[BC] "all new" format

[Harold Hallikainen]

>
>>>I'm trying to find it. I seem to recall it was an Infinity or Clear
>>>Channel station in CA. I thought it was an interesting experiment.
>>>You could send the station your MP3 and, if it met certain quality
>>>standards, it was likely to be played. I think it failed. Probably
>>>for the same reason most such formats do. The music wasn't familiar.
>>
>>         Wasn't that the one in San Francisco?
>
> Was, and still is - KYCY 1550, aka "K-YOU Radio."
>
> www.kyouradio.com
>
> Hasn't failed yet, unlike the AM station in San Luis Obispo that
> Harold sent me a tape of probably 15 years ago - remember that one,
> Harold? All classified ads, all the time, with listeners calling a
> 900 number to record their ad for airplay? I think I still have the
> tape, moldering away in the closet here somewhere. How long did that
> last - a year, if even that?
>
> (And yes, I'm well aware that McLendon did it first, at KADS in Los
> Angeles circa 1967!)
>

The strange connection on all ads all the time is that the station (1400
kHz San Luis Obispo) was owned by Homer Odom, who used to work for
McLendon. I started there in 1970. The station had changed hands a couple
times by the time the automated advertising format came on. To fill the
time, they gave away a bunch of free ads (using an 800 number). I rarely
heard the 900 number mentioned.

Harold



-- 
FCC Rules Updated Daily at http://www.hallikainen.com