You heard 91X coming out of vans, cars windows, at the beachit was everywhere. 91X beat longtime rock powerhouse KGB in its first Arbitron quarterly rating in the Spring of 83. His tenure at 91X did not overlap with Hallorans. Josh, we're on the way to radio stardom. Cantore plans to soon launch YEW! I was asked to talk about a car wash, some new sales program. To sweeten the sale, Clear Channel is, Colliano warns, pruning expensive air talent. The highest rated Air America type station is located in Portland Oregon. 91X 40 for 40 - Week 9: Ohana Fest Win tickets to 91X Presents The Interrupters Win tickets to Rebelution Win tickets to Depeche Mode Win a Pair of Tickets to An Evening with CAKE Win tickets to LCD Soundsystem Win tickets to Fall Out Boy Win tickets for Cruel World Win tickets to Coldplay: Music Of The Spheres World Tour That KLSD produced a spectacular rise in the ratings. Erik Thompson wonders why no one has made a movie about the 91X he worked at 30 years ago. Nothing. Initially, programming was recorded at the downtown San Diego studios in the Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich Building and driven across the border to the transmitter site several times a day. He then sends his audio tracks to L.A. or New York via telephone line. A new mayor and two new council members were elected. No, he says, we changed it. 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. John Lynch at 1700 AM signed Larson to do the 5:009:00 morning show and to be the stations program director. Besides, 75% of what you hear on TR is older than 20 years. Yes, believe it or don't, there are some. Understand how the business works, it's not just about your random opinion. Careful uploading content to those kinds of sites- read the fine print. I can't stand Dennis Millers politics, but he runs a good show. Lo_Key says the censorship of licensed radio (one need only remember George Carlins, and later Howard Sterns, run-ins with the FCC over one or all of those seven dirty words) is undemocratic. He knew 91X was onto something. So, sure enough, when I arrived at the studio, the general manager, Gregg Wolfson was waiting for me at the door with the official news. According to Arbitron, radios audience-research company, San Diego ranks as the 17th largest radio market in America, with some 2.5 million 12-and-older listeners. Lynch then tapped Stacy Taylor for the afternoons, so that, in Larsons words, 1700 AM would be the only station in San Diego with both sides. Offering both liberal and conservative views is either an anomaly or a brilliant bit of programming. As evidence, with my first contract there, it was simple enough to be hired by two or three people. Conferring with Hunter and Duncan Hunter Jr., Larson discovered that wasnt an option. Talk and news radio are the success stories of the medium. TV does this with local news, Ramsey says. By the 1980s, a new generation of lowriders kept the culture going strong in Southeast San Diego. network. No official announcement has been made by either station. Think Blue and Get Your Free Ticket to SoCal Taco Fest, Tower X West Coast IPA Now Available Everywhere. REQUEST LINE +1 619-570-1919 https://www.instagram.com/91xsandiego/ https://www.youtube.com/user/91xrocks. And I still say that stations who want to attract an audience need to be live and local whenever possible and reach out to the audience, whether the format is music, talk, or Lithuanian folk songs. FTW New Music Show 2.20.2022 new music for your mind, body and soul! At Star 100.7, Cantore answered the a.m. phones. 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. The lefties have the intertubes, and that trumps talk radio one thousandfold. Doneux is music director and midday DJ at 91X. Scan this QR code to download the app now. Radio is redefining itself, from terrestrial or ground-based transmission to the new satellite and online platforms. Where deejays once made their personal lives part of the show, speaking for as much as 12 minutes per hour, now their talk breaks are timed to one minute each. Listeners are more brilliant than the people pushing the buttons.. No part of this site may be reproduced without our written permission. However, it continued to air currents in the alternative radio format. It launched a I Heart Music website for ordinary joes like myself to upload songs. Still plays the same of fabulous music.. great station Aug. 27, 2016, 2:40 p.m. GMT Preferred radio stations and music genres, user's Favorites, stations reviews and many other services need your personal data processing. I drive my own bus., Thompson, 54, says his voice-over career became a lot easier once he became established. But his situation is no different from the thousands of other professionals, from travel agents to typists, who have found their skills usurped and must move on to other fields. 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. 