1190

[Sparkomatic]

"Classic Country for Dallas/Fort Worth... The Mighty 1190"

That's what they're calling it.

Alls I can say is that I just heard "You Never Even Called Me By My Name" by David Allen Coe. The perfect Country Western Song. I'm glad it's the perfect one, cuz it's about the only Country song I like... : )

Nothin' wrong with a station that'll play THAT song.

Makes me think of Thursday nights and Shiner Bock on tap.

 

[Mediafrog]

> "Classic Country for Dallas/Fort Worth... The Mighty 1190"

Too bad this didn't wind up on FM.

> Alls I can say is that I just heard "You Never Even Called
> Me By My Name" by David Allen Coe.

That's the song that launched "Country Legends 97.1" here in Houston three years ago. The format has done quite well on a rimshot that had seen numerous failed formats in the previous decade.

 

[smashedcd]

> > "Classic Country for Dallas/Fort Worth... The Mighty 1190"
>
>
> Too bad this didn't wind up on FM.
>
> > Alls I can say is that I just heard "You Never Even Called
>
> > Me By My Name" by David Allen Coe.
>
> That's the song that launched "Country Legends 97.1" here in
> Houston three years ago. The format has done quite well on
> a rimshot that had seen numerous failed formats in the
> previous decade.
>
hate to see the demise of rock n rolldies ..but i also love classic country
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[spymovie7]

It's amazing that a station without any ratings like 1190 can still make the lead radio news story on R&R Online:


Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2006
KFXR/Dallas Makes Mighty Move To Classic Country

Less than one year after moving from Fox Sports Radio-distributed Sports Talk programming to Oldies as "The Mighty 1190" — a homage to the frequency's 1960s heyday when then-Top 40 KLIF used the moniker — First Broadcasting's KFXR has adopted a classic-based Country format "where every song is a classic and every artist is a true country icon." Ed Wodka, a veteran of crosstown KRLD, will now serve as GM.

An official relaunch of KFXR is set for March, and the station is currently playing about 1,000 songs commercial free until then. Texas A&M basketball will continue to air on the radio station.

"For decades 1190 was the most listened to station in Dallas and this switch to all classic country favorites will allow true Texans to connect back to their roots," Wodka said. "We'll be locally produced, feature live DJs, and everything we do will be based on listener feedback."

Meanwhile, First Broadcasting plans to relaunch KMGS (Magic 1160)/Dallas in the next several weeks by flipping the station from Urban Oldies to a talk-based format. KMGS is nearing the completion of a signal upgrade that gives the station full coverage of the Dallas-Ft. Worth region.

— Adam Jacobson, R&R Management/Marketing/Sales Editor

 

[KERCAlum]

> "For decades 1190 was the most listened to station in Dallas
> and this switch to all classic country favorites will allow
> true Texans to connect back to their roots," Wodka said.
> "We'll be locally produced, feature live DJs, and everything
> we do will be based on listener feedback."

I'm gonna play the BS card on this one. "Locally produced" means they'll have some board op in Dallas running the computer, as opposed to replaying some satellite feed. But their consultants don't know country music from country gravy. And "classic country" doesn't jibe when they play a Brooks & Dunn song from just a few months ago. If they played more Johnny Horton, Hank Snow, Ferlin Husky, Faron Young, Loretta Lynn, Porter Waggoner, and others from the '50s and '60s, then it might earn the "classic country" moniker. But it sounded the other morning like a country music version of what they had already been doing - basically, throwing their music library against a wall and seeing what stuck.

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[charles123]

> > "For decades 1190 was the most listened to station in
> Dallas
> > and this switch to all classic country favorites will
> allow
> > true Texans to connect back to their roots," Wodka said.
> > "We'll be locally produced, feature live DJs, and
> everything
> > we do will be based on listener feedback."
>
> I'm gonna play the BS card on this one. "Locally produced"
> means they'll have some board op in Dallas running the
> computer, as opposed to replaying some satellite feed. But
> their consultants don't know country music from country
> gravy. And "classic country" doesn't jibe when they play a
> Brooks & Dunn song from just a few months ago. If they
> played more Johnny Horton, Hank Snow, Ferlin Husky, Faron
> Young, Loretta Lynn, Porter Waggoner, and others from the
> '50s and '60s, then it might earn the "classic country"
> moniker. But it sounded the other morning like a country
> music version of what they had already been doing -
> basically, throwing their music library against a wall and
> seeing what stuck.
>
> Thank God for MP3 players.
>
They have a phone number you can call and tell them your 3 favorite country songs and artists, the phone is (214) 220-1190!!!

