Category: Station Profiles

It’s entirely possible that KEGX, along with most of the other stations in Washington’s Tri-Cities, were one of the first stations I knew about that I hadn’t actually heard. Today, those stations span dozens of markets and likely hundreds of stations, but back in 2006, I focused on stations I had heard or were relatively…

When my friend Serena told me about 98.3 The Seagull WXQA/Barkley, MD I was skeptical. Most LPFM stations, even those with formats, sound extremely low budget. Although my two favorite stations lately are variety hits and classic hits, she still thinks of me as the CHR listener. Honestly, there are only a handful of songs…

Since I moved out of my parents’ house in June, I have a lot less time now to commit to little things like radio station commentaries, so I completely forgot that I had promised a review of several stations in their final hours, but I have some time now so here is that review. I’ve…

Last week, I shared a final listen of KXXO under its former Mix 96.1 format. The below is a guest commentary from Serena Kyle, with whom I host the weekly radio show Clearing the Static. It’s been my personal experience that, with no offense intended to Spanish speaking radio listeners, most Hispanic radio, IMO, can…

KXXO was always the station that would be on in the car on family trips to the southwest part of Washington, which were fairly often as my mom grew up in that area. Even though the station had a huge signal that could have easily been a Seattle rimshot from day one, the focus was…

Usually when I review two stations, I’m comparing them, as they have a similar format. This time however, the only thing in common is the station name and that they both have an imaging spot that is nothing but waves splashing. I discovered the station on Hawaii’s big island first, as their sister station, 102.7…

When I reposted my review of stations I had previously set but had long since abandoned when I first started this site, one of the stations I brought up was Jammin’ 105.5 KKKJ/Klamath Falls, Oregon. I did not return to the station for another year or so, until one Saturday evening last March. You will…

Interestingly, the column from Shawn Ross is about the throwback format in bigger markets this week, as he profiles Chicago’s WSHE and Miami’s WPOW. I’ve been planning to profile WJZQ/Traverse City, MI and WRKU/Door County, WI for a couple months now. I finally did the comparison listen last week. WJZQ transitioned from CHR last October…

When Reina Broadcasting launched Classic Hits Retro 104.1 on 1150 KCCT and a 104.1 translator in Corpus Christie in 2019, I didn’t think much of it. The format gained attention by industry writer Shawn Ross earlier this year when it moved from that pair of frequencies to 94.7 KBSO. It is the columns written by…

The below post appeared on the Radio Crytic in early February 2019. This is also the review I referenced a couple weeks ago when talking about Y101 and its then recent flip to Classic Rock. Fortunately, WLOV is still around. I plan to do a couple of comparison listens of stations I’ve been listening to…