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. When I first started here, I was a kid renting an apartment with peeling linoleum in Mission Beach. Look at the result of the last election- McCain and crew couldn't find their collective starfishies with a funnel, and Obama had the fundraising machine in full tilt swing. But I hate it that every time listen to 91 X, I hear incubus . In his San Diego State office, Decker tells me that hed prefer steering clear of controversy, but it has, with regard to city attorney (now ex) Mike Aguirre, found him, his general manager Doug Myrland, and his station nonetheless. [16] LMA then rebranded itself as Local Media San Diego LLC to reflect its focus on the San Diego market. 2) The damage was done to the business when the 1996 Telecom act passed congress and was signed by President Clinton. Larson casts his departure with a bit more corporate complication. Theyre still playing Aerosmith and shit like that, which was good for its time, but its 2008, and we need to move on. Life is funny. 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. Haven't we always been about expanding rights of the individual and more social justice? My kids who are not old enough to drive yet build lowrider bicycles and cant wait until they have a car to work on. Yet it was kind of fun at the same time.. Obama won because he and Biden were superior candidates and McCain and Palin were not plus it was a repudiation of th last 8 years. Callers join in, taking sides, and then we trade places and start all over. His website says that he produces and distributes online content for your business, event, brand, and nonprofit. Already, hes doing blogs, podcasts, video campaigns for the Surfrider Foundation and the Del Mar Racetrack. If youd told me in 1983 that Id get serenaded by Bono someday, I never would have believed you. To get to the studio you had to drive up this hill to get to this dingy, cinder-block building. After almost ten years, Tom Fudge no longer hosts KPBSs These Days. 91 X use to be cool. Lo_Key says the reason the station was so appealing to her ears is that it played music by Operation Ivy, later called Rancid, music that would not have been heard on any local station. 91X PD GARETT MICHAELS said, Coming off the incredible success of 91X From A to X.. YZ and the amazingly positive reaction from our listeners, we want to present 91X in a way that stays true to our roots and independent ideals. 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.) But not its pay. Some of radios growing pains may soon ease. 5 Best Emergency Loans for Bad Credit, Fast Cash, & Quick Approval, Citys 7-11s launch Operation Opera in effort to clear sidewalks near downtown locations, http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1039/post-election-perspectives. Whats more, consolidation continues to produce a climate of self-censorship, in which a lot of people are, as Cantore says, scared to talk right now, a sign that many are protecting what little job security they do have. Demaja Le left in 1998 to program KSDS. On February 6, 1996, Jacor Communications announced plans to acquire Noble Broadcast Group Inc, including the U.S. marketing and operating rights to 91X, for $152 million. 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 . I too have no dog in this fight. His optimism is irrepressible; it has the buoyancy of a surfer expecting that the next wave will be the one. Even music isnt just about the music, as these six essays from local voices make clear. Age Limit. The whole reason people went that direction, was "consultants" and "surveys" found that more people were listening to their ipods. Cantore got his start in San Diego radio at KFMB in 1994, then moved to 91X in 1997 for 11 years. The long-awaited Season 2 premiere of PBS drama Sanditon wasted no time revealing his fate: The fiery Regency gentleman, who had been ready to propose to Charlotte Heywood before fate intervened . Male Surf Perch have the genital lump only during mating season. Cantore and Woods are now in joint discussions with other area broadcast companies. The conservative mega-wealthy who really own and operate most of the country decided to get rid of the old rules and allow unfettered ownership. But here in San Diego we are generally happier and not so tightly wound. West joined 91X a month after 91X flipped to a "cutting edge of rock" format in January of 1983. [7] Under Lynch's management, 91X was one of the top-rated and most influential alternative stations in America throughout the 1980s and 1990s.