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1. Craig_Adams
   

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   This from The Craig Adams News Service:

   "Talk 1550" KKOV will switch from its talk format back to Adult Standards, October 29th at midnight, picking up it previous slogan "Sunny 1550." As previous, the automated format will come from Dial Global. KKOV switched to Talk on April 4, 2011. That's 19 months.

   Here's the last thread:

   Sun Sets On "Sunny 1550" Format Flip To Talk Coming
   http://feedback.pdxradio.com/topic/sun-sets-on-sunny-1550-format-flip-to-talk-coming

   Posted on October 13, 2012 - 02:04 AM #
2. PianoMan
   

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   Could this mean KPAM is returning to all-day conservative political talk?

   Posted on October 13, 2012 - 02:29 AM #
3. superhet
   

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   woooo!!!!

   Posted on October 13, 2012 - 02:43 AM #
4. Alfredo_T
   

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   REJOYCE!! REJOYCE!!

   Posted on October 13, 2012 - 03:10 AM #
5. W7PAT
   

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   That's great about KKOV.

   I hope KPAM doesn't go back to all political talk. Too much of that already. How about Classic Country?

   Posted on October 13, 2012 - 08:02 AM #
6. bleedingroid
   

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   I can now play antique music on my antique AM radio again.

   Posted on October 13, 2012 - 08:20 AM #
7. kennewickman
   

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   My Dad is gonnah love this...he lives in Hazel Dell..and is 87 and has lots of antique radios..( his hobby restoring them ) ...he moaned and groaned when they changed format to talk a year and a half ago..

   Posted on October 13, 2012 - 09:27 AM #
8. jr_tech
   

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   Break out the Atwater Kents!

   Posted on October 13, 2012 - 10:30 AM #
9. semoochie
   

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   This is an interesting move. They're replacing a station with low numbers that's saleable and presumably barter, with one that isn't! Maybe the good doctor just wanted something to listen to. What's next, KOIN 970 airing old daily CBS series?

   Posted on October 13, 2012 - 11:34 AM #
10. jr_tech
    

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    Bring back NBC "Monitor Weekend" (on KGW!).

    Posted on October 13, 2012 - 11:44 AM #
11. motozak3
    

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    Well, it's about time! I'll be looking forward to it.

    Posted on October 13, 2012 - 10:02 PM #
12. W7PAT
    

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    Now that KOIN-TV has been sold, I wonder if they can buy an AM station under the new company?

    Posted on October 13, 2012 - 10:12 PM #
13. semoochie
    

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    That would be a pretty good stunt. Run Arthur Godfrey, Lowell Thomas, Art Linkletter, Arlene Francis and all those other shows that used to get a 40 share! The tagline could be, "Koin has really flipped!".

    Posted on October 13, 2012 - 10:20 PM #
14. jimbo
    

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    "What's next, KOIN 970 airing old daily CBS series?"

    And that would be bad because.......??????

    I find that now that I have XM satellite in the car and on the internet, I listen more often than not to CH82 which plays old time radio programs from the '30's - 60's. A lot of good stuff there. Yeah, there is some bad, also. Theater of the mind!!!

    Posted on October 14, 2012 - 04:50 AM #
15. msndrspdx
    

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    When did KOIN-6's sale to LIN Broadcasting become official? Missed that! Wonder if KKOV will switch call letters when the change comes on the 29th? (Which is the last Monday of the month, by the way.)

    Best, M.

    Posted on October 14, 2012 - 08:58 AM #
16. semoochie
    

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    With no diary, there's no reason to anymore.

    Posted on October 14, 2012 - 12:09 PM #
17. msndrspdx
    

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    KOIN's website reports that the sale to LIN Broadcasting became effective today.

    Best, M.

    Posted on October 14, 2012 - 08:05 PM #
18. KevanGC
    

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    I wonder if KKOV will launch an FM translator now, like many other AM stations. Not counting on it though.

    Posted on October 15, 2012 - 05:45 AM #
19. pdxgary98
    

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    While you're at it... let's flip that KOIN (970) back into time with the KOIN Clock. I love the idea of KOIN radio returning and place KXL back on 750 amd KOIN-FM 101 as classical.

    Posted on October 15, 2012 - 02:49 PM #
20. jr_tech
    

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    And KGW back on 620 and KPOJ* to 1330 as well!

