[RadioInsight] LKCM Radio Group Acquires KOME-FM/KITT

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LKCM Radio Group Acquires KOME-FM/KITT

Posted: 22 Jul 2022 03:21 PM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/234315/lkcm-radio-group-acquires-kome-fm-kitt/



William Wachters Chisholm Trail Communications have sold Classic Hits
K-Hits 95.5 KOME-FM Tolar and 106.5 KITT Meridian TX to LKCM Radio Group
for $200,000.

LKCM owned KOME-FM from its sign-on in 2009 until 2014. The deal will
reunite the station with its Classic Country 92.1 Hank-FM KTWF-FM Glen
Rose, which has overlapping contours serving the area southwest of Fort
Worth around Stevenville TX. The Gerry Schlegel led company also owns Texas
Country 95.9 The Ranch KFWR-FM Jacksboro/Fort Worth, 106.9 The Ranch KRVF
Kerens/Corsicana, and 95.5 Hank-FM KTWF Scotland/Wichita Falls.

The sale of KOME-FM/KITT follows Chisolm Trail taking 1400 KEBE/104.7
K284CT Jacksonville and 1580 KTLU/103.9 K280CL Rusk silent last week ahead
of expected sales there.


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102.7 The Peak Vancouver To Move To HD2/Streaming As New Format Prepares To
Launch

Posted: 22 Jul 2022 12:11 PM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/234289/102-7-the-peak-vancouver-to-move-to-hd2-streaming-as-new-format-prepares-to-launch/



A third format change in less than a month will take place in Vancouver as
Pattison Media will move Alternative 102.7 The Peak CKPK-FM to streaming
and HD2 distribution on Monday, July 25.

The station will continue to feature morning hosts Charis Hogg and Jeremy
Baker and Music Director/midday host Jason Manning. The move to
HD2/streaming will pave the way for a new format to launch on the primary
102.7 signal.

We first reported in our 6/29 Domain Insight that Pattison has been sitting
on 1027NowRadio.com and .ca since 2020 for CKPK-FM for the growing “Social
Radio” format it operates in Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg. That domain
is now parked on their hosting providers servers waiting to go live.

It was also announced earlier this month that Christy Farrell and Fraser
Tuff, morning hosts at said formatted “101.5 Today Radio” CKCE-FM Calgary,
have announced they will be departing their station after six years for an
opportunity “within our company” in Vancouver.

The flip at CKPK-FM will follow Rogers Sports Media flipping Hot AC “Kiss
Radio” 107.5 CKKS-FM Chilliwack/92.5 CKKS-FM-1 Abbotsford/104.9 CKKS-FM-2
Vancouver BC to Alternative “Sonic Radio” on June 30 and Durham Radio
launching Smooth AC “Wave 98.3” CIWV-FM on Monday, July 18. Additionally,
Pattison Media cloned its Country 93.7 JR Country Vancouver CJJR-FM on 89.5
CHWK-FM Chilliwack on July 1.


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Ken Matthews Show Cancelled After Profane Live Mic Comments

Posted: 22 Jul 2022 11:07 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/234286/ken-matthews-show-cancelled-after-profane-live-mic-comments/



Talk Media Networks has cut ties with host Ken Matthews after comments he
thought were being made to his engineer went out live on the air.

On an apology broadcast and shared online, Matthews said that on his July
12th show, when he was told he was in a break his mic fed to the network
and he made some vulgar comments reading Hunter Bidens emails that he
thought were being told only to his engineer unaware they went out over the
air. Talk Media Network immediately cut ties with Matthews, but will
continue to feed best-of programs to affiliates until August 12.

Matthews entered syndication last December as one of the many 12-3pm
eastern shows attempting to gain some of Rush Limbaugh audience. He was
previously an occasional fill-in host for Limbaugh and hosts afternoons at
iHeartMedias 580 WHP Harrisburg PA. Matthews pivoted to talk in 2009 as a
fill-in at WKXW Trenton before joining WHP as afternoon host in 2013. He
was best known for his 15 year run in mornings at CHR “B104” WAEB-FM
Allentown PA from 1991-2006 and has also worked at stations in Portland ME,
Cincinnati, and Charleston SC in his career.

In a tweet explaining his exit, Matthews stated he will continue to provide
content to right-wing social media platforms Gab, Rumble and TruthSocial.



K...@KenMatthews.com is no longer my email.

