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Talk radio experiment ends in New York as Free FM reverts to K-Rock
Canada.com ^ | 25 May, 2007 | Larry Mcshane

Posted on 05/25/2007 4:57:10 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult

NEW YORK (AP) - With a blast of Nirvana's "All Apologies," the 17-month effort to establish a talk station at New York's 92.3 FM ended abruptly Thursday afternoon with the return of K-Rock, the station's identity before Howard Stern departed for satellite radio in January 2006.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: airamericaradio; talkradio
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To: Rodney King

Well, FWIW, their site makes it look like they’ll be playing modern / alternative rock.


21 posted on 05/25/2007 5:58:23 PM PDT by LeftIsSinister (Liberalism--The Cure for Success)
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To: I still care

Try www.kaamradio.com Kaam is a Dallas AM radio station..but it’s broadcast in stereo on the net..they play everything, including a lotta standards from the ‘40’s and ‘50’s.. you might like it..especially “Jann McCoy in the Morning” (6-10 AM weekdays) He’s pretty good.


22 posted on 05/25/2007 6:12:17 PM PDT by Biblical Calvinist (Soli Deo Gloria !)
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To: Rodney King
and that awful steely dan song that goes “are you reelin in the years”, (or something like that)

Not their best song, I'll grant you.

23 posted on 05/25/2007 6:19:33 PM PDT by Steely Tom
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To: Rodney King

“Great, now we can hear “blinded by the light”, “working for a livin’” and that awful steely dan song that goes “are you reelin in the years”, (or something like that) every day again. I was going crazy not hearing those three songs every afternoon.”

LMAO


24 posted on 05/25/2007 6:51:15 PM PDT by CAWats
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To: Political Junkie Too
“The Free FM station in San Francisco just reverted back to KFRC, the oldies station, on 106.9 after being dropped from 99.7 after many, many years. KFRC was replaced about 6 months ago with an urban hip-hop station, Movin’ 97.

The call sign was just transferred to 106.9 last week.”

Man, what ever happened to Dr. Don Rose and his dumb jokes: “Two peanuts were walking in the park and one was assaulted.”

25 posted on 05/25/2007 7:00:00 PM PDT by CAWats
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To: CAWats
Man, what ever happened to Dr. Don Rose and his dumb jokes

I read that he died in 2005.

“Two peanuts were walking in the park and one was assaulted.”

LOL! Don't tell me... the other peanut was his honey.

-PJ

26 posted on 05/25/2007 7:10:36 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (It's still not safe to vote Democrat.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

Yep, I just googled Mr Rose and found this interesting article.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/04/01/BAGLHC1M8N1.DTL


27 posted on 05/25/2007 7:15:32 PM PDT by CAWats
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To: Rodney King
Great, now we can hear “blinded by the light”, “working for a livin’” and that awful steely dan song that goes “are you reelin in the years”, (or something like that) every day again. I was going crazy not hearing those three songs every afternoon.

I don't think so....

http://www.yes.com/log/?station=WFNY

28 posted on 05/25/2007 7:18:35 PM PDT by Lauren BaRecall (RINOs for Juan and Evita Giuliani! Campaign song: "Don't Cry For Me New York City.")
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

K-Rock was the only rock station in NYC before they took it off the air...then there were none. I’m so glad that when I go back to visit, my old station will be back! Great news! :)


29 posted on 05/25/2007 7:26:46 PM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm (http://www.fredrepublic.com/focus/browse)
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To: CAWats
From your linked article:

"The station's been there for 80 years.

It's a shame that they were forced out of their frequency after four score years. I guess it's asking too much at this point for Movin' 99.7 and KFRC 106.9 to swap frequencies. It seems like certain genre's are settling into certain frequencies.

This reminds me of what happened to WAXY 106 in Miami. It's been years since I lived there, and I loved the station, but I recall hearing that a management oversight caused a lapse in refiling for their call letters, and on the day they expired another station (AM, I believe) shamelessly grabbed it and refused to let WAXY get them back. WAXY was forced to adopt a new callsign after establishing a brand and persona in South Florida for 40 years.

