As a Mexican station, XETRA-FM must carry mandated public service announcements, electoral advertising, the Mexican National Anthem at midnight and 5 a.m. daily, and La Hora Nacional on Sunday nights. Albert was on San Diego radio, first with KFMB in the 1980s, during the halcyon days of Hudson and Bauer, and later and until recently, with KOGO. Coincidence, or does this say something about a signficant market being underserved in San Diego? 38 likes, 0 comments - Jesse Pruett (@jessejpruett) on Instagram on February 22, 2021: "Grateful to 91X - San Diego for playing my song "Family" off the new album Brighten Up The W." Jesse Pruett on Instagram: "Grateful to 91X - San Diego for playing my song "Family" off the new album Brighten Up The World. Here today, gone tomorrow is the fear local deejays and some of their uppers live with daily. 91X - XETRA-FM - FM 91.1 - Tijuana, BN, Mexico - Listen Online Hundreds of listeners staged at least two rallies at the Clear Channel offices to protest the plan to shut it down. When you upload content to those kinds of places they immediately reserve the right to your creativity and if they make a billion dollars in the process, you get nil. Markets where Ed or Stephanie beat Hannity or Limbaugh? Its summer and Ive got a ringside seat with His Resonance at a caf in Little Italy. "Most promotions are designed to sell a record album or record company, or to help out the sales department, none of which are my concerns. The first inklings of turmoil began in 1996 with the Telecommunications Act, which deregulated the ownership structure of public media and opened the gates to corporate takeovers of local radio stations as investments. In 1979, Frank Felix started consulting programming at 91X. Well why would I want to listen to something that isn't live, isn't local, and isn't unique in some way? to further solidify its continued local operations, and noticeably leaned towards AAA. In response to the shows termination, Aguirre, a frequent guest on Full Focus, initiated an investigation into why the show was canned: he charged that KPBS abrogated its duty to maintain objectivity and balance in its local public-affairs television programming. He requested the station hand over paperwork about the shows demise. The rightwing has DrudgeReport and their web-based echo chamber, too. Necessary cookies are responsible for the basic functionality of Online Radio Box. A few listener rallies were held: one in Clear Channels parking lot starred councilmember Donna Frye, city attorney Michael Aguirre, and TV-news star Bree Walker, among other celebrity protesters. Take, for example, that little fight on The View the other day. Because I had already been listening to Howard via KLSX-FM from L.A. Its possible his San Diego music pals may join him, The lineup for the Jackson tribute includes such jazz luminaries as Marshall Hawkins, Mike Wofford, Charles Owens and Joshua White, Privacy PolicyTerms of ServiceSign Up For Our NewslettersSite Map, Copyright 2023, The San Diego Union-Tribune |. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. was already going to be a reality, I just didnt know Id go from zero to 60 so fast, Cantore said. Thanks very much for your continued support. 2023 San Diego Reader. For music oriented stations to survive, I agree they can't go with the Jukebox/ipod/ types of formats. Whether zany skit or conservative talk, his style features a flip, deadpan persona reminiscent of Bob and Ray and their witty send-ups of the medium in which they worked. Second, The history of news in America is opinion as the means of dissemination. Then, tell me why the conservative behemoths just added conservative news talk for the next 4 years there will be a toal of 2,064 stations providing Rush, Sean, Beck, Ingraham, Savage if radio is dead, why do they persist in beating a dead dog? 2023 San Diego Reader. Everybody ends up bruised. Some are owned by Clear Channel and managed locally. Immediately afterward, John Lynch made the announcement of the format change, and DJ Todd Ralston went right into "Sex (I'm A)" by Berlin. KBZT is owned by Entercom, which also owns 19 sports-only stations nationwide. His format was based on a highly rated concept he developed as Programming Director at KBPI. The formatless station was located in Golden Hill and had some 15 deejays and operators. I used to listen to radio because it was a free way of getting music. That's what radio needs to survive. RTC threatened to sanction XETRA-FM for airing Stern's program, which on several occasions in late 1996 included what the Mexican government believed were anti-Mexican remarks that violated the Federal Radio and Television Law.