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And Now For Something Completely... ...THE SAME! 
Excerpts from an LA Times Blog report: FM talk radio format all talked out? KLSX-FM (97.1) going top 40 Friday Good news for local fans of Rihanna, bad news for older talk radio listeners in Los Angeles. Beginning Friday at 5 p.m., boosters of urban-skewing artists such as Beyoncé, Pink and Britney Spears will have another top 40/"CHR" (contemporary hit radio) station to sing along to in their cars, as L.A.'s only "all-talk" commercial FM station now appears to be all talked out. KLSX (97.1 Free FM) will switch formats Feb. 20 to CBS Radio's latest concept, titled AMP Radio (not to be confused with the now-defunct Amp'd Mobile, a company that heavily pushed mobile radio to cellphone users in 2006 but filed for bankruptcy protection in 2007). AMP Radio originally bowed early last year as an online/HD2 station affiliated with KCBS-FM in L.A. Apparently, the test run was successful enough to convince CBS radio executives that young, texting-and-Twittering teens -- the ones who spend money at malls while listening to music via their cellphones -- just can't get enough of artists such as Kanye West and T.I. This is despite the fact that there is plenty of competition in the space -- see KPWR (105.9), KIIS (102.7) and KDAY (93.5) -- all of which mine similar musical territory in the same market. During the last three months of 2008, KLSX averaged a 1.3% audience share among listeners 12 and older, which placed the station at No. 27 in the market. In fact, KLSX never truly recovered in the ratings after losing its major morning lead-in, Howard Stern, to satellite radio. When Stern was still on the air in late 2005 at 97.1, the station enjoyed a 2.2 share. Despite the less-than-stellar ratings, KLSX still enjoyed a rabid fan base for several of its marquee shows, including Adam Carolla's morning show, "The Adam Carolla Show With Teresa Strasser," which replaced Stern, and Tom Leykis' widely syndicated afternoon program "The Tom Leykis Show." Both Carolla's and Leykis' shows proved popular with 25-to-54-year-old men (with Leykis' afternoon drive time exploration of all things from the male perspective, in particular, a notable hit nationwide). Beginning next week, new episodes of Carolla's show will no longer broadcast in any market, although it is believed that "best of" shows may air in some territories. It is not yet known what will happen to Leykis' show in syndication. Leykis told the Orange County Register earlier this month that he "should have something to announce shortly" regarding the syndication of his shows. http://latimesblogs.latim...g-top.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= What a waste. 
tA  Tribal Disorder
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About 2 years ago in Kelowna a popular but financially unsuccessful "oldies" (classic rock, 1950's and 60's pop and folk, etc.) format station switched over to Top 40 country. I 'bout cried when the announcement was made.
They used to have a Motown Hour on Saturdays, where they'd pick one Motown act and just play their stuff for the hour, commercial free. Now the same time slot has Carrie Underwood, Shania Twain, and IGA ads.  "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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I can dig it.
They can have this marketing slogan for free: One station, under Clear Channel (or pick your conglomerate), with repetitive playlists and nondescript celebrities for all. And before someone goes into a diatribe on radio economics, I totally get the "business financials" on these format changes. tA Tribal Disorder
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Yeah, I guess it is inevitable, but it's so damn sad... there's certainly good music around, but now it's on the fans to try to hunt it down somewhere---certainly not the airwaves--In fact, they're making it really hard to try to get away from the crap now--I rarely turn the radio on these days, except to get news and traffic reports -- wonder if they'll even take that away eventually, so they can make more room for The latest corporate "stars" .... ... [Edited 2/20/09 8:04am] " I've got six things on my mind --you're no longer one of them." - Paddy McAloon, Prefab Sprout | |
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Hey, it was going to happen, no need crying about it.  | |
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paligap said: ...
Yeah, I guess it is inevitable, but it's so damn sad... there's certainly good music around, but now it's on the fans to try to hunt it down somewhere---certainly not the airwaves--In fact, they're making it really hard to try to get away from the crap now--I rarely turn the radio on these days, except to get news and traffic reports -- wonder if they'll even take that away eventually, so they can make more room for The latest corporate "stars" .... ... [Edited 2/20/09 8:04am] I haven't listened to radio in ages, nor watched any of the music channels on TV. Most of it's commercials and reality TV anyway. I know there's plenty of good music out there, but it's getting harder than it was even 10 years ago to find it. I mostly rely on word of mouth these days. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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meow85 said: paligap said: ...
Yeah, I guess it is inevitable, but it's so damn sad... there's certainly good music around, but now it's on the fans to try to hunt it down somewhere---certainly not the airwaves--In fact, they're making it really hard to try to get away from the crap now--I rarely turn the radio on these days, except to get news and traffic reports -- wonder if they'll even take that away eventually, so they can make more room for The latest corporate "stars" .... ... [Edited 2/20/09 8:04am] I haven't listened to radio in ages, nor watched any of the music channels on TV. Most of it's commercials and reality TV anyway. I know there's plenty of good music out there, but it's getting harder than it was even 10 years ago to find it. I mostly rely on word of mouth these days. Me too.  | |
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Timmy84 said: meow85 said: I haven't listened to radio in ages, nor watched any of the music channels on TV. Most of it's commercials and reality TV anyway. I know there's plenty of good music out there, but it's getting harder than it was even 10 years ago to find it. I mostly rely on word of mouth these days. Me too. 
The people I associate with, online and IRL, are a pretty eclectic mix so I think I get a decent variety. "A Watcher scoffs at gravity!" | |
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It's damn rediculous that they are trying to stomp out variety of any kind on radio, even down to talk radio. Fuck Clear Channel and the other monopolies similar to it. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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