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CRN Exclusive! Planet Sully Gets Free Fill 5-8-03I don't have the full story on this, but Tuesday, my pizza assistant manager (yup, I have a paying job since I don't make enough money here to pay my bills here) alterted me to get a free pizza to Sully on Planet 103.7 during his afternoon shift. I delivered a pizza with a couple of side items to Sully, and when I told him that the food was on us, he slapped a $20 in my hand and said "Keep it!", then he announced our store on the air two minutes later. I guess Rachel the asst manager heard Sully say he was starving on the air and she got the idea to deliver a pizza to him before anyone else like Papa Yawns or Pizza What did. Thanks to Planet for the free publicity while Sully and company got filled!D.T. Comment: on Astor Broadcasting 5-8-03KCEO AM 1000 should dump the talk and nostalgia split format and try the all 70's and earlier format there since that comes in better in the daytime than 1450 ever does; I can't get it down here.92.1 FM going 70's could be a help to 94.9's alternative format, though Tazy's show would be displaced once again, and I know Tazy could fill in the soon to be vacant music director of 91X if the suits at Clear Channel allow him to simply program the music his way, the way that will get listeners, or if not, move to 94.9 as assistant music director under Mike Halloran. I spend most of the time flipping between the three alternative stations in my car until I am out of a commercial or out of a song I can't stand to listen. Can't stand Linkin Park, Evanessance, or some other emo crap these stations are putting out. Tazy should land on 91X and dump the pop rap junk I can already hear on 105.3 and other stations and play alternative music that's decent to my ears. Tazy's show, "Go Loco" airs on Premium 92.1 Sundays 6-10pm. 10 News Comedy Blooper 5-8-03Heard on the 11am 10 News Wednesday:Lisa Kim was announcing that "Monica Lewinsky is taking her act to Late Night (and then there was a 2 second pause as if she thought it was the end of the sentence, then comes the rest of the sentence)...Television. Then she starts to crack up on the air as she realizes what she sounded like on the air. Her male co-anchor Bill Griffith, after Lisa managed to finish the story, adds that "you can see Lisa [on Jimmy Kimmel Live] as she's looking for work". Got it on MP3 if you want to e-mail me to hear it. I can't post it on my website.
The San Diego Reader Blurt The new Arbitron ratings suggested the upstart FM 94/9 is making headway against 20-year-old 91X. Among listeners 18-34, FM 94/9 is now in fourth place during the midday hours (10 a.m.3 p.m.) while 91X has slipped to seventh. More on Muckley here...
http://www.arcmag.com/ - tip from Blurt
Grossmont College Radio StreamingVisit http://www.grossmont.edu/kgfn/ for the live stream.KGFN 89.1 (about 0.001 watt or so) is Grossmont College's student run radio station owned and operated by the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District in El Cajon, CA and is located on the Grossmont Campus. KGFN is a practical applications laboratory for students to learn about on and off-air radio/audio production techniques. Students learn first hand what it takes to manage, produce and operate at a marketplace radio station. A student handbook in Adobe Acrobat form is available from the website for visitors who can get an idea what kinds of rules, exercises, and assignments are given by the instructor for their students to follow through to earn their grades. One such rule is that no music that has not been approved by the music director can air on the station; this is to ensure that inappropriate material is screened out. Musical diversity is otherwise the order of the station to expose the students a wide assortment of genres to prepare them for the big world of radio broadcasting, many of the genres of which go unheard of on big radio.
Los Angeles Radio Wires 5-7-03rronlineClear Channel Sells Suburban L.A.'s KIIS-AM for $900,000, Carl Goldman's Jeri Lyn Broadcasting is acquiring Clear Channel's AM in Canyon Country, CA, which serves the Santa Clarita Valley. But the company will keep the KIIS-AM calls and move them to its KACD/Thousand Oaks, CA. KIIS-AM, at 1220 kHz, currently airs a simulcast of KIIS-FM, but with occasional local breaks.
National Radio Wires 5-7-03rronlineFile-Swappers Say They Buy More Music... A survey of 36,000 Internet users released today by Nielsen/NetRatings says that 22% of 'Net users have downloaded a song in the last month and that 71% of those people have purchased music in the last three months. Hip-hop music is the most likely purchase of file-traders, followed by dance music. The recording industry has long said that online music piracy is putting a serious dent in legitimate record sales, but other research ù including a widely reported Jupiter Media Metrix study from May 2002 ù has also found P2P users saying they buy as much music as ever. On the other hand, a 2001 RIAA study found that downloaders were buying less music because they could download or copy what they wanted for free.
