Talk:XETRA-FM
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[edit] First Alternative Rock Station
"and was the first Alternative Rock radio station in radio history" - 91X was the first alternative rock station in San Diego, but I doubt that it was the first in the country. KROQ was playing alternative rock bands before 91X, although I don't know if they billed themselves as "alternative rock" back then. User:Orayzio 23:39, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
- I concur. Much as I love 91X (I can still remember when they stopped playing "Stairway to Heaven" and started playing "Sex" by Berlin), KROQ definitely beat them to the punch as far as being an alternative rock radio station. And no, I don't think either station called themselves "alternative" during the '80s. I don't remember that tag even existing until the early '90s. Instead, 91X billed itself as "modern rock" or (as in their Monty Python-sampling station ID) "the cutting edge of rock". In any event, KROQ's article shows them as establishing their format in 1978, a good five years before 91X. I still love 91X, though. GentlemanGhost 18:26, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
- 91X flipped to modern rock around 1982 or 1983 (don't have exact date, but I'll do a little digging). Rick Carroll, then PD of KROQ, was consulting stations at the time and flipping them to his "Rock Of The 80s" format. 91X was his first client, followed by KQAK in San Francisco. I remember reading an article about this at the time of KQAK's flip. So, 91X definitely came after KROQ, and KROQ was basically the genesis of the current 91X.--Fightingirish 18:26, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
I think the definition of "Alternative" is fine. In the 80s, Alternative was better known as New Wave. In either event, it was a Modern Rock format. The format's early adopters were on the West Coast, including the now legendary 91X and KROQ. Another early station that may have come and gone by this time was "Rock of the 80s" KZAM (AM-1540), licensed to Bellevue, Washington in suburban Seattle. It was broadcasting in the late 70s and was clearly ahead of its time. With no ratings to speak of, KZAM abandoned the format in the early 80s and took on the format of its AAA (then known as Adult AOR) sister KZAM-FM. Goeverywhere 04:22, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Mexican stations
I did major surgery on the article in regards to the U.S. programming rights issue.
American companies do not own Mexican stations, which the first part of this article correctly noted. But you can't "sell" a station you don't own, and Clear Channel did not "own" XETRA and the other stations. They owned the programming rights to them in the United States. I know this sounds picky, but that's what was sold by the company, not the actual "stations" or facilities. I'd like to see other editors working on articles about Mexican-based U.S.-operated stations to make similar adjustments... --69.168.179.150 00:03, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
It doesn't sound picky at all. (The only thing more annoying is how the radio industry seems unable to handle five call letters and constantly leaves out the 'E' on these stations -- it is not XTRA-FM). Clear Channel operated its Mexican properties but did not own them. Thus, they cannot be sold, as you point out. Intellectual property rights and the rights to operate the stations can be sold, however, and that appears to be what Clear Channel did in this case. Goeverywhere 04:26, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Station Class
The info box says 91X is a Class 'C' station. Unless Mexico has classed its FM stations exactly the same as in the United States, this seems like something to be deleted from all Mexican station listings. Goeverywhere 00:28, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
