It's a station that can be picked up in Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, Island, Jefferson counties. That's quite a bit of the Seattle market, plus some other areas. Over in Yakima, we had another flip - KBBO 1390 Selah to Fox Sports "The Fan" (which I don't mind, as FSR is almost unlistenable on most of their affiliates at night, maybe KJR-AM one of the only good targets here), but no morning show shakeups, and no controversy with any of the mainstream stations.
And I didn't really complain in this post. I just said that CKLG (CJAX) and KJAQ remain, and that's still two Jack FMs next to each other. I enjoy the JACK FM format, as there's more variety than most of the classic hits stations...even though they have more 80s and 90s, which is the main decades for the Jack format. There could be some listeners in Victoria (and maybe mainland WA as well) that may start listening to CHTT from CHBE for their top 40 fix.
Had I reported a flip in Winnipeg on the Seattle board, then that's grounds for complaining. But this is a station that many (including Bongwater, Goldilocks and others) can actually hear on their radios as well as the Seattle and South Sound stations. And we've talked about Canadian FM in the past...probably hundreds of times. There probably isn't much going on in Seattle in the radio world. KNDD's "2 Minute Promise," we've already talked about that. KRWM getting rid of Mark Christopher, we already talked about that. KVOS adding "Seattle" to their legal ID is on the national TV board, since it doesn't fit into the regional TV boards. And I'm SURE up in Bellingham and Mount Vernon, where KBKS and KQMV sound like crap, I'm sure the teens and young adults listen to Victoria and Vancouver CHRs. Which by the way, 94.5 CFBT is flipping to "Virgin Radio" ex-CKZZ this March. Same format as before.
So I'm not being a grump. I'm just reporting a format change that is just SEVENTY miles away from Seattle. Not 700, not 1700, but 70.
-crainbebo
