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![[*]](./images/iconic/default_icon.gif) posted on 9-1-2008 at 03:19 AM |
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BREAKER!!! The Return of KIMN 950 ... as "Cruisin' Oldies" KRWZ. UPDATE: It's live!
You fans of the old Tiger might wanna giva listen to 950!...
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| posted on 9-1-2008 at 03:28 AM |
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I hope this isn't a stunt and they go with this...hell it cant do any worse that half of the formats in this town....
I smell Scott Shannon's True Oldies Channel coming
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| posted on 9-1-2008 at 06:21 AM |
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Whoever put all those hooks together, along with some classic jingles, did a tremendous job!
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| posted on 9-1-2008 at 07:25 AM |
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These song composites are great! I've been listening for about half a hour and haven't heard it repeat yet.
Every 10-12 minutes they throw in old KIMN jingles or airchecks of jocks, news bits, even some old spots from the 60's. There's an ID of "KKFN Denver
will soon become something from the past".
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| posted on 9-1-2008 at 08:09 AM |
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I brought up this topic a couple months ago when I posted about KDZA-AM 1350 in Pueblo following Nick Donovan's dream and flipping to real oldies,
with LOCAL jocks and even an all-request lunch hour. KDZA-AM was Pueblo's heritage Top 40 station, and reviving it has drawn a large and positive
community response.
I wrote in that thread that I wished Lincoln could do the same with 950, reviving the old KIMN brand and coupling music of the '50s and '60s with
local DJs and the imaging and energy that made AM Top 40 so compelling.
The current tease on 950 is playing on our memories of that time. All I can say, though, is to beware. Those jingles and airchecks are available on
the KIMN Tribute Page, and the music montages could have easily been pulled from the WLS No. 1 montages available at ReelRadio.com. In other words,
Hobart, it MIGHT not have taken quite the production effort that it initially appears.
And also, beware the time-honored radio tradition of trying to mislead the competition by teasing with formats other than what's actually being
planned. Just in the last week, KKFN-AM has been a hip-hop simulcast, a country simulcast, ESPN Sports, classic country, and now this.
But with all that caution in mind, and eyes wide open, wouldn't the return of the Denver Tiger be great? It makes so much demographic and business
sense as well -- but it has to be done right, because what too many oldies programmers of today don't understand is that the success of AM Top 40 was
NOT just about the music! It was hard-working DJ/entertainers, aggressive news teams, energetic imaging and promotions, interactive connection with
the target audience -- and most importantly, it was FUN!
Listen to the airchecks on ReelRadio.com to hear people of the past who did it right -- and then listen to XM's "60s on 6" channel to hear people of
today such as Terry "Motormouth" Young who still get it.
KIMN was "The Best Show in Denver." And it could be again -- as long as Lincoln doesn't "chicken" out!
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| posted on 9-1-2008 at 08:21 AM |
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I guess we'll know for sure if paid spots start appearing...
"Peace by 2020, with or without people".
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| posted on 9-1-2008 at 10:20 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by insideoutsider
You fans of the old Tiger might wanna giva listen to 950!... |
Old news.
KYGO FM & AM? (Pages: 1 2 .. 4) The Little Guy
Like the music.
And no, I don't like the music.
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| posted on 9-1-2008 at 11:47 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by strapshoechris
I guess we'll know for sure if paid spots start appearing... |
OMG it's 4 REAL!!!
Didn't you guys hear the ad for Sealtest Banana Nut Fudge Ice Cream???
And you know I thought I saw the KIMN Chicken leaving the "Taste of Colorado"...
But it was just some pissed off turkey legging it err... winging it out of town...
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| posted on 9-1-2008 at 04:01 PM |
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and I heard a "certified" weather forcast from the KIMN tower as well...
If this is a stunt, its cruel to the listeners that remember the old "Tiger"... if it is not... Kudos to LFM for showing a little nut for a change...
won't draw big ratings, but it will give a bit of a glimpse into the old "Boss" days!!
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| posted on 9-1-2008 at 05:04 PM |
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It might do pretty well with 45-64, insideoutsider! Especially if it's live, local and full-service.
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| posted on 9-1-2008 at 09:37 PM |
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Even if the station was on the bird with a little bit of live and local would be great IMO. I bet if 950 does revert back to the KIMN format of days
gone by, it probably would do well in the ratings, probably wouldn't take much to get better numbers then Mix 100 or the Wolf, even though 950 is an
AM station.
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| posted on 9-1-2008 at 10:39 PM |
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One of the jingles you hear is a promo for DJ Jack Merker. He's sort of an interesting story. He started as a newscaster at KIMN and became a DJ, then
went on to become a very popular radio personality in San Diego.
Jack was murdered at age 63 while being robbed in Palm Springs on Dec. 5, 2001.
