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1069_KIFR

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Did Bonneville dump everyone, except for Fernando & Greg?

I ask, because after the takeover, I went to their web site. The only on~air personalities listed, was Fernando & Greg.
 
Just went to the site, and its directing to a WordPress blog entry page. B-ville's probably got a new template waiting to launch soon.

Correction: the CBS Local site is now down. You're right, the new one is up. I take it they're adding more on to it. Give it time.

As for staff, Jazzy Jim just got upped to PD.
 
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One big difference streaming wise (with KOIT and KBLX as well) - No more sitting through an entire cluster of streaming "ad blocks" before you can hear any music - Bonneville don't play that :)
 
It'll be interesting how Bonneville will handle 99.7 NOW (and KBLX, for that matter). Bonneville has a history of being conservative when it comes to music, seeing that they extensively censor music and refrain from playing suggestive songs in the past. It remains to be seen on how they will handle Top 40 in a liberal place like the San Francisco Bay Area, although Bonneville did have KZQZ (Z95.7) in the late 90s/early 2000s.

Also, given that Bonneville has minimal, if any, history in owning Urban-oriented radio stations, I am not sure what will happen to KBLX.
 
Radio Radio Listener said:
It'll be interesting how Bonneville will handle 99.7 NOW (and KBLX, for that matter). Bonneville has a history of being conservative when it comes to music, seeing that they extensively censor music and refrain from playing suggestive songs in the past. It remains to be seen on how they will handle Top 40 in a liberal place like the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Not to mention an openly-gay morning team :)
 
RadioJunkieMike said:
Not to mention an openly-gay morning team :)
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I'm guessing that they won't mess with a good thing - perhaps just not playing extreme examples of songs with sexual or misogynistic lyrics going forward. I don't think they could make a case for jettisoning Fernando & Greg any time soon. That would look bad. As pointed out, they did own Z-95.7 in SF about a decade ago.

For what's it's worth, I've heard that Salt Lake City has become a gay-friendly town, though I've also heard that SLC is no longer majority LDS. Also FWIW, Mormons (Marriott for example) have historically owned businesses like casinos. I think that's considered OK as long as you are not openly recruiting Mormons to be your gamblers. In other words, it's OK to provide the opportunity to sin, and make money doing it, as long as you are not sinning yourself.
 
LKellerIII said:
I'm guessing that they won't mess with a good thing - perhaps just not playing extreme examples of songs with sexual or misogynistic lyrics going forward. I don't think they could make a case for jettisoning Fernando & Greg any time soon. That would look bad. As pointed out, they did own Z-95.7 in SF about a decade ago.

For what's it's worth, I've heard that Salt Lake City has become a gay-friendly town, though I've also heard that SLC is no longer majority LDS. Also FWIW, Mormons (Marriott for example) have historically owned businesses like casinos. I think that's considered OK as long as you are not openly recruiting Mormons to be your gamblers. In other words, it's OK to provide the opportunity to sin, and make money doing it, as long as you are not sinning yourself.
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I am not sure about Bonneville being laissez faire for LDS though. I once checked the playlist of FM100 KSFI at Mediabase and they literally had only ONE Madonna song. Except for AC stations that play no 80s, I hardly know an AC that barely plays Madonna, who is (or was?) a key artist for AC radio for years. Even in conservative markets like Lafayette LA (KTDY) and Knoxville TN (WJXB), the amount of Madonna songs wasn't that skimp for their respective stations, and neither station can be classified as 80s-heavy soundwise. That's just one example of Bonneville programming conservatively.

In addition, Z95.7, along with Z104 in Washington DC, played dance tunes well into the late 90s/early 2000s while eschewing harder rock tracks and hip-hop songs, which both make the bread and butter of CHR radio during that time as opposed to dance. Neither station really lasted long, with Z104 in DC being pounded by the then newly-launched Hot 99.5 around 2001-2002. Also note that CHRs from Bonneville since the early-to-mid 2000s are few and far between, and the "CHR" they did own (Q102 - WKRQ Cincinnati) was pretty conservative. WKRQ in particular classified themselves as a Hit Music Station while technically being a Hot AC, and a conservative one at that.

Who knows how Bonneville will handle 99.7 NOW? Ditto with KOIT, KBLX, and KUFX.
 
