..Sorry to hear that happened. BigGVL was a good sounding station doomed with a weak signal.
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Doomed?? Really??
KGVL has a Class C, 1,000 watt, 24 hr, non directional AM signal.
Would you like to have and operate one of those? I certainly would!
It is a station that is licensed to and serves a city in Hunt County, Texas.
The fact that it can be heard in parts of Dallas during daytime hours
does not make it a Dallas station.
It is NOT a Dallas (or D-FW) radio station nor does it pretend to be.
It is designed for and is used to serve the people in Greenville and
Hunt County which is why it is there.
Mr. Beavers and Mr. McCoy have done a commendable job in trying
to restore the stations (1400AM & 105.9FM) back to previous levels
of service after others have been unsuccessful (for different reasons)
over the past 15 to 20 years.
I say: Good on 'em!
If they believe (and apparently they do) they must change the
format to remain financially viable, so be it!
I will continue to wish them the best and hope they are
successful in their efforts!
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..When they played oldies badly, there was minimal reason to listen to them.
Now there is no reason to listen to them.
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Mr. Burns,
If you do not live in Greenville or Hunt County,
there is no reason for YOU to listen to them.
See the above post about LOCAL programming
and service KGVL provides.
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..Aside from losing our oldies station, it IS admittedly a far superior classic country station than The Possum on 92.1 . I do have to wonder why they just didn't put Friendlee on 93.5, why run two country stations like crazy old Ken Jones' Metro Broadcasters?
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Ken doesn't have that much to do with day to day operations of 95.3 FM.
His son Josh is the GM and has been the driving force behind the "Americana"
(not country, according to them) format. He has done reasonably well
considering all the obstacles he has had to overcome (mostly Ken).
Just about anything is going to be better than what's on 92.1 FM.
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