Cumulus Announces an All-News Station on 106.7: To Debut Mid-May

[EJM]

Since I've been mentioning more and more stations that are largely (but not entirely) News during the day, here are a few more...

KSL - Salt Lake City

KXL - Portland

WTMJ - Milwaukee

KDKA - Pittsburgh

KMOX - St. Louis

KFBK - Sacramento

Each has morning and afternoon News blocks, while KSL also runs an hour of news at noon.

Also, I can't believe that I forgot about Pittsburgh's KQV, which is still All News during the day.

[BRENT]

Why do these stations in Pitt and Philly begin with a K?

[BarryATL]

I have listened some to 106.7 today and one thing I noticed is they keep saying "1067 WYAY".  The call letters are difficult to say and are klunky.  I hope they plan on changing them.

[wpb1999]

Why do these stations in Pitt and Philly begin with a K?

I've read an essay on this before..... had something to do with who owned them, I believe.

[wpb1999]

I have listened some to 106.7 today and one thing I noticed is they keep saying "1067 WYAY".  The call letters are difficult to say and are klunky.  I hope they plan on changing them.

They started referring to themselves like that right after Randy & Spiff left.  I think the firing of Randy and Spiff was all the start of a conspiracy plan from Cumulus to do away with the oldies.  They weren't interested in keeping what ABC/Citadel had built right from day one.  

[EJM]

Just in case, here are a couple of other stations with both morning and afternoon news blocks...

WIBC - Indianapolis

WHAM - Rochester

And, while it's nowhere as news-heavy as its sister in Raleigh/Durham (WPTF), Greensboro/Winston-Salem's WSJS does have a significant amount of news during the day (morning drive, plus an hour at noon and an hour in the evening).

Ironically enough, it looks like at least a couple of Cox-owned Talk stations that happen to not be WSB currently have a short (one-hour) afternoon/evening news block: Orlando's WDBO and Tulsa's KRMG.

Why do these stations in Pitt and Philly begin with a K?

KYW, KDKA, and KQV happen to be among the very few cases of grandfathered call signs east of the Mississippi that start with a K.  They're old enough that they were issued before the "K in the West; W in the East" delineation was made official.  (There are a lot more examples of grandfathered call signs west of the Mississippi that start with a W.)

[charlestondxman]

WSB used to have an afternoon news block in the late 90s and early 2000s before Sean Hannity got big. Calandra Corder was one of the main news people on there. It was from like 5-7.

It didn't air a lot during the summer in full because WSB still had the Braves rights.

[Zach]

Why do these stations in Pitt and Philly begin with a K?

They were around before the K/W split along the Mississippi River was codified.  See also WBAP in Dallas and WHO in Des Moines.

[BRENT]

Why do these stations in Pitt and Philly begin with a K?

They were around before the K/W split along the Mississippi River was codified.  See also WBAP in Dallas and WHO in Des Moines.

Thanks for all the answers guys......

[jabba17]

Why do these stations in Pitt and Philly begin with a K?

They were around before the K/W split along the Mississippi River was codified.  See also WBAP in Dallas and WHO in Des Moines.

Thanks for all the answers guys......

http://earlyradiohistory.us/recap.htm#KW1