What the hell is gay radio? All Barbara Streisand, all the time? Non-stop Cher? Show tunes? What?
To be absolutely honest, we’re not sure what “gay music” is, but San Francisco activists want it returned to the airwaves.
Yes, San Francisco activists are “encouraging” the new owner of KNGY-FM to bring back the gay-oriented programming it featured until recently.
The station’s new owners switched its call letters from KNGY to KREV and flipped its format from “gay” to Top 40.
You can’t blame the new owners for changing formats. Ratings for the gay format sucked so badly that it trailed even Air America’s San Francisco affiliate. They each had less than 10% of the audience of top-rated KGO.
Nevertheless, Bay Area gay activists and politicians consider the format flip an insult to the community and they’re encouraging the new owners to “rethink” the decision. County supervisor Bevan Dufty (another one of our favorite names) has even introduced a resolution to that effect.
The FM station can be found at 92.7, which, naturally, is on the extreme left side of the dial.
Source: The Radio Equalizer
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In my opinion no one has commented on this article as we are just not quite sure what to say.
“we’re not sure what “gay music” is”
Anything by Moby.
I wonder if Yanni falls into the category of gay music????
We’re not even sure it qualifies as music.
So it’s just “gay”?
Lemming’s anybody?
“Ratings for the gay format sucked so badly that it trailed even Air America’s San Francisco affiliate. They each had less than 10% of the audience of top-rated KGO.”
Is it possible that the gay population is only 10% in SF?