Do we really have to hear ToTo's "Africa" every day? Good God! I loved the 80's, but give it a break already!

On the other hand, THIS one doesn't get nearly enough airplay . . . =)
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Do we really have to hear ToTo's "Africa" every day? Good God! I loved the 80's, but give it a break already!

KMGL was sold from Renda to Tyler. A lot of people have predicted the station will go downhill because of that. I am not a faithful listener but I haven't heard much difference from when I have listened other than they seem a lot heavier on 2000s and current hits.

On the other hand, THIS one doesn't get nearly enough airplay . . . =)
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Agreed!

Did 104 used to be some sort of "religious" station?
(i only ask because of some of the ancient thread reference links at the bottom of this page =)
Or, perhaps it is only the title of the thread that prompts them to appear . . .
Stay tuned for yet another(!) Feel Bad Song o' The 80's . . . =)

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(i knew a guy back when this was on the radio who thought the lyric was: "chicken on a Ritz" . . . really.)

People, set yourself free the trials of local radio! I gave up on it a long time ago as it is simply dreadful. KMGL, 104.1 is the worst, especially their VERY unfunny morning show (the Magic Man?). XM and Pandora for me.

Did 104 used to be some sort of "religious" station?
(i only ask because of some of the ancient thread reference links at the bottom of this page =)
Or, perhaps it is only the title of the thread that prompts them to appear . . .

104.9 used to play contemporary christian music. I believe it was The Light 105.

But yea...Spotify and Pandora for me.

People, set yourself free the trials of local radio! I gave up on it a long time ago as it is simply dreadful. KMGL, 104.1 is the worst, especially their VERY unfunny morning show (the Magic Man?). XM and Pandora for me.

Yeah . . . XM Sirriusly Rulz . . . Can't argue with that.
Although there is a place in the Weltzschmaltz for Magic Men . . .
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. . . even a Magic Man couldn't have saved this one . . .
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(gee Toto . . . i don't think we're in Africa anymore . . .)

Do we really have to hear ToTo's "Africa" every day? Good God! I loved the 80's, but give it a break already!

You could always turn down to 102.7 and hear Beiber, and JZ among other wonderful excuses for music{wink wink nod nod}.

I miss Wild 97.9. It was one of the best sounding rhythmic stations in the country. I listened to it online even though I didn't live in OKC. Wild 104.9 still sounded good when operated by Citadel but when they sold it to Cumulus they basically turned it into an iPod and play very little current/new music and mostly stuff from 2004-10 with more recent stuff sprinkled in. That's the way Cumulus operates all their stations as the owner believes people don't want to hear newer or more edgy stuff.

For those who like oldies, 99.7 is actually a pretty good station.

When did Tyler buy KMGL?

Do we really have to hear ToTo's "Africa" every day? Good God! I loved the 80's, but give it a break already!

Blasphemy!!!

But on the reals, every station has some song that plays over and over again every day. Even some XM stations have that one song that plays every day (because they're popular--food for thought :Smiley122 )


You could always turn down to 102.7 and hear Beiber, and JZ among other wonderful excuses for music{wink wink nod nod}.

Uhhhhhhhh, you skipped Powerjams 103.5, Anadarko to Oklahoma City!!! They practically craft new songs months in advance of KJ and Wild.

I wish we had a REAL 80s/90s mix station around here. I didn't like the music from the 00s the first time around. I'm not gonna change my mind now. :P

I guess I should make more use of the Pandora app on my phone when my MP3 player needs to be charged. Pretty much every station around here is unlistenable.

I miss Jack FM. I wish they would come back.

I miss Jack FM. I wish they would come back.

Me, too . . . it was such a great concept . . .

Me, too . . . it was such a great concept . . .

So did i, i think some okc radio stations need to push the redo button, like bob fm, the brew, magic, and wild, i would put jake fm on there but they are doing okay, but they sound like a small town station sometimes then a big city station.

So did i, i think some okc radio stations need to push the redo button, like bob fm, the brew, magic, and wild, i would put jake fm on there but they are doing okay, but they sound like a small town station sometimes then a big city station.

Cumulus stations aren't going to change unless they go bankrupt of Jan Jeffries leaves the company. They pretty much syndicate all the stations of a specific format, and the playlists are all determined at corporate headquarters. When it is the worst is with a Top 40 station like Wild. They have a policy that they won't add a new song until its in the Top 10, but once they add it, it goes into recurrent and they play it out for several years. That is why Wild sounds so outdated.