[8]. Ed Schultz was the regular guy who loved as many listeners call in as possible (whom he never screened, by the way). Coming off the incredible success of 91X From A to X.. YZ and the amazingly positive reaction from our listeners, we want to present 91X in a way that stays true to our roots and independent ideals, said Garett Michaels, 91X Program Director. Randi Rhodes was also street-wise and spoke truth to power. The second time was during my exit interview. So it ended.. Id stand on desks, go to GMs, to regional VPs of programming, and tell them, Youre fucking up. They didnt care. What rattled Cantore was hearing from his listeners directly. [But] no one was making money off of us. Do you know how much KPOP was earning at its peak? If you go back to Thomas Paine, thats true. Tom Larson. They shook our hands, told us stories, and when Bono started singing along with the songs, I almost fell over. 91X crew of 1987: Oz Medina, Susan DeVincent, Billy Bones, and Wreckless Erik, In keeping with the whole pirate-radio aspect, 91X used this Tijuana-based broadcast station. The website cannot function properly without these files, they can only be disabled by changing your browser settings or by using our website in "Incognito" mode. Dang it! I believe competition is good for the consumer; what Clear Channel had done was to make it so virtually no one had to compete with each other. The way Clear Channel ran its playlists, Michaels says, was to restrict the programming and control the overlap. Each of its rock stations would be told what to play. Woke up this morning, turned on my favorite alternative radio station, 94.9 and it was totally different, what happened? He now has four agents in three cities who get him work voicing promotional spots for Showtime, HBO, and Fox. I have seen the 25-54s in about five markets other than Portand where Big Eddie wins his daypart over the rightie competitor. [15] Later the same year, the partnership dissolved and the two companies split operations. Program director Garett Michaels tells me that hes been keeping it local since the rock music station set sail in late 2002. A trusted voice in the local music scene since 1983. 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. 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. They wanted to leave Mexico out of it., John Lynch never liked me. Lynch, who was general manager and co-owner of 91X, now runs the UT media conglomerate. They want to go to the office that day and know how to argue their point., San Diego is blessed with a keen contrarian mind in Mark Ramsey, the president of Mercury Research, who takes issue with much of the prevailing wisdom about radio. If you go back to Benjamin Franklin, thats true. Independent podcasters and netcasters can find music the suits never dreamed of putting on the airwaves. To record his work he uses his home studio in Leucadia or the one in his cabin on Palomar Mountain. I met this 400 pound Italian guy, that would quote Michael Savage and Michael Corleon all the time. 2023 San Diego Reader. The way conservative radio racks up the ratings (no different from cable TV news) is, Ramsey says, by air-mongering primal issues. It's one style that can't be replicated by I-Pods, in the near future less stations will play music. That is, there was Free Radio. It was the absolute antithesis of that. The phone rang once or twice. 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. One cannot fully fathom how and why talk radio was ruined until they read the Ctr for American Progress study which indicates that 91% of talk radio content in the US is "conservative." Chris Cantore who was doing mornings on 91X (he replaced Stern) was interviewed by the U-T at the time and Cantore had this big dramatic rap (paraphrasing) "We have to be so careful with the FCC,etc." And one other subject-- I also don't understand why owners haven't figured out that a station needs personality. Just like the buggy-whip manufacturers of old, the deejay is really no longer necessary. Im really surprised. For me and my community, its therapy. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the San Diego Union-Tribune. That's where people will get all of their mail, news, music, and other entertainment. 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 . The Alternative format is not very alternative anymore. The move, announced this morning (2/24) at 10a (PT) by PD GARETT MICHAELS and APD/MD/midday host HILARY DONEUX at the end of MARTY & DANIELLE's morning show, follows a week-long stunt (2/14-23) playing the station's music library in alphabetical order as "91X A TO XYZ" to start its year-long 40th Anniversary celebration (NET NEWS 2/14). They bring up great topics, but they spend way too much time on them, and aren't great at moving on. We can now see the political and economic dangers of too much concentrated wealth and control. Funds for new programming dont exist, he says, since KPBS allocates only 25 percent of the stations total budget to the radio side. A song by Aerosmith comes on, everyone puts "loves," so the "classic rock" station doesn't drop it from the format. 3)KPOP's Progressive Talk format failed due to lack of revenue. In 2005, the Federal Communications Commission ruled that Clear Channel had to divest its Mexican-leased properties. Talk radio targets a very particular audience. The reason you listen may be due to how engaging the host is rather than whether you agree with him. That's my hope for the new year. Oh, this is for Josh B's comment. At Mercury, Ramsey has consulted for CBS Radio, Clear Channel, and Broadcast Companies of the Americas. 