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890 Radio Saigon

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jd

Somebody tell me how this works.

I've heard the newest rim-shot AM airing dual ID's as "KREH Pecan Grove/Houston, KTXV Mabank/Dallas-Fort Worth" along with frequent mentions of Radio Saigon. The format has been pretty successful in Houston over the years and judging from the number of Dallas area ads on 890 it might do well here. Lots of commercials or mentions for places in Oak Cliff, east Dallas, Arlington and Fort Worth. Did I mention lots of ads? I mean, I don't know Vietnamese but almost anytime I've heard the station it's wall-to-wall mentions of area businesses. Yes, they are playing music at times during the day, but there are tons of commercials or sponsor mentions on the station. Oh, I already said that.

So the question is, are these shout-outs from a new station or is this going to be a continuing thing? Oh, and what happens at night when their 20,000 watt signal vanishes in Dallas? I drove through Athens, just a few miles south of their towers, and for once Radio-Locator is right. Not about the size but the shape of KTXV's 250-watt nighttime pattern. On the west side of town the signal was fairly listenable but heading east it gets alternately mauled by WLS and KVOZ Laredo. There's no way KTXV can be heard in Big D at night but there they were, taking calls and ID'ing as "Radio Saigon Dallas." But no, they weren't airing commercials.
 
Wishful thinking on their part. Thank goodness I can null that garbage on 700 at night and still hear WLW, probably the same with this garbage on 890.

Oh - wait - AM is dead, isn't it? Nobody can make money on AM, so we must be imagining all these new stations.

Glazed look of a zombie: "AM needs IBOC to survive".
 
rbrucecarter5 said:
Thank goodness I can null that garbage on 700 at night and still hear WLW, probably the same with this garbage on 890.
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Yep. Too bad little piddlies mess with the signals of the great ones,
WLW & WLS. True icons of broadcasting. Thankfully, I can still hear
WBBM at night. Wish I could hear KNX or 1010 WINS. Of course,
there's streaming audio, but it just ain't the same as the good 'ole
DX. :)
 
jd said:
Oh, and what happens at night when their 20,000 watt signal vanishes in Dallas?
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And the BIG question is this: What happens to li'l ol' WPJM700-DeSoto, the LPAM that broadcasts city news over 890? Are City Council meeting announcements going to be blown out by the "Memories of Agent Orange Show"?!? :eek:
 
Mike the "memories of Agent orange show" ws replaced last week by the "HoChiMinh HO Down"
 
theshadow said:
KNX or 1010 WINS. Of course,
there's streaming audio, but it just ain't the same as the good 'ole
DX. :)
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KNX is an easy catch, as long as KRLD has left their sidebands off.
 
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