Anyone else like this station? I love their format. It's mostly nonstop music all night, with very few commercials. If all stations could be this good. The other morning I was able to hear them here in FL before absorption took over. They run 10kw nighttime. Country format. Unfortunately I have two other stations on frequency, WPTF Raleigh, NC and WCNN Atlanta, GA which makes it difficult. They're usually better after about 11PM, when conditions improve to the west. Very rarely I've gotten KONO 860 San Antonio.
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KKYX 680 San Antonio
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It's one of my favorites to stream when I want country music. I don't live close enough to the signal to be able to get it off-air anymore, but its daytime signal gets out quite far.
KKYX beams that 10,000 watts straight into the Gulf of Mexico when it cuts back from 50,000 and shifts to its nighttime pattern. That's probably why you can hear it occasionally in the Florida panhandle. I'm surprised you could ever get KONO 860 there, though there's nothing much to listen to there anymore since it flipped to business news a few months ago.
Thanks for that info! Didn't know KONO changed format. I've gotten them about twice when they were oldies. WOAI is the strongest. KKYX can be heard every night, but they're usually buried under the two blowtorches, WPTF being the strongest. By midnight KKYX gets noticeably stronger usually. I'm not far from the beaches, which probably helps the dx.
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I live in San Antonio, so I listen to KKYX. The little 104.9 teapot FM translator with transmitter on top of their building puts out a beautiful, non squashed signal but only covers a radius of 10 miles or so. The blowtorch AM is a complete mystery to me. It is quite distorted on my home radios, but perfectly clean, although compressed, in the car. How can this be? There must be two types of AM radio receivers and some stations do something to the signal that makes them sound horrible on some radios. Having an interest, but little knowledge in radio engineering, I wish I knew the answer.
You probably have something electronic in your house that’s causing interference, making it sound bad on your radios. Read this and it explains things you can do to try fixing the interference:
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I’ve had problems with AM signals in an apartment building sounding like crap because the building was made of steel beams and concrete. If it’s a construction issue like that or aluminum siding, then there’s not much that’s cost effective that you can do.
Combatting AM (And SW) Interference
I am frequently asked by readers how they can improve their AM (and SW) reception. They usually ask me what kind of radio is best for AM, or which radio will bring in a particular station they are …
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I’ve had problems with AM signals in an apartment building sounding like crap because the building was made of steel beams and concrete. If it’s a construction issue like that or aluminum siding, then there’s not much that’s cost effective that you can do.
Mike In Destin points out KKYX has very few commercials and non-stop music. Those are red flags.
Here is a 50,000 watt AM with 250 watt translator on a good frequency in the #25 market in the country. At night, at least, they are a computer in a closet (and can't even warrant voice-tracking). Very few commercials says very little revenue as this is the way stations make their money.
For sure, KKYX has a great format and I agree with Mike In Destin, the non-stop music and few commercials along with great mix of classics means exceptional listening in my book. Get your fill now. There will come a day it's not there. Sadly it's sooner than later.
Here is a 50,000 watt AM with 250 watt translator on a good frequency in the #25 market in the country. At night, at least, they are a computer in a closet (and can't even warrant voice-tracking). Very few commercials says very little revenue as this is the way stations make their money.
For sure, KKYX has a great format and I agree with Mike In Destin, the non-stop music and few commercials along with great mix of classics means exceptional listening in my book. Get your fill now. There will come a day it's not there. Sadly it's sooner than later.
I'm in an apartment myself, and have noticed reception is excellent directly north and south of me. However pointing an antenna east/west brings more noise, at least sometimes. It's probably the building, because in the bedroom there's much attenuation, making listening not worth it. I often get stations in AL and TN, and a low powered station in IL. On 10/11 heard WKNR 850 Cleveland, OH with good copy. Have twice gotten WHBY 1150 Kimberly, WI 25kw.
KKYX was a powerhouse at one point as a longtime country station in San Antonio before FM country stations appeared and beat them in the ratings. Still KKYX hung in there with a full service Country format staffed 24/7. Folks for many counties near and far from San Antonio's Bexar County (pronounced Bayer like the aspirin brand) made KKYX their station. My ex-father-in-law was a ranch foreman just a few miles from Del Rio and KKYX was his go to station (late 1980s, very early 1990s). He appreciated that they'd announce severe weather for counties so distant from San Antonio.
I suspect income versus expenses will find KKYX one day downgrading not unlike KXEN in the St. Louis market that went from 50,000 watts to 160 watts simply to feed the translator and lower the AM cost of operation.
I suspect income versus expenses will find KKYX one day downgrading not unlike KXEN in the St. Louis market that went from 50,000 watts to 160 watts simply to feed the translator and lower the AM cost of operation.
Started listening to 680 back in the '60's on the yearly family vacations to Kerrville when they were Top 40 KBAT. Somewhere I have an aircheck. Started picking them up between Orange & Beaumont on IH-10 all the way into Kerrville. They still make it to Orange albeit weakly during the day. Nights they are much stronger with a little fading
I hope you are wrong about KKYX ending, but I know what your saying.
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