[22]. You get all these programs forced on you. An on-air presence for 23 years, Larson used to produce Hudson and Bauer during the KFMB heyday. I can confidently say the Padres had nothing to do with the decision. Asked why, he replied: No comment.. [12] Glickenhaus left FCB in May 2007. Albert sees the stations sizable advance as an aging and longer-living population interested in hearing about politics, government, psychology. They listen to the radio hosts to be affirmed in what they believe. MICHAELS added, 91X should always strive to be different. Cliff does a marvelous job, and the station speaks for itself. Also, it would've been more interesting to read other aspects of how radio isn't "local". If youre working for Clear Channel now and survive the onslaught of belt-tightening to come, youve likely retained a job in a more stable setting. Radiological. Im getting involved. , Cantore heard from his listeners, too. Really is a shame what has happened to talk radio. We still play some vinyl and CDs, but most of our music now has been digitized. LOCAL MEDIA SAN DIEGO Alternative XETRA-F (91X)/SAN DIEGO has repositioned its format to emphasize Classic Alternative while still playing currents in the Alternative format. Thompson was one of the DJs onboard who were inventing. Have your agents talk to my agents, and we'll get the lawyers to draft up a deal. TLarson. Research has demonstrated that theres only one hour a day when theres a demand for news. And there is nothing inherently interesting about being inherently local. I spent all my free time with the rest of the 91X staff, going to concerts and the beach and making weekend trips to Puerto Nuevo for lobster lunches and all-around shenanigans. Now that corporations have sucked the personality out of radio, why would someone not just use their iPod [to listen to music]? If you go back to Benjamin Franklin, thats true. We were encouraged to do some of the softer stuff, less of the politics. Because of this, Clear Channel was forced to spin off the operating rights to 3 of its Mexican stations. An E! In early 2019, XETRA-FM changed their slogan to "Local. Halloran began his tenure at 91X in 1987. Dang it! For all us guys that used to "play" radio station by playing our Beatles records over and over again on our record players and announcing commercials by reading ads in the yellow pages, thanks for the memories Ken L. and Eric, Great blurb. And, Franklin even flopped on SNL when he created characters. But the U-T ate up this fake concern with a fork and spoon. I could offer one of my podcast shows on a terrestrial stick and radio can pay me a fee for the service, while selling the advertising slots so they make money. HUMAN LEAGUE. The reason you listen may be due to how engaging the host is rather than whether you agree with him. Besides, 75% of what you hear on TR is older than 20 years. Innovation takes time, energy, experimentation, devotion, and commitment to do something differently. I ask Decker if he has any mad money with which to experiment. Long a local station, niched to the 2554 age set (moms in minivans), 94.1 is betting that listeners will take to Seacrests music and celebrity sleaze dirt-dishing on Amy Winehouse and Charlie Sheen. 2 people shot and killed at house party in Harbison Canyon One has to conclude that most mainstream media has been used as a weapon of mass "distraction", and in some cases, mass deception. Now that I think about it, I heard Randi Rhodes for an hour, and she wasn't half bad. And policies that were likeWhat? Media Audit, in a finer culling, has found that 82 percent of San Diegans listen to radio each week for 18 hours, about 2 3/4 hours a day. Full disclosure: I've been working with Rick and I often host the show myself on Thursday nights. Hes been reassigned as an investigative healthcare reporter. (These Days is expanding its four-day-a-week morning show from two to three hours, with KPBS reporter Maureen Cavanaugh taking the helm.) Devorah you keep touting how viable shows like Ed Schultz are yet you have provided no substance to your argument. I believe the public has tired of pontificating, moralizing, opining and whining by talk radio hosts. Phone is 888-344-1170. How 'Sanditon' Handled Sidney's Season 2 Exit And Why It Happened We need music directors to discover good new songs to play on the radio instead of the corporate-chosen crap that's a staple on contemporary hit radio. Until December 2007, the Brooklyn native was an audible fixture on 91Xs Cantore in the Morning, his 5:0010:00 a.m. show, an anchor of alternative rock and San Diego bands for 11 years. First, I must remind you that unless you are in the industry, you only see the published numbers, which are the 12+ ratings. Im so grateful that 91X has been such a big part of mine. After months spent assessing his market equity, it dawned on Chris Cantore that there might be a future outside terrestrial radio. On the other hand, when it comes to news and public affairs, radio fills a niche. David Bowie, Depeche Mode and U2 all released great albums. KGB, KDEO, Q106 all subscribed to this philosophy. 