Any format flips this past year ?
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Midland odessa area stations
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yes a few.. mostly in spanish
Yes I'm surprised there not more Chr or and urban station .to country to many Spanish. I would love to see more diversity.
According to usafacts.org in 2022 the population of Midland 139K was 48.9% Hispanic 40.8 % white. These 2 groups have 89% of the population. Not a lot of diversity CHR is not doing that well nationwide.
What were the last rating results? I remember back in the day foxy 106 to power then the kbat to b93 to kiss wild 96.1 all change I see ?
Ony 2 Spanish stations subscribe and many of the other stations don't either so no way to really know whos on top.
Spanish is where the $$ is who needs diversity if you are broke?
Odessa/Midland
radioinsight.com
Remember, Nielsen no longer displays stations that are not subscribers in diary markets, so several stations do not show.
Another factor, this area is basically relies a lot on oil and natural gas drilling for a lot of jobs. Not trying to get political, but the price for oil in the US follows the "North Sea Brett" which is basically the price of oil in Europe. Like it or not, indirectly the price of gasoline in the US (not counting taxes) is set by a bunch of traders based at the London exchange. No politician can do much to lower the price short term without allowing Russian and Iranian oil to flow freely. If that happens US drilling will slow down.
Good economic times in the "oil patch" means we pay extra at the pump.
Good economic times in the "oil patch" means we pay extra at the pump.
How long was Foxy on the air? I heard it about 2 or 3 times, and then it was gone.
It signed on in 1988 as urban "Foxy 106.7." It was only urban for a year. When KWES 102.1 dropped top 40 for AC "Magic 102" in 1989, it flipped to top 40, keeping the "Foxy 106.7" handle. They modified it to "Power Hits Foxy 106.7" and then moved to "Power 106.7" sometime late '92 or early '93 if I recall.
Around that 1992/1993 time period, they also LMAed the 100.3 Lamesa signal for a while -- it went from classic rock KIOL to soft AC "K-Lite" then. Of course, the 100.3 signal ended up moving to target Lubbock and moved in-market later.
I remember the urban format. I lived in Lubbock back then, and thought it was nice that Midland/Odessa had something that we didn't at the time.
If my memory serves me correctly, KMMX began on a 104.7 signal before moving to 100.3.
Radio-Loactor flipped the format in KCHX to Tejano and KXQT to Regional Mexican around January 2025 I think?
Anymore new updates on format changes or ratings .
R-L got around to updating their respective station profiles. They didn’t “flip” anything.
(Also, as it has been repeated on this site many, many times now, don’t use R-L for format information, let alone any technical info. Use Michi’s FCCData.org for the latter.)
The next ratings release for Odessa-Midland will be August 13.
I have an old K-RIG coffee mug. I'm guessing that station has been gone for awhile
It's been a while. KRIG changed called KRIL 12/18/1987 and the license for the old 1410 facility was surrendered in 2014, with the FCC canceling the license 7/17/2014.