I once ran in the Whataburger ZOO run next to JOHN LANDER and rode the free METRO BUS with the gorilla on the side from 93Q the Morning Zoo. Then I heard he got fired... So what's the format? I am in the office, no RADIO. Spanish Stations: 102.9, 92.1, 93.3, 103.3, 106.5, 107.9, 101.1, 98.5, I am running out of presets... ... the list goes on and on... I think we have enough of those and I am saying that because I am MEXICAN... I guess we're taking over, huh? Hip Hop: 97.9 "black" music: 102.1, 104.1 The wave 95.7 rocks. What's the new format?
Why couldnt they have gotten their own station instead of messing with 97.5? Its kinda upsetting but I'm not living in Houston at the moment so I'll be ok.
Well, I've been asleep most of the day but Ive listened to this station for a little bit. Hey Rockets2K, judging from what i've heard seems like that riff from "The Wicker Man" is about the extent of the Iron Maiden were gonna hear on this station.
yep....It is basically a hodge podge of mainstream rock from the sound of it.... the hardest thing I have heard is ACDC... PLaying anything from U2 to Dire Straights to Alice In Chains to ZZ Top. pretty straight forward mainstream rock just aint good enough.....I guess it wil ldo in combination with the Arrow when I am away from my Sirius unit...which is now...Im stuck in the company truck and it doesnt even have CD player... OH well....I guess it was expecting too much to expect a ZRock type of format.
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/3012652 Tune in to 97.5 and you'll rock around the clock By CLIFFORD PUGH Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle Fans who mourned the loss of KLOL-FM have reason to rejoice. There's a new rock station in town. In a not-so-subtle jab at KLOL, which for 35 years billed itself as "The Texas Rock 'n' Roll Authority" before switching to a Spanish hip-hop/reggaeton music format aimed at a young Latino audience two months ago, the new station's call letters are KIOL. At noon Thursday, Cumulus Media flipped the former KRWP-FM Power 97.5 urban contemporary station to Rock 97.5. The first song played was AC/DC's For Those About to Rock (We Salute You). The station is led by radio veteran Pat Fant, who managed KLOL in its heyday from 1983 until 1995, when he introduced the Buzz alternative music format at KTBZ-FM (94.5). "This town is too big, too fast, too fantastic not to have a real rock station," Fant told an excited crowd at a launch party at the Fox Sports Grill. Former KLOL personalities Jim Pruett and Dayna Steele Justiz were among those in the audience. Pruett said he is negotiating with the new station to helm a midday show. Rumors were flying that the station hopes to sign former KLOL disc jockeys Outlaw Dave and the morning duo of Walton & Johnson when their non-compete clauses expire in the next few months. Fant said no contact has taken place with the former KLOL DJs, but "when this talent is free to negotiate, my phone is always open, and I'm eager to talk." Houston City Council member Carol Alvarado, who attended a wake for KLOL after the format change took place in November, was excited about the new station. "This is great," she said. "I went to the funeral and now I'm glad to be at the resurrection." Cumulus regional director Marco Camacho, who formerly worked for KLOL and Univision, said he was flooded with e-mails, faxes and calls after Clear Channel rechristened KLOL as Mega 101 FM, "Latino and Proud." "As soon as I heard KLOL had gone Spanish, I knew there was huge void (in the Houston radio market)," he said. Tom Taylor, editor of Inside Radio, an Internet-based publication that covers the radio industry, believes both Clear Channel, which owns Mega 101, and Cumulus will benefit. Clear Channel now has a presence in the fast-growing Hispanic market while Cumulus will likely attract more listeners. Cumulus' KRWP lagged far behind powerhouse urban stations, KMJQ-FM (102.1) and KBXX-FM (97.9), both owned by Radio One. Its other Houston-area station, country KVST-FM (103.7), barely has a presence due to a weak signal. However, the station is currently moving its transmitter closer to Houston (from Willis to La Porte) and upgrading to 100,000 watts. While the rock format is not nearly as popular as it was 20 years ago, it does well among men between the ages of 25-54, a hard-to-reach demographic. "Why do you think beer companies pay so much to be on Monday Night Football?" Taylor said. The first advertiser on Rock 97.5 was Budweiser.
I just flew back into Houston from LA in the middle of the night last night and tuned my dial to my favorite FM station, 97.5... only to hear freakin' rock! what the hell? That was the only FM station I could listen to b/c it had old school R&B without cRAP!
Would a KGSR (Austin) format just die in Houston? You know a real emphasis on the music, a sense of community. KPFT has little time slots of it but I never know when I hit the button if I'm going right into the middle of the Lesbian prisoner's Indian accordian hour. Does Houston not have people who really love music? Couldn't enough Houston bars, restaurants and clubs give such a station enough advertizing? KGSR certainly seems to have plenty of ready sponsors. Maybe Lyle Lovett could start it.
after giving it a day....IM a little less unhappy with them... It seesm that the first day they were a little slow rolling more music out.. but today they have played more hard rock and less top 40 rock... also...a pleasant surprise is the TOTAL lack of DJs...no inane talk....just music (and of course damn commercials).....but no more DJs stepping all over the beginning and end of songs...no hours of nothing but talk in the mornings(thank god!)....I still prefer my Sirius 19 Buzzsaw for real rock....but when I cant listen to that....95.7 is doing a decent job of providing me with some much needed rock. on another note....Dayna Steele?? excellent!...wish they would bring her and Linda Silk back...those women knew how to rock!
Well, i've heard some good stuff that I don't remember hearing KLOL play that often. (Ozzy - Shot in the Dark, GNR - My Michelle...) But yesterday I actually heard them play Phil Collins' "In the air tonight". WTF? That's not rock music. Thats 96.5 type music.
It is weird....Im wondering just who int he hell is making some of these decisions....some suit from Cumulus cause they dont have DJs yet? OTOH....you go thru some stretchs where you hear some stuff you havent heard on rock radio for a while(at least on OVTA radio)....then all the sudden...here comes some stupid stuff that you would hear on 96.5(soft rock/pop) or 106.9 (80's pop/new wave station).. Now. Im starting to wish they would go ahead and get some DJ's that know the difference between rock and pop..... that is one of my peevs....ppl thinking and calling popcrap ..."rock" I heard someone once refer to crap like Madonna and other stuff like that as "rock"...I was like...."BARFF"...
I thought some suits from NY or station manager type person sets the playlist, and not the DJ? I thought in the old times many many years ago, the DJ would pick the songs.
