KJR FM & KRWM have started rolling out the Christmas tunes already! It seems stations are getting into the ratings boosting spirit a bit earlier each winter. Other stations will follow and compete for listenership among the fans of the standard holiday favorites. We expect to be fed up with jingling bells, holly and ivy by mid-December.
The holidays are generally a time of the year that many stations switch format. KVI and KFNK flipped early, another station may choose to wait until the New Year. KMCQ is KVI’s only real competition for the next month or so. Yet, if KVI continues the current rotation of maybe only 300 songs, the audience will burn out quickly. If we continue hearing “Bang A Gong” each day during our commute, we will switch over to KMCQ. KVI generally plays tunes from 1964-1986, yet the playlist is short. With decades of great Oldies available, we shouldn’t be hearing the same tunes each day.
The most recent People Meter ratings show Star 101.5 KPLZ back in the #1 spot, for the first time since 1989! Music stations KJR FM/Oldies, KRWM FM/Adult Contemporary, KZOK FM/Classic Rock, KBKS FM/Pop-Hip Hop, KMPS FM/Country, KJAQ FM/Top 40-Classic Rock, KKWF FM/Country & KCMS FM/Chrisitian [all music stations] took the top positions for listener ownership overall.
Stewart Ballinger, avid golfer and former owner/partner in KIXI Mercer Island & KFKF Bellevue, died this week. Ballinger changed the KFKF format from beautiful music to rock and roll. KFKF, as the new KZAM, was the first Seattle station to hire female deejays. Ballinger was 95.
Dr Demento takes his radio show exclusively to the Internet this fall. Demento will move his syndicated series from terrestrial channels to an Internet stream which will allow him flexibilty to play tunes that would otherwise be censored by radio stations now carrying the program.
KGY FM/Olympia, has yet to fully develop their website. The station plays a mix of Oldies & current Top 40 tunes with local deejays slaving over hot CD players and music servers. [It would have been much easier just to say "hot turntables", but those days are long gone]. “The Sound” carries hourly news reports from CBS along with local news.
Tags Dr Demento, Have You Read My Blog, KBKS, KCMS, KFKF, KGY, KIRO, KIXI, KJAQ, KJR, KKWF, KMPS, KOMO, KPLZ, KRWM, KTTH, KZAM, KZOK, Stewart Ballinger
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