'Sanditon,' Unfinished No More - The New York Times Over at FM 94.9, bashing Clear Channel has become a cottage industry. The move came less than two weeks after rival station XETRA 91X announced the departure of program director Michael Halloran on Jan .11. His optimism is irrepressible; it has the buoyancy of a surfer expecting that the next wave will be the one. No, I do not work for Jones (although I have, but not recently), and I do not work for Air America. I'm all for outsourcing syndicated talent (not the vertically-aligned shows) if the shows are interesting enough to attract listeners and advertisers. Put simply, Cantore says, the station didnt know how to take money not for greed but as a business. Put even more simply, he left because he wasnt making enough to support himself. On Tuesday 11 September 2001 suicide attackers seize US passenger jets come crash inside two New York skyscrapers wey kill thousands of pipo. I love that story! Here's something you might be interested in. The flummoxed looks and dopey rejoinders are worthy of Lenos Jaywalking on The Tonight Show. Randi Rhodes was doing great in her PM drive slot. 91X played "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin as the final song of the AOR format. On one Sunday night in late June of that year, Michael. I still believe in this community and in new media.. On January 11, 1983, at 6 p.m., 91X followed in the footsteps of KROQ-FM in Los Angeles and flipped to the "Rock of the 80s" modern rock format. At Star 94.1, replacing Hilary with Ryan Seacrest is a big gamble. Done., Clear Channel Communications, which today owns some 900 radio stations across America, bought 91X in 1999; the company moved the station to Granite Ridge Road in 2005, and it changed overnight, Cantore says. It was all about options: you can surf the channels and hear the same songs over and over again. He needs to keep an eye on it. Text, which requires a higher level of intelligence to process, is the artillery of progressive politics, while talk radio shouting is all the conservatives have left in their arsenal. And one other subject-- I also don't understand why owners haven't figured out that a station needs personality. On my way out, I had to stop at HR and pick up my ratings bonus check. Most terminations were not prompted by falling ratings but by executive-led decisions to cut costs. Let us not forget Billy Bones, Steve West, Juan Grande and all the others for making it as fun as it was. Essentially you are indentured to the label as a servant and your hard work and creativity sends the labels' children to college or buys them a new condo in NYC. DON'T YOU WANT ME. Theres so much history and magic in it. 8. is a term of excitement popular with surfers. There was a time when 91x was truly cutting edge just like KROQ in Los Angeles. Despite radios corporate ownership, what is on the airwaves, say radio critics, is the problem: graying hosts, ad clutter, right-wing talk, piped-in tunes, traffic reports every five minutes its all further fragmenting the audience and driving them, much like TV viewers with remotes, to drop their loyalties and roam the band. King and Eric Claptons Riding with the King album like working with blues royalty for Nathan East, San Diegos best beaches: Heres our Top 10 list, Details revealed about King Charles IIIs coronation service, Known for laughs, DC dinner spotlights risks to journalism, Royal Drama: Kings fractious family on stage at coronation, Steve Austin vulnerable in Stone Cold Takes on America, US principal forced out in porn flap views David statue, Review: All creatures great and small in Guardians 3, Smokey Robinson turns seductive with new album Gasms. [18] Local Media San Diego eventually acquired KFMB and KFMB-FM outright from Tegna, Inc. on March 17, 2020, with KFMB (AM) being concurrently divested to Clear Channel's successor, iHeartMedia;[19] Tegna had purchased Midwest Television's stations in 2018.[20]. Last songs played on 91X. With all the changes weve lived through over the years, celebrating 40 years of 91X feels like a big deal. [17] The agreement ended at the end of 2016. Ed Schultz was the regular guy who loved as many listeners call in as possible (whom he never screened, by the way). Everyone else is horrible. 