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98.9 more fm off the air
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Wow! Just read on the website, it's not just MORE FM, owner Group Cardena is transitioning from terrestrial radio to Digital Only". They have also permanently taken AM 1550 XEBG off the air also. From now on, the content of these stations will only be available online.
Will have to look into what other stations in Mexico they own, to see how many others are now gone.
Will have to look into what other stations in Mexico they own, to see how many others are now gone.
kfbkfb this may of interest to you. These terrestrial "OTA" stations are being taken off the air in favor of streaming. This may help answer your query about the possibility of OTA stations making a resurgence because of costs associated with streaming that you raised in another thread you posted on RD. The industry and indeed the world is actually progressing forward with streaming, podcasts and listening via the internet and apps.
The only station that might still be on the air is down in Ensenada. Their Mexicali cluster went silent 4/29. It could be sold. A lot is unclear.
So if 98.9 in Tijuana is silent, could that open up an allocation in San Diego if no one in Mexico wants 98.9. Could a translator move to 98.9 in the next month if their signal won’t reach Mexico?
As far as I know, Mexican stations aren’t protected in the US, they’re only protected in Mexico. So if 98.9 is silent, that could open up the frequency for a translator in San Diego and it won’t get blown away by the full power from Mexico
As far as I know, Mexican stations aren’t protected in the US, they’re only protected in Mexico. So if 98.9 is silent, that could open up the frequency for a translator in San Diego and it won’t get blown away by the full power from Mexico
I believe that the agreements with Mexico reserve that channel to that nation. In fact, Mexico is investigating why in border areas there are so few educational / non-commercial stations and they'd likely consider that channel for a new non-com.
The more likely event is that the Mayans heritage stations get sold to another broadcaster. Tijuana is a top 10 market in Mexico..
In Tijuana, they also own AM 800 XESPN. That station is off the air as well.
Has anyone else heard of a case where three radio stations (or more) in the same market were all shut down at the same time?
I’ve seen an AM go silent. It had two translators which also went silent. So that’s 3 stations in the same market go silent simultaneously.
The AM transmitter failed according to the silent STA
Yes, but in every case it was not in the USA. In Latin America I have heard of multiple cases like this.
If I'm reading the report on RadioInsight correctly it seems like this is the result of a labor dispute with the employees union. It's not clear exactly how this led to the shutdown -- presumably it's either a strike or a lockout style situation -- but the company claims it would like to resume broadcasts in three months.
so if a labor or contract dispute.. how are they able to continue online only.. with the talent?
It may be the union that covers board ops, transmitter ops and other related items.
Mexico has very different union job requirements than the US. Often, a company will have several different unions. In radio, that means one for talent, one for technical and even, in some cases, one for office workers.
I will try to ask morning guy Mario Alberto who I hired for KQLV many, many years ago and who can likely tell me what is really going on.
You think you're going to get that sort of international coordination?
Heck, it took over half a decade for KLQV to negotiate its facility improvement. Every step required a wait for the next Joint Committee meeting, and then some question that needed resolution would postpone it to the next session.
Doable, but please bring your wallet.
The job union in Mexico also forced the Enciso family to sell XEC Tijuana. The family owned the station for over 80 years. A looming strike with labor demands they couldn't meet gave them no other option, other than going dark.
BTW, Jaime Bonilla ended up buying XEC and has kept it going. I wonder if the new ownership broke the control the union had over the station?
That is both sad and frightening.
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