08/05/2024
Randy Raley posts on Facebook about big staff changes at KREI/KTJJ in Farmington and KWIX/KRES at Moberly. What's going on over there?
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23/01/2024
Slight rant: I understand that times change and language usage changes. But, when I was a young broadcaster, I was taught when the temperature was below zero, you said "10 below zero" or "10-below" rather than "minus 10" or especially "negative 10". This was as egregious as reading sports scores as "21-to-zero". And, reading tennis scores takes a PhD. Just an old man rambling.
19/01/2024
FCC proposes to revoke a Poplar Bluff area radio station's license for failure to pay regulatory fees. Details in comments
22/12/2023
Not exactly Missouri, but Ian Punnett has died at only 63. Many listened to him on Coast-to-Coast.
https://1350kman.com/2023/12/k-state-professor-and-hall-of-fame-broadcaster-ian-punnett-passes-away/?fbclid=IwAR0Mw6f7XsKeggY555N2d5imbi-pvN56ocDF_DWsHtOgMy4seNJCkmogRZk
Local broadcaster, author and professor Ian Punnett died Thursday following a brief illness. He was 63. Punnett was the Chief Operator and Faculty Advisor for Kansas State University’s student radio station Wildcat 91.9 FM. He joined K-State in 2018 as a professor of practice in the A.Q. Miller Sc...
06/08/2023
https://ratings.radio-online.com/content/arb203
Springfield ratings. Fall 2023. I'm a little confused.....
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08/06/2023
DEAL IS DONE!! Greg Hoskins’ Better Newspapers has closed a $1.7 million deal to buy five stations and an FM translator from Ozark Radio Network. The stations include country KKDY, West Plains, MO (102.5); classic country KUKU, Willow Springs, MO (100.3); hot AC “The Fox 96.9” KUPH, Mountain View, MO; classic rock “Q-94” KSPQ, West Plains, MO and news-talk KWPM (1450). The deal also includes the West Plains, MO-licensed translator K286CK at 105.1 FM which simulcasts KWPM. The sale includes a $1 million, five-year promissory note. Based in Mascoutah, IL, Better Newspapers is a family-owned company now operating 26 publications in Illinois and Missouri. It currently does not own any radio stations.
13/05/2023
While he spent most of his time in Kansas, many broadcasters in Missouri remember Lance Sayler
PITTSBURG — Lance Luhman Sayler, 70, of Pittsburg, KS, passed away on May 09, 2023, at St. Francis Ascension Via Christi in Wichita, Kan.
23/03/2023
Inside Radio reports:
Missouri – The University of Northwestern-St. Paul has filed a $1.25 million deal to buy 15 full-power FMs, eight FM translator signals, and six construction permits from Lake Area Educational Broadcasting Foundation. LAEBF currently airs the Christian AC “Spirit-FM” format on the majority of the signals and its religious teaching “Elevate-FM” format on seven signals, all of which are located in Missouri.
The full-power FM stations included in the sale are KCKE Chillicothe (90.3); KCKF Cuba (91.9); KCKH Mansfield (95.9); KCKP Laurie (100.9); KCKV Kirksville (91.9); KCKZ Huntsville (103.5); KCVJ Osceola (100.3); KCVK Otterville (107.7); KCVO-FM Camdenton (91.7); KCVQ K**b Noster (89.7); KCVX Salem (91.7); KCVY Cabool (89.9); KCVZ Dixon (92.1); KSJI St. Joseph (91.1); and KVSR Kirksville (90.7).
The FM translators include St. Robert, MO-licensed K207AY at 89.3 FM; the Warsaw, MO-licensed K208BO at 89.5 FM; the Sedalia, MO-licensed K211FV at 90.1 FM; the Marshall, MO-licensed K254BU at 98.7 FM; the Rolla, MO-licensed K274CD at 102.7 FM; the Lebanon, MO-licensed K281AT at 104.1 FM; the Jefferson City, MO-licensed K285FC at 104.9 FM; and the Jefferson City, MO-licensed K293AX at 106.5 FM.
The six construction permits are for KBMA Albany, MO (88.3); KCKG Richland, MO; KCKI Marshall, MO; KCKQ Ravenwood, MO; KCKU Rosebud, MO; and KCVA College Springs.
20/03/2023
Radio Insight reports:
Better Newspapers Inc. has agreed to purchase the five station cluster in the Ozarks currently owned by Missouri Ozarks Radio Network Inc. for $1.7 million. Edit: plus $300,000 for land and such.
The deal will include Classic Rock “Q94” 93.9 KSPQ West Plains, CHR “96.9 The Fox” KUPH Mountain View, Classic Country 100.3 KUKU-FM Willow Springs, Country “102.5 KDY” KKDY West Plains, News/Talk 1450 KWPM/105.1 K286CK West Plains, and the OzarkRadioNews.com platform.
26/01/2023
https://ratings.radio-online.com/content/arb203
Latest ratings (Fall 22) for Springfield, MO market. KTTS remains at #1 12+, but this particular set of ratings seems like more males might have been sampled. Edit: Radio Online has KWTO-FM as "All Sports". All Access has the correct formats listed. . Even so, I have a bunch of questions about this set of ratings.