 

[rbrucecarter]

> "For decades 1190 was the most listened to station in Dallas
> and this switch to all classic country favorites will allow
> true Texans to connect back to their roots," Wodka said.

True Texan? Oh - so we have to like redneck music to be a true Texan? I though being born and raised in Texas, and living here the majority of your life made you a Texan. Not your musical taste. Some of us are more refined in our tastes than hillbilly music, warm bad beer, chewing tobacco, rusty pickups with a gun rack, and Friday night football.

 

[JamzUSA]

> > "For decades 1190 was the most listened to station in
> Dallas
> > and this switch to all classic country favorites will
> allow
> > true Texans to connect back to their roots," Wodka said.
>
> True Texan? Oh - so we have to like redneck music to be a
> true Texan? I though being born and raised in Texas, and
> living here the majority of your life made you a Texan. Not
> your musical taste. Some of us are more refined in our
> tastes than hillbilly music, warm bad beer, chewing tobacco,
> rusty pickups with a gun rack, and Friday night football.
>

TELL IT LIKE IS!!!!....

 

[KPLEXCOMPLEX]

> > > "For decades 1190 was the most listened to station in
> > Dallas
> > > and this switch to all classic country favorites will
> > allow
> > > true Texans to connect back to their roots," Wodka said.
>
> > > "We'll be locally produced, feature live DJs, and
> > everything
> > > we do will be based on listener feedback."
> >
> > I'm gonna play the BS card on this one. "Locally produced"
>
> > means they'll have some board op in Dallas running the
> > computer, as opposed to replaying some satellite feed. But
>
> > their consultants don't know country music from country
> > gravy. And "classic country" doesn't jibe when they play a
>
> > Brooks & Dunn song from just a few months ago. If they
> > played more Johnny Horton, Hank Snow, Ferlin Husky, Faron
> > Young, Loretta Lynn, Porter Waggoner, and others from the
> > '50s and '60s, then it might earn the "classic country"
> > moniker. But it sounded the other morning like a country
> > music version of what they had already been doing -
> > basically, throwing their music library against a wall and
>
> > seeing what stuck.
> >
> > Thank God for MP3 players.
> >
> They have a phone number you can call and tell them your 3
> favorite country songs and artists, the phone is (214)
> 220-1190!!!
>
Answered by a computer telling you how to dress like a "True Texan". Before calling, please have your Justin Boots on,Levis Boot cut jeans, Copenhagen chewin Tabacco in your right rear pocket..skoal is acceptable as a substitute, one glass long neck bottle of Lone Star beer ,Shiner, or Pearl if you can find it, one tan sweat stained stetson hat with the brim folded to catch any type of precipation.When speaking you must "drawl""R's"andextend the "hiss"when using words with the Letter"S".Bash the "Gobernmint" "State you never voted for Ann Richards for Gobinor or you sure as hell ain't voting for Hillaire for Prezdunt" and you will meet anybody with a 12 gauge shotgun who tries to floridate your water. Now go ahead and call.

 

[charles123]

> > > > "For decades 1190 was the most listened to station in
> > > Dallas
> > > > and this switch to all classic country favorites will
> > > allow
> > > > true Texans to connect back to their roots," Wodka
> said.
> >
> > > > "We'll be locally produced, feature live DJs, and
> > > everything
> > > > we do will be based on listener feedback."
> > >
> > > I'm gonna play the BS card on this one. "Locally
> produced"
> >
> > > means they'll have some board op in Dallas running the
> > > computer, as opposed to replaying some satellite feed.
> But
> >
> > > their consultants don't know country music from country
> > > gravy. And "classic country" doesn't jibe when they play
> a
> >
> > > Brooks & Dunn song from just a few months ago. If they
> > > played more Johnny Horton, Hank Snow, Ferlin Husky,
> Faron
> > > Young, Loretta Lynn, Porter Waggoner, and others from
> the
> > > '50s and '60s, then it might earn the "classic country"
> > > moniker. But it sounded the other morning like a country
>
> > > music version of what they had already been doing -
> > > basically, throwing their music library against a wall
> and
> >
> > > seeing what stuck.
> > >
> > > Thank God for MP3 players.
> > >
> > They have a phone number you can call and tell them your 3
>
> > favorite country songs and artists, the phone is (214)
> > 220-1190!!!
> >
> Answered by a computer telling you how to dress like a "True
> Texan". Before calling, please have your Justin Boots
> on,Levis Boot cut jeans, Copenhagen chewin Tabacco in your
> right rear pocket..skoal is acceptable as a substitute, one
> glass long neck bottle of Lone Star beer ,Shiner, or Pearl
> if you can find it, one tan sweat stained stetson hat with
> the brim folded to catch any type of precipation.When
> speaking you must "drawl""R's"andextend the "hiss"when using
> words with the Letter"S".Bash the "Gobernmint" "State you
> never voted for Ann Richards for Gobinor or you sure as hell
> ain't voting for Hillaire for Prezdunt" and you will meet
> anybody with a 12 gauge shotgun who tries to floridate your
> water. Now go ahead and call.
>
THAT'S REAL CUTE