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd. (Metro New York City is the largest, with 15.3 million listeners.) Decker cites, as evidence of the stations ongoing commitment to local programming, the hour-long documentaries Envision San Diego, produced about ten times a year; a bit more than two hours a day of local news during Morning Edition and All Things Considered in the afternoon; and the four-day-a-week, two-hour program These Days. You just have to roll with it as a DJ. "@olscurfybastard @91X @radiohalloran I think that's pretty much my takes on the whole alternative artists on who I think fits or doesn't. I feel like I'm a little TOO open with who I'd allow but Eilish is definitely one I'd accept happened and shouldn't be back in as much as I like her songs. This much is clear. Heres whats going on. Talk without callers, talk without commercials, talk with strong opinion at times maddening, at times brilliant may lock in an audience for long spells during a three- or four-hour show. When the Big Three were on every week, did the public pressure the station to expand its stock of commentators? The other side is just too decent and thoughtful to succeed on air. [14] John Lynch, who had previously owned and operated XETRA-FM and its sister station XETRA (now XEWW-AM), was named CEO of Local Media and took control of operations for XETRA-FM, XHITZ, and XHRM-FM. The whole reason people went that direction, was "consultants" and "surveys" found that more people were listening to their ipods. On December 27, 2007, Chris Cantore was let go from the alternative rocker after a decade of service. 91X playlist - Online Radio Box Music radio is losing audience, while public radio has gained audience. Media, a San Diego-based digital media start-up company. XETRA-FM - Wikipedia On a similar note, Ramsey says the notion that radio is being hurt by the trend toward corporatizing and syndication is another misnomer. "[5] Ultimately, AOR would not last on 91X, and then-Executive Vice President and General Manager John Lynch would again reformat the station a few years later. Each listener will get direct-marketing advertisements that will impact on their lifestyle. Whats more, he continued, radio needs to go back to basics to serve the community. You betcha. [15] Later the same year, the partnership dissolved and the two companies split operations. Arbitron is very strict about not permitting list-servs or public forums (fora?) Simultaneously, the concession was transferred to a new company, Comunicacin XERSA, S.A. de C.V., owned 51% by silent Mexican investors and 49% by a Mexican company owned by Finest City (Controladora Finest City, S. de R.L. As of 2022, Local Media San Diego continues to operate 91X and its sister stations. With all of the e-media competing for consumers, will they ever return as listeners to AM talk radio in significant numbers? Localization, community involvement,local-live personalities, and relevance are all required to create truly memorable radio stations. Regarding KLSD, there are quite a few cities where progressive talk not only works, but gets good ratings. What the station is broadcasting right now is all it can afford. I was living under the poverty level. The detached, automated sound just drives people away. That led me to Mark Larson's blog, which said this: BROADCAST CHANGES When 91X launched in 1983, it was a Category of One, which ignored convention and blazed a new trail. REQUEST LINE +1 619-570-1919 https://www.instagram.com/91xsandiego/ https://www.youtube.com/user/91xrocks. He says you cant label San Diego by its largely conservative talk-radio personae. But not its pay. The fact that he's high-profile as an entertainer makes him visible, but not unique. This past year, in speaking with hosts and deejays, working and laid-off, as well as program directors and radio mavens, Ive heard an incessant drumbeat: With the corporatizing spread of voice-tracked programs and a dearth of innovative execs, creativity in Radio Land is kaput. USDOT 2210821, MC-767176 with operating status Not Authorized. JV333: You still don't get it. In the opening section, I wrote that Chris Cantore was replaced at 91X by Adam Carolla. For me and my community, its therapy. All media outlets were losing content to the Web. I allow the kids to listen to three rotations of FM SCAN before I get to choose where we will get our road music from. Sidebar 4: Differences between 91X and KROQZ: 91X played a lot more Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry. He got fired from a radio station for saying "bugger" on the air. Last year, I celebrated 25 years on the air in San Diego; of all the stations Ive worked on, 91X feels like my radio home. The station definitely has a rebellious spirit. But look at the other non-broadcast mediums and the liberals to moderates are dominant. Independent. The highest rated Air America type station is located in Portland Oregon. It's not that the masses have "bad taste," but they'll do these