Damn. Did anyone see this coming?
KLOL, 101.1 FM announced Friday that station has changed formats. The station switched from a rock format to a Latino music format branded as Mega 101.
The station’s web site was listed as under construction, but KLOL’s former morning show hosts Walton and Johnson announced on their web site that they were informed Thursday night of the change.
The radio hosts stated on WaltonandJohnson.com that, “Thursday night Walton and Johnson were informed by lower-level management sources via a last-minute phone call that there would be no Walton and Johnson Show tomorrow. In its place would be Hispanic music programs.”
Walton and Johnson were the #7 rated morning show in the latest ratings. I’m happy to see them go since I think they’re a couple of crapmeisters, but I’m shocked it happened like this.
What this means is that there’s no rock station in Houston which isn’t limited to a time period. You’ve got your Oldies Rock on 107.5, your Classic Rock on 93.7,and your Alternative Rock on 94.5, but no one station that might play anything from the Beatles and Cream to Collective Soul and Green Day, which KLOL used to do. If there’s a better definition of “vast radio wasteland” than that, I don’t know what it is.
Found via Metroblogging Houston.
UPDATE: Various KLOL fans have found this old post and are expressing their angst over the format change. Google’s cache still has the old KLOL web page in it. This discussion thread was complaining about KLOL’s format – one can perhaps see how a change might have been in the works, though clearly what they got was not what they were asking for. I hope Ken Hoffman and.or John Nova Lomax has something to say about why this happened soon.
UPDATE: Pete piles on. Jim D wails. Michael finds a scapegoat. Callie has some words from Walton and Johnson. Kevin examines his non-FM options.
If you are pissed about this decision by CC and decide to go satellite, please buy SIRIUS. XM satellite is the bastard child of CC, stay away from it. Tell car dealers you won’t buy thier car if they have XM satellite installed. Insist on SIRIUS. Since CC has no soul, hitting them in the pocketbook is the only place where it might hurt them.
well hell……..BRING BACK 97 ROCK
TO HELL WITH TEJANO MUSIC
someone plz post cc’s website or email addy so we can overwelm them with emails regarding this delicate situation……god damn bastards
If we bring any station back, bring ZROCK back! Real metal, no censorship (honestly, when did you last hear Pantera’s Fucking Hostile or Slayer’s Payback on KLOL!?) Hell, does anyone here remember the free concerts at Milby Park that were sponsored by the original KLOL? Years later they wimped out…the KLOL that went off the air had given up on rock even before CC bought them, but I think we should hunt down the worthless dirtbags that sold various stations to CC and kick their asses but GOOD! Then take all of CC’s station off the air simultaneously.
Any tech types out there that understand the term “phase conjugation” will know what we need.
—Repost of information—
!!!!!IMPORTANT INFORMATION!!!!!
Want to voice your opinions? I went to clearchannel.com and found all of this handy contact information… I even found an article saying how the Latino station was a great decision, etc. etc. FLOOD THEIR OFFICES WITH COMPLAINTS!
Frequency : 101.1
GM : MARK KOPELMAN
Phone : 713-212-8000
Fax : 713-212-8963
Address : 2000 West Loop, S.
City/State/Zip : Houston , TX 77027
This is the most idiotic move I’ve ever heard of.
Why would we need another latino station in Houston, english is already practically a second language here. You people are un-American.
This has to be a joke. It is the worst business decision I have ever heard of and I have seen some stupid ones in my nearly sixty years.
I can see AM radio making a hugh come back. My poor husband has not been to work since Walton and Johnson were taken off the air because he can’t drive there without their show. We will soon be bankrupt and starving. I hope you pinko communists are happy!
This is the most idiotic move I’ve ever heard of.
Why would we need another latino station in Houston, english is already practically a second language here. You people are un-American.
This has to be a joke. It is the worst business decision I have ever heard of and I have seen some stupid ones in my nearly sixty years.
I can see AM radio making a hugh come back. My poor husband has not been to work since Walton and Johnson were taken off the air because he can’t drive there without their show. We will soon be bankrupt and starving. I hope you pinko communists are happy!
