Callers join in, taking sides, and then we trade places and start all over. The program, at $1 million annually, had good content, Myrland told the Union-Tribune, but few people watched.. Haven't we always been about expanding rights of the individual and more social justice? They are exploited because its far easier to get people to care about such stomach-turning tales than it is to get people to, for instance, care about President Mugabes terrorist government in Zimbabwe. There were moths the size of birds. I was writing for the Escondido Times-Advocate at the time. Also, Jason Riggs notes that he was not fired from 91X but quit on the air. Radio is hereby dead. Music radio is losing audience, while public radio has gained audience. All those habituated listeners went elsewhere. KGB, KDEO, Q106 all subscribed to this philosophy. Behind Aguirres charge was the presumption that someone other than KPBS may have been directing the shows, and by extension, the stations editorial content. They bring up great topics, but they spend way too much time on them, and aren't great at moving on. On February 6, 1996, Jacor Communications announced plans to acquire Noble Broadcast Group Inc, including the U.S. marketing and operating rights to 91X, for $152 million. I spent all my free time with the rest of the 91X staff, going to concerts and the beach and making weekend trips to Puerto Nuevo for lobster lunches and all-around shenanigans. OK, Mike Malloy brought a sardonic edge that was probably an acquired tasteprobably as close to a "Michael Savage on the left" as there was. Opinion: Cruising in my lowrider is more than driving. 91X is going back to our roots with tons of variety and music discovery. We're listening to SAN DIEGO and returning to our roots to just be the best 91X for SAN DIEGO and our listeners, added HILARY. And talk and opinion, particularly conservative voices, which rule the radio roost, are remaking radio into a cult of personality, whether the blowhole spouts from Hollywood or Mission Valley. For me and my community, its therapy. So, you can think I am being cowardly, but in fact I am being legal. No official announcement has been made by either station. The format would remain largely unchanged. Coincidence, or does this say something about a signficant market being underserved in San Diego? What has happened to our media and the news? Albert sees the stations sizable advance as an aging and longer-living population interested in hearing about politics, government, psychology. They listen to the radio hosts to be affirmed in what they believe. Oh, this is for Josh B's comment. The fact that he's high-profile as an entertainer makes him visible, but not unique. According to eMarketer, half of the online audience listens to nonlocal programming or specialized Internet music sites, and half to local stations. Apr 24 closing out the last week of april. What the station is broadcasting right now is all it can afford. He was pulled from XETRA-FM in 1997 and moved to then-sister station KIOZ after Stern's discussions ran afoul of the Direccin General de Radio, Televisin y Cinematografa, Mexico's broadcast content regulator. to quote the official ratings numbers beyond the 12+. That's weak. On a similar note, Ramsey says the notion that radio is being hurt by the trend toward corporatizing and syndication is another misnomer. Thanks to his radio experience, Thompson started voicing TV commercials and he narrated the TV series The Universe for the History Channel. Costly marketing, format changes, and hiring and firing five program directors in five years, he says, is what sank 91X. The interesting question raised by this article is that programming for a nationwide audience can make money and survive, and media that is targeted/molded to individual taste can make money and survive, but local community programming cannot. It airs an alternative rock radio format. But the point is that Ed and Stephanie are radio professionals and not just polemicists. But Cantores tone is lighter, lacks bitterness, steers clear of cheeky judgment. We havent debuted a new show in a long time. U-T entertainments Chris Cantore sits down with San Diegos Slighty Stoopid. They will look to other sources of informationmainly online and digital. Following this, Lynch, who had continued to manage 91X's programming operations, purchased the company. According to Arbitron, radios audience-research company, San Diego ranks as the 17th largest radio market in America, with some 2.5 million 12-and-older listeners. This was advocacy journalism long before Edward R. Murrow. But since the turn of the millineum