-PJ

30 posted on 05/25/2007 7:35:42 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (It's still not safe to vote Democrat.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

That’s really a shame what happened to WAXY. People have no sense of decency.


31 posted on 05/25/2007 7:50:39 PM PDT by CAWats
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
They took Ron and Fez off the air after the moved from number 26 to number 2 in one rating book.

Ron and Fez have a great show. The ratings improved and the commercial spots they read on the show were laugh out loud funny.

32 posted on 05/25/2007 8:03:04 PM PDT by Volunteer (Just so you know, I am ashamed the Dixie Chicks make records in Nashville.)
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To: LibKill
Used to go to Atlanta and heard Rush on FM, then a couple of years ago our AM affiliate here in Charleston dropped him and a FM station picked him up. Here Hannity is on an AM station and airs tape delay at 6:00PM. Was in Savannah recently and heard Hannity live on an FM station.

I think it has to do with costs. Rush for example probably had previous deals with some AM stations keeping him there. Conservative show aren’t cheap as they bring in advertisers so many stations can only afford a few of them

33 posted on 05/25/2007 8:18:50 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
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To: Cowboy Bob
But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here Ev'rybody's .gonna wanna doze

It's [written by] Dylan, dude!

But I see, um, hear, er, use to hear, what you mean.

34 posted on 05/25/2007 8:40:34 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: LibKill
I believe the FM band has superior reception, but the AM band typically has much larger broadcast areas. The quality of reception is more important for music and less important for talk.

I read somewhere that WABC in New York City can be heard in 38 states after the sun goes down.

35 posted on 05/25/2007 8:50:27 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult
I'm a big fan of classic rock, so this would have been great news in New York City.

Unfortunately, 92.3 (WXRK) is owned by CBS Radio -- and I have steadfastly refused to listen to any CBS stations since those bastard fired Don Imus.

36 posted on 05/25/2007 8:52:06 PM PDT by Alberta's Child (I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
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To: LibKill
I have a CC talk pair. Rush in AM or "crystal clear" FM. (mono)

The reason for AM is economics. For numerous reasons, sound quality for music is pretty bad on AM compared to FM, and most people have a choice.

Rush basically saved AM radio with talk. The FCC sure didn't do it with AM stereo.

37 posted on 05/25/2007 8:55:39 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Calvin Locke

Sirius Satellite Radio.

All the talk shows (except Rush) that you could want.

There is even an NRA station!

No issues with signals (except in tunnels)


38 posted on 05/26/2007 3:53:02 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (The Democratic Party will not exist in a few years....we are watching history unfold before us.)
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To: Political Junkie Too
“Two peanuts were walking in the park and one was assaulted.”

I have to tell you...

Right now, I'm watching Monty Python's Personal Best: Terry Jones' Favorite Sketches on KQED, and they just told that joke.

It was part of the Funniest Joke Ever Told sketch, where a man writes a joke, dies laughing from it, his wife finds him, sees the paper with the joke, reads it and dies laughing too. The British military find the joke, have a team assigned to translate it into German where each member is given one word only, then they read it on the battlefield killing Germans left and right. The Germans start a joke mission of their own, and when they finally broadcast their joke to the English, the joke is “Two peanuts were walking in the park and one was assaulted.”

-PJ

39 posted on 05/27/2007 11:16:38 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (It's still not safe to vote Democrat.)
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To: CAWats
“Two peanuts were walking in the park and one was assaulted.”

I have to tell you...

Right now, I'm watching Monty Python's Personal Best: Terry Jones' Favorite Sketches on KQED, and they just told that joke.

It was part of the Funniest Joke Ever Told sketch, where a man writes a joke, dies laughing from it, his wife finds him, sees the paper with the joke, reads it and dies laughing too. The British military find the joke, have a team assigned to translate it into German where each member is given one word only, then they read it on the battlefield killing Germans left and right. The Germans start a joke mission of their own, and when they finally broadcast their joke to the English, the joke is “Two peanuts were walking in the park and one was assaulted.”

-PJ

40 posted on 05/27/2007 11:19:43 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (It's still not safe to vote Democrat.)
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