I just can’t believe it!! I moved to Houston 15 years ago and remember Stevens & Pruitt. They were the best. That changed to Pruitt, Boner and Greggo. AND then cc changed it all again. NOW this???? There isn’t much left for those of us who like rock music from the then and now. A great mix of music. I’m sorry, why change a good thing? There is a saying ” If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!”
I can’t believe this happened, I was out of town and when i got in my car this morning I thought something was wrong with my radio. They were playing some kind of spanish rap!!! I’m so pissed, KLOL was the ONLY great rock station in houston. I miss my walton and johnson!!! This really sucks. But I did hear Wendy on 94.5
Fuck clear channel and their bullshit. Tearing away rock 101 is the dumbest idea I’ve ever heard of. And who the hell is going to play Metallica? 94.5? No! Fuck clear channel! And Fuck the mexican shit!
If you have not already, please go to http://www.bringbackklol.com and sign the petition. We are going to deliver this not only online but by email and courier. I may even hand deliver this if I can get enough signatures.
PLEASE GO SIGN!
I know there are many other floating around but with this one I can print it in a format for physical delivery.
I love Walton and Johnson!! It seemed as though they were the last free speech we had on the air waves. What happened? We have sooo many tejano stations its sad. What happened to good old fashioned rock? I have only been a morning listner for about a year and fell in love with Walton and Johnson immediately. I don’t understand what happened. Isn’t free speech part of the constitution? I feel if you don’t want to listen or be a part of free speech than you have the freedom and choice to change the friggin’ channel. People have become to politically correct and I think, get over it!! KLOL is an awesome station and I personally don’t know what I will do without it. I got married on Saturday, NOv 13th and was really stressed. The only thing I looked forward to was getting up and running my bridal errands listening to the only station that relaxes me and lets me look forward to dealing with all the idiots that the world has reproduced. What is going to happen now? I loved waking up in the morning and getting dressed listening to Walton and Johnson. They made me laugh and made my morning a whole lot better knowing that people were still aloud to speak their mind and it was alright!!! I would rather listen to KLOL anytime of the day than any other station. Please let us have back our Walton and Johnson in the morningand Windy Miller at lunch and Outlaw Dave in the afternoon and Uncle Nasty at night playing Metallica till our troops come home. I don’t know what this country has come to but CC sucks the fun out of FREEDOM and FREE SPEECH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I sure hope they hear me and realize I am a devoted fan and listener and my husband as well.
thank you i hope we can bring back KLOL!!
P.S. Thanks for the notice.
I love Walton and Johnson!! It seemed as though they were the last free speech we had on the air waves. What happened? We have sooo many tejano stations its sad. What happened to good old fashioned rock? I have only been a morning listner for about a year and fell in love with Walton and Johnson immediately. I don’t understand what happened. Isn’t free speech part of the constitution? I feel if you don’t want to listen or be a part of free speech than you have the freedom and choice to change the friggin’ channel. People have become to politically correct and I think, get over it!! KLOL is an awesome station and I personally don’t know what I will do without it. I got married on Saturday, NOv 13th and was really stressed. The only thing I looked forward to was getting up and running my bridal errands listening to the only station that relaxes me and lets me look forward to dealing with all the idiots that the world has reproduced. What is going to happen now? I loved waking up in the morning and getting dressed listening to Walton and Johnson. They made me laugh and made my morning a whole lot better knowing that people were still aloud to speak their mind and it was alright!!! I would rather listen to KLOL anytime of the day than any other station. Please let us have back our Walton and Johnson in the morningand Windy Miller at lunch and Outlaw Dave in the afternoon and Uncle Nasty at night playing Metallica till our troops come home. I don’t know what this country has come to but CC sucks the fun out of FREEDOM and FREE SPEECH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I sure hope they hear me and realize I am a devoted fan and listener and my husband as well.
thank you i hope we can bring back KLOL!!
P.S. Thanks for the notice.
I may only be 18 years old, but that makes me a life long listener to KLOL. I was a head banger at mere six months. When my parents divorced, KLOL was possibly the only constant in my life. It has been five days since I turned on the radio and spend fifteen minutes trying to figure out if the cloud cover was screwing up my reception or if hell had truly frozen over. I am still in a state of shock and disbelief over this travesty. Personally, I think violence would solve this problem nicely. A wonderful orgy of violence at Clear Channel headquarters followed by razing it to the ground with the executives still inside. That is just what I would like to do. I am told that I am not a very forgiving person, especially when I feel I have lost a lifelong companion. Farewell KLOL, I hope you come back soon.