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12/01/2023
Alpha Media, owner of a number of stations in Missouri and elsewhere, petitions the FCC to allow it sell up to 100% to foreign ownership. Here's the article:https://radioinsight.com/headlines/247095/alpha-media-petitions-for-up-to-100-foreign-ownership/
30/12/2022
https://neoshodaily.com/2022/12/david-l-winegardner/
Dave was a lifelong broadcaster, and former owner of KBTN in Neosho, MO.
April 16, 1947-November 28, 2022 GOLDEN, Mo. – David Lawrence Winegardner passed away on November 28, 2022. Dave was born April 16, 1947, in Statesboro, Georgia, and moved at a young age to Atchis…
12/12/2022
A friend noticed these old KTTS hand-fans for sale on marketplace. KTTS gave these away by the boatloads. Given that it says "AM14", it must be from the late 70's or early 80's, since KTTS-AM moved to 1260 sometime in the mid-80's.
12/11/2022
Veteran talk radio host Jim Bohannon has died at age 78, at the Prisma Health Cottingham Hospice House. He was born January 7, 1944 in Corvallis, OR, where his father was stationed in the U.S. Army during WWII. After the war, the family moved back to their home town to Lebanon, MO, where Jim great u...
29/09/2022
The FCC this morning (9/29) updated it's EAS rules to require that EAS endecs prefer a CAP version of an emergency message, if there is one. This is very much oriented toward TV broadcasters. In fact, during the discussion, I don't think I heard
the commissioners refer to radio at all. They want EAS messages to be more visual, and less dependent on the audio portion of the message. The EAS unit favored by many TV broadcasters (Monroe's DASDEC) already does this. But, Sage does not. So look for a software update for the Sage units sometime soon.
24/08/2022
Best Broadcasting of Brookfield, MO gets USDA grant to put in solar panels.
According to a release from the USDA, "Best Broadcasting Inc. will use a $9,720 REAP Grant to install a 19.4 kW solar array. Best Broadcasting Inc. is a radio station (KFMZ/KZBK) in Brookfield, Missouri. This project is expected to save $1,742 per year. It will replace 25,297 kilowatt hours (kWh) (89 percent of the business's energy use) per year."
Here's the rest of the release:
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDARD/bulletins/329755f
NEWS RELEASE: USDA Invests Over $698 Thousand in Critical Infrastructure to Combat Climate Change Across Rural Missouri USDA Rural Development sent this bulletin at 08/24/2022 12:55 PM EDT Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. USDA Invests Over $698 Thousand in Critical Infrastru...
05/08/2022
https://ratings.radio-online.com/content/arb203
Spring '22 ratings are in for Springfield. KTTS remains the leader 12+, but also a good showing for 101.3 (now KWTO-FM-Zimmer).
PD Tom Oakes at KTTS notes that Nielsen has a problem. "Younger targeting stations continue to be greatly affected by Nielsen’s inability to secure enough in-tab diaries across 18-24 and 25-34 Men & Women. This will be on-going issue with Nielsen as 18-34’s continue to be challenge to get involved in participating in the surveys. "
You can see that reflected in the ratings of the stations that target that demo.
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18/07/2022
I see Wayne Glenn has posted on Facebook that Ken Meyer has passed at 94.
27/06/2022
Former (and founding) engineer of KRPS-FM Pittsburg, Kansas (Joplin area).
Keith Moody Retzer was born February 15, 1944, at Albert Lea, MN. While he was a preschooler, he and his family lived in Brazil. He attended two years of High School in Mexico City. He graduated from High School in North Riverside, IL.
He attended & graduated from Ottawa University, in Ottawa, KS and DeVry Technical Institute in Chicago, IL. While at Ottawa, he met and married Vi. He worked as engineer and sometimes announcer at various radio stations throughout IL, NE, IA, OR, & MT. 1979-1980 the family served as short term assistants with Wycliffe Bible Translators at Yarina, Peru, where Keith repaired electronics and radio equipment for the missionary airplanes. In 1988 he moved his family from Missoula, MT to Pittsburg, KS, where he took the job of chief engineer at KRPS at Pittsburg State University. When he retired, he became Chief Engineer Emeritus of PSU. An avid stamp collector, his other main hobby was HAM radio.
He operated under the call signs W7KEU, OA8AX (while in Peru), and after returning to Kansas, W0KEU. Keith was preceded in death by his parents, Eldon and Opal. He is survived by his wife of the home, Vi; his brother, Kent Retzer (wife Jeanne) of Rockford, IL; his daughter of the home, Faith; his daughter Joy Stahl of Elkhart, KS, and grandsons Wesley Stahl and Kelson Stahl. A memorial service will be scheduled by the family at a later date. (No flowers or other plants, please.)
13/06/2022
I hear that legendary KTTS Ranch Hand "Don Paul" (Pirwitz) has passed.
Funeral information for Don Paul.
Services will be Wednesday, June 22 at 10:00am at Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home at 1947 E. Seminole in Springfield, Missouri.