    *or should we call it KALE?

    Posted on October 15, 2012 - 03:10 PM #
21. scowl
    

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    Since the switch will happen on October 29th, that means it will immediately start playing Christmas music.

    Posted on October 15, 2012 - 03:16 PM #
22. LTPDXRadio
    

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    Yeah! This is GREAT news!
    I am as happy and delighted as can be.

    Posted on October 15, 2012 - 03:16 PM #
23. Alfredo_T
    

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    I like KPOJ for 1330 because it reminds me of one wacky promotion that they did for Gilette Blue Blades in the late 1950s. They asked listeners to mail their used razor blades to the station!! I can't recall whether I read this in one of Craig's radio history posts or on another Website related to Portland radio, unfortunately.

    Posted on October 15, 2012 - 03:17 PM #
24. Boss_Radio_1550
    

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    I wonder what decades they now consider "Adult Standards". It use to be 40's - 50's music. Likely now, it's 50's - 60's. With maybe a few 70's thrown in....

    Posted on October 15, 2012 - 04:17 PM #
25. Alfredo_T
    

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    I think that you are probably right. In the 1980s, one would often hear big bands and swing on nostalgia/Adult Standards stations, with some pre-rock & roll 1950s pop thrown in. Now, one hears music from the late 1950s with a mix of soft adult hits from the early 1960s through the 1990s. That is not a typo; I have heard Enya and Celine Dion played on Nostalgia stations.

    Posted on October 15, 2012 - 05:26 PM #
26. NoParty
    

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    Maybe even a few hits from the early 80's?

    Posted on October 15, 2012 - 05:35 PM #
27. jr_tech
    

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    Dial Global "Adult Standards":
    http://www.dialglobal.com/index.php/standards/adult-standards

    Posted on October 15, 2012 - 07:05 PM #
28. edselehr
    

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    Before it last left this market, the "Sunny" format had shifted almost completely out of the '50s adult standards and solidly into the '60s and early '70s. Their playlist is getting unsettlingly close to my age group.

    Posted on October 15, 2012 - 07:20 PM #
29. Boss_Radio_1550
    

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    LOL good one Edselehr. Checking out JR's link that he posted, I see Climax's "Precious and Few" is in their reportage. Can't wait to hear that tune again

    Posted on October 15, 2012 - 07:53 PM #
30. Alfredo_T
    

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    I once joked that one day, Nirvana will fall into the category of Nostalgia. Now, it is just a question of whether broadcast media, such as nostalgia-formatted radio stations, will still exist when Gen-X hits the rocking chair.

    Posted on October 16, 2012 - 10:07 AM #
31. Radiodjm
    

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    Dial Global Adult Standards has lots of Frank Sinatra, Johnny Mathis etc but with some early light rock and even current releases by Paul McCartney, Rod Stewart (American songbook), the duets of Lionel Richie.

    Posted on October 16, 2012 - 10:48 AM #
32. NoParty
    

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    I once joked that one day, Nirvana will fall into the category of Nostalgia.

    In about 20 years I bet

    Posted on October 16, 2012 - 02:31 PM #
33. Alfredo_T
    

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    In 20 years, the grunge era will have been 40 years in the past. That is a very scary thought!

    Posted on October 16, 2012 - 03:22 PM #
34. motozak3
    

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    [Terrestrial] Broadcast media will probably be endangered by the time Gen X starts flooding the world's nursing homes. By the time my generation (Y) gets there, they'll probably be just as easy to find as new cinematic releases on Beta are today.

    Posted on October 16, 2012 - 04:08 PM #
35. Waynes World
    

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    Wonderful! now if only the Stoner could get 910 back.

    Posted on October 16, 2012 - 08:49 PM #
36. johnf
    

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    I see today that Cumulus has signed Michael Savage to a big new deal and that Savage will return to the airwaves nationlly Oct. 23. His previous show was airing on KKOV until a few weeks ago. But if KKOV is dropping conservative talk on Oct. 29, his new show obviously won't be returning there. I wonder if any of the other Portland or Salem stations that have at least part of their schedule devoted to conservative talk programs (KXL, KPAM, KUFO, KUIK, KEX, KYKN) are going to show any interest in Savage?