And you asses at Clear Channel? Satan has a sleigh ride ready for you in Hell.
well what a concert, everybody who went knew who i was, thats for damn sure. i ran around on the floor, holding my sign up to the stands that said BRING BACK THE REAL 101, jeff bagwell endorsed it. i got at least 5,000 to cheer for me, got a hammett guitar pick too!
well i guess this is a good place to cosider as a petition…. all I know is that Walton and Johnson is the greateast radio program in the world. I now have no reason to wake up before 10am. THEY were the reason I woke up and went to work or school. I’m sure they’ll pop up somewhere soon, but in the meantime I seriously am depressed about it all.
Well, regardless of what anyone thinks of Walton and Johnson (I am a fan by the way), the way Clear Channel Communications has handled this is very poor. Clear Channel Communications have completely lost their mind and feel the real waste is their organization.
94.5 has picked up the slack a bit and have started a mandatory Metallica at 10pm and have started playing some rock that it never has before.
Wish we could put together a F**k Off letter to send to Clear Channel.
Unbeliveable, after thirty years, they just drop R&R!!! Boycott Clear Channel, I for one am going to remove all Clear Channel stations. Tune into 89.7 fm, Alvin Community College. They play good kick-ass rock and roll. If possible, also try to receive 106.1, Big Dog, out of Beaumont. They play hard rock, kinda like the old z-rock. Those Bastards at Clear Channel, do not give in to their total domination of the airwaves. Support kuhf, 88.7 and 90.1 kpft. NO more Clear Channel concerts either!!
BRING BACK THE PIT!!! Now we will never here Pantera or metal music on the radio in Houston again thanks a bunch cc. Its sure cold in hell today.
Thanks to freakin’ Clear Channel I am almost out of my pain pills!!! To sit here and suffer in silence……..
I will NOT turn my radio back on!! Unless of course I find out OUTLAW DAVE is back on!!! Damn if he has to move to get back on the air I am packing my bags!!! He got me through many bad days!! I MISS YOU OUTLAW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
aparently clear channels actions speak for them selves. we dont matter to them!!! they took the cowards way out by not announcing their decision, not to mention that is just damned inconsiderate.
I supose that they must not need the support of the former 101.1 listeners well the are never going to get mine!!! i will never listen to a cc radio station again especially 101.1 mexican radion. i hope everyone else does the same. to hell with clear channel!!!!!!!!!
Does any one of yall have a life.
Who are the idiots that thought we needed another latino station in houston? I’ll miss Walton and Johnson in the AM it made the commute to work tolerable.
I would like to know where they went.
And for those who didn’t like W & J then why did you listen to them?
C.C. You ” SUCK ” One of the best Rock Staion in the country and you ALL YOU F*&*(&^% IT BAD !!!
I’am 100% Mexican, but I do not lisen to hispanic
crap, scrap music, of course not all is bed, BUT….I WANT MY ROCK STATION BACK !!! Pinches>*&^&^%&^%^$^%%#*&^%^%&*&…
I very mad MEXICAN !!!!
Yes we have a life, but KLOL was a big part of it so keep your sarcasm to yourself please BillyBob!!
WHAT THE HELL??? I JUST HEARD THAT THE KLOL BASH ON DECEMBER 4 AT HUSH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THAT REALLY SUCKS!!!!
michelle did you see me there with sign? i got about 10,000 on their feet with it 🙂 read a couple posts up, bagwell backed me up
WHAT THE HELL??? I JUST HEARD THAT THE KLOL BASH ON DECEMBER 4 AT HUSH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THAT REALLY SUCKS!!!!
WHAT THE HELL??? I JUST HEARD THAT THE KLOL BASH ON DECEMBER 4 AT HUSH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THAT REALLY SUCKS!!!!
Caleb,
for your information, I am a fourth generation texan and we Mexicans have been here way before Anglo-Americans begin to settle in Texas. Please know your history, you ignorant bastard.
it was a joke, i really didnt mean to be serious with that one, i meant to include that in that post. i apologize. i dont have any disrespect toward any race, i work with hispanics and im hearing from them they wish the real 101 was back and that the new station is stupid. i just wanna shoot myself when they say LATINO & PROUD on the air, makes you wanna go punch him in the teeth.
