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"Welcome to Sancho 107.7 in Austin"

davideduardo

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From the station website... http://lajefa1077.univision.com/

Bienvenidos al Sancho 107.7, la única estación regional mexicana Top 40 en Austin con música de las nuevas generaciones de bandas.

La Jefa has migrated, too.
 
I think Univision could've retooled 107.7 without glorifying adultery. What a shame they took the low road. I always thought Univision was above this type of thing. Apparently, I was wrong.
 
purpledevil said:
I think Univision could've retooled 107.7 without glorifying adultery.
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I always thought that, in this context, "sancho" meant "the other one" as in alternative. A perfect name for an "alterado" regional format.

As in "pork... the other white meat". Sort of. :rolleyes:

"Sancho" as a term also means "the other guy" and is a reference to "the other guy" in Cervante's epic tale of Don Quijote and Sancho Panza in what is probably the greatest work in Spanish language literature.
 
DavidEduardo said:


I always thought that, in this context, "sancho" meant "the other one" as in alternative. A perfect name for an "alterado" regional format.

As in "pork... the other white meat". Sort of. :rolleyes:

"Sancho" as a term also means "the other guy" and is a reference to "the other guy" in Cervante's epic tale of Don Quijote and Sancho Panza in what is probably the greatest work in Spanish language literature.
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That may be so, but Lance posted a station logo in his blog post which shows a man quickly running out of a door with his pants flying behind him. With that imagery, the name's intent seems pretty clear.

I agree with purpledevil, it's distasteful and gross. Not to mention the logo is very amateurish at best.
 
Ryan Williams said:
That may be so, but Lance posted a station logo in his blog post which shows a man quickly running out of a door with his pants flying behind him. With that imagery, the name's intent seems pretty clear.

I agree with purpledevil, it's distasteful and gross. Not to mention the logo is very amateurish at best.
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I have to ask - WTH is up with that station logo? Most ridiculous thing I've ever seen.
 
Has anyone actually listened? Might this be a stunt? (Using iOS at the moment; the stream won't work.)

Playing a new generation of artists is a legitimate programming option, but that logo gives me some doubts, unless it's being lobbed out there for the notoriety factor.
 
It's going for the irreverence that makes formats like Bob FM and Jack FM popular. But the station has always been limited by its signal and its tower up toward Georgetown. IIRC-- That's why they still have studios in North Austin even though Univision wanted to move its radio stations in with the TV studios in Central Austin. The studios have to be where the station puts a signal.
 
They could setup a studio at the transmitter and declare that their main studio. Some stations do that and originate their public service block from it and everything else comes their non-main studios.
 
I don't believe they even have to originate their public service block from said "main studio." They just have to have a working EAS, the public file, and the ability to broadcast from the location. The FCC defines what is needed to be considered "able to broadcast." I remember it includes mixing equipment, but I'm not sure what else. The "main studio" is also required to have a management level employee there during business hours. While said manager doesn't have to be chained to his desk, he is expected to keep reasonable and appropriate business hours.

A classic case of this would be KBFL-FM 99.9 in Buffalo, MO. All the programming originates from the KTXR studios in Springfield, well outside of the station's citygrade signal contour. However, it very much has a main studio in Buffalo. It's actually a pretty nice building, and there is indeed a manager there during regular business hours. When leaving for lunch, they put a sign on the door saying they're temporarily out of the office and will be back later.
 
The FCC rule is that the main studio has to be in the community of license, within 25 miles of that community or within the city-grade signal of any station licensed to that community. City-grade is 70 dBu for FM and 5 mV/m for AM.

Because of KHFI (96.7) also being licensed to Georgetown, they could put the main studio for KLJA (107.7) basically anywhere in the metro. The problem is with KLQB (104.3) which is licensed to Taylor. Neither station puts a city-grade over the current studio off of Mopac, but that studio is within a 25 mile radius of Taylor. The Univision TV studios look to be a little over 26 miles from the center of Taylor.

It is possible that they have figured out a way to fudge the distance a little by using some other reference coordinates for Taylor so that they still meet the requirement. There are some points inside the city limits of Taylor on the southwestern side of town that are within 25 miles. It's also possible that they are housing the "main studio" somewhere else that is closer to Taylor, while the operations are at North Loop.
 
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