Everything about Ktwv totally explained
KTWV is a commercial
radio station located in
Los Angeles, California, broadcasting to the
Los Angeles,
Orange County, and
Riverside-
San Bernardino, California area on 94.7
FM.
KTWV airs a
smooth jazz music format branded as "94.7 The Wave". The
KTTV/KTWV Tower is one of the tallest structures on earth.
History
From the late 1960s until
1987, the 94.7 frequency was home of
KMET, a very popular
album-oriented rock station which was owned by
Metromedia-before that the station was called
KLAC-FM. The station's ratings were high until the early 1980s when they lost ground to other competition. Many observers believe the station's ratings struggles were greatly enhanced by embracing the advice of foreign (
New York)music consultants, and abandoning their identity as the "Soundtrack for Southern California". Specifically, taking the spontaneity of having disc jockeys pick music played on the air, as well as reducing advertising budgets, resulted in significant ratings drops.
Metromedia would sell their TV stations in 1986 and restructured and became known as Metropolitan Broadcasting. By the end of 1986, the rock format on KMET had very low ratings and as a result, the format would end on
February 14 1987. Some have called the change "the Valentine's Day Massacre" of KMET.
The station changed to a New Age Music/Soft Rock/Contemporary Jazz format with the nickname "The Wave". The initial focus of this new format was primarily non-vocal
new age music, but over the years, the station moved to more of a
smooth jazz sound. Today, the station is still called "The Wave" and plays a mix of smooth jazz, soft
R&B hits,
AC songs, and some softer rock hits. The Wave had the title of being the first NAC station in the country but other media writers disagree with actually giving that title to KLRS (Colors) in Santa Cruz, CA which went on the air one month after The Wave but KLRS played a true New Age music format thus becoming the first station in North America to debut a true New Age format until its demise in 1990.
The era of The Wave has the distinction of being the only time legendary disc jockey
J. J. Jackson has ever worked there. Jackson was a veteran of then-rival rock station
KLOS (while The Wave was still rocker KMET) for ten years, before becoming one of the original "
VJ's" (video jockeys) on
MTV when the channel debuted in 1981. Jackson was a DJ for a brief time at The Wave in
2004.
KTWV is currently owned by
CBS Radio and is home of The
Brian McKnight Morning Show with
Pat Prescott (McKnight's predecessor was saxophonist
Dave Koz, who has a successful syndicated radio show of his own). It is located in the largest market with a Smooth Jazz station, thanks to the recent demise of
WQCD in
New York City.
When competitor
Citadel Broadcasting switched
WJZW smooth jazz format to oldies, CBS Radio began running ads promoting KTWV's streaming audio on CBS owned stations in the area such as
WJFK-FM.
Logos
Image:ktwv1987.gif|KTWV logo from 1987 to 2001
Image:ktwv2001.jpg|KTWV logo from 2001 to the present
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