99.5 Kiss Fm... (Austin, Anthony, Howe: live, radio, ratings)

[LindaGrace]

Originally Posted by svg210

Ditto, especially last year during the Lisa Nowak incident. they just wouldnt stop.

104.5 is what I usually listen to in the mornings - not much talk, and they give the weather, which is important for good hair days and all.

My requirement for radio in the morning? "SHUT UP AND SING!"

[manthechange]

I'm in 100% agreement with you. It's the price you pay to live here in Disneyland.

by the way, my radio station does a decent job with the indie side of things - but you have to listen after 10pm...before that it's jazz.

krtu 91.7 fm | jazz for san antonio

Originally Posted by traficdogn

Go to an alt rock show in San Antonio, and you will see why it is non existent on the radio. I've seen some awesome bands come to town with absolutely no audience whatsoever. If they haven't been on MTV or BET, forget about it.

I'm better off just reading blogs and/or writing down band names that appear at SXSW that I haven't heard of and downloading them.

[tony78201]

What 99.5 needs is Kid Chris.

[SAguy]

tony78201-What 99.5 needs is Kid Chris.

He was here when 102.7 was known as K-ROCK. And like other Rock stations that have come and gone. K-ROCK almost had no effect on KISS.

[franklin9150]

Originally Posted by apies1819

97.7 Just recently started. Good Stuff on that station. They are new so they aren't playing commericals so its nice. I got a pretty good signal all the way from SA to Buda today. I listened for a while and didn't hear the same song... it was very very nice

I love KISS but they have way to many commercials.

I was up in Austin today, out near 290 and SH-130, and got excellent signal on 97.7. I was real surprised.

[SA Greed]

Originally Posted by SAguy

He was here when 102.7 was known as K-ROCK. And like other Rock stations that have come and gone. K-ROCK almost had no effect on KISS.

And all he could do was insult the place. Good Riddens.

[slaleman]

I'm amazed that through the course of this whole conversation iPods have only been mentioned once. I almost never listen to my radio anymore...I've got my iPod hooked up to it (and you can get a decent aftermarket stereo with a direct iPod connection - meaning you control the iPod through the stereo - for less than $200.) and I download the morning show podcast from the station we used to listen to in Chicago...better than any morning show here...and listen to that and other podcasts on my way to work. There's a lot of NPR stuff out there on podcast, and some great music podcasts too...

If I run out of podcasts to listen to, I've got thousands of songs that I can shuffle through, and if a song comes up that I don't want to hear, I just hit the "next" button. I'm almost never at the whim of a station program manager. I program the music in my car!

[SAguy]

franklin9150-I was up in Austin today, out near 290 and SH-130, and got excellent signal on 97.7. I was real surprised.

Don't be to surprised. According to the link below, 97.7 should reach south Austin. Although, 97.7 targets San Antonio because it's coverage is better and it's the larger market of the two.

Radio-Locator

[AnthonySA]

I've been listening to 97-7 almost exclusively lately. They seem to have a better playlist than KISS.

[franklin9150]

Originally Posted by SAguy

Don't be to surprised. According to the link below, 97.7 should reach south Austin. Although, 97.7 targets San Antonio because it's coverage is better and it's the larger market of the two.

Radio-Locator

Yeah, you are right. I guess I forgot how close SA and Austin are. They could actually be considered a single market. Down here, I get many Austin stations, and up there, many from SA.