the playlist is short and predictable as you know you will hear Nirvana and Sublime as well as many others will be played on a continuous basis. Letting both sides of the issue be heard is good for democracy. The game plan is obvious: cut costs, improve revenue, sell the assets.. With all the changes weve lived through over the years, celebrating 40 years of 91X feels like a big deal. I could offer one of my podcast shows on a terrestrial stick and radio can pay me a fee for the service, while selling the advertising slots so they make money. King and Eric Claptons Riding with the King album like working with blues royalty for Nathan East, San Diegos best beaches: Heres our Top 10 list, Details revealed about King Charles IIIs coronation service, Known for laughs, DC dinner spotlights risks to journalism, Royal Drama: Kings fractious family on stage at coronation, Steve Austin vulnerable in Stone Cold Takes on America, US principal forced out in porn flap views David statue, Review: All creatures great and small in Guardians 3, Smokey Robinson turns seductive with new album Gasms. The station's air staff remains in place, as do the weekend shows "RESURRECTION SUNDAY," "CHURCH OF BOB," "PROJECT X," and "91X LOUDSPEAKER.". Not true at all. They wanted to leave Mexico out of it., John Lynch never liked me. Lynch, who was general manager and co-owner of 91X, now runs the UT media conglomerate. All Ages. I still have faith that out of all this discord, that some daring entrepreneurs will dare to step up and serve some of the huge voids that the rightwing monolith has created. The market dropped 5,000 pts and people lost $7 trillion in wealth. Clear Channel purchased Jacor in 1999, then, using loopholes in leasing agreements to own and operate stations in Mexico, bought another 13. In Los Angeles and San Francisco for example the AA stations barely register a blip on the ratings, both coming in at a .9. That leaves me with no reason to listen to radio unless there is absolutely nothing else availablethen I'll tune into KPBS because although it's sometimes dull, at least it doesn't insult my intelligence too often, or irritate me with DJ chatter and repetitive advertising for products I'll never buy. Many of the discoveries and developments that have made our country great have emanated from this school of thought. We havent done a Lounge lately the local arts and culture show, sacked four years ago, whose OK ratings did not equal the expense. Plus, I always thought we should use the whole pirate-radio aspect, since we were actually coming out of Mexico. For the whole time I was there, we had to drive back and forth across the border. 91X used a Tijuana-based broadcast studio until the late 80s. The other side is just too decent and thoughtful to succeed on air. Don't forget underrated DJs Tom Perry, Pam Wolfe or The Rossman. I love that story! HUMAN LEAGUE. Even if you have these guys on every other week, people respond positively to them, and thats a public service.. Or, it wasn't just "hip hop"but most people had a mix of stuff. He got fired from a radio station for saying "bugger" on the air. Jerry Springer, who hosted the "Jerry Springer Show" for 27 years, died on April 27 from cancer, his rep and friend Jean Galvin confirmed to NBC News. He later worked for KBZT before returning to 91X. After months spent assessing his market equity, it dawned on Chris Cantore that there might be a future outside terrestrial radio. On the other hand, when it comes to news and public affairs, radio fills a niche. Theyre still playing Aerosmith and shit like that, which was good for its time, but its 2008, and we need to move on. de C.V.). Tom Larson. If Seacrest is successful here, the move may send a shockwave through such perennials as Jeff and Jer or Dave, Shelley, and Chainsaw. I loved that old building on Pac Highway. DJs served a purpose that a computer can not mimic. For more information, please see our Longtime Union columnist Don Freeman recognized Harry Belafontes great artistry during his first encounter with the entertainer in 1952, Program, conducted by John Lidfors, featured Kumeyaay singers and dancers and appealing work by Jerod Tate, The Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and co-founder of the band The Blasters headlines the Adams Avenue Unplugged on April 29. Randi Rhodes was also street-wise and spoke truth to power. The rightwing has DrudgeReport and their web-based echo chamber, too. Corrections. But in November 2007, KLSD went off the air. It was their way of compensating their staff to make up for the shitty money we were getting paid.. One day Albert