KJ 103 is fairly current, but is pretty much the typical ClearChannel CHR you find in any city. At least they are playing the CURRENT hits and not stuff from 2009 like Wild is. Power 103.5 is pretty much what Wild once was with the exception Wild always played dance and Power keeps it urban. They play the new music as soon as it drops and their playlist changes frequently. For instance, I rarely hear last year's music on Power 103.5. On Wild, if what they are playing actually came out in 2012 its current for them. It's a shame the signal coverage is so spotty though on the north side.

Tyler bought KGML late last year, before Christmas.

I agree too many OKC stations sound like small town stations. It didn't used to be that way. I think its yet another thing that can be contributed to Cumulus, who before buying out Citadel was a rural station operator. Instead of doing what they should have done and learned from Citadel on how to operate stations in urban markets, they have syndicated their urban market stations to sound like their small town stations. Cumulus has basically killed radio in many markets.

I'm not sure what wrong with "sounding like a small town radio station" . . . The best FM station ever was a little local station in Boulder, Colorado--back when FM was WAY different than AM--and they often played whole album sides without interruption. More recently we encountered a small town FM radio station, up by Claremore, that was playing tunes like this on a Saturday morning . . .

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(if you took the girl out of the picture, these guys would look a lot like Dusty Drapes and the Dusters).

and this . . .
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Anyone else read the article about "The Eggman" doing a show on some local station that is supposed to be an alternative to MegaRadioCorp programming? I'm sure the format isn't "B-Side Rockabilly" but supposedly he will be taking requests and making dedications . . .

Since it is supposed to be "Free Form FM" I think my first two requests would be . . .
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(I first heard that one somewhere in Iowa on SirriusXM "Outlaw Country" . . .)


Sorry . . . I guess this thread was supposed to be about bad old '80's stations.
My bad . . .

So did i, i think some okc radio stations need to push the redo button, like bob fm, the brew, magic, and wild, i would put jake fm on there but they are doing okay, but they sound like a small town station sometimes then a big city station.

Jack FM would do well on 96.9.

Is The Spy passé since it went all NPR/OSU and everything?
(i enjoy Classical Music in moderate doses, but there is always KCSC as a backup)

I was thinking, why does OKC need 4 classic rock stations plus the oldies station? I like the new 99.7 oldies format, but 96.9 and 94.7 could both use a flip. Classic Rock is covered pretty well by 107.7, 92.5, and partially 99.7.

And Wild's ratings keep tumbling. I really wish Cumulus would flip it because it has become almost unbearable to listen to. Not sure what format would work though. You have to be careful what you wish for with Cumulus as they don't operate like Citadel did or other corporate radio networks. Cumulus' urban stations sound much better than their Top 40 stations so that format might work, plus I'm a big fan of urban music, but then again urban isn't as popular as it was a few years ago. If OKC was to get an urban station to take on Power 103.5, it would have likely been about 5 years ago when urban was at its highest popularity.

I miss 94.7 the buzz they had great rock

I was thinking, why does OKC need 4 classic rock stations plus the oldies station? I like the new 99.7 oldies format, but 96.9 and 94.7 could both use a flip. Classic Rock is covered pretty well by 107.7, 92.5, and partially 99.7.
And Wild's ratings keep tumbling. I really wish Cumulus would flip it because it has become almost unbearable to listen to. Not sure what format would work though. You have to be careful what you wish for with Cumulus as they don't operate like Citadel did or other corporate radio networks. Cumulus' urban stations sound much better than their Top 40 stations so that format might work, plus I'm a big fan of urban music, but then again urban isn't as popular as it was a few years ago. If OKC was to get an urban station to take on Power 103.5, it would have likely been about 5 years ago when urban was at its highest popularity.
I really think Alternative Rock would do well on 94.7 FM. I also wonder why OKC has so many Classic Rock Stations. Why doesn't Cumulus try Jack FM on 96.9? I know OKC had a Jack before, but it was on a sorry signal. At least 96.9 is 100,000 watts and as I mentioned before it would make a great Jack FM.

I think we need a station that plays more modern rock/metal the KATT is the closest thing to rock/metal There is too many Country stations and classic rock stations. I wish RadioU had a better signal despite that they are in OKC, they play some pretty decent songs. One of my favorite stations is the one that plays all those swing big band 40'sish style music

All of these are great ideas. We could use a strong modern rock station, alternative (hipster) rock station, and urban station. I agree that 105.3 the Martini is good. The only other place I've heard a station like that on the FM dial was in Vegas. There are more than enough frequencies all occupied by classic rock stations to make it happen. OKC has three strong country stations and I don't think any of them are going anywhere as they each have a different sound and fill a different niche. I think one of the problems is corporate radio and the fact this is a market where the corporations are afraid to take risks. Classic rock has always been a safe bet so that's what they go with.

