Comments on: What you think.

By: ctopp1

ctopp1 — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:09:27 +0000

If you examine most sports markets around the country you can see that the 50 KW am stations are very dominate as I believe the sports outlets love the large covereage of these “blow torches”.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:46:13 +0000

Keep the faith, re. BCRP. Things are looking really good post filing window. I am a volunteer and DJ. Myself and many other volunteers are putting in a lot of hours and effort to raise funds, run the webstream “practice” station via Live365, and stay connected to the community.

By: Idaho Radio Buff

Idaho Radio Buff — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:21:10 +0000

Peabody is right. I can hear KBOI here in Seattle regularly.

By: Buster Bronco

Buster Bronco — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:10:06 +0000

Could 2008 be the year populism, defined as those discourses, ideas, or policies that appeal to “the people” individually, emotionally, nationalistically, economically, socially, racially, and geographically by creating a by setting up a dichotomy, any splitting of a whole into exactly two non-overlapping parts, between “the people” and “the elite”, makes an imprint in radio as well as the national political scene?
Loretta Rucker, a radio consultant who helped launch the Tavis Smiley Show, NPR’s first and only predominantly black program. “Do they serve all the people, or do they stick with the core audience they’ve been cultivating for years? They’ve had 30 years to make it right and, really, nothing has changed. They say they are responding to ratings, but what they are really doing is tailoring programming for a white, elite, educated audience. In many ways, it’s opposed to the ideals of public radio, which was meant to introduce Americans to each other. Instead, what you hear is one elite group talking to itself.”

By: Peabody

Peabody — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:03:11 +0000

That is true. Despite their problems, one thing that is a great selling point for Citadel is KBOI’s signal. Their 50kW signal covers most of the Treasure Valley flawlessly, day and night. In the evenings, that signal can be heard clearly up to several states away. Peak has no signals that even come close. Neither does Tester. KTMB offers amazingly good coverage to most of Southern Idaho. Unfortunately, it’s Boise and West Treasure Valley coverage leaves a lot to be desired. That is problematic, since Boise is where most of BSU’s audience is, as opposed to, say, Buhl or Burley.

By: Rainshadow

Rainshadow — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:18:15 +0000

If I were Citadel, I would get the contract in order to make the cluster more of an asset for whoever buys it. Without the BSU contract, the stations would not be as valuable.

By: Doolyduwad

Doolyduwad — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:16:11 +0000

Why would Citadel go after the BSU contract if they are planning to leave the market? Would the cost be worth it?
What about the Eagle flippin? FM Hot talk? They could keep Bob and Tom.