Quote from: Fort Rock on December 25, 2010, 03:15:10 PM
Here's a couple more indicators of the situation. Coast To Coast AM lost 2 major affiliates which were near and dear to Art Bell emotionally. The first is WABC AM 770 in NYC, and the second is KIRO AM 710 in Seattle. Those near The Big Apple should monitor WABC, and their website, those in the PNW/Seattle area should monitor KIRO. The Hoagland insult to Bell was probably in exchange for being able to appear on Coast with Mr. Snoresville! Any decline on the part of Art came from corporate pressure, which will not be repeated! Art's coming back in 2011, bet on it!
Just to clarify, here is a brief history of Coast to Coast AM in the Seattle market, beginning from the mid-90's. Until late 2002, when KOMO-AM 1000 switched to an all-news format, the program was carried on this 50 KW blowtorch. Art reported once that Coast had been heard in Scandinavia over the Pole directly from KOMO. Between the end of 2002 and early last month, Coast was heard on 5 KW KVI-AM 570. KVI's overall ratings problem resulted in the station dropping its talk format, now broadcasting "classic hits" music. For the period November 7th through January 3rd, Seattle radio has been and will remain "Coast-less," although where I live in the northwest interior of Washington, I have been listening to 50 KW stations KEX-AM 1190 Portland, OR and KFBK-AM 1530 Sacramento, CA, in addition to various online streams. Beginning in 8 days, Coast will be heard on Seattle's KIRO-FM 97.3. On April, 1, 2009, 50 KW KIRO-AM 710 became the region's new ESPN affiliate.