surveys (in the 70s they were done by bringing a bunch of guys in a room with free pizza and Coke), and playing songs, asking which they loved, hated, etc. His father, Dick Carlson, was a local TV anchor and ran for mayor of San Diego. Comment on what happened and Marty In Your Ear and 91X Danielle might hit you up to share it. People forget, he says, that the reason the FCC grants you a license to broadcast is to serve your community. Michaels notes that with its local focus, FM 94.9 has grown steadily, despite limiting commercial time to ten minutes per hour. I knew what he wanted. Your statement that Kallao, Marco and Trevor Trent were replaced with syndicated shows on 91X after being fired is completely not true. Tom Larson. Install the free Online Radio Box app for your smartphone and listen to your favorite radio stations online - wherever you are! San Diego radio veteran Chris Cantore plans to launch YEW! In fact, the Padres were surprised to learn the news, he said. 3)KPOP's Progressive Talk format failed due to lack of revenue. Even music isnt just about the music, as these six essays from local voices make clear. We havent debuted a new show in a long time. He now has four agents in three cities who get him work voicing promotional spots for Showtime, HBO, and Fox. On April 1, 2008 "The 91X Morning Show", hosted by Mat Diablo, debuted after a month-long marketing campaign that centered on the question "Who is Mat Diablo?" 2) The damage was done to the business when the 1996 Telecom act passed congress and was signed by President Clinton. Cantore and Woods are now in joint discussions with other area broadcast companies. Jerry Springer, who hosted the "Jerry Springer Show" for 27 years, died on April 27 from cancer, his rep and friend Jean Galvin confirmed to NBC News. That is why I believe their syndicated talkers, who know how to make a show interesting, have proven more durable and more profitable. The incomplete novel, which wasn't published until 1925, is set in the quiet seaside town of Sanditon, which the entrepreneur Tom Parker (played by Kris Marshall in the series) is trying to turn . A San Diego County Sheriff's Department watch . Talk radio targets a very particular audience. It was awesome. I'm not a good judge of which of the Democrats did a good show. And, having had 5 years radio experience.and another year recently, I think it makes me more qualified than most to comment on the subject matter. 91X is 91X again, unlike any other station anywhere. up the ratings or revenue though. Haven't we always been about expanding rights of the individual and more social justice? It was, he tells me, gobbling a late-lunch turkey sandwich, Clear Channels dictate to move Dr. Laura back into that spot. San Diego Screaming Opinion: We helped repeal the cruising ban in National City. The costliest part is TV: Public Television programs are far more expensive than National Public Radio shows. Longtime Union columnist Don Freeman recognized Harry Belafontes great artistry during his first encounter with the entertainer in 1952, Program, conducted by John Lidfors, featured Kumeyaay singers and dancers and appealing work by Jerod Tate, The Grammy-winning singer, songwriter and co-founder of the band The Blasters headlines the Adams Avenue Unplugged on April 29. Through grassroots organizing and artistic expression, we worked long and hard to create better lives for those who share and love culture. In October 2007, at Z90, the morning deejay Chino was replaced by Big Boys Neighborhood from Los Angeles; in November 2007, at 91X, Jennifer White, cohost with Chris Cantore for 2 years, left a month before Cantore was fired to do a morning show on Sophie 103.7; in December 2007, at 91X, Al Guerra, who hosted the local-music two-hour radio show Loudspeaker, quit over differences with Finest City managers. Radio Local. He describes what happened: I believed in the station, saw the traction, felt the excitement and the fervor of the new medium, online radio. Marketing cookies help us and our partners to fit the adverts and content you see during and after visiting our site to your interests. What is interesting is that the folks who organized the 91X tribute concert at the House of Blues earlier this year did not bother to invite Makeda or Erik Thompson to the 30 year reunion show. PhilL, u want to know where progressive talk dominated the competition? You have to pay it back within a certain time frame, you see very little return on the aggregate price of a CD, and even when you pay it off the labels STILL own an interest in your music via publishing rights. Funny music artists are producing parodies of today's crap so that their "covers" would sound half as crappy as the original, but it's their fault that they're