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. :D. @DavidTanny FM 94.9 is one of 15 U.S. stations owned by Lincoln Financial Media Group, which includes San Diegos Smooth Jazz 98.1 and Country KSON-FM, one of San Diegos highest-rated stations. All these opinions on "talk radio" formats make valid points. While our transmitter remains in Tijuana, the 91X on-air studio moved to San Diego permanently around 1991. I do understand that people seem to gravitate more towards "talk radio" on subjects like this, though. Did Larson feel his content was constricted by KOGO or Clear Channel? Both sides got heard and ratings were huge. No part of this site may be reproduced without our written permission. In 1997, Cantore got on board 91X. If you start googling around, you'll discover that this was the same corporate "rationale" that was offered in many other cities. dear joshb . try listening to thom hartmann and ed schultz for a biti think you'll enjoy their approach and their content i wasn't suggesting that you take them at their word verbatim.i was urging u to take a statement or position and then do some digging or research on your own All of the radio hosts should give u food for thought . it's up to u to determine how much might be bravado and how much might be sincere. if u review all of the reader comments, i hope u get the picture as to US radio ownership stucture.u have a problem with a radio host.look to who is providing his or her paycheck.the radio talent generally reflects the attitude and bias of the owner.that's just the way it is. for nowuntil the public gets united and vociferous re: what is available to us via radio. Regarding the format that gave him his break: Radio has become a corporate mess, says Thompson. [17] The agreement ended at the end of 2016. 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. Whats going on today? It ends up being a personal electronic device or satellite radio. 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. It is Mexico's first Alternative radio station, and has influenced other radio stations (including XHMORE) to create the Spanish-language rock radio format in 1994. She lives in Pacific Beach. In 1979, Frank Felix started consulting programming at 91X. And isnt that what local radio should be?. Regarding your questions, to me, "learning about an issue" is something that you really can't take with much more than a grain of salt when listening to those shows. I think 94.9 has a better play list, but I still like to tune into Chris Cantore in the morning sometimes. I take issue with your "internet trumping radio" sole explanation for Nov 4. With the exception of Loveline at night (nationally syndicated and a mainstay on 91X for years), all jocks on 91X are live and local. This act enabled the bottom-feeders such as Clear Channel to xerox formats coast to coast, and own their former competition. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. In the opening section, I wrote that Chris Cantore was replaced at 91X by Adam Carolla. The station's air staff remains in place, as do the weekend shows "RESURRECTION SUNDAY," "CHURCH OF BOB," "PROJECT X," and "91X LOUDSPEAKER.". Sidebar 3: Did you remember when, after Stern moved from Mexican station 91x to U.S. station Rock 105.3, there was a furor over Stern's bawdy comments on the airwaves. The move came less than two weeks after rival station XETRA 91X announced the departure of program director Michael Halloran on Jan .11. Did the show teach you something new? Radio is hereby dead. [1] It is considered a border blaster, covering the majority of San Diego County, as well as southwestern Riverside County, from its tower located atop Mount San Antonio in Tijuana. Is it necessarily wrong that Sean Hannity is on the air locally while he broadcasts out of New York? Innovation takes time, energy, experimentation, devotion, and commitment to do something differently. It didn't occur to me to even check and follow up and see if anyone posted here. Stepping into that room fills me with reverence, it really does. Being dumped by 91X messed with his head; like most current radio castaways, hes reinventing himself. Suddenly there were too many cooks in the kitchen. He says that We including his good friend Hilary Chambers, another local veteran, canned this June from another Clear Channel holding just got lost in a sea of white walls and cubicles. Switchfoot has sold almost 10 million copies worldwide of their thirteen studio albums (including their 2003 double-platinum breakthrough The Beautiful Letdown and 2009's Grammy Award-winning Hello Hurricane), racked up a string of Alternative radio hit singles . 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. 