realized that traditional radio advertisers banks, mortgage companies, and business owners, who tend to be more conservative didnt want to advertise on KLSD. There are a few consultants that are saying 'no' at least not talk radio, per se to the exclusion of complementary digital networking etc. I ask Decker if he has any mad money with which to experiment. If you can sell direct to your fans, why bother with getting a "record deal"? TV does this with local news, Ramsey says. And isnt that what local radio should be?". No, not if Sean Hannity is better than whoever else might be on in Sean Hannitys slot. As a cultural comparison, its why the New York Philharmonic is on Great Performances and not the Tijuana Symphony (no offense). Name the markets besides Portland (which I offered) where Franken or any of your lineup has been so successful. Even music isnt just about the music, as these six essays from local voices make clear. How do we use Cookies. # GetUpSanDiego. Stone Temple Pilots. In all deference to Ms Falkenthal, if Rick Amato is anything like the rest of the KCBQ lineup (Bill Bennett? In fall 2007, the station, which uses a 43-foot antenna set up in undisclosed locations, was shut down for the second time in three years. Nothing. Immediately afterward, John Lynch made the announcement of the format change, and DJ Todd Ralston went right into "Sex (I'm A)" by Berlin. The Web version of the story has been corrected. Lo_Key is the radio ID of a pirate radio host who had a Friday-night show featuring local bands. Did the show bring some news/information/local residents to light in an engaging and compelling way? I agree the majority of its listeners identify as Democrats or independents, but NPR has a surprisingly large percentage of Republicans who listen. And I still say that stations who want to attract an audience need to be live and local whenever possible and reach out to the audience, whether the format is music, talk, or Lithuanian folk songs. 1) Cantore is considered somewhat of a "lightweight" in the business, not a bad talent-not anyone who is going to light The problem is, not everyone likes the same stuff. Earlier this year, Arbitron and Edison Media Research reported that 54 million Americans, almost one in four radio listeners, tune in to radio on the Internet every month. We had to create this fantasy for our audience from a shit-hole studio. The long-awaited Season 2 premiere of PBS drama Sanditon wasted no time revealing his fate: The fiery Regency gentleman, who had been ready to propose to Charlotte Heywood before fate intervened . In 1983, San Diego alt-rock radio station 91X held their first X-Fest with an incredible lineup that included Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Ramones, Bow Wow Wow, Stray Cats and Modern. People can like me and disagree with me. True-shows like Stephanie Miller Then, tell me why the conservative behemoths just added conservative news talk for the next 4 years there will be a toal of 2,064 stations providing Rush, Sean, Beck, Ingraham, Savage if radio is dead, why do they persist in beating a dead dog? Where deejays once made their personal lives part of the show, speaking for as much as 12 minutes per hour, now their talk breaks are timed to one minute each. On one calf theres a gnarly bruise-blue tattoo. You just have to roll with it as a DJ. [2] The station is one of three Mexican outlets programmed by Local Media San Diego LLC, along with XHITZ-FM and XHRM-FM, in which an affiliated company owns a 49 percent non-voting stake; LMSD also owns KFBG. He attributes success at 91X not to my talent there were plenty of people who did it way better than me but it was my passion for this town. We can all agree that KLSO earned substantially more dollars than KPOP. The highest rated Air America type station is located in Portland Oregon. Fame, riches, fast-cars and a rollicking good time are guaranteed. Request Line. This past September, Street Scene, San Diegos annual weekend outdoor live-music bash, returned to the street. "Most promotions are designed to sell a record album or record company, or to help out the sales department, none of which are my concerns. As a radio consultant, I've trained both righties and lefties, so this is NOT about my ideology-- and I don't think you know me, so I doubt you know what my politics are. You betcha. I wanted to stay in the community. After door-slamming rejection from print, radio, TV, and SignOnSanDiego (It was like I was just out of college again), last spring he started putting podcasts online and video spots on YouTube. Hey, a 35 year old can rebound, but what about