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103.3 SA flips to....

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saradio1

Alpha Media has dropped 95.7 Tejano simulcast on 103.3 in favor of 1250 AM ESPN.

103.3/1250 AM ESPN San Antonio

Does anyone have solid numbers that 94.1 is profitable? The last two PPMs have been horrible. Prior to that, it wasn't much better. And yes, I am only looking at the public available PPMs.
 
It's not the ratings but the revenue that counts. Sportstalk usually has terrible ratings but the demo is exactly what the ad agencies want. If you wonder how they're doing, check their commercial breaks. If they're filled with a mix of local and national advertisers, chances are they're doing well.

Moving 1250 to a 103.3 simulcast is likely a plan to strengthen a format that makes money and save money by eliminating the expense of running a format (Tejano).
 
The tejano stays on the more powerful 95.7. 1250 BTW has given up on using its big 20KW transmitter south of town in favor of diplexing lower power off of KTSA 24 hours/day. Time to sell some AM antenna property? Alpha has had some really severe audio problems this last year. 720 was distorted for most of the year, but now kicks ass. Some KTSA jocks sound distorted much of the time, while the network shows are clean. Trey Weir admits to wearing hearing aids and I suspect that many long time radio guys have just blown up their hearing and can't hear the harmonic distortion in their signals.

But - they seem to be kicking WOAI's butt. Does anyone understand why IHeart won't even put WOAI on one of their 100,000 watt FMs as an HD2?
 
saradio1 said:
Alpha Media has dropped 95.7 Tejano simulcast on 103.3 in favor of 1250 AM ESPN.

103.3/1250 AM ESPN San Antonio

Does anyone have solid numbers that 94.1 is profitable? The last two PPMs have been horrible. Prior to that, it wasn't much better. And yes, I am only looking at the public available PPMs.
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1250 is one of the two San Antonio stations I'[ve heard up here in alaska, the other being the obvious WOAI

Here'[s some audio

KZDC 1250 San Antonio, TX Legal ID 8pm AK Tue Jan 9, 2024.mp3

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KZDC 1250 San Antonio, TX Wed Feb 7, 2024 934pm AK .mp3

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lanceventa said:
From what I'm hearing there are other moves forthcoming in the cluster.

I cannot confirm, but I believe We 94.5 is dead as well as its stream and KTFM-HD2 are now feeding the App.
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Would not be surprised if something happens with "Sports Star" whether that is a blow up or a retooling. Maybe that is what is headed to 94.5, but if they were going to keep sports on one of the translators it seems to make more sense to keep it on the existing signal, which is a little better than 94.5.
 
"The App" isn't a great name for a radio station. It's a radio station, not an app. It has strong "how do you do, fellow kids?" energy.

It's a particularly poor name for this format, because alternative listeners are likely to skew towards those who associate "apps" with "corporate, spying, creepy BS" et al. It's a baffling choice.
 
Miss Tuned said:
"The App" isn't a great name for a radio station. It's a radio station, not an app. It has strong "how do you do, fellow kids?" energy.

It's a particularly poor name for this format, because alternative listeners are likely to skew towards those who associate "apps" with "corporate, spying, creepy BS" et al. It's a baffling choice.
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I agree. It's really bad and with the off and on nature of it, this was a great chance to give it a fresh brand.
 
Robert Douglas: Here's why WOAI is not on a 100,000 wat FM. The 100,000 watt FM is billing millions of dollars annually. Moving WOAI to a 100,000 FM means throwing away millions of dollars in billing and a loyal audience for a format that bills less and will not bill very much more nor increase their audience by much while much of the audience is not what most ad agencies want. Now, as an owner, would you move WOAI to an FM? You'd give up millions. You'd give up a substantial radio audience your conpetitor will go after to secure that billing. You will lose millions of dollars every year.
 
b-turner said:
Robert Douglas: Here's why WOAI is not on a 100,000 wat FM. The 100,000 watt FM is billing millions of dollars annually. Moving WOAI to a 100,000 FM means throwing away millions of dollars in billing and a loyal audience for a format that bills less and will not bill very much more nor increase their audience by much while much of the audience is not what most ad agencies want. Now, as an owner, would you move WOAI to an FM? You'd give up millions. You'd give up a substantial radio audience your conpetitor will go after to secure that billing. You will lose millions of dollars every year.
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I agree with what you are saying, but sticking WOAI on an HD sub-channel would not cost them anything and would help people in Teslas and other electric cars to hear the station without having to stream or fool with apps.

It should be added that iHeart seems to be generally pretty opposed to putting AMs on HD subchannels. Maybe it is their advocacy for AM or just a market by market decision. Looking around Texas...

WOAI and KTKR are AM only. KFXR and KKGM in DFW are not on HD (KKGM has some bad translators) despite really needing the help with their horrid signals.