I have been terminated by Talk Media Network.https://t.co/5bSQJEWEwl

STAY TUNED.

Thank you so very much for your friendship and support. Stay tuned to gab,
Rumble and TruthSocial. God Bless America.

Snopes is for Dopes.

- KenMatthews (@KenMatthews) July 16, 2022




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The Easiest (And Hardest) Heardle Clues

Posted: 22 Jul 2022 09:00 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/blogs/232309/the-easiest-and-hardest-heardle-clues/




“Name-that-tune” game Heardle has published stats for most of its first
three months of clues. Here’s a look at those songs ranked by the total
percentage of players who ultimately guessed a clue correctly. The first
column shows the percentage of players who guessed a song from its first
second. Sean Ross analyzes those numbers here.
Title Artist Year First Second Finally Dancing Queen Abba 1977 89% 97%
Wannabe Spice Girls 1996 11% 97% Toxic Britney Spears 2004 89% 96% I Want
It That Way Backstreet Boys 1998 40% 94% Jolene Dolly Parton 1974 35% 94%
Oh Pretty Woman Roy Orbison 1964 21% 94% Respect Aretha Franklin 1967 74%
91% Locked Out pf Heaven Bruno Mars 2013 22% 91% Can't Help Falling in Love
Elvis Presley 1961 16% 91% I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
Whitney Houston 1987 54% 90% Hotel California Eagles 1977 64% 89% Get the
Party Started Pink 2002 16% 89% Take on Me a-Ha 1985 61% 88% No Scrubs TLC
1999 68% 87% Truth Hurts Lizzo 2019 63% 86% Yeah! Usher 2004 48% 86%
Wonderwall Oasis 1995 8% 86% Girls Just Want to Have Fun Cyndi Lauper 1983
84% 85% Ready or Not Fugees 1996 21% 85% Back in Black AC/DC 1980 28% 83%
You Make My Dreams Daryl Hall & John Oates 1981 66% 83% I Love Rock & Roll
Joan Jett & Blackhearts 1982 23% 83% Rude Boy Rihanna 2010 38% 83% What
Makes You Beautiful One Direction 2011 52% 82% Ms. Jackson Outkast 2000 28%
82% (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction Rolling Stones 1965 52% 82% Fast Car
Tracy Chapman 1988 19% 82% Stay The Kid Laroi f/Justin Bieber 2021 66% 81%
Time of Your Life Green Day 1998 56% 79% Like a Virgin Madonna 1984 44% 79%
Up Cardi B 2021 31% 78% Let's Dance David Bowie 1984 60% 77% Iris Goo Goo
Dolls 1998 55% 77% Wrecking Ball Miley Cyrus 2013 35% 77% Dancing in the
Moonlight Toploader 1999 50% 77% Ironic Alanis Morissette 1996 34% 76%
Genie in a Bottle Christina Aguilera 1999 50% 76% Smoke on the Water Deep
Purple 1973 62% 75% Sexual Healing Marvin Gaye 1982 52% 75% You Can Call Me
Al Paul Simon 1987 60% 75% Young, Wild & Free Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa
f/Bruno Mars 2011 18% 75% Paper Planes M.I.A. 2008 56% 74% Get Ur Freak On
Missy Elliott 2001 10% 74% Californication Red Hot Chili Peppers 1999 45%
74% Mr. Blue Sky Electric Light Orchestra 1978 41% 73% Numb Linkin Park
2003 12% 72% Whenever, Wherever Shakira 2001 30% 71% Immigrant Song Led
Zeppelin 1970 9% 70% Valerie Mark Ronson 2007 11% 70% Walking on Broken
Glass Annie Lennox 1992 41% 69% Song 2 Blur 1997 38% 69% Independent Women
Destiny's Child 2000 14% 68% Freedom '90 George Michael 1990 35% 68% Let's
Stay Together Al Green 1971 26% 65% Shivers Ed Sheeran 2021 35% 65% Adore
You Harry Styles 2020 21% 65% That's What I Want Lil Nas X 2021 15% 65%
When Doves Cry Prince 1984 37% 65% Praise You Fatboy Slim 1998 50% 65% It's
Gonna Be Me *NSYNC 2000 32% 65% All That She Wants Ace Of Base 1993 25% 64%
Personal Jesus Depeche Mode 1989 11% 64% Like I Love You Justin Timberlake
2003 31% 64% Redbone Childish Gambino 2016 27% 62% Learn to Fly Foo Fighers
1999 28% 62% Teenage Dirtbag Wheatus 2000 24% 62% (Don't Fear) The Reaper
Blue Oyster Cult 1976 48% 61% Return of the Mack Mark Morrison 1996 36% 61%
Leave the Door Open Silk Sonic 2021 26% 61% My Oh My Camila Cabello 2019 8%
60% Manic Monday Bangles 1986 46% 60% Bridge Over Troubled Water Simon &
Garfunkel 1970 25% 58% Virtual Insanity Jamiroquai 1996 38% 57% Sweet
Disposition Temper Trap 2008 31% 56% If I Ain't Got You Alicia Keys 2003
28% 55% 7 Rings Ariana Grande 2019 39% 55% Best Of My Love Emotions 1977
26% 55% Love Will Tear Us Apart Joy Division 1980 6% 55% How Deep Is Your
Love Calvin Harris & Disciples 2015 18% 54% Maria Maria Santana f/the
Product G&B 2000 6% 54% Like a Rolling Stone Bob Dylan 1965 4% 53%
Summertime DJ Jazzy Jeff & Fresh Prince 1990 15% 52% Young Hearts Run Free
Candi Staton 1976 27% 50% Electric Feel MGMT 2007 15% 50% Killing in the
Name Rage Against the Machine 1992 28% 49% Ordinary People John Legend 2005
9% 48% Juicy Notorious B.I.G. 1994 20% 48% Stay (I Missed You) Lisa Loeb &
9 Stories 1994 32% 47% Music Sounds Better With You Stardust 1998 33% 46%
Fantasy Mariah Carey 1995 11% 44% Show Me Love Robin S 1993 24% 43% Got to
be Real Cheryl Lynn 1978 18% 43% Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Daft Punk
2001 9% 42% I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor Arctic Monkeys 2006 28%
41% American Boy Estelle f/Kanye West 2008 28% 39% I Know What You Want
Busta Rhymes & Maria Carey 2002 4% 38% Never Too Much Luther Vandross 1981
18% 37% Use Somebody Kings of Leon 2008 6% 35% Ex-Factor Lauryn Hill 1999
6% 34% 1 Thing Amerie 2005 23% 32% Frontin' Pharrell f/Jay-Z 2007 16% 30%
This Woman's Work Kate Bush 1989 2% 29% Essence Wizkid f/Tems 2021 7% 18%
Toast Koffee 2022 4% 16% C.R.E.A.M. Wu-Tang Clan 1993 6% 15%


