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BB12 gazette Telegraph Sunday, Feb. 26,1995# *Electronic media/Radio does wellB811994 was “a stellar year” for ratio in Colorado Springs, says Springs Radio (KVUU-FM, KVOR-AM, KSPZ-FM, K-TLK-am) general manager DonnSeldholz.^Through Dec. 31 the Colorado Springs market (106th) should finish up about 18 per-ceiit from 1993?* He projects the growth will continue well into 1996 with the addition of major new retail businesses and positive announcements regarding Fort Carson.Consumers are seeing “an extremely competitive radio situation,” says Seidholz.He concedes that the lack of diversity in radio formats is a frequent complaint.“The biggest knock is from people who say they hear the same thing over and over, but this is a competitive market that is serving its customers. If there were a market for another format, one of the broadcasters would have it.Paul Ehlis, general manager of KKFM and KKMG-FM, agrees.“You need more of an audience to support more formats than we have. There is not the revenue base in Colorado Springs, for example, for an (ages) 18-24 radio station.” Other radio changes in ’94 included KILO-FM’s move from 93.9 to 94.3, which was required when a Denver station boosted its.pow.fir.work announced a merger with magazine publisher Sound Money Investors Inc.KRDO “probably experienced more changes in 1994 than we ever have in the past,” says General Manager Neil Klock-ziem. “We retooled three radio stations and started with two of them from almost ground floor.” KRDO-AM/FM and KHII-FM were converted to computer-controlled stations, went to a digital format from analog and all audio went onto hard-disk drive.The station's studios were remodeled into “a state-of-the-art facility.” KRDO-AM changed from a music format to an allsports format. Easy-listening KRDO-FM became adult-contemporary Peak 95.1.
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Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph
Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
Sun, Feb 26, 1995
Page 64
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