New radio station in Houston?

[Sonny]

This morning I saw a billboard for a new radio station in Houston. How long has this one been around?

Hot 95.7


After looking at their website...looks like another 104.1 type of station.

[mcphotography]

this used to be a really cool jazz station and was changed to this confusing hot crap station....go figure.

[c995990]

Its been around for about 4-6 months maybe. They used to be Smooth Jazz 95.7 the Wave, but one morning when I tuned in, they were no longer playing jazz .

[LDB]

I wonder if it has any connection to kprc 950 recently turning into garbage. If/when Dave Ramsey goes off 950 that button on the radio will change to something else.

[kenw]

Originally Posted by LDB

I wonder if it has any connection to kprc 950 recently turning into garbage. If/when Dave Ramsey goes off 950 that button on the radio will change to something else.

AM radio still exists?

[photonewb]

Originally Posted by kenw

AM radio still exists?

I was thinking something similar...only my question was going to be "terrestrial radio still exits?"

Sirius Satellite Radio FTW

[Steelsun]

AM Radio in Houston actually has a "Business Radio" station again (somewhere near 1100). This has to be the 5th or 6th attempt at this. But they all have lousy power and thus lousy reception.

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by photonewb

Sirius Satellite Radio FTW

Really?

I heard this morning Sirius & XM are taking a beating with more and more radio stations broadcasting via online. Stocks for both are way down.

06-28-08: Sirius hit a new 52-week low of $1.93
06-28-08: XM also hit a new 52-week low of $7.57

Looks like Sirius & XM are wanting a merger and are waiting FCC approval.

[kenw]

Originally Posted by Sonny

Really?

I heard this morning Sirius & XM are taking a beating with more and more radio stations broadcasting via online. Stocks for both are way down.

so much so that they have actually merged or will be shortly. Satellite radio has become an interim solution and as such has a limited life expectancy. It will always be here (like AM) but the market has pretty much passed peak.

That being said, I still want it since www in the car isn't quite ready for prime time. Until then, an MP3 player or MP3 disk in the car is my solution. And it doesn't ding me for a monthly fee. But I like hearing stuff I don't already have, and radio (satellite or FM) is about the only way to hear "out-of-your-box". The idea that you could hear a pop, hard rock, decent rockabilly, some progressive jazz and some easy stuff on one station (you could in the 60s and early 70s) is history. I prefer classical, but the local classical station is mind-numbing yap-radio during drive time.

and on the original question, I listened to the "smooth jazz" station every so often, and actually happened catch it at the moment it shifted formats....boy was I po'd. But I lived.

The "Jack" and "Bob" stations (they are Cumulus outlets) are an attempt to put some variety back into broadcast. While they aren't perfect, they do stretch the existing mindset of cookie-cutter formats.

[photonewb]

Originally Posted by Sonny

Really?

I heard this morning Sirius & XM are taking a beating with more and more radio stations broadcasting via online. Stocks for both are way down.

06-28-08: Sirius hit a new 52-week low of $1.93
06-28-08: XM also hit a new 52-week low of $7.57

Looks like Sirius & XM are wanting a merger and are waiting FCC approval.

I've had Sirius radio in 2 different vehicles now and I'm telling you I don't think I could do without it.

Hunting for radio stations on road trips is a thing of the past. Commercials? they don't exist. Have a specific taste in music? There's bound to be numerous channels to accomodate you. They've got everything from 50's music to todays top 40 hits, You want to listen to hip hop, soal, jazz, classic rock, hair metal, heavy metal etc etc etc...Talk radio? I listen to the NFL channel all the time.

The Sirius/XM merger has been in talks for well over a year, almost 2 I think at this point. It's actually weird because XM stock was almost triple Sirius at the time, but at one point it wasn't a merger so much as Sirius was buying XM.

I disagree in the idea that it's a small niche market, I think it's actually rather large. There are some people who will never pay for their radio and that's fine, but there's a large majority who will and do. OTR Truck drivers are HUGE advocates of it, and love it.

I love my Sirius radio, and I realized how much so when I went to FL without my car and had to drive around a different car for a week. Wow, how horrible it is to constantly have to listen to commercials, listen to DJ's, and listen to random crap and static. Then you have to constantly hunt for stations while driving down the road. No thanks! My road trop to Tennessee to visit family at Christmas I didn't have to change the station once.

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by kenw

That being said, I still want it since www in the car isn't quite ready for prime time. Until then, an MP3 player or MP3 disk in the car is my solution. And it doesn't ding me for a monthly fee.

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Woot woot!

[LDB]

I have both in my truck but when I'm home I rarely drive so I don't pay extra for it in the car. I like talk radio and know where to find it at home too so I go with that.

[copper]

Originally Posted by Sonny

Really?

I heard this morning Sirius & XM are taking a beating with more and more radio stations broadcasting via online. Stocks for both are way down.

06-28-08: Sirius hit a new 52-week low of $1.93
06-28-08: XM also hit a new 52-week low of $7.57

Looks like Sirius & XM are wanting a merger and are waiting FCC approval.

I heard that too.
I guess you listen to " The Buzz".

[Sonny]

Originally Posted by copper

I heard that too.
I guess you listen to " The Buzz".

um, no.

[LoungeLizard]

It sucks. More "top 40 crap" vs some great jazz.