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Guess Which Songs Listeners Remember?

Posted: 22 Jul 2022 09:00 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/blogs/232306/guess-which-songs-listeners-remember/



When I’m not handicapping the song of the summer, I also think about what
song is next in line to be the No. 1 classic hit on Earth — the guaranteed
all-ages crowd-pleaser, usually as ratified by radio research, but also by
anybody who deejays events or plays in a cover band.

Over the last 20 years, the No. 1 song on Earth has usually been Classic
Rock: “Sweet Home Alabama,” “We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions” (or
“Bohemian Rhapsody”), “Don’t Stop Believin’,” and now perhaps “Livin’ on a
Prayer” or “Pour Some Sugar on Me.” Maybe “Take on Me” — often the
most-played Classic Hits title — is in there as well. But ‘70s, then ‘80s
songs that could play on Classic Rock, Classic Hits, Adult Hits, and Adult
Contemporary were the ones that felt ubiquitous. 

But when Classic Hits moved into the ‘90s, it had to acknowledge more R&B.
Now, some stations are even pushing into the teen-pop era. It might not
have happened yet, but based on the song recognition stats from the “name
that tune” game Heardle, the battle for No. 1 song on Earth could soon be
between:

Spice Girls, “Wannabe”
TLC, “No Scrubs”
Backstreet Boys, “I Want It That Way”
Britney Spears, “Toxic”


Heardle is the UK-based Wordle variant that became phenomenal among music
fans earlier this year. On July 12, it was purchased by Spotify. Until now,
from a radio veteran’s point of view, the clues have fallen into (mostly)
one of four categories:

Ridiculously easy megahits (about 80%);
Relatively obscure recent songs that became part of pop culture, but never
quite radio hits (10%);
Songs that would be far more easily recognized if you’re in the UK or
listening to UK radio. (Judging from the clues, the POV seems to be
35-year-old Brit.) (5%)
Ridiculously easy megahits made unfairly hard by a clue that differs
significantly from the radio version. (5%)