Hey everyone, if you really want to help get Walton & Johnson back on the air, write or email Cox Radio of Houston and Infinity Radio of Houston and let them know that you would like to see them carry the Walton & Johnson show. Take some action…and boycott Clear Channel radio stations while you’re at it!
The truth of the Matter is that hard rock and heavy metal are a dying breed. I am both hispanic and been a rocker all my life and agree with those who are really pissed and dissapointed… But don’t take it out on immigration/minorities issues and all that crap that has nothing to do with music. I stopped listening to radio many years ago and listen to it maybe for an hour a month when my CD starts playing the first song over again and don’t have any more CDs handy. I would reccomend if you can’t live without radio, get satellite radio where there are a billion formats commercial free. I love my music and its not heavy metal, its progressive rock which is not a dying breed, that has been dead for decades. Like the Who and Rainbow would say: Long Live Rock!
Leo
I can not function properly in the morning without my Walton & Johnson. What the hell are the exes thinking? Also, what the hell am I supposed to listen to when most of the other stations are playing crap? My radio rarely ever turned from 101. Do they even care that they have taken away something that is part of Houston and the surronding areas? Lisa
this is absolute BS in my opinion. I just moved to the houston area a year ago, and listened to 94.5 until I finally found a station that played older rock that I liked. before that when I scanned the radio every other fking station was latino. Now they’re taking the one good rock station and turning it into one yet another latino station. I’m sorry but this is America. and English is the national language. we should not be the ones who have to scan through our radio for 15 minutes to hear something that we can understand, let alone enjoy.
Well this really bite,s ,,but we need an email address to post our bitchs on, that will show our hatred of how some over educated prick just screwed the pooch. I miss my WALTON,JOHNSON.
THIS SUCKS ASS I HAVE NOYHING TO LISTEN TO!
SON OF A BITCH BASTARD. WALTON & JHONSON I FUCKIN MISS YOU, YOU TO OUTLAW DAVE. STEVE RUBIN & ALL THE KLOL STAFF! I AM ASHAMED OF BEING LATINO. IT’S BAD ENOGH ICAN’T SPEAK SPANISH LET ALONE UNDERSTAND IT! CC DO US A FAVOR BRING EVERY ONE BACK IMEAN EVERYONE! OR GO BACK TO HELL AND ROTT FOR EVER. VIVA ROCK 101 KLOL FUCK THAT OTHER BULL SHIT
THIS SUCKS ASS I HAVE NOTHING TO LISTEN TO!
SON OF A BITCH BASTARD. WALTON & JHONSON I FUCKIN MISS YOU, YOU TO OUTLAW DAVE. STEVE RUBIN & ALL THE KLOL STAFF! I AM ASHAMED OF BEING LATINO. IT’S BAD ENOUGH I CAN’T SPEAK SPANISH LET ALONE UNDERSTAND IT! CC DO US A FAVOR BRING EVERY ONE BACK I MEAN EVERYONE! OR GO BACK TO HELL AND ROTT FOR EVER. VIVA ROCK 101 KLOL FUCK THAT OTHER BULL SHIT
Well this really bite,s ,,but we need an email address to post our bitchs on, that will show our hatred of how some over educated prick just screwed the pooch. I miss my WALTON,JOHNSON.
What the Hell! KLOL is gone and will be missed. The corporate jerks don’t give a darn about what the people want. They are completely motivated by money. They believe this new crap will get them more advertising dollars because of the growing population of hispanics in the Houston area. This growth is due mostly to illegal immigration and our government will do nothing to stop it. This just shows the changing landscape and is a portent of things to come. KLOL was listened to my me and my legal American hispanic friends; it will be no more!
cc sucks Walton and johnson were the only sane people on the radio.
This is truly unjust, and I am deeply enraged. As a life-long fan of KLOL and Proud Fightin’ Texas Aggie, I am very saddened.
The current founder and CEO of CC is Lowry Mays, Alumni and the namesake of the school of Business at Texas A&M. I hope he may hear the opinion of one Aggie’s dismay and a city that feels betrayed.
