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Do any of the MediaCo stations in DFW currently run HD? Don’t think I’ve previously heard HD on any of them when in the area.
KDXX and KLNO are. I receive them both, with some dropouts, here in western Smith County. Too far away from KESS, and KNOR is blocked by a local low power, to verify those. I've never received a digital broadcast from KBOC.
They'd better. It'll fly like a lead balloon if they keep it focused on NYC.
They'd be imbeciles if they do. The only reason to do this is to put cheap filler on those HD subchannels. They already own the NYC stations and their programming, so they won't have to pay any additional to retransmit them (or at least not very much). But the real money's made in NYC, and you don't screw with your golden geese in their home market.
KDXX already has "filler" in a Tejano format, Weiser. The HD3 is Indian programming, however, I'm not sure whether this is to feed a DFW translator or if it's exclusively digital. Why would you replace those two offerings with two coming from NYC? The Indian programming is paid for. So, are they walking away from that guaranteed money to do this?
I believe you are misunderstanding what the 🐸 and I are saying. Local inserts will be needed, so that it gives an, at the very least, impression that someone's home in Dallas. Texas, Dallas-Fort Worth in particular, isn't a big fan of anything New York. I mean, the Giants and Yankees are our bitter rivals. They are both, almost, despised as much as the Eagles and Redskins.
Agreed. You just can't expect it to be well-received in a state that is, currently, the polar opposite of most everything that the city of New York represents.
It's funny that Pace makes fun of competitors' salsa for being from New York City - except their biggest competitor, Tostitos, is also based in Texas (Frito Lay's Plano headquarters, to be exact).
KDXX is owned by TelevisaUnivision, as are KLNO and what is now KQBU-FM. so nothing changes there. MediaCo has KNOR, KBOC and KZZA. Those three are the ones to keep an ear on come December 1.
Oh, well. Disregard what I wrote. Too many of them to keep track of, and none of it affects the home turf.
No, but we can expect at least one of those stations to fire up HD in the coming weeks. They all have roughly the same coverage, so it might not be practical to launch on more than one of the stations, but who knows...
The thought occurred to me: When FM stations add HD, they file a notice with the FCC that they are doing so. Usually just a formality.
And it will be an even smaller audience by virtue of the fact that these stations are rimshots (at least in the DFW market) -- that means that the HD signals will crap out inside Dallas.
I’ve had no problems with the HD signals on rimshots KAWA and KYDA in and around Dallas proper when listening in my car, even near downtown.
I’ll tell you that I am able to hear KBOC and KNOR with stereo lock with HDR-18 to verify confirming, not KZZA 106.7 because 107.1 (9.7 miles where I am at to the transmitter) is on HD, and too close with moderate is a static to 106.7 I can’t confirm that for sure. 107.1 KQBU (KESS-FM HD Name) is actively on HD digital, but no subchannels since they haven’t gotten a lease from a community station, or a corporate station subchannel programming.
Currently as of now and years ago, KZZA, KBOC and KNOR are not actively on HD as far I can actively confirm that. These three individuals I mentioned too someone again, I am able to hear KBOC and KNOR with stereo lock via HDR-18 detection active and not KZZA yet due to 107.1 (KQBU: KESS-FM HD name active) being far too close (9.7 miles.) When 107.1 was intermittent (HD missing and days when it was coming back on, that was when they fixed it) I was able to hear KZZA clear and stereo lock. As of now meh.
Yes, and before general authorization was granted to broadcasters upgrading to HD, many stations don't file Digital Notifications, or file them way way down the road. I've seen Digital Notifications filed by stations that added HD months before (or even a year or two). Some stations like KEEH just plain never filed one, despite going HD in 2019.