The Houston AMs all get some HD love, except for BIN 1320.

KVET in Austin is not on HD or FM.

KLVI in Beaumont is AM only as is KKTX in Corpus. KVNS in McAllen is AM only.

KWTX in Waco is the only local AM in Waco/Killeen-Temple not also on FM, and they could totally stick it on KBGO HD-3 (which is currently nothing).

KTSM and KHEY in El Paso are also AM only.

I really don't understand their apathetic attitude about the AMs in smaller markets or the secondary AMs in larger markets. The cost to roll out a simulcast for them are near zero as they have the existing HD sub-channel capacity and licensed stations in most if not all of these markets and an HD simulcast would only help these AMs find more listeners or be available to existing listeners in more places.
 
Ryan Williams said:
WOAI and KTKR are AM only. KFXR and KKGM in DFW are not on HD (KKGM has some bad translators) despite really needing the help with their horrid signals.

The Houston AMs all get some HD love, except for BIN 1320.

KVET in Austin is not on HD or FM.

KLVI in Beaumont is AM only as is KKTX in Corpus. KVNS in McAllen is AM only.

KWTX in Waco is the only local AM in Waco/Killeen-Temple not also on FM, and they could totally stick it on KBGO HD-3 (which is currently nothing).

KTSM and KHEY in El Paso are also AM only.

I really don't understand their apathetic attitude about the AMs in smaller markets or the secondary AMs in larger markets. The cost to roll out a simulcast for them are near zero as they have the existing HD sub-channel capacity and licensed stations in most if not all of these markets and an HD simulcast would only help these AMs find more listeners or be available to existing listeners in more places.
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I suggested to the Beaumont iHeart folks that KLVI should be on the only HD2 they have on KKMY (why that FM has HD and not KIOC is beyond me) but they have yet to put it there. It would make sense especially during hurricane coverage but they tend to simulcast all the cluster anyway for that. Over the years their other FMs have lost their HD subchannels, like KCOL did.
 
lanceventa said:
From what I'm hearing there are other moves forthcoming in the cluster.

I cannot confirm, but I believe We 94.5 is dead as well as its stream and KTFM-HD2 are now feeding the App.
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94.5 is now rebroadcasting KTFM HD-3. FCC filing today:

“Change in Primary Station
Effective December 1, 2025, K233DB, San Antonio, TX, (FAC: 142569), is rebroadcasting the HD-3 subchannel of KTFM(FM), Floresville, TX, (FAC: 2543).”
 
What format is 94.5 and KTFM HD-3? I can almost get KTFM HD signal but most of the time I can't.
 
I tried streaming 94.5 and its just streaming 103.3 the app.
 
Too bad they didn’t flip back to G 103.3 I used to love their playlist, good mix of freestyle, R&B, and classic hip-hop. Way better than Vibe. I’ll have to give them a listen.
 
Ryan Williams said:
I agree with what you are saying, but sticking WOAI on an HD sub-channel would not cost them anything.

It should be added that iHeart seems to be generally pretty opposed to putting AMs on HD subchannels. Maybe it is their advocacy for AM or just a market by market decision. Looking around Texas...

WOAI and KTKR are AM only. KFXR and KKGM in DFW are not on HD (KKGM has some bad translators) despite really needing the help with their horrid signals.

The Houston AMs all get some HD love, except for BIN 1320.

KVET in Austin is not on HD or FM.

KLVI in Beaumont is AM only as is KKTX in Corpus. KVNS in McAllen is AM only.

KWTX in Waco is the only local AM in Waco/Killeen-Temple not also on FM, and they could totally stick it on KBGO HD-3 (which is currently nothing).

KTSM and KHEY in El Paso are also AM only.

I really don't understand their apathetic attitude about the AMs in smaller markets or the secondary AMs in larger markets. The cost to roll out a simulcast for them are near zero as they have the existing HD sub-channel capacity and licensed stations in most if not all of these markets and an HD simulcast would only help these AMs find more listeners or be available to existing listeners in more places.
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I don't understand this either. iHeart puts its big AM stations on HD subchannels. WOR New York is on 104.3 WAXQ-HD2. KFI Los Angeles is on 103.5 KOST-HD2. KTRH Houston is on 99.1 KODA-HD2. WBZ and WRKO Boston are on HD.

Is it that in small to midsized markets, management just doesn't realize SOME listeners will tune in the HD version of iHeart AM stations to get a better, clearer sound? I understand iHeart and other owners turning off HD subchannels that were carrying music so they don't have to pay the ASCAP fees for those songs. But costs are minimal for carrying talk stations on HD subchannels.
 
Oh thank goodness I missed this station badly!! I honestly thought it did really good the first time around, not sure why they flipped it. I know there were a bunch of disappointed people when it changed to hip-hop. Now if only it was on a high powered frequency.
 


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