I still kind of miss Willy-FM, poor signal and all....
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Mightier 1090 goes Almighty 8/1
- Thread starter Jstnpspck
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I laugh when I think of a station with that name in the U.K.
Scott Kaplan talks about the end of The Mightier 1090 from about 1 hour 32 mins in and again about 2hrs in.
And 1270 XEAZ is called "La Romántica" broadcast spanish oldies
I thought KLAA was bad, but this incarnation of 1090 may have been worse. At least KLAA's lone local show has Roger Lodge live in the studio taking calls. Based on my observations, XEPRS was basically a clearing house for streaming video and podcasts.
Kaplan's pre-recorded two-hour show, which was replayed immediately. Then comes the one hour program with the sportswriter, followed by ESPN, SXM and other satellite sources. Lots of direct response ads with toll-free numbers. Those weird-sounding, but required Mexican PSAs. And, no website.
Ten-Ninety didn't sound very "mighty", and they're going out pretty wimpy. Was it always like that?
Kaplan's pre-recorded two-hour show, which was replayed immediately. Then comes the one hour program with the sportswriter, followed by ESPN, SXM and other satellite sources. Lots of direct response ads with toll-free numbers. Those weird-sounding, but required Mexican PSAs. And, no website.
Ten-Ninety didn't sound very "mighty", and they're going out pretty wimpy. Was it always like that?
Ok are either of those stations a spanish format? This is filling a void in the market and apparently what they think will bring in ratings.... Probably not more than the sports format which did have a local show the Arash Markazi show but still, as I think David Eduardo would attest its just as important to have a spanish station for this format to serve this community for christian based programming with a powerful signal that will not only cover the San Diego market but much of that area of Mexico.
Not ratings, but more butts in the pews for Mass.
And hopefully, more listener dollars or pesos.
Maybe more checks being addressed to their broadcasting company also..
At 12am, I'm hearing Spanish Talk
I was listening just before Midnight Pacific time via their stream at onlineradiobox.com. No Mexican anthem, and no switch. ESPN Radio continued.
Five hours later, I'm still hearing ESPN Radio. Unless the stream is now a zombie and the switch has already happened terrestrially.
Five hours later, I'm still hearing ESPN Radio. Unless the stream is now a zombie and the switch has already happened terrestrially.
Equis E Pe Erre Ese used to blast in here at night 2700 miles away.. like, nightly. .just bang in like a ton of bricks. totally wiping out 1090 KPTR Seattle.... BEFORE XEPRS lost a tower. Now its a mix of the two, literally most of the time.. with Seattle usually winning if one does take the lead
KPFK operates a translator in the San Diego area on 93.7 (K229BO) with 10 Watts from Mt Woodson near Rancho Bernardo.
They had the children's version of the National a few minutes before midnight PDT. Just one stanza then into Spanish talk. I went to bed (it was 1 am!) .
I live Northwest of the Los Angeles area and for quite some time now 1090 seems to be about half of its original signal strength. I'm guessing they're running much lower power and/or can't tune their existing antenna system to create the same ERP as before. Or they might now actually be non-directional with who knows what power?
I think their original ERP might have been close to 250 kW or even higher.
Its the loss of the tower that did it.... made the signal much broader instead of a tighter DA...
The 3-tower array was a "side fire" directional situated in a line ENE to WSW that had equal signal north & south in a moderately tight pattern.
With just 2 towers the lobe north & south will be much broader meaning less signal to L.A but more off to the sides.
You can see from Google Earth something is still missing ;-)
With just 2 towers the lobe north & south will be much broader meaning less signal to L.A but more off to the sides.
You can see from Google Earth something is still missing ;-)
Any idea who GLR is? I thought that was one of the company names when PRISA from Spain operated in the US.
That's the heritage of the name, but it is still Vivian Huo-owned. The FCC has sent this for Team Telecom review, and there is also a pending petition to deny by Multicultural Broadcasting, which thinks they're going to flip to Chinese and leave the FCC powerless on stopping communist propaganda.
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