IY YOU REALLY HATED THE W & J SHOW, BUT LOVED THE KLOL MUSIC, JUST PLAY YOUR CD’S OR TAPES AND GET OVER WITH.
OR DONATE SOME MONEY TO PUT A ROCK STATION TOGETHER
I’m hispanic and I do enjoy listening to Tejano music, but this new 101 Latino station is playing a bunch of bullshit music. I do miss Rock 101 KLOL, I have been a life time listener, and am very disappointed in whatc C.C. has done to our Rock Station. I think we need to do what ever we can to bring Rock 101 back to our airwaves. Maybe if we call the new radio station and tell them that they TOTALLY SUCK on an every 5 minute basis they will leave us to our Rock 101 that we all need and want back.
I am just as mad as the rest of you guys, but, it truly is not the Latinos doing this. I was raised listenig to KLOL and I’m latino. I definately rocked to KLOL, through my childhood, high school, marriage and now my children rocked KLOL too. It was a very bad and stupid business decision on the the part of CC executives. They have no clue as to the extreme betrayal that the truly loyal listeners have received. Yes, the format has changed, but please lets not be ignorant racists. I’m almost positive that there is a lot of Latino Rockers that are Pissed Off, TOO.
KLOL is or should I say WAS the only real ROCK station in Houston. No other station will play Zeplin, Ozzy, Van Halen, AC/DC and all the other great rock bands which some of like to hear. Clear Channel has deprived the people of Houston. There are many Tejano or Hispanic station, 2 classic rock stations 2 modern rock stations but there was only 1 KLOL. Why did Clear Channel kill a legend? Clear Channel should answer. Boycott Clear Channel.
please someone tell me this a bad dream. i am 37 years old, i have lived in and around houston for more than 27 years. 101.1 klol was always a part of it. even when i lived in other parts of the state, i still kept 101 programed in my radio. so when i came back i only had to change the station with a push of a button. now the only button i want to push is the one that blows that crappy station up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and the one where the idoits that made this happen.
I am just as upset as everyone else when the format was changed. I do really miss S&P they just made my morning. W&J did become a little tired to me to the point that I was listening to talk radio on am. I just want to clear some things up. The new Latino station is not Mexican Music or station. Just like there is different genres of english music (country,pop,rock,R&B,RAP,and so on) there is different types of spanish music (Mexicans from Mexico do not consider Tejano music to be Mexican and Mexican Texans do not always agree with Music from Mexico) In turn please stop saying it is a Mexican station. 99.99% of the artist on this new station are OTMs (Other Than Mexicans) As a mater of fact more than a few are Americans.
I do no see this station lasting very long anyway. I have yet to see any Spanish FM station last very long. It is all about a quick buck for CC who I think is just trying to capitlize on the Latin Explosion. There really is no station like Latino on FM right now. There was a station some what simular on 100.7 but the format changed to an AM Christian station. You can just imagine how they felt.
Believe me when I say that I am not making excuses. Just don’t say it is another Mexican station because it is not Mexican it seems to be catering to OTMs which hold thier noses up to Mexicans.
I hope I do not offend anyone as it is not my intention to.
If everyone that bitched actually got of your lazy asses and supported KLOL rather than sparking up a new bong load they would still be here! Petitions and protests will mean nothing.. but if it makes you feel better then go ahead. It was a radio station… it was here for a long time.. now it’s gone… take a deep breath and get over it. Move on. Clear Channel ownes a chunk of XM.. but little did any of you know.. they also own a chunk of Sirius under a few different names… so go sign up for satellite radio.. it’ll make stock holders happy!
Go to http://www.bringbackklol.com. There they will print your comments and signature to Clear Channel headquarters, and you can also buy a Bring Rock 101 back bumper sticker, pin, shirt, and all kinds of other stuff. I don’t know if this was posted already, but there are just WAY too many posts to read. And that’s a good thing. We need signatures, well the people that started the petition at bring back KLOL that is, needs all the signatures they can get, and the more, well that will show Clear Channel what they got themselves in way over their heads. We will not go quietly, nor without a fight. Rock 101 gave a damn about us, and we give a damn about them. So let’s team up, and get our station back…from those morons at Clear Channel.
I am 21, starting listening when we moved here when I was 3. I grew up with this station, and I will never forget the day…Houston rock mattered no more.