New Radio Star Forum Postings: Why Can't I Get 91X Anymore? UPDATED 5-6-03From http://radio-info.com/boards/la/index.cgi?read=3963Name: bri I know this is an LA radio board, but I've just got to ask you radio heads out there to explain this if you can or might know the technical reasons behind it. up until about 2 years ago I could get 91X from San Diego much easier - hey everyone needs a better alternative to KROQ even if it's not much better. the funny thing was, I lived in Long Beach back then, now I live in the middle of OC (closer to SD/TJ) and can't receive a signal with the same antenna at least 60% of the time, not even a weak one. about 2 years ago my main problem was that some Christian station decided to broadcast on the same frequency apparently or very nearby and was constantly bleeding into the signal or completely over it. haven't heard that in a while but here's the current status: usually on the weekends I can get the station somewhat, but today I tune in and nothing. I get a station which identified themselves as from Pasadena - 92.3 I think "Hot 92 Jams", talking over it. the really weird part is I also get KDL in the background when I tune to 91.1 but nothing from 91X at all. and KDL if I'm not mistaken is 103.1!! or maybe I'm picking up their signal from Santa Monica on a different frequency? I know AM signals carry further at night but what about FM?? should I just try later and keep my fingers crossed until after dark? it really sucks that I can't listen to this station at all except maybe in my car. my home stereo is fine but maybe the car has a better tuner or there's less physical interference. where I live is almost completely flat though so I find it strange. Name: Market DOE About two years ago the FCC allowed a christian translator to begin operating on 91.1. I believe that it transmits from either Mt. Wilson or Flint Peak. In either case, it completely knocks out 91X. The U.S. and Mexican governments have an agreement that FM stations licensed to one country are not protected from interference across the border. 91X is licensed to Mexico which means that their transmissions can be blotted out on U.S. soil. If 91X was an American station, there's no way that translator would have ever been allowed. Name: Chief Engineer It is not the case that respective FM's are not protected by the U.S./Mexican authorities. Mexico will sometimes do some funny things in terms of their own authorizations, but they do coordinate and protect American frequencies for the most part. The translator referred to may well be outside the protected coverage area for 91X. As far as not being able to get 91X in OC (Oceanside?) vs. Long Beach, the 91X transmitter blasts straight up the coastline to Long Beach, but there may be some terrain interferance problems with Oceanside. There are areas of Oceanside that are blocked from signals from the south due to extreme terrain blockage, yet if you try on I-5 you'll get a pretty clear signal from everybody south. Name: Market DOE Sez "You are wrong!" The US/Mexican FM Broadcasting agreement clearly states that Mexican Stations are not protected from interference to their signals within U.S. soil. The reverse is also true; U.S. stations are not protected in Mexico. This agreement covers FM stations located within 320 Km of the border, and is the reason why you will frequently see FM allotments in border states listed as: "specially negotiated short spaced allotments". Indeed, if you look at 73.207 of the FCC rules (regarding spacings of FM allotments), it clearly says that stations: "must protect domestic allotments". It is perfectly permissible to short space a US allotment to a Mexican FM station (using a directional antenna or other means) as long as any interference stays on the U.S. side of the border. It's done all the time actually. Finally, the United States has a similar agreement with Canada. Name: vigilante Correct...and as far as South Orange County is concerned, 91X and the San Diego FMs and TV station come in great along the coast. However, just over the San Juaquin Hills in Irvine, Tustin, etc., you really lose their signals because of the terrain blocking. As you go further south, you can receive the San Diego stations BETTER than the L.A. stations in Aliso Viejo and parts of Laguna Niguel. The Beach cities (Dana Point and Laguna Beach) pretty much only pick up the San Diego FM and TV stations. All of the above is subject to DX-skip, esp. during the summer months. At those time, reception improves for the stations that you couldn't otherwise receive. Because I drive in different areas of the county, I have a bank of stations (FM2) dedicated to San Diego. I've got 91.1, 94.9, 102.1, 105.3, 101.5, and 100.7. But I primarly listen to L.A. stations...
