flip to Classic Country tonight.

As we reported in Daily Domains last week, KAJE will become My Country
107.3 at midnight. The station will launch with a commercial-free loop of
George Strait songs until the debut of the syndicated Big D Bubba morning
show at 4:00am on Monday, March 27.

Kevin McCoy, currently Program Director and Morning Host at sister Classic
Rock 104.5 KPUS will add PD duties for KAJE and take middays at My Country
while departing the morning slot at KPUS. Angeii will host afternoons.
Current Jake-FM morning host Bart Allison will supplant McCoy in mornings
with Victoria Valentine on KPUS.


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Fresh Listen: Happy Birthday, Bob FM

Posted: 23 Mar 2017 11:10 AM PDT
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When CFWM (99.9 Bob FM) Winnipeg debuted just over 15 years ago, (on March
4, 2002):

Classic Rock was still focused on its first generation of artists, and
considered the Boston-to-Bon-Jovi era to be a secondary trifle, at best.
Pushing into the ‘90s wasn’t even a consideration; those songs were still
recent gold for Alternative and Active Rock radio.

Oldies radio had not renamed itself Classic Hits and was still grappling
with how to push further into the ‘70s.

The ‘80s were just another era for Mainstream AC radio, which still went
back to the ‘60s and ‘70s without issues.

The ‘80s had just been discredited as a separate format by the fast-burning
all-‘80s stations, but they were still a center lane for “’80s, ‘90s, and
Now� Hot ACs.

The Adult Hits boom that Bob FM fostered—within a year in Canada, after
about three years in the United States—would alter the format landscape
significantly. The ‘80s have become the center lane for Classic Hits and a
renewed focus for Mainstream AC, forcing Hot AC closer to Mainstream CHR.

In the fall book, CFWM—the original Adult Hits “Bob FM�—was off 6.8-5.7.
Classic Hits CHIQ (The Drive) which was once co-owned with Bob, has moved
on to similar turf and was up 4.1-5.5. Classic Rock CITI leads both, but is
off 8.7-6.5.

The relationship between Adult Hits and Classic Hits seems similarly
muddied across the broader format landscape. KCBS-FM Los Angeles, one of
the most-watched Jack-FM success stories in the mid-‘00s, has a respectable
3.3 share, but sister KRTH (K-Earth 101) is playing much of the music that
initially powered Jack, and is second in the market, up 4.3-4.9 in the
February PPM monthlies.

And yet:

When CBS Radio, a broadcaster comfortable with both formats, chose between
holes for either format in the Houston market, it ended up in Adult Hits.
The resulting KKHH (The Spot) is up 3.1 – 3.5 – 4.6 over the last two
months.

In Austin, KBPA (Bob FM) remains dominant, up 7.7-8.8 in January. (Its
February numbers are being released today.) Adult Hits also topped the
market in both Nashville and Indianapolis last month. No full-signal
attempt at Classic Hits has been made in those markets; an Austin station
that tried it on a lesser signal has since segued to Adult Hits itself as
“The Bat.�

Bob Winnipeg’s original PD, Howard Kroeger, remains involved with the
format via the version syndicated in the U.S. by Envision Networks. Even
with a mature format, WASJ (105.1 Bob FM) Panama City, a nine-year
affiliate, has gone 5.5-7.8-7.6 over the last three books, making it third
in the market during the fall. During the Bob- and Jack-FM boom,
programmers scrambled to copy its formula to other formats, but Kroeger’s
Classic Country version, Duke- and Hank-FM, is on its own recent growth
spurt.

And the landscape continues to shift. After handing off the ‘70s to Classic
Hits, Mainstream AC is starting to view even the ‘80s as spice. For many
stations, the debate has become whether to play two an hour or three an
hour. The all-‘80s format, a punchline at the time of Winnipeg’s launch,
has resurfaced in San Francisco, Albuquerque, and this week in Richmond, VA.

We took a Fresh Listen to Winnipeg this week. The original Bob-FM was never
the jockless, all-music machine that many of its American acolytes became,
but it actually has a higher-profile afternoon show now that (like several
similar Canadian stations) invites listeners to “join the conversation� on
various phone topics. (Yesterday, it was “do you leave a tip for take-out
orders�?)