 

[Jimprewitt1954]

> > "For decades 1190 was the most listened to station in
> Dallas
> > and this switch to all classic country favorites will
> allow
> > true Texans to connect back to their roots," Wodka said.
>
> True Texan? Oh - so we have to like redneck music to be a
> true Texan? I though being born and raised in Texas, and
> living here the majority of your life made you a Texan. Not
> your musical taste. Some of us are more refined in our
> tastes than hillbilly music, warm bad beer, chewing tobacco,
> rusty pickups with a gun rack, and Friday night football.



Excellent point!
>
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[sfradio]

> > > "For decades 1190 was the most listened to station in
> > Dallas
> > > and this switch to all classic country favorites will
> > allow
> > > true Texans to connect back to their roots," Wodka said.
>
> >
> > True Texan? Oh - so we have to like redneck music to be a
>
> > true Texan? I though being born and raised in Texas, and
> > living here the majority of your life made you a Texan.
> Not
> > your musical taste. Some of us are more refined in our
> > tastes than hillbilly music, warm bad beer, chewing
> tobacco,
> > rusty pickups with a gun rack, and Friday night football.
> >
>
> TELL IT LIKE IS!!!!....
>
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[gospeldan]

Playing the same 25 songs over and over does not a good radio station make. I am sure even Jody Dean would agree with me on that. Don't they have more songs than that?

 

[spymovie7]

When I was young and in my prime,
I listened to 1190 all the time.
But now I'm old and turing gray,
and will listen to 1190 some other day...

 

[BrainDeadPrez]

Re: 1190 - more poetry

> When I was young and in my prime,
> I listened to 1190 all the time.
> But now I'm old and turing gray,
> and will listen to 1190 some other day...
>

It was a lot fun while it lasted
The old sounds of 1190, today, through my speakers they blasted,
But when consultants and stockholders set the rules of the game
Radio just won't ever, ever be the same.

Now they want to steal away 1160's Smokin' Oldies
Sure, I guess, the Motown sound's kinda moldy,
But when they hire some yesterday's news for a programmer like Ed Wodka
It's time to turn out the lights and crack open another bottle of vodka.

To the dungeon now, those old songs will go back
Since some stupid radio broker gave them the sack,
Until one day, when KLUV unearths them again
Or when Robert Bass sneaks them into KEOM's CD bin.

OK, so "Mighty's" promos were dumb
But they played nearly every song, from #40 to 1,
Although the light at the middle of the dial now goes dim,
There's one saving grace...there's always XM.

 

[KPLEXCOMPLEX]

Re: 1190 - more poetry and more poetry

> > When I was young and in my prime,
> > I listened to 1190 all the time.
> > But now I'm old and turing gray,
> > and will listen to 1190 some other day...
> >
>
> It was a lot fun while it lasted
> The old sounds of 1190, today, through my speakers they
> blasted,
> But when consultants and stockholders set the rules of the
> game
> Radio just won't ever, ever be the same.
>
> Now they want to steal away 1160's Smokin' Oldies
> Sure, I guess, the Motown sound's kinda moldy,
> But when they hire some yesterday's news for a programmer
> like Ed Wodka
> It's time to turn out the lights and crack open another
> bottle of vodka.
>
> To the dungeon now, those old songs will go back
> Since some stupid radio broker gave them the sack,
> Until one day, when KLUV unearths them again
> Or when Robert Bass sneaks them into KEOM's CD bin.
>
> OK, so "Mighty's" promos were dumb
> But they played nearly every song, from #40 to 1,
> Although the light at the middle of the dial now goes dim,
> There's one saving grace...there's always XM.
>

It was plenty
that ol mighty 1190
now First broadcasting is doing something naughty
letting it go soggy

when oh when will radio be radio once more?
instead of board rooms, consultants and their whores?

the little station that was
was all the buzz
no promos no jocks
just better music coming out of the box

now it is at the mercy of a broker
who is an idiot and a joker
the mighty station that was,is almost dust
thank God there is Sirius.