[BC] KLEO, KOOK & KOMA -- Oooooops....

[KKTY]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stan Tacker" <stacker at krvt.com>
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 9:18 PM
Subject: RE: [BC] KLEO, KOOK & KOMA -- 

> KOMA was a great station.  Remember the nighttime spots for the band 
> "Baby"?
> "Tonight Baby appears in Amarillo..."



"...from the Heart of Texas... Baybee KIIIICKS!!!" Boy, did that guy have 
chops! And I'm sure I've still got a copy of their album around here 
somewhere.


> Sadly, KOMA's owners, Renda, changed the calls to KOKC a few years ago. 
> The
> KOKC calls had been held by a Guthrie, Oklahoma station for years.  It's 
> one
> thing to rename a station, but to rename it with calls held by a puny
> station in the same market, just doesn't make much sense.
>
> At one time broadcasters built around a station's heritage.  Now,
> programmers seem anxious to toss it all away in an effort to re-image the
> station.  More often than not, it doesn't work.
>
> Stan
>

Unfortunately, in KOMA's case, the calls and the memories were all that were 
left. From top-40 to country to 50's-60's oldies to news-talk. I knew that 
they were dead when they started selling 1/2 hour blocks to preachers in the 
evening. You could tell they's thrown in the towel. Like going to the 
funeral of an old girlfriend who hadn't aged well.

Dennis Switzer
KKTY AM/FM
Douglas, WY