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[Desperado]

WTF. Fuck Clear Channel. No warning, no nothing. Fucking 34 years on the air...

I guess The Arrow is the only rock left.

 

[Dead]

Yeah, read about in the paper this morning. Sad.

 

[olimario]

101 > 93.7
FUCK THEM! WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED?
HISPANICS TAKING OVER!
FIRST THE PLANET 102.9, NOW THIS!

 

[Dead]

Man I remember listening to Steven and Pruett, good times

 

[Manabanana]

KLOL? :lol

 

[Mike Works]

That's weird. We have a ROCK 101 here in Vancouver. I assume they were affiliated?

 

[Miguel]

WHat's this FM business about?

*turns on SportsRadio 610

 

[Miguel]

KLOL? :lol

K:lol

 

[Ferrio]

What the fuck?

Outlaw Dave

 

[Desperado]

Goddamnit this is really pissing me off. fuck.

 

[impirius]

K:CRY

 

[StrikerObi]

Was their call sign really KLOL? That's awesome.

 

[Desperado]

yeah but it was 34 yrs old so I think it might just predate the internet "lol"

 

[BigJonsson]

If 102.1 The Edge was ever changed in Toronto i'd FLIP

Actually, I think here in Toronto the 2 stations that have stayed constant the longest have been the new rock and the classic rock station

 

[SSGMUN10000]

Yup seems like me and Mig are taking over. Isnt the #1 station in Houston a spanish station.

 

[belgurdo]

HISPANICS TAKING OVER!

"Don't fret, son. I'll soon put a stop to that. Heh heh heh..."

 

[dskillzhtown]

Seeing how the profits have been going down for the last 5 years, I really can't blame Clear Channel on this one. There are 3 other rock stations that are better than 101 ever were in Houston, so it is no big loss.

 

[Ripclawe]

http://www.radioandrecords.com/Newsroom/2004_11_12/topstory.asp

KLOL/Houston Flips To 'Spanglish Top 40'

This morning at 10am CT, as was rumored, heritage Rocker KLOL-FM disappeared; in its place is Mega 101 FM, "Latino and Proud", playing 10,101 songs in a row. Jesse Rios has been named Program Director for the station.

Two weeks ago KSJO-FM/San Jose left the Rock format after 36 years in favor of Oldies-based Regional Mexican "La Preciosa," kicking off a Spanish-language frenzy in the Bay Area; SBS will be entering that market shortly as it takes control of Infinity's KBAA-FM, which has changed its call letters to KRZZ. The San Jose and Houston moves are part of Clear Channel's new initiative to increase its Spanish-language station count by at least 20 signals in the coming months under SVP/Hispanic Radio Alfredo Alonso's guidance. Alonso has confirmed for R&R that Mega 101 FM will be formatted differently from "La Preciosa." Station insiders are describing the format as Spanglish Top 40.

 

[theo]

how about

or

 

[pixelated]

I stopped listening to houston FM radio 4 years ago

*turns on SportsRadio 610

 

[Miguel]

I stopped listening to houston FM radio 4 years ago

Rox.

What do you think about Charlie leaving 610?

*assuming you quoting me means you listen to 610*

 

[pixelated]

I listen to 610 or 740 when I'm not listening to my MD unit, so its seldom I listen. But I do catch the afternoon show if there is a game I need to listen to that day. I usually listen to Rome.

 

[WasabiKing]

KSJO changing formats was insane cause that was a rock institution. 35 years! They've been celebrating their anniversary all year, then the switch to "Spanglish." Simply put, part of it was lack of ad buys, but my conspiracy theory is to appeal to the Spanish speaking public and use ClearChannel's power of influence...

Go Sirius, they're getting Stern in a few years.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Same shit happened here in NY. WLIR my favorite radio station of all time was replaced by like 3rd or 4th spanish station. It's insane all three of the stations play the exact same songs..I know because im hispanic. Sirius here i come...when howard leaves of course

 

[Miguel]

We now have about 8 stations in Houston playing "TIENE TREMENDO.....CUUUULO!" at the same time.

 

[ConfusingJazz]

We now have about 8 stations in Houston playing "TIENE TREMENDO.....CUUUULO!" at the same time.

Isn't it still better then 104, 94.5, and 101 all playing the SAME Creed song at the same time a couple years ago. No, not similar Creed songs, they were all playing the same damn thing, like 10 seconds apart. I believe it was at this point I decided to only listen to cds and 610 or 740 on my radio. But now I am in Austin, I have KLBJ (which advertises that its not a clear channel station) and Bob radio, which plays random good songs from different decades without any regularity (no same song every 30 minutes crap).

 

[Miguel]

My presets on my radio are as follows

AM -
1 - 610
2 - 740
3 - 610
4 - 740
5 - 610
6 - 740

FM -
1 - 94.5
2 - 96.5
3 - 97.9 (last time I listened was like 3 years ago)
4 - 101.1
5 - 104.1
6 - 106.5 (I think that's the 80s one)

Of all of them, if EVER I don't have a CD, or there's a fishing/home improvement show on 610, then I'll probably switch over to the 80s station first. After that, I just scroll around til I find a song that isn't making my eardrums bleed.

:lol @ the Creed thing.

When you are...*switches station* I'm FREE *switches* Brings tears....*again* MY SACRIFICE!

 

[RaymondCarver]

well, fart. radio's sucked for a long time, but I thought 101 KLOL'd be around forever. Damn.






I'll miss Outlaw Dave....... Farwell Outlaw Dave.... I hope you got a job somewhere else, but you probably do. You're probably still working for CC. They ate 107.5 TheBuzz, got rid of Jarrod and David Sadoff, and now 101's out the door. Man, times are changing.

 

[Outlaw]

That would explain why I had a spanish station programmed in my radio.....I was WTF...how did this get in here? Damn you!!!

 

[Outlaw]

They ate 107.5 TheBuzz,

Its now 94.5 The Buzz...well atleast it was last I remember......

 

[AirBrian]

If 102.1 The Edge was ever changed in Toronto i'd FLIP

Actually, I think here in Toronto the 2 stations that have stayed constant the longest have been the new rock and the classic rock station

We have a 102.1 The Edge in Dallas.

 

[Christoff Yurievich]

That's weird. We have a ROCK 101 here in Vancouver. I assume they were affiliated?

No, what's weird is we have a Rock 101 here in Vancouver and I'm not in B.C.