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KXTN's replacement.
Coming from the west side of town. https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&facid=16931
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Coming from the west side of town. https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&facid=16931
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It's licensed to Dilley, TX, with its tower near Pearsall. That's really too far from San Antonio for KLMO to be a factor in the ratings, unless it goes on a tower closer to the center of the market.
But there is an 98.9 in the Austin market, KUTX Leander. So I doubt KLMO could move closer to San Antonio.
But there is an 98.9 in the Austin market, KUTX Leander. So I doubt KLMO could move closer to San Antonio.
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I'm not sure if KLMO's booster is on... I saw it had an extra signal with a tower in Castroville with 2 watts that might help it.
The problem is that the 60 dbu signal only reaches about 85,000 persons, 75% of whom are not in the San Antonio Metro Survey Area. It just does not have enough signal to be usable in most of the market.
A booster can not increase the 60 dbu signal... only reinforce the signal in areas within the predicted contour that have some kind of terrain blockage or other issue.
KEDA 1540 in San Antonio is Tejano, 5,000 watts days/1,000 watts nights. It has two translators, both in San Antonio, 99.9 and 102.3. I suppose each covers a different section of the city.
So fans of Tejano can hear it in San Antonio on AM 1350 and 1540, and on FM 99.9 and 102.3. Not quite the same as having it on 100,000 watt 107.5. But like Smooth Jazz and Easy Listening, its fans have aged out of the prime demographic.
So fans of Tejano can hear it in San Antonio on AM 1350 and 1540, and on FM 99.9 and 102.3. Not quite the same as having it on 100,000 watt 107.5. But like Smooth Jazz and Easy Listening, its fans have aged out of the prime demographic.
As David mentions, KLMO 98.9 has a great signal that covers a lot of nothing. KUTX either is downgrading its signal or has downgraded it, but it also is moving/has moved further south. If KLMO has any room to move, it’s not much.
When I go back to San Antonio, I like to visit the Dodging Duck Brewhouse in Boerne. I got KLMO on my car radio at the Kendall County line quite easily, though that’s well outside the 60 dBu signal contour. If Tejano fans want to get the station badly enough, good car radios are standard, and, with a little bit of looking, you can find a good home stereo and add a dipole antenna to it. Depending on where you live, you'd have a good chance of getting it. Problem is, for the average person, radio isn’t something to work at to enjoy. Most people will just pull out their smartphones and stream KXTN on iHeartRadio, TuneIn, or Eforia or enter “Selena” on Pandora and hit “Play.” Even before smartphones became standard, a rimshot like that was a tough sell. Unless it starts streaming, it’s going to be an even tougher sell now.
When I go back to San Antonio, I like to visit the Dodging Duck Brewhouse in Boerne. I got KLMO on my car radio at the Kendall County line quite easily, though that’s well outside the 60 dBu signal contour. If Tejano fans want to get the station badly enough, good car radios are standard, and, with a little bit of looking, you can find a good home stereo and add a dipole antenna to it. Depending on where you live, you'd have a good chance of getting it. Problem is, for the average person, radio isn’t something to work at to enjoy. Most people will just pull out their smartphones and stream KXTN on iHeartRadio, TuneIn, or Eforia or enter “Selena” on Pandora and hit “Play.” Even before smartphones became standard, a rimshot like that was a tough sell. Unless it starts streaming, it’s going to be an even tougher sell now.
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KEDA is not on 102.3, only 99.9.
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If you ask me they need a translator but their decision.
A translator can not be used by a commercial station to extend coverage beyond the current 60 dbu contour.
Mostly, but not entirely true. A translator they don’t own could rebroadcast KLMO provided it could pick the signal up off-air.
Now, having said that, I don’t know who that would be.
KLMO could also potentially lease an HD sub channel from an in-town station and translate it, though that wouldn’t technically be translating KLMO. Again, I wouldn’t think anyone would be particularly amenable to doing that if Lopez even wanted to do that, but it might be possible.
Right, but the translated station would not be extending its coverage... the licensee of the translator would be.
I can't think of any group using a translator to add a small market signal to an already congested big market. Translators were used, typically, to put a Boise station into a remote, northern Idaho town that had no local service. Or an LA station or two into Bishop, CA.
I'm sure they could find an HD channel to lease, but finding a translator in SAT today is not going to be easy... all the good ones are taken.
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There's still KEDA on 99.9 playing Tejano and Conjunto with the volume too loud, to steal 98.9's listeners. KEDA's translator covers SA more than KLMO.
I was driving back to Canyon Lake from Corpus Christi and decided to “test “ KLMO in my truck. The signal was solid until downtown San Antonio: fading started to occur from Downtown until the airport area. It recovered somewhat between the airport and Stone Oak Area; it was listenable up until 281 & Evans. KUTX started to pop up intermittently for the next few miles. By the Comal County Line on 281, KLMO and KUTX we’re taking turns being on top. KLMO’s last top billing was on 281 near Highway 46. After that, both signals were weak, but the advantage had swung to KUTX. Where I live in Canyon Lake, it’s almost all KUTX (sans a couple of south facing roads where KLMO will pop in weakly.
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Yeah KLMO is a directional signal so I believe it's away from SA to protect The Beat.
However this article says it is expected to cover all of the city.
https://www.mysanantonio.com/entert...station-98-9-FM-KLMO-K-Alamo-San-13788930.php
Maybe they're adding an FM translator to increase coverage area.
However this article says it is expected to cover all of the city.
https://www.mysanantonio.com/entert...station-98-9-FM-KLMO-K-Alamo-San-13788930.php
Maybe they're adding an FM translator to increase coverage area.
Actually what I think theyre talkin about is this:
https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KLMO&service=FM
that blue circle in theory coversthe entire city but itll be a garbage signal by then
The only useful signal on those radio-locator maps is about 20% inside of the innermost red contour.
KLMO is directional to protect Cd. Acuña, Coah., México. It is not directional away from San Antonio.
Here is the data, including the protected radials; https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&facid=16931
A station can not own a translator that extends the 60 dbu coverage of the station (although a non-commercial third party can).
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KLMO is dead air now, probably having technical problems and I can hear a humming turning on/off every second--the humming is probably from the tower lights.
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The station's fixed now and the music drowns out the hum when it's on.
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