I miss 94.7 the buzz they had great rock

We really need a rock station like The Edge in Tulsa. They play waaaaay better rock than The Katt.

We really need a rock station like The Edge in Tulsa. They play waaaaay better rock than The Katt.

I have always been more of a hip-hop and dance person than a rock person so I can't really comment on KATT vs the Edge. As someone who knows the genre, did KATT play better music a few years ago when owned by Citadel?

I have always been more of a hip-hop and dance person than a rock person so I can't really comment on KATT vs the Edge. As someone who knows the genre, did KATT play better music a few years ago when owned by Citadel?

I like Blues, Jazz, & Southern hip-hop, a lot of stuff that comes out of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, & Georgia. I do listen to The KATT sometimes but not enough to comment on it much. I have heard The Edge a few times & I do think they're better than The KATT, but that's coming from someone who isn't exactly into that style of music so take it however you like.

Why Radio Plays Same 20 Songs: The Sad Truth Of Media Consolidation [INFOGRAPHIC] - hypebot (http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/05/the-sad-truth-of-media-consolidation-infographic.html)

I am surprised there aren't more indie stations popping up everywhere given the hipster sensation in our culture today. That genre is huge for the male twentysomething demographic. Maybe there just isn't enough money in it being that this generation is more likely to get their music from Pandora or straight from their iPods than from FM radio.

We really need a rock station like The Edge in Tulsa. They play waaaaay better rock than The Katt.
KRXO is amazing classic rock, love the rock music they play. And I always listen to the Bob and Tom show in the mornings

I am surprised there aren't more indie stations popping up everywhere given the hipster sensation in our culture today. That genre is huge for the male twentysomething demographic. Maybe there just isn't enough money in it being that this generation is more likely to get their music from Pandora or straight from their iPods than from FM radio.

I think you answered your own question.

I've all but given up on radio around here. Aside from NPR for news on the commute, I just stream music.

KRXO is amazing classic rock, love the rock music they play. And I always listen to the Bob and Tom show in the mornings

KRXO and KOMA do the classic rock format well. There is also the new 99.7 station which is oldies but it overlapps into classic rock territory as well. 94.7 and 96.9 should flip formats.

AM I the only one who notices that KJ103 play higher pitched versions of songs? It really kind of ruins some songs for me with the high pitch

AM I the only one who notices that KJ103 play higher pitched versions of songs? It really kind of ruins some songs for me with the high pitch

No, and they're certainly not the only ones. I want to say that a couple of others in town do this (forgive me for not immediately knowing, as I don't listen to much on the radio aside from Sports Animal). It makes the music pop more, and it adds more ad space, and, well, it makes people like you say, "oh, boy, that KJ103 and their hi-jinks!" :)

WABC began this in the sixties, IIRC.

WABC began this in the sixties, IIRC.

Cousin Brucie was the man.

Cousin Brucie was the man.

From the airchecks I've heard, yes he was! Again IIRC, they also started the whole run-the-signal-through-a-plate-reverb that KOMA does.

I've all but given up on radio around here. Aside from NPR for news on the commute, I just stream music.

I still have a big coffee mug from the glory days of Shannon and The Eggman at KRXO (in a box somewhere in the garage or in the trunk of the car in the driveway) but, other than that, I'm with you. (except other stuff on the two or three local NPR/APM/APB non-sattelite stations are pretty good too)

AM I the only one who notices that KJ103 play higher pitched versions of songs? It really kind of ruins some songs for me with the high pitch

They've done that for decades and KKWD did as well before it was flipped to Cumulus' national playlist. It just wasn't as easy to tell before the age of YouTube and MP3s.

Why Radio Plays Same 20 Songs: The Sad Truth Of Media Consolidation [INFOGRAPHIC] - hypebot (http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/05/the-sad-truth-of-media-consolidation-infographic.html)

reading this graphic reminds me of an old onion article: Just Six Corporations Remain (http://www.theonion.com/articles/just-six-corporations-remain,551/)

104.9 used to play contemporary christian music. I believe it was The Light 105.

But yea...Spotify and Pandora for me.

And before that (mid 80s) it was a Jimmy Swaggart owned station that played mostly Southern Gospel & Bible teaching programs