someone who has done radio since they were 14 and are now 60.? Alternative. Attention! Yet his radio show is highly entertaining, especially when he has an actor or comedian on. You have to pay it back within a certain time frame, you see very little return on the aggregate price of a CD, and even when you pay it off the labels STILL own an interest in your music via publishing rights. Former 91X on-air personality Jim LaMarca recounts the transition: The "Rock of the '80s" format eventually evolved to the alternative music format of today. I think, then, you will see the bigger picture. This story had a few mistakes: Shanon Leder (whom I worked with), is another name is attached to her, it's Jensen (not Johnsonas her husband is Kimo Jensen of KSON). In fact NPR may be the real enemy of these stations, they have a strong audience base of liberal and left wingers, which apparently is not attracted to the personalities or style of Air America radio. Cantore and Woods are now in joint discussions with other area broadcast companies. When I finally got around to hearing Savages showsometimes I agreed with him. Cantore fumed over the repetition, the lack of diversity in the programming, the contrived sound, the disconnect from the core I would hear this stuff and take it to the uppers, who routinely dismissed his complaints. If the KOGO advertisers couldn't or wouldn't see the wisdom in putting a percentange of the ad dollars into KLSD to complement their marketing, then that was just plain stupid. Obama won because he and Biden were superior candidates and McCain and Palin were not plus it was a repudiation of th last 8 years. If you go back to Thomas Paine, thats true. He expanded his inquiry to include Editors Roundtable, a one-hour Friday-morning radio talk show featuring three local newspaper editors, Tim McClain, editor of San Diego Metropolitan Magazine; John Warren, editor and publisher of San Diego Voice and Viewpoint; and Robert Kittle, editorial page editor of the Union-Tribune. David Bowie, Depeche Mode and U2 all released great albums. Editorials, Commentary, Reader Reaction and a touch of Steve Breen delivered every Sunday. Firing and laying off locals is indicative of big changes in the scope and identity of San Diego radio, local or corporate, music or talk. To the person that thought it was lame that I posted here, wellokay, it's for "readers" comments. FM 94.9 is one of 15 U.S. stations owned by Lincoln Financial Media Group, which includes San Diegos Smooth Jazz 98.1 and Country KSON-FM, one of San Diegos highest-rated stations. Radio is dead. I hate, hate, hate Ann Coultier. Look at the result of the last election- McCain and crew couldn't find their collective starfishies with a funnel, and Obama had the fundraising machine in full tilt swing. They told the core to go to hell and just focused on the masses. My kids who are not old enough to drive yet build lowrider bicycles and cant wait until they have a car to work on. I was asked to talk about a car wash, some new sales program. KPBS' John Decker writes to say that he is the executive producer of Editors' Roundtable and that Michael Marcotte was not fired as news director but retired in November 2007. On September 11, 2001 -- we're told, American Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 767 out of Boston for Los Angeles, crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York at 8:48 a.m. Eighteen minutes later, United Airlines Flight 175, a Boeing 767 . At Star 100.7, Cantore answered the a.m. phones. He didnt want to be chained to yet another corporate environment where the same financial tightening was occurring. (February 24, 2022) San Diego's original independent alternative radio station 91X re-launched today with an approach to the format that taps into the variety of the station's massive music library, embraces the discovery of music new and old, and strives to be anti-corporate and different. There are many that weren't covered. And if we want to believe that FCC laws that the "public owns the airwaves"that with the 9 stations that Clear Channel owns, isn't there a legitimate public interest argument to provide some diversity of opinion, even if the station was breaking even? Asked why, he replied: No comment.. I believe the public has tired of pontificating, moralizing, opining and whining by talk radio hosts. He notes that one hour of These Days costs ten times what a syndicated news show like The World costs. Clear Channel went from owning 40 stations to 1400 almost overnight. 