When I last wrote about Heardle, the game’s creators had not yet released
stats about which songs were most quickly or successfully guessed. Shortly
before the sale, they did post those stats, at least for clues through June
20. For all but the first week of clues, you could see a second-by-second
breakdown of what percentage of players guessed a clue when, or at all.
(After the Spotify sale, the history tab became less robust and those stats
seem to be missing for now.) Heardle’s celebrity endorser Questlove may
feel the clues are either facile or ridiculous, but for other players,
there’s far more differentiation.

The percentage of people guessing a song in the first second can be
affected by the differences between Heardle and radio on where a song
starts, as well as by the nature of the intro itself, it seems. The
percentage of people ultimately guessing a song tracks more with our sense
of “what the hits are.”

It’s important to note that familiarity doesn’t equal preference, and that
there’s no demographic information attached here. But there are consistent
patterns among the songs that were ultimately familiar, and some of them
also suggest which songs are multi-generational vs. merely big with part of
the audience. 

These are the top 17 most recognized songs by Heardle players. (The entire
list to date can be seen here.)

Abba, “Dancing Queen” (97%)
Spice Girls, “Wannabe” (97%)
Britney Spears, “Toxic” (96%)
Backstreet Boys, “I Want It That Way” (94%)
Dolly Parton, “Jolene” (94%)
Roy Orbison, “Oh Pretty Woman” (94%)
Aretha Franklin, “Respect” (91%)
Bruno Mars, “Locked Out of Heaven” (91%)
Elvis Presley, “Can’t Help Falling in Love” (91%)
Whitney Houston, “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” (90%)
Eagles, “Hotel California” (89%)
Pink, “Get the Party Started” (89%)
a-Ha, “Take on Me” (88%)
TLC, “No Scrubs” (87%)
Lizzo, “Truth Hurts” (86%)
Usher, “Yeah!” (86%)
Oasis, “Wonderwall” (86%)


It’s no surprise, given the seeming 35-year-old’s POV of Heardle, that late
‘90s/early ‘00s songs are huge. But “Oh Pretty Woman,” “Respect,” and
“Can’t Help Falling in Love” are all songs that clearly endure in the
celestial jukebox as well. It’s worth noting that all three of those songs
have been thought of by radio people as the “No. 1 Oldie on Earth” at
various points over the years, usually when they were about as old as “I
Want It That Way” is now. 

While two decades’ worth of TV talent shows and music and movie syncs have
put a lot of songs back into listener consciousness, without radio, the
only song at the top of the list without consistent radio airplay over the
years is “Jolene.” That song may have gotten some help from a vocal that
starts at :08, but I can attest to that song having a bigger pop-culture
footprint than most radio people realize. (ELO’s “Mr. Blue Sky,” another
song known mostly though synchs now, is at 73% familiarity.)

For the most part, the songs that never became multi-format radio hits are
the ones at the bottom of the list. Feeling old because of the Heardle
clues you didn’t get? These might make you feel better:

Wu-Tang Clan, “C.R.E.A.M.” (15%)
Koffee, “Toast” (16%)
Wizkid f/Tems, “Essence” (18%)
Kate Bush, “This Woman’s Work” (29%)


Most of the recent hits that have been clues are mid-pack. On the radio,
“Adore You” “That’s What I Want,” and “Shivers” are unavoidable, but they
aren’t apparently ubiquitous, since all had 65% ultimate recognition. But
besides Lizzo, we also see The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber’s “Stay” at 81%
and Cardi B’s “Up” at 78%. (Again, that song’s vocal starts at :06, perhaps
making it easier to guess or Google.)

Songs that were bigger in the UK than America start to show up around No.
35:

Toploader, “Dancing in the Moonlight” (77%)
Mark Ronson f/Amy Winehouse, “Valerie” (70%)
Annie Lennox, “Walking on Broken Glass” (69%it’s still on the radio in the
UK in a way that it isn’t in America, but some readers disagreed with my
assessment of it as “lost” in America)
Wheatus, “Teenage Dirtbag” (62%)
Jamiroquai, “Virtual Insanity” (57%)


Some iconic songs, no matter how easy they seem to me and Questlove, have
lower total recognition. They are often ‘70s titles that have become harder
to find on the radio over the last decade, such as:

Blue Oyster Cult, “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” (66% overall, but a 48%
one-second score)
Al Green, “Let’s Stay Together” (65%)
Simon & Garfunkel, “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (58%)
Emotions, “Best of My Love” (55%, despite a distinctive intro)


When it came to getting songs from one note, some songs were complicated by
trick clues, such as “Wannabe” where only 11% recognized the laugh that
begins the LP version or the particularly controversial “Wonderwall” (8%
recognized a cough that some claimed really belonged to the previous track
on the album). 

