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Old KQXT bldg gone.

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While driving thru downtown, I came across the intersection of Martin and Frio streets and noticed that the building that used to house the old KQXT studios (as well as some spanish station) back in the 70-80-90s has been demolished, leaving a muddy hole. Apparently some new structure is to be built on the site, as the old KQXT building was quite cosmetic, being a single story and kind of odd shaped, with a big front yard featuring lots of attractive landscaping. I remember driving past it ages ago and feeling that it "looked" like a real radio station building. When did KQXT move into that facility, when did they move out and where were they located before being in that building?
 
I don't know when they moved in, but I'm pretty sure they were there when I lived there 35 years ago! The Spanish-language station they were there with, by the way, was KCOR 1350, which was the first full-time Spanish-language station in the country.

I seem to remember they shared those studios for quite-a-few years after Tichenor sold KQXT to focus on Spanish-language formats. I'm almost thinking KQXT left when Clear Channel bought them from Westinghouse, and KCOR stayed a year or so later until they moved to the KXTN studios!
 
KCOR was not just some Spanish radio station... It was SOME radio station! In it's heyday it was #1 overall in San Antonio for a number of years. It was mass appeal personality radio at its best. It just happened to be broadcasting in Spanish.
 
fredcantu said:
KCOR was not just some Spanish radio station... It was SOME radio station! In it's heyday it was #1 overall in San Antonio for a number of years. It was mass appeal personality radio at its best. It just happened to be broadcasting in Spanish.
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Some of the old Arbitron ratings I looked at showed they were #1 or #2, 12 plus, in the market as late as 1982. This was because of the excellent
programing and audio engineering the station had. The Program Director was Nathan Safir http://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/12/nyregion/nathan-safir-83-spanish-radio-pioneer-dies.html His Obituary also made it to into the Toledo daily newspaper. That is where I saw it back in 1996!
Also, Marvin Fiedler was the Chief Engineer for several decades and he also contributed to the success of this radio station back then in it's heyday.

What are they going to build at the old KQXT/KCOR site? They also had TMS productions there for a time.
 
I recall KQXT being number one in the early eighties; I don't recall KCOR-AM being number one, but I'm told they had huge audiences in the '60s.
Nathan was THE MAN. He had a lot of dignity for a radio guy.
 
Now that I'm seeing PPM ratings I'm wondering if those beautiful music stations actually had those huge quarter-hour audiences or were people just writing in their diaries that they listened all day long.
 
grantchester said:
I recall KQXT being number one in the early eighties; I don't recall KCOR-AM being number one, but I'm told they had huge audiences in the '60s.
Nathan was THE MAN. He had a lot of dignity for a radio guy.
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You are correct. KQXT was number one for at least one book in 1982 and during that same rating period I saw, KCOR listed was #2.
These rating were published in Billboard magazine back then and are 12+. My main interest was KCOR so KQXT may have been the number
one station for multiple books in the early 80s.
 
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