91x resurrection sunday playlist . When the Big Three were on every week, did the public pressure the station to expand its stock of commentators? First, I must remind you that unless you are in the industry, you only see the published numbers, which are the 12+ ratings. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. 101.1 is usually good for something annoyingly 80s, interrupted by Elton John or Jesse's Girl for the 20th time that day. More of the same, it appears. Fred jumps in, says Josh is full of it, and hilarity ensues. I knew what made him tick. And policies that were likeWhat? SWEETNESS. Same as it ever was. Jimmy Valentine, producer of The Roger Hedgecock Show at KOGO, has been let go as part of Hedgecock and his shows national syndication beginning in January. Up until January 2012, 91X carried the syndicated Loveline, heard on weeknights. Overnight, I got hit by all these new-media companies. Eslabon Armado and Peso Plumas Ella Baila Sola is the first Mexican regional song to reach the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart. I hated it, Cantore says, that Street Scene, a homegrown entity, was sold on the cultural marketplace to the highest bidder. When you follow the bottom line, you get the bottom.. Heres a new policy; were doing this every Friday; all the stations in the entire cluster are going to do Coupon Fridays. Cantore laughs, as much at his mimicking the brass as the idiocy of their policies. Sign Up; Log In; Messenger . Now if you are a programmer, you can see that our market is over-saturated with rightwing talkKFI, KOGO, KFMB, KCBQ and what's left of AM 1700. Read up on David Brock, the former GOP operative and what he has to say in THE REPUBLICAN NOISE MACHINE. MICHAELS added, 91X should always strive to be different. Stepping into that room fills me with reverence, it really does. Maybe media actually has never worked this way, but to have a strong local media be a commons where the community can gather in times good and bad seems to be a good use of the public airwaves. In effect, they engineered a kind of rigid diversity, station by station. Has nothing to do with "fair and balanced" or what the public appetite is about. Hundreds of listeners staged at least two rallies at the Clear Channel offices to protest the plan to shut it down. A year of turmoil in local radio has culminated in a slew of December changes. Rick's website is www.amatotalk.com and you can listen live there, as well as over the air on 1170AM. Diana turns three on 22 August 1952. I doubt they'd have done that if he didn't deserve it-- it's based on ratings and revenue figures. [18] Local Media San Diego eventually acquired KFMB and KFMB-FM outright from Tegna, Inc. on March 17, 2020, with KFMB (AM) being concurrently divested to Clear Channel's successor, iHeartMedia;[19] Tegna had purchased Midwest Television's stations in 2018.[20]. (YEW! The big surprise of this story is that it doesn't mention the ONLY live, local talk show host broadcasting after 12 noon in San Diego - Rick Amato on KCBQ-AM, weeknights 9 - 11 p.m. Rick's show is growing an audience and getting attention. JV333: You still don't get it. I still believe in this community and in new media.. KFI 640 AM baby! They treated me with respect. I thought, silly me, I could walk out of 15 years radio experience and pick my [next] job. They have tired of hate speech and shouting down opposing points of view. Listeners are more brilliant than the people pushing the buttons.. LOCAL MEDIA SAN DIEGO Alternative XETRA-F (91X)/SAN DIEGO has repositioned its format to emphasize Classic Alternative while still playing currents in the Alternative format . 92014. But he never should have been doing it, no offence to Al, whom I happen to know (although we are not best pals). Necessary cookies are responsible for the basic functionality of Online Radio Box. The reason you listen may be due to how engaging the host is rather than whether you agree with him. This includes Internet radio and terrestrial radio broadcast on station websites. 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd. On one Sunday night in late June of that year, Michael. SEX TYPE THING. Hosted by Tim Pyles every Sund 91X Loudspeaker A San Diego County Sheriff's Department watch . 