09/05/2022
May 9—A former metro-east police chief, strip club owner, political firebrand, and the self-described "Grim Reaper of Radio" has died. Robert "Bob" Romanik, 72, died at his residence on Town Hall Estates Drive in Belleville at 11:17 a.m. Saturday, said St. Clair County Coroner Calvin Dye Sr. Katri...
29/03/2022
Not exactly Missouri, but close by
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/222126/rocking-m-media-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy/?fbclid=IwAR21dpNCDXvOx3yXogenCXQ3ogG207k-98eJDAxEgckE7qim7PCkQEq3Uww
Rocking M Media and its associated companies that own 21 stations in Kansas has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In the petition Rocking M claims $1,307,696.75 in assets and $22,365,886.40 in liabilities owed between its four holding companies. Bankruptcy attorney Sharon Stolte of Sandber...
11/03/2022
KMOV plans to leave downtown St. Louis, eyeing Maryland Heights area | Joe’s St. Louis March 9, 2022 by admin987 ST. LOUIS – Another St. Louis business – with about 150 employees and one big eye on the Gateway Arch – plans to ankle the city’s downtown area. KMOV (Channel 4) management told...
08/03/2022
A test that wasn't a test.
The National Weather Service conducted its statewide tornado drill today. No one heard it, at least not on radio & TV.
According to Missouri State EAS chair Bob Moore, the higher-ups at the NWS decided that they didn't want to use the "live tornado' EAS code (TOR) for the test. Last year, it set off everybody's phones and they were deluged with panicked members of the public.
So this year, they decided to use the Weekly Test code (RWT) which is NOT automatically relayed by any radio or TV station. So, few heard the test, at least not on radio & TV.
MIssouri Broadcasters Association attempted to advise their membership of this change, but since 99% of radio and TV stations are automated, no on-air notices were given by most stations.
Bob said he tried to advise the 'higher-ups' that the test would be meaningless, but his advice was not heeded.
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Additional: in many communities, sirens were tested. Sirens are operated by local police departments and local EMS officials. Almost all of them are operated manually.
One additional thought: We had enough 'real' bad weather last week to demonstrate the system actually worked in real practice.
22/02/2022
Oh holy cow. Not exactly Missouri, but the Arkansas Radio Network decides to shutter. Apparently only 18 affiliates left. But, for those of us who grew up in Arkansas, ARN was part of our radio history
https://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/138979/arkansas-radio-network-to-shut-down-next-month?fbclid=IwAR1zrxmmgJ_LL_weBUrjK8AzRtgzEdcXTO4yvcKexSD_5LB8vimWcLm5byY
Insiders and regular listeners say paid advertising has been sparse.
16/02/2022
Assistant Chief Engineer opening in TV in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Great place to live, especially for young families.
https://nexstar.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/nexstar/job/AR-Fayetteville/Assistant-Cheif-Engineer_REQ-15530
Northwest Arkansas is a rapidly growing and vibrant community filled with rolling hills, rivers, lakes and Fortune 500 company headquarters. Many high-end business industries call NWA home, and they bring in some of the best talent in their fields. Cost of living is low, and quality of life is high....
15/02/2022
Those of us of a certain age who lived in the middle of the USA remember KAAY as the "Mighty 1090". During the 60's and 70's, there were few more influential stations in the middle of the country than KAAY. Their 50kw signal, a 3-tower blowtorch eminating from a site south of Little Rock was a 'figure-8' pattern with the main lobes north and south. The signal could easily be heard in Canada and Cuba as well as most of the midwest and mid-south. "Beeker Street" comes to mind for many.
Cumulus has owned it for several years, and it's been a gospel/preaching station for many years.
In 2018, Cumulus spent a boatload of money rejuvinating the transmitter site. New Nautel transmitter, new ground system, etc. The station hadn't been in that good shape since the days of longtime engineer Felix McDonald.
Last year, a storm knocked down one of the 3 towers. They've been operating on an STA since then.
A few days ago, Cumulus filed to downgrade the station from Class A (former Class I) to Class D. They've proposed 50kw daytime and 80-watts non-directional nightime. That will effectively remove the station from the nighttime airwaves except right around the tower.
As a person of that 'certain age', it really breaks my heart. But I certainly can understand why Cumulus wouldn't want to spend any more money on it. The ROI just isn't there.
http://mighty1090kaay.blogspot.com/
The Mighty 1090 KAAY
27/01/2022
Springfield, MO ratings released for Fall 21. Several things to talk about here.
https://ratings.radio-online.com/content/arb203
Fall 2021 12+ Mon-Sun, 6a-12mid Population: 360,100 (Black: 12,000) (Hispanic: 12,100) Last Updated: 01-26-22 (Nielsen Subscribing Stations Only)
27/12/2021
https://www.mykdkd.com/kdkd-am-powering-down-after-71-years-of-broadcast/
Clinton, Mo. – (December 27th, 2021) – Radford Media Group was notified last week that Crown Castle will decommission the KDKD-AM tower located behind the Radford Media Studios at 2201 North Antioch in Clinton, Missouri after the
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