    Posted on October 17, 2012 - 02:08 PM #
37. kennewickman
    

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    Adult Standards..in 2012..lets see....Ace of Base...DIDO...Katy Perry..
    Rod Stewart...contribute your adds ..next !!

    ( my 87 year old father may be sorely dissapointed come October 30th when Sinatra doesnt show up on the playlist )

    Posted on October 17, 2012 - 02:29 PM #
38. motozak3
    

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    "I wonder if any of the other Portland or Salem stations that have at least part of their schedule devoted to conservative talk programs (e.g. KXL, KPAM, KUFO, KUIK, KEX or KYKN) are going to show any interest in Savage?"

    If there really is a god, no.

    Posted on October 17, 2012 - 08:12 PM #
39. missing_kskd
    

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    Hmmm...

    Posted on October 17, 2012 - 08:54 PM #
40. Radiodjm
    

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    two hours of Dial Global Adult Standards format:

    Dial Global Digital 24/7 Formats - ADULT STANDARDS
    Thursday - 10/18/12
    0:00 - HOUR
    air time ID # Artist Title In Runs End
    00:00 45410 Perry Como Some Enchanted Evening :00 3:29 Fa
    03:30 45243 Petula Clark Let It Be Me :17 2:29 FA
    06:00 475 RETURN LINER :08
    06:08 45071 Champaign How 'Bout Us :00 3:11 FA
    09:19 47870 Eric Clapton Autumn Leaves :04 3:33 C
    12:52 52 :07 Image space
    12:55 40749 Peter Paul & Mary Puff(The Magic Dragon) :13 3:22 CO
    16:18 6420 Adult Standards Overnight 17
    16:30 436 NET SPOT BREAK 1 TOTAL 4:30
    21:01 475 RETURN LINER :08
    21:09 45312 Steve Perry Foolish Heart :10 3:26 FA
    24:36 52 :07 Image space
    24:43 41274 Al Martino Painted Tainted Rose :00 2:43 C
    27:27 45447 Percy Faith Song From Moulin Rouge :13 3:13 CO
    30:40 38 Adult Standards Overnight 14
    30:53 16 ** OPTION SONG NEXT
    30:53 41476 Steve Tyrell I've Got The World On A Stri:12 2:59 CO
    33:53 475 RETURN LINER :08
    34:01 40175 Nat King Cole Night Lights :09 2:43 CO
    36:45 52 :07 Image space
    36:45 40575 Anne Murray I'm Happy Just To Dance :12 3:30 FA
    40:16 19 Adult Standards Overnight 06
    40:29 437 NET SPOT BREAK 2 TOTAL 3:30
    43:59 475 RETURN LINER :08
    44:07 45612 Michael Buble You're Nobody Till Somebody :06 3:02 C
    47:10 52 :07 Image space
    47:12 41230 Al Jarreau We're In This Love Together :13 3:34 FA
    50:50 16 ** OPTION SONG NEXT
    50:50 40466 Sergio Mendes/Brasi Fool On The Hill :12 2:59 FA
    53:50 475 RETURN LINER :08
    53:58 45671 Phil Collins Groovy Kind Of Love :12 3:22 C
    57:21 40409 Everly Brothers 'Til I Kissed 'Ya :07 2:18 F
    59:40 474 LEGAL ID (plays at 59:50)
    +00:00

