Stand with Ukraine. I'd love to hear from you too! You may occasionally receive promotional content from the San Diego Union-Tribune. For 62 years, it was fine that no entity could own more than 40 stations. The station is powered at 100,000 watts. 'Sanditon,' Unfinished No More - The New York Times The labels did it to themselves, trying to produce the next Britney or Christina or Coldplay or Nickelback or Creed.THere's a formula that exists in their minds and they have painted themselves into a corner threefold- outmoded business model, cookie cutter artists, and outright corporate greed. Dear PhilL The departure of Chris Cantore and Hilary Chambers from San Diegos airwaves may have been a long time in coming, but come it has, to them, and to other veterans. Doneux is music director and midday DJ at 91X. Conferring with Hunter and Duncan Hunter Jr., Larson discovered that wasnt an option. The next generations to come will continue to narrate our stories and share how the Lowrider culture was born and bred. All those habituated listeners went elsewhere. This past September, Street Scene, San Diegos annual weekend outdoor live-music bash, returned to the street. The first inklings of turmoil began in 1996 with the Telecommunications Act, which deregulated the ownership structure of public media and opened the gates to corporate takeovers of local radio stations as investments. If Editors Roundtable is so popular, and the station believes in the local mission, why not produce more such shows? Letting both sides of the issue be heard is good for democracy. We havent debuted a new show in a long time. Whats the point? In 2007, KPBS canceled two local programs, A Way with Words on radio and Full Focus on TV. Best known in the market as part of the . If San Diego has a voice, it may be the plummy bass of Chris Cantore. [10] This also included LMA deals on domestic stations. At least 5 stations I can think of, have syndicated shows/DJs. February 24, 2022 91X, XTRA. Coincidence, or does this say something about a signficant market being underserved in San Diego? LOCAL MEDIA SAN DIEGO Alternative XETRA-F (91X)/SAN DIEGO has repositioned its format to emphasize Classic Alternative while still playing currents in the Alternative format. We can all agree that KLSO earned substantially more dollars than KPOP. To expand the local focus is a conundrum, Decker says. He didnt want to be chained to yet another corporate environment where the same financial tightening was occurring. One cannot fully fathom how and why talk radio was ruined until they read the Ctr for American Progress study which indicates that 91% of talk radio content in the US is "conservative." On February 14, 2022, XETRA began running an "A to XYZ" alphabetical music marathon of the station's biggest hits from its nearly 40-year run. Someone is making money off it. I spent all my free time with the rest of the 91X staff, going to concerts and the beach and making weekend trips to Puerto Nuevo for lobster lunches and all-around shenanigans. See, the moniker is less important than the content. Cliff does a marvelous job, and the station speaks for itself. The growth rate for subscriber-based satellite radio has topped out at 19 million, adding a mere 200,000 listeners, or 1 percent, this year. 2) The damage was done to the business when the 1996 Telecom act passed congress and was signed by President Clinton.