A new station at 103.7 in OKC???

[Kent]

Kent-when did you work at K95?  Who was the PD?

I was an intern there who got to do a little bit of on-air stuff when Dave Taylor was PD.  It was about 1992.  It really wasn't much of a gig as it didn't pay, and I only got to crack the mic a few times (always when someone else was in the studio on-air).  However, I had a lot of fun and learned a lot, and I consider it my first gig in the business.  I was surprised, but it helped open doors for me.  A traffic report on K 95 FM, a lousy college station tape, and being in the right place at the right time were enough to get me two paying gigs down the road!

[okcbill]

This came to me via email from someone in radio: The 103.7 station was purchased from (former) Senator Gene Stipe (he was forced to divest himself of it). The original city of license was Wilburton, but it is being moved to Shawnee.

[Media Mogul]

I worked at KGFF in Shawnee back in college. I always wondered if a 100,000 watt FM targeting Shawnee, Seminole, Ada, and everything in between would do well. I guess like 93.3 used to before they moved it in...

[JBGguy]

I don't know if these guys are targeting Shawnee or what but I'm north of Tulsa and they're coming in loud and clear!

[OKCRadioGuy]

I hear it was built for OKC, but it seems the signal likes the Tulsa area better.  Interestingly enough, I think Tulsa might be a better option for a commercial Jazz station anyway IMHO.  Driving around OKC I have to say the signal is pretty spotty so far, but I don't think they're done tweeking it yet, so it's a bit early to judge that part I guess.  It's nice at least to have a station doing something different at least, regardless of the signal. 

[Zero Zagnut]

The thing about the "smooth jazz" format is that a lot of it sounds like the soundtrack to one of those late night softcore flicks on Cinemax and/or quite a bit like the Justin Timberlake "D**K In a Box" bit on SNL. Just go to You Tube, look up the song, and you'll hear the similarities. Just imagine a raging metrosexual saxophone part on the Timberlake tracks and you'll hear right what I mean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efdArierxlM&mode=related&search=

(there's the link if you want to check it out)

[ionosphere]

I hear it was built for OKC, but it seems the signal likes the Tulsa area better.  Interestingly enough, I think Tulsa might be a better option for a commercial Jazz station anyway IMHO.  Driving around OKC I have to say the signal is pretty spotty so far, but I don't think they're done tweeking it yet, so it's a bit early to judge that part I guess.  It's nice at least to have a station doing something different at least, regardless of the signal. 

I spent a few days last week in OKC, and I could pick up 103.7 all over town with very little problem. I haven't tried to pick it up here in Tulsa, but I will give it a try. I was actually surprised at how well I could pick up 97.3. Another surprise was how quickly 103.5 goes bad on the east side of town.

[bchristi]

Perry needs to purchase a full-power FM station in OKC and move Power 103.5, especially since a large portion of his target audience is on the NE/E side.  What is it with OKC and urban stations anyways?...for the longest time they had none on the FM dial period, which is extremely unusual for a metro of 1.2 million.  KKWD, OKC's rhythmic is far more pop oriented than rhythmics in other markets too.  KVSP leans more R&B while stations in other markets lean heavily hip-hop.