"I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you less."
9 January 2006Less news, less talk
The Oklahoma City market (population about one million) can probably support two stations with this format [news/talk], but three?
No, not three. WKY radio has given up the format. In fact, they've largely given up English; the station is now broadcasting a Spanish-language music format which seems to be basically the same thing owner Citadel is running on KINB (105.3), but a few seconds out of sync. I suppose this means it's not technically a simulcast. Coverage of Blazers hockey will presumably continue in English; I have to assume there isn't as yet any demand for hockey coverage en español. (Operative word: "yet.") WKY, of course, was the flagship radio station of the Oklahoma Publishing Company for many years; as one observer noted on a radio message board, "I bet old man Gaylord is spinning in his grave about now." KOKC, the #3 news-talk station, now rises to #2 — although with the numbers they get, I'm still inclined to think of them as #3. Posted at 6:09 PM to OvermodulationI worked at WKY in the late 70s and early 80s. If someone would have told me then that the radio station would one day be spanish language I would have bet them $500 with no strings attached. Speaking of radio, have you seen this? Heard them last night. I'm surprised, but at least I don't have to wonder any longer what they're going to do with that channel. (I still wonder, though, how they expect to propagate beyond the limits of their feeble 1 kw.) A rumor floating around that message board today: once La Indomable is firmly established at WKY, they'll drop the format from the FM dial — and the Spy will return. It's just a rumor. |