listening to uninspiring contemporary hit radio for parody ideas that don't appeal to most people in my age demographic. starting MONDAY (4/24), we're sending you to @thecure More of the same, it appears. Cantore got his start in San Diego. But, Albert says, by 2007, when the ratings were not as strong as they needed to be, I moved Dr. Laura back to her slot, to attract younger women listeners. With that, Larson took his leave from KOGO. It was their way of compensating their staff to make up for the shitty money we were getting paid.. 91X - 13 Photos & 100 Reviews - 6160 Cornerstone Ct E, San Diego, CA - Yelp That is no longer the case, they import most of their programming on KFMB from satellite networks, while KFMB-FM is (outside of morning drive) a simple jukebox. Off the air, Larson, a Republican and a Christian, played with the notion of running for the congressional seat of Duncan Hunter, who, after a failed presidential bid, is retiring from the 52nd District. Cantore left X1FM in August. 91X is often the top of the awful hill, but they need to get rid Church of Bob on Sundays and maybe extend Resurrection Sunday. Too much of the new songs being selected are unmemorable and boring. When I first started here, I was a kid renting an apartment with peeling linoleum in Mission Beach. President Barack Obamas legacy: The good, bad, ugly and as-yet-unknown, Commentary: Why California should definitely not lower voting age to 17, Opinion: Cutting parking at Balboa Park is not helping the environment. On the evening of February 23, following the marathon's conclusion, XETRA-FM shifted its format to one focused more on 1980/1990s classic alternative while keeping the "91X" moniker, with the new slogan "The Original"; the move was officially announced on-air at 10 a.m. the following day. One afternoon, Stone Temple Pilots showed up and played an acoustic set for us in our conference room. I can't stand Dennis Millers politics, but he runs a good show. In a February 2008 letter to the Reader, Shannon Leder Johnson, who hosted a show at KIOZ for 15 years and maintained her show as one of the top three in her slot, said that I was number one the day they [Clear Channel] let me go. They are deprecated as a whole; independent artists now have the ability to circumvent the system that labels once dominated- Distribution. By the time I got to my last contract last year, it looked like the Magna Carta, there were so many signatures by out-of-town managers. So, you can think I am being cowardly, but in fact I am being legal. At first, the station broadcast with 3,000 watts from the AM transmitter site in Playas de Rosarito. It made a ton of money too. Sidebar 1: I was actually part of the Howard Stern show. A trusted voice in the local music scene since 1983. Also, right wing talk radio is all they (the right) have. After 25 years as a San Diego DJ, I still have to pinch myself - The Despite a stagnating economy, the satellite audience is finite, with less potential than most thought. He carried the local persona good guy, but a bit trashy to fine ratings and reviews. Its a risk no one wants to take. We had raucous music meetings once a week, gathering after hours at the station (on Pacific Highway back then), gorging on snacks and new music, deciding which songs we wanted to play on the air. Our fair city has 13 AM and 27 FM stations. Straming from Jakarta, indonesia-- 91X has been my fave radio stat since my college years in San Diego.. some 30 years back. Has nothing to do with "fair and balanced" or what the public appetite is about. http://www.larsonblog.com/. What the happened to 94.9? : r/sandiego - Reddit They will look to other sources of informationmainly online and digital. # GetUpSanDiego. I read something interesting in Al Frankens book (he writes funny booksjust doesn't do funny/interesting shows). That's where people will get all of their mail, news, music, and other entertainment. They bring up great topics, but they spend way too much time on them, and aren't great at moving on. It's mostly local topics, or national topics with a local angle. Personally, I have fond memories of the late-80's 91X. On one calf theres a gnarly bruise-blue tattoo. de C.V.). Overnight, I got hit by all these new-media companies. Not that Man Cow, Jeff & Jerr, Chainsaw, Goat Boy, or Greaseman were any better! If Seacrest is successful here, the move may send a shockwave through such perennials as Jeff and Jer or Dave, Shelley, and Chainsaw. Male Surf Perch have the genital lump only during mating season. 2023 LOCAL MEDIA SAN DIEGO. In 1983, San Diego alt-rock radio station 91X held their first X-Fest with an incredible lineup that included Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Ramones, Bow Wow Wow, Stray Cats and Modern.