    Dial Global Digital 24/7 Formats - ADULT STANDARDS
    Thursday - 10/18/12
    1:00 - HOUR
    air time ID # Artist Title In Runs End
    00:00 40671 Helen Reddy Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady:12 3:27 FA
    03:30 41035 Dean Martin Chapel In The Moonlight :01 2:29 F
    06:00 475 RETURN LINER :08
    06:08 41496 Maria Muldaur Midnight At The Oasis :06 3:37 FA
    09:45 40546 Sandpipers Come Saturday Morning :10 2:51 FA
    12:35 52 :07 Image space
    12:36 47975 Ventures Walk Don't Run :10 2:02 C
    14:38 20 Adult Standards Overnight 04
    14:52 436 NET SPOT BREAK 1 TOTAL 4:30
    19:23 475 RETURN LINER :08
    19:31 47937 Al Stewart Time Passages :34 4:57 F
    24:28 52 :07 Image space
    24:30 40494 Barry Manilow Ready To Take A Chance :07 2:51 FA
    27:22 39 AS Jersey Boys 01
    27:31 40503 Frank Sinatra Second Time Around :00 2:55 CO
    30:27 6448 Adult Standards Overnight 36
    30:42 16 ** OPTION SONG NEXT
    30:42 41465 Linda Ronstadt Perfidia :10 2:59 C
    33:42 475 RETURN LINER :08
    33:50 40458 Bobby Darin Beyond The Sea :06 2:41 FA
    36:31 52 :07 Image space
    36:33 48010 Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive :06 3:11 F
    39:45 6439 Adult Standards Overnight 28
    39:56 437 NET SPOT BREAK 2 TOTAL 3:30
    43:26 475 RETURN LINER :08
    43:34 40248 Platters My Prayer :00 2:43 CO
    46:18 52 :07 Image space
    46:18 40211 Rita Coolidge We're All Alone :09 3:28 FA
    49:51 16 ** OPTION SONG NEXT
    49:51 41026 Walter Wanderly Summer Samba :04 2:59 CO
    52:50 475 RETURN LINER :08
    52:58 47959 Bobby Vee Come Back When You Grow Up :00 2:11 F
    55:10 40292 ABBA I Have A Dream :13 4:31 FA
    59:41 474 LEGAL ID (plays at 59:50)

    Posted on October 17, 2012 - 09:47 PM #
41. msndrspdx
    

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    Interesting...they're playing The Ventures classic "Walk Don't Run" and ABBA...How standards have changed in just a few years!

    Best, M.

    Posted on October 18, 2012 - 09:30 PM #
42. semoochie
    

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    They used to play "Walk, Don't Run '64" but it's been awhile. Mary Pierce used it for her theme song on KKEY. I found the original, told her about it and carted it up, just before going on vacation. When I returned, so had the newer version.

    Posted on October 18, 2012 - 10:54 PM #
43. msndrspdx
    

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    Uncle Mort used to play The Ventures' "He Never Came Back" (from "The Ventures In Space") as background/intro music on his KBOO radio show quite a bit...Best, M.

    Posted on October 19, 2012 - 07:35 AM #
44. Uncle Mort
    

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    Their best album. Never Came Back has great screams too, just right for halloween! Thanx for the flashback, you come sunday and i'll give you some old airchecks too.

    Posted on October 19, 2012 - 08:05 AM #
45. Alfredo_T
    

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    Now, Nostalgia even includes Disco!! See below:

    36:33 48010 Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive :06 3:11 F

    Posted on October 19, 2012 - 11:47 AM #
46. msndrspdx
    

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    Mort, I agree..."In Space" is one of The Ventures' best efforts over the years, but "Surfing" (1962) and the first "Golden Greats" LP (1967) are in that category, too. By the way: Sundazed Records has reissued "Surfing" and "In Space" on CD and limited-edition LP, along with several other titles from the Liberty/Dolton era...all worth tracking down! Music Millenium stocks the CD editions! All long overdue for the reissue treatment! Check the Sundazed website, too...

    Best, M.

    Posted on October 19, 2012 - 01:48 PM #
47. Andy_brown
    

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    Sundazed does one of the best jobs of remastering. I've got some old Spencer Davis they remastered and it sounds great. Much better than several other remasters of SD I've heard.

    Posted on October 19, 2012 - 02:10 PM #
48. Scott Young
    

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    Couldn't agree more about Sundazed remasters. They always seem to do a good job. At the height of the CD loudness wars they were a little on the brickwalled side, but thankfully that trend seems to have moderated lately. At least for vintage reissues. Most new releases I've bothered to look at are still pretty much ruined though.

    Posted on October 19, 2012 - 03:02 PM #
49. Waynes World
    

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    Put 1550 on HD2! they don't have that great of a signal. simulcast it from somewhere on FM

    Posted on October 21, 2012 - 09:14 PM #
50. motozak3
    

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    To the contrary, 1550's got way *too* great of a signal, unless you're trying to listen from somewhere way out in the sticks, or maybe the coast!

    (I've gotten it rather clearly in Pendleton at night, quite a few times.)

    Posted on October 21, 2012 - 11:02 PM #

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