The original off-kilter stationality of the format endures. A sweeper in
Winnipeg encourages listeners to “text Bob with requests and questionable
emojis.� Sweepers on the syndicated Bob promise to take the audience back
to a simpler time “when you could buy a toothbrush without six hours of
research.� Another one declares, “All websites are dating sites—if you
believe in yourself.�

Here’s the original 99.9 Bob FM just before 2 p.m. on March 22:

Barney Bentall, “Do Ya� (great bubble-grunge Canadian pop rock from ‘95)
Bon Jovi, “Wanted Dead or Alive�
Joe Jackson, “Is She Really Going Out With Him�
Green Day, “Time Of Your Life (Good Riddance)�
Tragically Hip, “New Orleans Is Sinking� (Canadian)
Phil Collins, “In the Air Tonight�
Wings, “Live and Let Die�
Def Leppard, “Love Bites�
Knack, “My Sharona�
Tom Cochrane, “Sinking Like A Sunset� (Canadian, follow-up to “Life Is A
Highway�)
Collective Soul, “The World I Know�
Honeymoon Suite, “Feel It Again� (Canadian)
Dead Or Alive, “You Spin Me Round�
Toronto, “Your Daddy Don’t Know� (Canadian, Pat Benatar-ish pop/rock from
’82)


And here’s Envision’s syndicated Bob in the 2 p.m. hour:

Prince, “Kiss�
Adele, “Set Fire to the Rain�
Boston, “More Than A Feeling�
Glenn Frey, “The Heat Is On�
Seal, “Crazy�
Queen, “Bohemian Rhapsody�
Maroon 5, “Harder to Breathe�
Madness, “Our House�
Foreigner, “Head Games�
Cardigans, “Lovefool�
Free, “All Right Now�
Talk Talk, “It’s My Life�



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Weber State University To Sell KWCR License

Posted: 23 Mar 2017 11:05 AM PDT
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Weber State University has decided to sell 88.1 KWCR Ogden UT.

KWCR has been silent for much of the past two years as the station has
moved its programming to a digital platform outside of temporary broadcasts
to keep the license alive. Station trustee Nolan Karras told the Ogden
Standard-Examiner “The value of this declines every day we wait, so we need
to sell�.


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Wild Willie Brings Classic Country To Panama City

Posted: 23 Mar 2017 06:30 AM PDT
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The Christmas music on WWLY Panama City gave way to its new identity of
Classic Country Wild Willie 100 at 8am this morning. Promoting Real!
Country! Legends! such as George Strait, Reba McIntyre, Garth Brooks and
Alan Jackson, the new format creates an older skewing in-market competitor
for iHeartMedias market leading 92.5 WPAP and Powell Broadcastings Kickn
103.5 WKNK. Gulf South Communications Classic Country 96.9 The Legend WDJR
Hartford AL, which primarily serves the Dothan market, is also heard
throughout much of the Panama City market.

Marc Summers, Operations Manager for Magic Broadcasting Panama City will
serve as Program Director for WWLY.

Original Report 3/20: With Rock 97X WYYX relocating back to 97.7, Magic
Broadcasting has launched Christmas Music 100.1 Santa-FM WWLY Panama City
Beach FL.

The station has gone beyond the usual Christmas stunt to at least give the
appearance of its promise of Christmas Hits All Year. The station is
running live remotes this weekend including Rudolphs Foam Party on
Saturday, March 25 described as Christmas music? Check! Glow sticks? Check!
Reindeer hats? Check! 10,000 gallons of foam? Check!

Prior to WYYXs tower being struck by lightning and 100.1 becoming the
temporary home of 97X last August, the station was Rhythmic Oldies Groove
100.1 WVVE.


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WFLI Chattanooga To Go Dark

Posted: 23 Mar 2017 05:54 AM PDT
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Another day and another AM station is going dark.

WFLI Inc. Southern Gospel 1070 WFLI Lookout Mountain/Chattanooga TN will
cease operations on March 31. The station has been in the possession of the
Benns family since its sign-on in 1962 and became the powerhouse Top 40 for
Chattanooga throughout the 1960s and 70s. Station co-founder Billy Benns
also built and launched other heritage stations throughout the south
including 690 WVOK Birmingham (now WJOX), 690 WAPE Jacksonville, and 740
WBAM Montgomery (now WMSP) with the Brennan Brothers.




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