The Readers Strike Back/Spot the Fake E-Mail for 5-5-03Once again, we get letters from the readers here. Saturday, we printed three of the real e-mails we got and one fake e-mail we made up and asked you to spot the fake e-mail? Nobody got it right this week, though almost everybody thought it was Zack's e-mail that was the fake e-mail, but the real fake e-mail was the one we authored under the name of Lucas Goldmark, a combination of two names in the land of dementia: the great Luke Ski, and Tony Goldmark. Thanks for playing. More next time.From Paul Hill: Are the studios of the former KGER still located on Atlantic Ave. in Long Beach? That is where the Wurlitzer organ was located in the 50's and 60's (and perhaps longer). One comment: KNOB was actually owned and started by Jay Tapp and Ray Torian. They also started T & T Measurements in Long Beach. They split as partners in the early 50's with Tapp taking T & T Measurements and Torian taking KNOB. Both fellows died of cancer; first Jay then Ray. I worked at KNOB for Ray Torian when he started broadcasting in stereo, moved to the present frequency and became the "Jazz KNOB" (part of this change was brought about under some kind of partnership Ray struck with Sleepy Stein of KFOX). After selling KNOB, Ray started a cable TV company in one of the Orange County canyons; Silverado, Santiago, or Trabuco, or ? From John Trevithick: KFMB is totally lost on me with Mike Cook's trivia show gone from their airwaves. I don't care to listen to hours of right-wing drivel on the talk stations. Most of them keep saying the same things all the time. AM radio needs to get back into the entertainment business instead of shoving politics down our throats all the time. AM 1360 sounds good with a half-a-decade of adult music being played to entertain us. AM 1240 should chuck Radio Disney for either a real kids music channel or something like entertaining talk that's not full of hot air and political egos. Anyone with me on this? From Zack: It was great seeing the Z-90 morning team (The Mizfitz) and Channel 933's Morning Team (AJ's Playhouse) hosting on stage, together, the Pepsi Airbands. Two stations who, at one time, were fighting for ratings and constantly bad mouthing eachother, finally working together to do a show. It was fun to see.
From Lucas Goldmark:
This is D.T.: Thanks for playing. San Diego Radio Forum Talk: KFSD-AM Back to Bach on Monday 5-5-03From http://radio-info.com/boards/la/index.cgi?read=3918
Name: Balboa
Name: Kyle Hojem Also in the same thread: a sneaky way to subscribe to their e-mail newsletters without actually working at a radio station. KFSD has changed their website into a comment site telling the listeners that they're switching back to classical on Monday. http://www.am1450thefox.com/ is accepting comments. Other threads, mostly talking about KDL dance radio in Los Angeles are discussed here: http://www.radio-info.com/boards/la/
SD Radio Mumblings... 5-4-03Could Mike Cook's "Hooked on Trivia" show be heard on KCBQ weeknights from 6-10pm in the very near future? (my prediction, given that KCBQ could use a marquee host in the evening hours.) A top 20 Evautron-rated SD county station may be no more. Is a low-wattage radio station thinking about trading mouse ears for adult ears? Is 91X's recent billboard attack (spray-painted 91X over other CC stations, another saying 91XX...20 Years in San Diego) a sign of desparation for listeners, given the strong prescence of 94.9's alternative format here? Is John Lynch kicking the tires of some of the Mexican-owned radio properties? Whether KCBQ's future...get a new site for its transmitters or die. Is there any chance that at least one SD FM station to the right of 89.9 MHz may return to streaming on the Internet? Will Tony and Kris win an award? (hint: the answer is on sdradio.net, don't visit it unless you want to be spoiled, and I'm not posting the answer here until after the presentation so you may want to watch for the drama to unfold instead of that lame finale of Dawson's Creek on the netlet WB.)National Radio Wires 5-5-03!Kurt HansonThe San Jose Mercury News's Mike Langberg notes that there's nowhere to report Internet radio listening on the typical Arbitron survey diary -- and that fact is symbolic of the dangerous situation in which over-the-air radio may soon find itself. That is, broadcasters may soon be facing overwhelming competition from new audio sources like Net radio. In Langberg's words, "Local radio broadcasters are in big trouble and are blind to what's ahead." The columnist suggests that heavy spot loads and unimaginative programming are driving more and more listeners to Internet and satellite radio -- and that broadcasters may not even realize it. Read more in today's issue of "RAIN: Radio And Internet Newsletter," available online now at http://www.kurthanson.com. Editor's Note: The Evalutrons: You Rate the Stations daily diaries include spots where the participants can report what popular internet radio station they listened to, something Arbitron doesn't do. Which leads into this external news link...
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