2023 San Diego Reader. and what the new KLSD sports format is earning? Aguirre wrote that Editors Roundtable limited its guest commentators by alternating these three men every week with another bevy of local editors. The problem isso did all those shows on Air America! The studios are located in the Mira Mesa area of San Diego. Alternative." [13] On January 7, 2010, Local Media of America LLC, backed by private equity firm Thoma Bravo, emerged as the buyer in the foreclosure sale. Think Blue and Get Your Free Ticket to SoCal Taco Fest, Tower X West Coast IPA Now Available Everywhere. Lo_Key says the censorship of licensed radio (one need only remember George Carlins, and later Howard Sterns, run-ins with the FCC over one or all of those seven dirty words) is undemocratic. I knew nothing about morning radio, Jeff and Jer, Dave, Shelley, and Chainsaw. Like, I was sleeping. But on air, Cantores attitude was fearless. Having acted in local productions, he says he understood the theater of being on the air. The stint at Star put him on the Ear Map. Radio as we know it is coming to a close. He says the lack of DJs with personality and the reliance of outside consultants to determine what music gets played has left rock-radio irrelevant. What I am about is good radio. Chewing a raisin muffin in between sips of a wild berry and green tea smoothie topped with whipped cream, the 38-year-old is wearing knee-length cargo shorts and flat leather slip-ons. PhilL Text, which requires a higher level of intelligence to process, is the artillery of progressive politics, while talk radio shouting is all the conservatives have left in their arsenal. When in fact 91X was a Mexican station and has no dealings with the FCC regarding content. 5) Radio is not all about music. At first, the station broadcast with 3,000 watts from the AM transmitter site in Playas de Rosarito. Im really surprised. A customizable Internet media aggregation portal a phrase that crawled out of a Philip K. Dick novel will allow users to listen to live radio in real time from anywhere.. Life is funny. Simultaneously, the concession was transferred to a new company, Comunicacin XERSA, S.A. de C.V., owned 51% by silent Mexican investors and 49% by a Mexican company owned by Finest City (Controladora Finest City, S. de R.L. But, if you would've dug deeper in that same survey, you'd find the same person that says they "love" that song, admits to changing the station, because they've heard "Walk This Way" about a thousand times, and thus, don't need to hear it yet again. A decade of wheeling and dealing has meant that a lot of deejays and program directors have quit or been laid off. Joshing with Fred Cantores core liked him because he shared their enthusiasms for the music. After all, isnt taking a chance on shows like A Way with Words or These Days the way things get started? It's about crusty, old $$ buying up the airwaves and cramming their failed format, agenda, policies into the ears of listenerswho now have tired of the tripe and moved on. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. He talked about a stat Rush Limbaugh threw out there, that it took Al about 10 minutes, and a few phone calls, to figure out was completely wrong (something about minimum wage jobs). Im getting involved. , Cantore heard from his listeners, too. It he sounds like a baritone sax, more Gerry Mulligan than Lisa Simpson. Because I love the music. As we celebrate mediocrity When I first started here, I was a kid renting an apartment with peeling linoleum in Mission Beach. Radiological. Clear Channel, betting that an audience existed that was antithetical to its conservative talk programming, debuted KLSD in 2004. Keeping the station secret was hard, says Lo_Key. He later worked for KBZT before returning to 91X. Its become cut-throat., Thompson says he was fired from 91X in 1988 because They wanted me to talk up records like I was a Top 40 DJ. When that show came to 91X in 1994 they invited the local writers down to the station to interview Howard from a live remote they had set up in the 91X studios. If you innovate, will you lose your audience? Understand how the business works, it's not just about your random opinion. The "McMusic" they cram down your throat on terrestrial FM stations is maddening. But theres a lot of out-of-town influence. You're not going to get that from Limbaugh, Savage, O'Reilly, etc. If you demagogue it a certain way, theres a point where I ask, Is this all about you? My guess is that the rightwing talk radio ratings are in the tank which coincides with the dearth of cash and creditand ad sales have plummeted. To expand the local focus is a conundrum, Decker says. And there is nothing inherently interesting about being inherently local. Sidebar 4: Differences between 91X and KROQZ: 91X played a lot more Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry. Full disclosure: I've been working with Rick and I often host the show myself on Thursday nights. Towards the end of the 1980s, 91X dropped the "Rock of the '80s" branding in favor of a new tagline, "The Cutting Edge of Rock."