Tulsa Radio

[mr.jaynes]

On the topic of Tulsa Radio, I remember KELI 1430, Rock of Tulsa, from the 1970s, and how they played this perfect mix of Rock, Pop and Disco: I mean, it was almost down to a science, it had something to offer everyone, it seemed. I remember their spaceship on Expo Square (they took that out before I even left Tulsa), and how me and a few friends, all of us inebriated, went up to look around. They didn't seem to mind our presence, though perhaps they were a little taken aback at first.

I remember how KTFX changed formats, how it played rock and disco, and on TV, they announced that they'd play the last record. I thought they were going out of business or something. After that date-I forget what it was-all they played was country.

KWEN, as I recall, was easy-listening and then switched to countrypolitan, and KBEZ just plain old bored me to tears. KBBJ 1300 played Big Band, and wasn't there a KWAB, which was R&B Cable radio?

[sgrizzle]

I think KMOD is a pretty important part of current radio being as portions are nationally known. KMYZ is one of the top 10 in national rock stations currently and represents independent radio pretty well.

Anything clear channel is not really radio.

[mr.jaynes]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

I think KMOD is a pretty important part of current radio being as portions are nationally known. KMYZ is one of the top 10 in national rock stations currently and represents independent radio pretty well.

Anything clear channel is not really radio.

I play KMOD on my computer, in fact.

[marc]

KMOD has entertained Tulsa and the surrounding region for a long time.

KAKC was a very popular Top 40 AM station in Tulsa and the surrounding area. And like mr.jaynes I also remember KELI 1430.

[cannon_fodder]

Whenever 104.5 THE EDGE does their KMOD spoof and promises "not to play this KMOD song" I want them to finish the song and usually change the station.

Most new music sucks.

/I'm old

[Renaissance]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

I think KMOD is a pretty important part of current radio being as portions are nationally known. KMYZ is one of the top 10 in national rock stations currently and represents independent radio pretty well.

Anything clear channel is not really radio.

KMOD is Clear Channel.

http://www.clearchannel.com/Radio/StationSearch.aspx?RadioSearch=tulsa

[LilMikey]

There is nothing radio about Clear Channel.  And there is nothing local about it.  It is NOT programmed locally (although there are "yesmen" who work there who bear the title "program director"), and the money they earn from ad revenues are sent out of state.

KMOD - as well as the rest of the Cheap Channel chumps - is NOT a local radio station.

Yes, they have a few (emphasis on "few") people who record their vocal drops to masquerade as DJs, but they are not local.  No more than carrying a few Tulsa souvenirs makes WalMart a local store.

[sgrizzle]

KMOD is owned by them now, but anything of worth was around before clear channel bought them out. Clear Channel is famous for using 1 DJ for a dozen stations and dubbing in the occasional comment or weather report to pretend it's done locally.

[sauerkraut]

I'm a bit old fashioned, I just like talk radio. I listen to 740 KRMG and 1170 am when I'm in Tulsa. I enjoy the Gwen Freeman radio show in the morns 6am till 9am. I'm a talk radio nut I guess. I also enjoy Rush L. and Sean Hannity, Mike Savage, and even Neil Bortz. Gwen Freeman is a local radio talk show and she rocks the Tulsa airwaves, her political views are right on.[]

[swake]

quote:Originally posted by sauerkraut

I'm a bit old fashioned, I just like talk radio. I listen to 740 KRMG and 1170 am when I'm in Tulsa. I enjoy the Gwen Freeman radio show in the morns 6am till 9am.

Gwen Freeman is a local radio talk show and she rocks the Tulsa airwaves, her political views are right on.[]

She has politcal views? I thought that whole show was about illegal immigration.

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by swake

quote:Originally posted by sauerkraut

I'm a bit old fashioned, I just like talk radio. I listen to 740 KRMG and 1170 am when I'm in Tulsa. I enjoy the Gwen Freeman radio show in the morns 6am till 9am.

Gwen Freeman is a local radio talk show and she rocks the Tulsa airwaves, her political views are right on.[]

She has politcal views? I thought that whole show was about illegal immigration.

that channel always sounds like baying donkey along with Beavis and Butthead.

[marc]

I liked the Marc Sherman show on KRMG, it was on weekday mornings (following John Ehrling) in the early 1990s. Later I think he moved to evenings before the show ended. He was intelligent and his show covered a broad spectrum of subjects. Some listeners thought he was a little too liberal, but a variety of opinions is a good thing. Nowadays talk radio is all conservative, all the time.

[mr.jaynes]

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

KMOD is owned by them now, but anything of worth was around before clear channel bought them out. Clear Channel is famous for using 1 DJ for a dozen stations and dubbing in the occasional comment or weather report to pretend it's done locally.

How exactly do they do that?

[billintulsa]

quote:Originally posted by mr.jaynes

quote:Originally posted by sgrizzle

KMOD is owned by them now, but anything of worth was around before clear channel bought them out. Clear Channel is famous for using 1 DJ for a dozen stations and dubbing in the occasional comment or weather report to pretend it's done locally.

How exactly do they do that?

It is a process called "voice-tracking."

All the music is, of course, saved in computer files.  Announcers (who can be anywhere in the world) are emailed the playlist, along with scripts containing promotional announcements, limited PSAs, and even contests.  The announcers simply record the music outro's and everything else he/she would say during a live show.  When the computer plays back everything, you hear the song, the announcer and everything sounds as if it were live and local, even though it was recorded as much as a week earlier from God knows where.

[tim huntzinger]

quote:Originally posted by marc

I liked the Marc Sherman show on KRMG, it was on weekday mornings (following John Ehrling) in the early 1990s. Later I think he moved to evenings before the show ended. He was intelligent and his show covered a broad spectrum of subjects. Some listeners thought he was a little too liberal, but a variety of opinions is a good thing. Nowadays talk radio is all conservative, all the time.

Marc was a good host and conversationalist.  I miss him and Ann Williams.