105.3 The Spy

[Scooby214]

Thanks for investigating the interference issue.  I must admit that I've been listening regularly since it came on air.  The playlist has changed a bit over the last few weeks, and is growing on me.

I stopped by the KINB studio on Monday afternoon, as I won a CD.  Still in the same location as when it was KLGH "The Light 105 dot 3 FM."  I guess that is about as far away from the transmitter that they can legally get.  Ferris was there working alone, as I had expected.  He seemed to be a nice guy.  He said the last two weeks have been the busiest of his life. 

When the 105.3 transmitter went on air back in 2000, I didn't have the reception issues when near the 104.9 stick.

[hello4]

Alright, WBIMDJ, for your entertainment, here's another batch.  And to Ferris' credit, I have subsequently heard several from my original list, and he's beaten me to several of the ones that would have been on this list!  No I don't claim to be influencing Ferris; I'm sure most have been floating around in his head for years if not decades.  But hopefully some of these will get an "oh yeah I forgot that one" and he'll load 'em onto his computer.

To Ferris' discredit, he seems to be letting the computer program too much, and has not been putting in any separations or anything.  I understand he's swamped, but hand-programming would be best.  I don't need to hear:

DER KOMMISSAR  After The Fire
DREAM ON  Depeche Mode
ZOMBIE  The Cranberries

etc. twice within a 24 hour period, please.

The new list:

MAYBE THIS DAY  Kissing The Pink
STATE OF THE NATION  Industry
SHINY SHINY  Haysi Fantayzee
10 9 8  Face To Face (the 80s band not the heavy band that came later)
EVIDENCE  Faith No More
BLUE SKY MINE  Midnight Oil
LEAVE IN SILENCE  Depeche Mode
HOUSE OF FUN  Madness
EVERYBODY'S GOT TO LEARN SOMETIME  The Korgis
AIRPORT SONG  Guster
LA DI DA  The Murmurs
INTO THE VOID  Nine Inch Nails
PAGES  Starlight Mints
I'D DO ANYTHING  Dead Or Alive
COMMUNICATION  The Power Station
STEAM  Peter Gabriel
HEART CATCH THUMP  Chainsaw Kittens
DISCOTHEQUE  U2
DREAM ALL DAY  The Posies
SHIP OF FOOLS  World Party
SUPERSONIC  Oasis
LITTLE PINK STARS  Radish
CRY  The Sundays
BEEN IT  The Cardigans
LUCAS WITH THE LID OFF  Lucas
WE RUN  Strange Advance
SAY WHAT YOU WANT  Texas
LAND OF HUNGER  The Earons
SUGAR FREE  Wa Wa Nee
ORIGINAL WRAPPER  Lou Reed
DOOT DOOT  Freur
ALL THE THINGS SHE SAID  Simple Minds
ALL TOGETHER NOW  The Farm
MOVE ANY MOUNTAIN  The Shamen
GIRLS AND BOYS  Blur
OUT OF MIND OUT OF SIGHT  The Models
STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER  Candy Flip
KISS AND TELL  Brian Ferry
JOHNNY COME HOME  Fine Young Cannibals
WHEN PROBLEMS ARISE  Fishbone
EMERGE  Fischerspooner
JUSTIFIED AND ANCIENT  The KLF and Tammy Wynette
DRIVEN OUT  The Fixx
UGLY GIRL  Fleming and John
MONEY  The Flying Lizards
FREE TO GO  Folk Implosion
DREAM  Forest For The Trees
GOT YOU (WHERE I WANT YOU)  The Flys
WHOEVER YOU ARE  Geggy Tah
HEART  Pet Shop Boys
MISSIONARY MAN  Eurythmics
SUPERHERO  Garrison Starr
TWO TRIBES  Frankie Goes To Hollywood
ARMY  Ben Folds Five
I LOVE A MAN IN A UNIFORM  Gang Of Four
SHE GAVE ME LOVE  The Getaway People
EVERYBODY'S 1  God's Child
FALLING  Gravity Kills
STEP ON  Happy Mondays
DAMAGE I'VE DONE  Heads
GOOD FORTUNE  P.J. Harvey
LIFE  Haddaway
FROM YOUR MOUTH  God Lives Underwater
ANOTHER LOVER  Giant Steps
LIVING IN A DREAM  Pseudo Echo
TRAIN  Goldfrapp
REV IT UP  Jerry Harrison
I'M FINE  Getaway Cruiser
ALL YOU ZOMBIES  Hooters
LOVE REARS ITS UGLY HEAD  Living Colour
IMITATION LEATHER JACKET  H₂SO₄
IT'S LOVE  King's X
FLY ME COURAGEOUS  Drivin' N' Cryin'
CRAZY  Icehouse
CAUGHT A LITE SNEEZE  Tori Amos
WAIT  Huffamoose
I WANNA STAY HOME  Jellyfish
DIZZ KNEE LAND  Dada
PRETTY WHEN YOU CRY  Vast
SENSE  Lightning Seeds
BODY LANGUAGE  Queen
YOUR LUCKY DAY IN HELL  Eels
LADYSHAVE  Gus Gus
THE GLOBE  Big Audio Dynamite II
DON'T NEED A GUN  Billy Idol
ENEMY  Days Of The New
ALL I KNOW  Screaming Trees
I WAS WRONG  Social Distortion
I'LL BE AROUND  What Is This
BREAKAWAY  Big Pig
BABY BABY  Eighth Wonder
MUTUAL SURRENDER  Bourgeois Tagg

[billyg]

I Listened to the Spy yesterday and I was really impressed with the Music.. Stuff I haven't heard since my college radio days at UCO (KBLZ 93, on Edmond cable FM).

I hope Ferris gets Tyson Meade back as a DJ.. I went to High School with that guy (Bartlesville College High - class of '80).

BTW I wonder if Ferris could work out a deal with the Tylers to simulcast Spy on KOJK.. not the best signal, but it would get into Norman.

[OKCRadioGuy]

Those two signals need to be paired up.  Together, maybe with a translator downtown or ne would sort of make a radio station signal-wise.

[Scooby214]

I Listened to the Spy yesterday and I was really impressed with the Music.. Stuff I haven't heard since my college radio days at UCO (KBLZ 93, on Edmond cable FM).

I hope Ferris gets Tyson Meade back as a DJ.. I went to High School with that guy (Bartlesville College High - class of '80).

BTW I wonder if Ferris could work out a deal with the Tylers to simulcast Spy on KOJK.. not the best signal, but it would get into Norman.

I think a simulcast on KOJK would work great.  I receive KOJK's stereo broadcast better in much of the metro than I receive KINB's mono broadcast.

On a loosely related note...  Since WWLS-FM moved from 97.9 to 98.1, is there any way that KOJK can move from 97.3 to 97.5 with a small power increase?  Not that I would expect them to get a full 6KW, but even doubling their power to 2KW at the same height would be helpful for such a puny rimshooter.  I expect they are too close to KMOD to be allowed such a move, but the thought had crossed my mind.

[OKCRadioGuy]

Two words: boxed in.  105.3 is lucky to be even able to be squeezed in.

[milton77]

The Spy is on the cover of this week's Gazette...

http://www.okgazette.com/p/12853/a/5228/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=LwBEAGUAZgBhAHUAbAB0AC4AYQBzAHAAeAAslashAHAAPQAxADIANwA0ADgA