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Could San Antonio use a local Christian music station?

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There are locally owned and programmed Christian music stations in most Texas markets I can think of off the top of my head, including Austin Dallas and Houston... Not realy a major one for San Antonio.
Well, there's KYTY 810... I'm sure they try as hard as they can, however I believe a little help from the community would benefit them greatly. Perhaps if they got an FM translator somehow, they'd do a lot better both sound and programming wise.

Of course we have the usual K-Love and Air 1, and a couple Spanish Christian stations. But do you think a local non-profit English Christian pop/rock FM would survive in town? I don't see why not.
 
It could probably work on one of the stations below 92.1 or on a low-powered station or translator. I don't see San Antonio carrying a 100,000 watt Christian station similar to KLTY in Dallas.
 
Houston even has two different locally produced Christian networks, with KSBJ/KXBJ and Houston Christian Broadcasting's KHCB AM/FM and it's ever growing list of translators and simulcast partners. KZLV is EMF's national K-Love and there's not much else in the San Antonio market. When compared to Dallas' KLTY or Houston's KSBJ/KXBJ combination, it begs the question as to why San Antonio couldn't form something along the same concept. Both KLTY & KSBJ are highly rated stations, well known for their respective services to their communitie, and in the case of KSBJ, does so well that it is consistently purchasing additional radio facilities in an ongoing effort to expand their ministry further outside of Houston. Given a signal that covers the SA market and the areas like San Marcos, Kerrville, etc. a local CCM likely gives K-Love fits.

But who's going to risk the 100,000 watt signal to make the attempt at starting a Contemporary Christian format from the ground up? THAT is the operative question.
 
I agree with your comments, San Antonio's underserved with a local terrestrial Christian music outlet.
Back a couple years ago when the former owners had K290BO up and running with the English/Spanish Christian hybrid, I would listen to some of the English music they played. It sounded great with no compression. When it was taken off the air I was disappointed. That should tell you something. ;)

K-Love I guess will work for me, as the signal's strong at my NW SA location. Air 1 I would prefer, however that signal's strongest on just the opposite part of town. If you ask me, Air 1 needs a translator to cover the west side. Maybe 105.9 or have one move over?
 
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