91X is 91X again, unlike any other station anywhere. This was a sign.. And, when they checked those ipods, it wasn't just "classic rock" someone had. Any twelve year old with an I-Pod and some speakers can perform the work of selecting and playing tracks, and the inane chatter between the songs has never been the reason I tuned-in. Arbitron is very strict about not permitting list-servs or public forums (fora?) Until 2008, 91X aired Reggae Makossa, a program featuring reggae and roots music that is now heard on XHUAN-FM. A three-hour wait back across the border wasnt unusual. And all this without much marketing. Dont miss out. Im, like, Wow. SEX TYPE THING. Authorization is only required to store your personal settings. When I suggested to him that I was the only host who actually had good ratings at the station, he replied that he was well aware of that. What ultimately becomes of 1700 is a mystery. That is why I believe their syndicated talkers, who know how to make a show interesting, have proven more durable and more profitable. Clear Channel, betting that an audience existed that was antithetical to its conservative talk programming, debuted KLSD in 2004. There are many rightie talkers who are very entertaining, whether I agree with them or not (and no, I don't agree with all the lefties all the time either). It airs an alternative rock radio format. We still have drawers full of those in our music library, as well as floor-to-ceiling shelves full of vinyl. But X1FM couldnt monetize the product, couldnt produce the revenue streams. The general manager for years sought great talent--everyone from Charlie & Harrigan to Bobby Rich, Hudson & Bauer, Bill Ballance and others were part of a very localized radio station. 21 minutes ago. Albert wanted Taylor at KOGO in the after-Roger slot, but John Lynch, owner of 1700 AM and head of Broadcast Companies of the Americas, upped the ante and signed Taylor, whose edgy, progressive libertarianism continues to froth the airwaves. Have your agents talk to my agents, and we'll get the lawyers to draft up a deal. All Ages. | San Diego, CA Ill do whatever you want. Not me, man., The new Powers That Be soured him because they decreed that listeners are stupid. 91X, ALT 949 and ROCK 105.3 all seem to be sitting in the same neighborhood in the radio ratings, at least in short term trends. They wanted me to podcast for them, do exclusive video content. We had to create this fantasy for our audience from a shit-hole studio. My only comment would be I love my 91X family, Halloran said Wednesday. Cliff sounds like his mind was already made up about KLSD, and now he needs to justify what was absolutely the wrong decision. 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. With the coming challenges, we'd better figure out how to unite efforts and cease with the constant haranguing about personal choices. Now I get any music I want on my schedule for free online. Except for a few lapses, the British expatriate was with the station for 28 of its past 31 years. 91X X-Fest 1998 Cox Arena, San Diego: Cox Arena; Sun, Apr 26: Sun, Apr 26: 1995: 91X X-Fest 1995 SDSU Open Air Theatre, San Diego State University, San Diego: SDSU Open Air Theatre, San Diego State University; Sat, Jun 10: Sun, Jun 11: 1993: 91X X-Fest 1993 Aztec Bowl, San Diego: Aztec Bowl; Sat, Aug 28: Sat, Aug 28: Contact: Local Media San Diego 6160 Cornerstone Court, East Suite 150 San Diego, CA 92121 (877) 572-1919 There are no graphics, no hairdo, no cleavage voice is everything. Ditto for the 25-54 numbers of Ed Schultz and Stephanie Miller-- very solid, ratings book after ratings book. All those habituated listeners went elsewhere. to quote the official ratings numbers beyond the 12+. (February 24, 2022) San Diego's original independent alternative radio station 91X re-launched today with an approach to the format that taps into the variety of the station's massive music library, embraces the discovery of music new and old, and strives to be anti-corporate and different. When I discovered podcasts, my faith in independent music was again reaffirmed. He describes what happened: I believed in the station, saw the traction, felt the excitement and the fervor of the new medium, online radio. There is no conspiracy against "liberal talk", it flat out doesn't get the numbers necessary to be self-sustaining in most cases. It was awesome. 4)KFMB used to be considered the tiffany of local stations. And if, after so many years, we dropped the F-bomb, wed lose the license just like that. They treated me with respect. Cantores core liked him because he shared their enthusiasms for the music. Please click "I agree" to ensure that you'll have the best experience of using our website. The wordsmiths, though, created a local production company and kept the show going in San Diego and in syndication. 101.1 is usually good for something annoyingly 80s, interrupted by Elton John or Jesse's Girl for the 20th time that day.

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