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| posted on 9-2-2008 at 07:13 AM |
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How does this work with Arbitrarytron, though? With the KIMN-FM calls on 100.3 ... and owned by a different company... wouldn't it be huge confusion
if someone just wrote down that they listened to K-I-M-N?
Unless... since CBS doesn't use the calls anyway except at the top of the hour, they'd sell 'em to LF?
Orrr... unless... CBS is bailing on the format at 100.3 and is going to change the calls anyway and Lincoln Financial is privy to this...
I do think this is the right and most logical move for 950, btw... although I think they should've done it two months ago because the frequency has
lost a goodly amount of momentum since being sports but it's still the best use of the dial position.
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| posted on 9-2-2008 at 07:40 AM |
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If the KIMN imaging continues much longer on 950, I would conclude that some sort of arrangement has indeed been made between the two clusters, very
likely signaling the "beginning of the end" for Mix as we know it. A longshot speculation might have 100.3 flipping to all-XMAS at the first metro
snowflakes, nipping Entercom in the bud. This would buy time for CBS to plan out a whole new formatt to launch in '09.
Personally I think that smooth jazz might work better for 100.3, than the stagnating "Mix". I noticed in the latest Arbs that 101.9 KHIH is back on
the list with a .6 share. I could imagine that at least quadrupling with the signal coverage 100.3 has.
"Peace by 2020, with or without people".
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| posted on 9-2-2008 at 07:44 AM |
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I've been speculating since last night that their is some sort of deal between LFM and CBS. I first thought, maybe news will drop soon that CBS bought
the LFM cluster in Denver, but quickly shrugged this off and unlikely. I then think that what happened is CBS approached LFM with a deal to use KIMN
as they are intending to blow up Mix. I guess time will tell, and perhaps we are all wrong....
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| posted on 9-2-2008 at 07:52 AM |
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There's always the possibility of a LMA in the works...After all, KOOL is adding more eighties. If 105.1 dropped the first half of the sixties (which
has already happened most of the time), and 950 focused on the first ten years of rock and roll, they could appeal to separate demos, with Kennedy
kids like me stuck in a sort of limbo. It could also signal 92.5 going to something like all classic country, ala KICKS, and as I mentioned above,
smooth jazz to 100.3. Of course one of the CBS FM's could also pick up ESPN this way.
"Peace by 2020, with or without people".
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| posted on 9-2-2008 at 08:41 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by AnimatronicAbeLincoln
How does this work with Arbitrarytron, though? With the KIMN-FM calls on 100.3 ... and owned by a different company... wouldn't it be huge confusion
if someone just wrote down that they listened to K-I-M-N?
Unless... since CBS doesn't use the calls anyway except at the top of the hour, they'd sell 'em to LF? |
That's my theory. Normal diary-filler-outers think of that station as Mix, not KIMN.
BTW, the montage is gone this morning, and 950 is playing full-length '60s oldies -- with several seconds of silence in between: "Tighten Up," "Return
to Sender," "Bernadette," etc.
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| posted on 9-2-2008 at 08:48 AM |
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fcc lists calls as changing to KRWZ
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| posted on 9-2-2008 at 08:51 AM |
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The thing Iam wondering about now is if they are continuing on to trick us?
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| posted on 9-2-2008 at 09:04 AM |
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Hey, Jimmy, could you put up a link to where you found that?
... Hey! They just did imaging! "Cruisin' Oldies 950!"
You might remember the mid-'80s and 1150's incarnation as "Cruisin' " with a real-oldies format. Da Boogieman held court at night there, playing HIS
record collection HIS way.
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| posted on 9-2-2008 at 09:08 AM |
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Welcome to Crusin' 950 50's and 60's
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| posted on 9-2-2008 at 09:11 AM |
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I just heard them say they are playing 9500 songs in a row. Since 60's songs average 3 minutes in length, that's about 20 songs an hour for 20 days.
So, I guess if on September 22nd they are still playing the same format, it's probably for real.
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| posted on 9-2-2008 at 09:16 AM |
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And by then, jelling007, I hope it's more than a jukebox. I hope they invest in local jocks and local promotions. I hope they add local news, at
least in drive times, and using KYGO's existing partnerships with TV. As Mark Udall says in his campaign ads, they've "got to get this right" -- and
if they do, they can have a huge share of a very lucrative demographic.
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| posted on 9-2-2008 at 09:17 AM |
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I would guarantee that if anything ever happens to Mix and they can snag them, the calls will change to KIMN.
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| posted on 9-2-2008 at 09:20 AM |
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ROFL!!! They just ran a drop with a voice dripping with sarcasm and intoning, "Is THIS what your oldies station calls oldies?" followed by snippets of
"Stayin' Alive," "I Will Survive" and "Afternoon Delight." Then the voice comes back and says "Not here!"
They also seem to have purchased some heritage PAMS jingles. So if they're actually throwing money at this, it's a good sign this is not another
diversion.
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