In general, however, songs with distinctive opening flourishes did better:

“Dancing Queen” (89% got it right away)
“Toxic” (89%)
“Girls Just Want to Have Fun” (84%)
“Respect” (74%)


Even songs with strong ultimate familiarity that fade in or begin with
sparse beats were harder to pin down, something worth noting at a time when
few songs have commanding intros:

Tracy Chapman, “Fast Car” (19%)
AC/DC, “Back in Black” (28%)
Joan Jett & Blackhearts, “I Love Rock & Roll” (23%) — a more forceful drum
intro, but apparently not as ingrained as I would have thought.


It’s also worth noting that the first 11 songs are not Classic Rock. Only
three songs out of the top 20 titles are. That could be the influence of
the UK, where Classic Rock is not a stand-alone format of the same
magnitude. It could also be generational, as well as the choice of clues.
“Don’t Stop Believin’” was a clue, but after the June 20 cutoff, and I’m
hoping the scoring info returns so we can see that songs info. Also in the
wings, the Foundations’ “Build Me Up Buttercup” and Ginuwine’s “Pony” — so
we’ll have common-currency songs from three generations. Meanwhile, Spotify
has, of course, posted a playlist of songs to date. 


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Don Williams Departs X102.3 West Palm Beach

Posted: 22 Jul 2022 06:15 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/234253/don-williams-departs-x102-3-west-palm-beach/



After seven years at the helm of Hubbard Adult RB X102.3 WMBX Jensen
Beach/West Palm Beach FL, Don Williams has departed the station.

Williams, who also hosted afternoons as Don Chris, had joined the station
and now-defunct sister Hip Hop Beatz 96.3 W242CI in 2015 after thirteen
years at Radio One Hip Hop Hot 96.3 WHHH Indianapolis as MD/night host
under the name DJ Wrekk 1. The St. Louis native began his career in his
hometown as a mixer at Majic 108 KMJM and later worked at 100.3 The Beat
KATZ and Q95.5 WFUN-FM prior to moving to WHHH.












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Station Sales Week Of 7/22

Posted: 22 Jul 2022 04:30 AM PDT
https://radioinsight.com/headlines/234150/station-sales-week-of-7-22/



Lee Hagens Gulf Coast Broadcasting sells Classic Hits Sunny 105.7 WCSN-FM
Orange Beach AL to Marcus Carr and Tracey Williams Portside Media for
$849,000.

Educational Media Foundation will divest 870 WFLO Farmville VA to the
Christopher Brochon led Heart of Virginia Communications for $75,000.
Brochon served as Station Manager and Director of Operations at WFLO and
95.7 WFLO-FM until their 2021 sale to EMF.

Danette Acostas Familia Broadcasting sells Spanish Christian 1490 KOGN
Ogden UT to Ruth de Alba and Marcos Rivas Positiva Radio for $231,250.
Positiva has operated KOGN via LMA since 2014 and the $185,000 it has
already paid towards operating the station will be subtracted from the
purchase price.

Todd Fowlers Skyline Media of Forest City will acquire Oldies 1320
WAGY/107.5 W298CZ Forest City NC from KTC Broadcasting for $250,000. Calvin
Hastings KTC Broadcasting had acquired WAGY in December 2019 for $75,000.
He will continue to own 1590 WCSL Cherryville and 1390 WOSH Shelby NC.
Skyline Media also owns 1250 WBRM Marion NC and 97.3 KJMG Bastrop LA.
Translator Sales

EMF also sells 101.9 K270AI Cathedral City/Palm Springs CA to Louie
Comellas IVOX Radio for $175,000. K270AI currently rebroadcasts EMFs 105.1
KLXB Bermuda Dunes, but will switch to rebroadcasting 1340 KWXY Cathedral
City giving it a wider FM coverage than its current translator 92.3 K222DA.