More oldies on the FM dial
Don Day | December 28, 2006KAYN/100.7 FM has ended its Christmas music stunt – and is now programming an oldies format. The change happened at midnight yesterday.
The FM Idaho outlet joins a flood of oldies outlets in the Valley – KTHI/107.1 K-Hits, KGEM/1140 AM and KDJQ/890 AM are all programming some flavor of oldies. Three of the stations – KGEM, KDJQ and KAYN have stepped in to the void left by KLTB/Kool Oldies 104.3 last year, when Clear Channel flipped the station to country.
KAYN is running without jocks and liners from my listen.
The station’s former “Canyon Country” format lives on — but only in the Magic Valley portion of its listening area. The station is now KUYN/106.7 The Canyon – broadcasting from a new location closer to Twin Falls. The signal does not reach Boise — though, if you’re keeping track, FM Idaho has moved KSRV-FM to Deer Point, programming country for the Treasure Valley. I think I have that all straight…
A flood of oldies? OMG….I’ll get out my boat!
I would expect the studio for KAYN to setup with the other FM Idaho stations in Nampa near the Idaho Center *wink wink*
Bye the way, it is KYUN. And it is big, powerful and beautiful!
KGEM has TV Commercials? Holy Crap!?
Crap..I only get PBS on my TV.
OMG! I listened great oldie songs 8 hrs straight without advertise.
I listened to KAYN last night in a wind storm on Highway 20. No ads. NO DJ. Very credible and varied playlist (yeah, even oldies can be varied). Does it stream on the web?
With the RIAA jacking up the rates in a few months, it’s going to be ungodly expensive to stream anything but local news. Stations will now pay tens of thousands of dollars, and it’s retro active from last year. I still need to study the fine print, but it looks like they are going to get their way so people will not record music from Internet streaming radio stations, cuz the radio station won’t be able to afford to stream in the first place.
listened to this station on our way back home to NH and it is the best one I have heard since Fairfield Bay AR; only thing better about the AR station is that they throw in some 30’s and 40’s tunes. Other than that, this is one station I would have liked to bring home with me!