Radioinsight has confirmed it as official today (May 2, 2016). They'll begin broadcasting the games starting with the 2017 season. Entercom is expected to retain their alternative format for now.
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FM94.9.. "All About The.... Padres!?!"
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Alternative and sports would seem to be an awkward fit.
XEPRS is 6th in billings, and KBZT is 17th. I think that format adjustments are a real possibility, with the whole thing being based on the Padres.
The question is, when does ESPN 94.9 begin?
Article from InsideRadio fleshes out the details a bit on the deal:
Announcers Ted Leitner + Jesse Agler will be retained (with occasional appearances by Don Orsillo).
Padres desire to reach 18-34 age group was essential to deal along with cross promotion on Entercom's other SD outlets KSON/KSOQ + KXSN (nee KIFM).
Story link: http://www.insideradio.com/free/kbz...cle_f2394776-1104-11e6-8348-f7b5957c4b57.html
Announcers Ted Leitner + Jesse Agler will be retained (with occasional appearances by Don Orsillo).
Padres desire to reach 18-34 age group was essential to deal along with cross promotion on Entercom's other SD outlets KSON/KSOQ + KXSN (nee KIFM).
Story link: http://www.insideradio.com/free/kbz...cle_f2394776-1104-11e6-8348-f7b5957c4b57.html
In daylight hours, 1090 even misses part of the eastern part of SD county. It's out of market coverage is limited to mostly the immediate coastal areas of OC and LA counties.
Inland, particularly in LA County, the noise levels are now so high that the signal is useless. This is the reason why Spanish language programming aimed at the LA metro was ended long ago on 1090.
In other words, the advantage of very limited distant coverage is very limited vs. the younger demo gains from being on FM.
At my location in the east county suburbs (south of El Cajon, east of La Mesa, immediately north of Rancho San Diego - SSE of 32°46'N 116°57'W), XEPRS is only a few dB stronger than 1070-KNX. By my standards it's definitely good enough, and I'd still listen even if it was a lot weaker. (I sometimes listen to 1110 KDIS, which is, I'd estimate, probably about 25 dB weaker.) On an "average" radio, XEPRS has a little perceivable background hiss, but I don't call it objectionable.
Even so, XEPRS is, I'd presume, below David's "magical" 10 mV/m threshold - I'd guess maybe around 5-6 mV/m or so. Maybe in an environment like where I am, where the noise level isn't all that high (signals around 25-50 µV/m, possibly lower, can be DX'ed with a decent radio/antenna and patience), XEPRS might be acceptable for non-DXers listening, but I'm guessing I'm on the edge of their "non-DXer-usable" coverage area. Also, XEPRS's background hiss can easily become foreground noise even with a minor electrical disturbance nearby.
When the Padres were also on 105.7, because of my location on the wrong side of a cluster of hills, XEPRS was still a better signal.
Also 1700-XEPE is a comparable signal to XEPRS, although it may be slightly better in the daytime. At night, it seems a little more prone to skywave/groundwave fading, at least a little more than XEPRS.
As for 94.9, their signal isn't as good here as XEPRS. If I went maybe a quarter mile away from home up the hill, I'm pretty sure 94.9 would be considerably better.
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