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KEGL
- Thread starter golden eagles97
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iHM has an obsession with "Sister Christian" for some reason.
Here is the KEGL log:
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,contain(32,32),quality(65))
971theeagle.iheart.com
A lot of song repetition since Monday, which is unsurprising given the fact the rebirth of the Eagle just occurred.
Here is the KEGL log:
Find the most recently played songs on 97.1 The Eagle
Find the most recently played songs on 97.1 The Eagle, Dallas-Ft. Worth's Rock Station
A lot of song repetition since Monday, which is unsurprising given the fact the rebirth of the Eagle just occurred.
Given the Dokken, Ratt, Poison, etc., played with it...that looks like a noon-hour feature of some sort
That log may not pick up everything that’s played. I’ve noticed recently 25-30 minute gaps in some of the iHeart recently played lists, songs have played but haven’t logged for some reason.iHM has an obsession with "Sister Christian" for some reason.
Here is the KEGL log:
Find the most recently played songs on 97.1 The Eagle
Find the most recently played songs on 97.1 The Eagle, Dallas-Ft. Worth's Rock Station
A lot of song repetition since Monday, which is unsurprising given the fact the rebirth of the Eagle just occurred.
I think there was some confusion regarding B&S coming back to 97.1 as The Eagle on one of the other threads. It seems their “comeback” is their YouTube show, not on 97.1FM.
Real Radio 104.1 DID have Howard Stern in the morning from the early ‘90s until 2004 when Clear Channel dumped him from most of their stations and he got added to Infinity stations, before he left for satellite radio.
A meat and potatoes rock station playing Tool, Nine Inch Nails, Breaking Benjamin etc. in DFW is better than nothing. Within a week or so it fades into the "nothing special" realm, but for now it's quasi-new to that market and sounds good.
There is plenty of separation between this incarnation of KEGL and KVIL.
They're using the talkback function on the iheart application and airing voice messages for the station before going to breaks.
It's not much, but qualifies as more over the "air" listener interaction than takes place at 99% of other so called radio stations here in 2024.
Side note: Looking at the music log of 98 KUPD/Phoenix, this station, once considered one of the country's preeminent Active Rockers, played Aerosmith "Living on the Edge" (?!) and Scorpions within the last hour, two artists they hadn't been playing much of over the last 20 years or so, showing that the lines are blurring between the Mainstream Rock and Active Rock format.
There is plenty of separation between this incarnation of KEGL and KVIL.
They're using the talkback function on the iheart application and airing voice messages for the station before going to breaks.
It's not much, but qualifies as more over the "air" listener interaction than takes place at 99% of other so called radio stations here in 2024.
Side note: Looking at the music log of 98 KUPD/Phoenix, this station, once considered one of the country's preeminent Active Rockers, played Aerosmith "Living on the Edge" (?!) and Scorpions within the last hour, two artists they hadn't been playing much of over the last 20 years or so, showing that the lines are blurring between the Mainstream Rock and Active Rock format.
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The fact that the station remains a Top 5 station in Phoenix says to me that it's following it's audience
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Boy, is that one of the most misunderstood facts among people not in the industry ...
Conversation I have had more than one time too many with an "ordinary listener" who took me to task for not playing some obscure song which they loved but which has so little airplay history that it is missing from Mediabase:
Listener: You have to play more of my personal favorites. I'm your customer and "the customer is always right".
KMR: Ummm ... no, you're not my customer. The radio station is my customer. I provide the programming to them.
Listener: Okay, so I'm the radio station's customer, and they should tell you to play more of the songs I like.
KMR: Actually, you're not the station's customer ...
Listener: No? Then who is?
KMR: The local businesses. The station sells advertising to them based on the number of listeners. My job is to provide programming that attracts as many listeners as possible, and that means playing songs that the highest number of people agree that they want to listen to.
Listener (by this time sputtering because "their music" is getting lost in the explanation): But ... but ... but that means that ...
KMR: That you are the "product" the station is selling to the businesses.
There is a further punch line ...
Listener: And just how long has this been the mindset?
KMR: Longer than you and I have been alive. This has always been the business model of radio.
Listener then goes away, very unhappily ... but will still advocate for wider playlists or saving "their" format the next time the subject comes up. And the cycle continues.
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The relationship between listeners and radio stations has changed in the 20 or so years since on-demand streaming began. Some users confuse the two platforms. The point I always bring up is that radio stations ask nothing from its listeners. They don't require a subscription, a credit card, a username or password. Just turn it on and listen.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
No. They are going back to the Eagle.
Just sit back and watch.
Woody - mornings
PD - mid days
B&S - afternoons
Mavs and Klinger at night
Ive heard the same thing from my Dallas radio source. I’m surprised they’re not on already since the Mavs are on playoff run, just eliminated the clippers the other day. I think they need B&S so they wont tank their relationship with the Mavs.
103.7 seems to be trending with some rock selections that are a little bit heavier since the re-re-launch of the Eagle.
I said this a few days ago and y’all said there was no difference.
You can be sure they tested all those songs. Sorry you weren't on the email list but rest assured those songs were favorites of other people just like you! 😂
The only potential difference I see is a little wider selection of 90s alternative.
All the "heavier" artists 103.7 plays - and that list is fairly small - have already been heard on that station for many months.
I see little discernible difference between 103.7's playlist and most of the other Audacy alternative stations.
Did they test Sabotage by the Beastie Boys?
If they tested Tears for Fears and everyone liked it, would they play it?
And because some unknown poster on a message board says it, should I "rest assured those songs were favorites of other people just like me!"?