Houstonist: Jack comes to Houston

lauren

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 11:48:55 -0600

when tuning in, KLOL was on the presets, so i wasn't thrilled about the Mega101 change. as far as Jack goes - the website gives hints about its trendoid nature, but it is interesting, however, to hear Eye of the Tiger and Jeremy back to back...

Eric Wilson

Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:35:18 -0600

I agree with you on "Rockstar" and "Lips of an Angel." Bands like Nickelback and Hinder (and the other 500 that sound just like them) is what makes radio so boring and predictable these days. It'll be interesting to see how Jack does. The signal is so weak west of downtown -- it'll be hard for them to compete with the other Houston stations. As for the ads for sex shops on Jack, those are probably leftovers from the Rok KIOL days (they're running them through their agreed dates). I think strip bars, beer companies, and sex shops are all that ever advertised on KIOL. Shows a great deal about their listeners.

guest

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:50:04 -0600

I'm cautiously optomistic about the new station. I'm not taking it personally because I never was a KLOL or KIOL listener to begin with. I don't like the idea that DJs are put out of a job...but at the same time I question the big bucks paid to radio personalities at the "big" stations, who play the same top 40 (more like top 20!) over and over and over and over, regardless of requests. I once emailed a nice dj over at Mix 96.5 begging them to stop playing Rockstar and Lips of an Angel...she wrote back to say she really had no control over it, they had to play the chart toppers. I like the spontenaity of the new Jack station in town. Mix 96.5's idea of playing an old-school song is playing the Spin Doctor's Two Princes every day for like two weeks in a row! I loved that song back in the day, and hearing it now and then is great, but they are redundant even with their flashback-type songs! Anyway, I like it so far! Don't like the sex shop commercials, though.

guest

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:03:49 -0600

If it is anything like the "Bob" station I've caught a few times in Austin, it'll be welcome. I am tired of the same old drivel, where you here the same 100 songs for a week or 2 then the next rotation starts.

guest

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 11:15:04 -0600

The other "Jack" in Texas is pretty good (at least it's not repetitious, chatty garbage.