The Not So Soft Side of KOSY

Who wants to hear about me catching a mouse in my house at 2 a.m.? No one? Alright, I've got another topic. Some of you may have already heard the story on morning radio, but some of you, say maybe Deanna in Chicago, probably haven't. So for those of you, here goes.

Brief background, first: KOSY is a soft rock station in SLC. Very, very soft. Like "Have You Never Been Mellow" "Rainy Days and Mondays" "I Want To Make It With You" and "I'd Really Love to See You Tonight" soft. I know! Dream station, right? Well it would be except for there's whole lot of Celine Dion, Elton John ("Circle of Life" as opposed to "Levon" which is a very important distinction), and Gloria Estafan mixed in. So not so dreamy after all. There are two other things KOSY is known for: Showtunes Saturday Night (self-explanatory) and the fact that they start an all Christmas music format every year around, say, Labor Day and it goes through Martin Luther King Day, I think.

So, here is an e-mail that an actual KOSY listener recently sent to the station:

From: ***Redacted***
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 8:57 PM
To: ***Also Redacted***
Subject: KOSY_FM Site Message from ***Redacted*** visitor

Not only did you get rid of Erica from the morning show and especially
SHOW TUNES SATURDAY NIGHT, but you are playing Christmas music again?
It isn't even Thanksgiving. Can you give us a break?

And why did you get rid of Erica? Have you listed to the person that is
on Show Tunes Saturday Night now? She is boring and plays songs no one
knows.
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Okay, so KOSY's PR department, replied to the e-mail as follows:

From: ***PR Guy at Clear Channel Owned KOSY***
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:06 PM
To: ***Redacted Listener name***
Subject: RE: KOSY_FM Site Message from ***Redacted*** visitor

WOW. You wanna back that down a notch? The audience seems to really enjoy the Christmas music. The fact that you are this bitter might keepyou from having a good time but many are delighted that we are playing it. Maybe you've got some idea what we should tell the people that depend on this station doing well to put groceries on the table. 18thplace isn't cutting it and that's where the KOSY morning show was ranked in the ratings. 18th place!!! That's the best thing you have to do on a Tuesday night at 9:00 PM is tee off on someone about the Saturday night show? Great. You don't like the show. What now? Which part of "no one" have you surveyed to see if anyone knows the songs on Saturday night? Yourself? Laura has been an actress for years and a show tunes fan herself for her entire life. Maybe it's not the show for you. We try to deliver something enjoyable. Many like what they hear, if you don't I sincerely hope you find a station you enjoy and I thank you for the time you've spent listening to KOSY.

***REDACTED name of PR GUY***
KOSY 106.5
***Redacted telephone number***

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Not exactly the response you would have expected from KOSY, right?

Today's Song: Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels), Jim Croce

Story re: today's song. New Year's Eve - 2002, I believe. I'm in San Diego with Jim and Susie. It's January 2. We're due to fly home that day. Jim is never, ever fun on the last day of a trip. He wakes up, and he's already gone to home in his mind. So we sit down to a pre-flight lunch at Croce's - named after famed folk singer, Jim Croce. I say to Susie, "Susie is Jim still alive?" Susie reaches over, pats Jim's hand and says, "Well, he's a little tired but I think he'll make it." Rolling my eyes, I said: "Croce, Susie. JIM CROCE!"

Bah dum bump!