Radio Radio Listener said:
It'll be interesting how Bonneville will handle 99.7 NOW (and KBLX, for that matter). Bonneville has a history of being conservative when it comes to music, seeing that they extensively censor music and refrain from playing suggestive songs in the past. It remains to be seen on how they will handle Top 40 in a liberal place like the San Francisco Bay Area, although Bonneville did have KZQZ (Z95.7) in the late 90s/early 2000s.

Also, given that Bonneville has minimal, if any, history in owning Urban-oriented radio stations, I am not sure what will happen to KBLX.
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Bonneville got rid of any urban related format when they acquired stations in Phoenix (2006) and Los Angeles (2008). In Phoenix KKFR was replaced with news radio KTAR and KKFR's rhythmic format moved to another frequency, while KKBT/KRBV in LA, which was ruined by Radio One, gave way to KSWD. Whatever is going on behind the scenes of the merger, my only hope is Entercom, which has expanded into more urban properties, could retain KBLX's intellectual property and move it to another channel, rather than Bonneville blow it up.
 
Well, KBLX hasn’t been toasted yet. It’s already broken Bonneville's mode of getting rid of urbans as soon as it gets them.

While KKFR would probably have been nuked on 92.3 regardless, Bonneville's bigger motive was probably to get KTAR on FM. It knew as well as, maybe better than, anyone else that talk radio was going to need to be on FM to be the money maker it had previously been.

I did, however, find it odd that so many people seemed to think its acquisition of a dog in KRBV meant hopelessness for everyone at KBLX. While there have been some rumors that Bonneville isn’t done dealing in San Francisco, KBLX continues on. Bonneville probably wouldn’t be letting that happen if it didn’t have some sort of vision for the station.
 
Kent said:
Well, KBLX hasn’t been toasted yet. It’s already broken Bonneville's mode of getting rid of urbans as soon as it gets them.

While KKFR would probably have been nuked on 92.3 regardless, Bonneville's bigger motive was probably to get KTAR on FM. It knew as well as, maybe better than, anyone else that talk radio was going to need to be on FM to be the money maker it had previously been.

I did, however, find it odd that so many people seemed to think its acquisition of a dog in KRBV meant hopelessness for everyone at KBLX. While there have been some rumors that Bonneville isn’t done dealing in San Francisco, KBLX continues on. Bonneville probably wouldn’t be letting that happen if it didn’t have some sort of vision for the station.
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You obviously know a lot more about this than I do - but wouldn't even Bonneville want to keep a format that has a virtual monopoly in the Bay Area - which is the definition of "urban" after all? I know that KBLX and Kiss-FM had different leanings in terms of the playlist, but I think they probably shared a lot of their audience. Now that KISQ has become what KOIT was 20 years ago (ugh!), I would think KBLX has a good thing going.
 
https://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=n34934

Update Bonneville names Mary Lea Wagner as General Sales Manager of KMVQ & KOIT

Bonneville hires Mary Lea Wagner as General Sales Manager for AC KOIT-FM and CHR KMVQ-FM (99.7 Now)/San Francisco. She'll oversee all sales for the two stations. Most recently, Wagner was General Sales Manager for KSWD-FM/Los Angeles. She's also managed CBS Radio's National Sales office in San Francisco as well as the Cox Media-owned television stations' national rep firm in both San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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Do the former CBS radio stations vacate the KPIX building on Battery Street?

Does Bonneville have one location for their newly acquired stations?
 
1069_KIFR said:
Do the former CBS radio stations vacate the KPIX building on Battery Street?

Does Bonneville have one location for their newly acquired stations?
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From what I understand KRBQ, and KGMZ move into Battery with the Entercom stations (Previously CBS stations) already there. KMVQ moves in to Third St. with KOIT, KBLX, KUFX who are already there. A little confusing, not sure if I got that right or when this takes place.
 
radiolife3 said:
From what I understand KRBQ, and KGMZ move into Battery with the Entercom stations (Previously CBS stations) already there. KMVQ moves in to Third St. with KOIT, KBLX, KUFX who are already there. A little confusing, not sure if I got that right or when this takes place.
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Thanks, and no, not confusing.
 
MarioMania said:
Just wondering

How does a station move while there still broadcasting?
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They set up a new studio at the new location, and when it is ready, they switch the feed to the transmitter from "old" to "new". It can appear totally seamless to the listener.
 
DavidEduardo said:


They set up a new studio at the new location, and when it is ready, they switch the feed to the transmitter from "old" to "new". It can appear totally seamless to the listener.
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Too bad. I had this mental image of a DJ, mic, and electronics, all on a wheeled platform being pushed down the street to the new location.
 
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