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Oldies/Classic Hits station in Austin going away

I still can't find links to the this to back up Dick Taters claim. I did however found out that KMFA is under Capital Broadcasting and uses UT's music library, and they broadcast KVRX at night.

Capital Broadcasting used to own 98.9 before BMP bought it, and fliped it to Exitos 98.9.

I sure hope the oldies format is continued on another Austin analog FM station, even if it is 93.3. I guess I will have to be charging up my HD radio record KKMJ-HD2 onto cassette and play it in my walkman.

Does the advertiser still advertise on BMP stations? Or did he get a raw deal, and pulling some sort of boycott?
 
rbrucecarter5 said:
I guess I'll be DX'ing KONO when I come up to Austin. Which is better over Austin - 101.1 FM or 860 AM?
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101.1 during the hot summer months, I can pick it up on Jollyville rd during hot summers and clear skies on a walkman, during other times. The signal starts to fade right at the Conrads/Kohlenburg exit and I-35 (leaving the city of New Braunfels) in a car.

I did however in a Grand Marquis be able to listen to KKMJ (back then when they did Super Songs of the 70s weekend) all the way to Thousand Oaks and Nacodogches, after that the station starting to blend with Z-95 out in Corpus Christi.

Never was able to pick up AM 860 out here, maybe I could in Dripping Springs.
 
I did however found out that KMFA is under Capital Broadcasting and uses UT's music library, and they broadcast KVRX at night.

Capital Broadcasting used to own 98.9 before BMP bought it, and fliped it to Exitos 98.9.
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Incorrect information.

KMFA has its own music library located on the same floor as its studio and is located several miles from UT. There are over 10,000 CDs in its library, plus classical music on hard drive. UT is not connected in any way with KMFA nor with its library.

KMFA does NOT rebroadcast KVRX at night. KOOP-FM does.

Capital Broadcasting has owned KMFA since 1967 and has never owned another radio station.
 
metroneck said:
Border Media is a bankrupt debtor in possession is my understanding for the past several years. When they had me do some engineering work for 98.9 The Big Talker, I got to know the GM at the time (I think his name is...ummmm...Jerry Del something) Anyway, he was pretty loose lipped, bc he had just been fired and told me it was a blessing, bc the stations are really in control of the lien holder.
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That was Jerry Del Core (or some similar spelling). He's GM at the Zimmer/Great Plains Media stations in Lawrence, KS now.
 
Ryan Williams said:
intx said:
Short of someone new entering the market, the only real options to buy the entire BMP Austin cluster would be Entercom and Univision, correct? CC and Emmis are maxed out.
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That's essentially correct, but for either Entercom or Univision, one FM would need to be divested. That station would most likely be 104.9 for Entercom (if the 92.5 CP is ever granted) and either 104.9 or 107.7 for Univision.
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Actually, Kent, I believe you have your BMP cast-offs mixed up. Last I knew, Del Core was back in Sacramento managing the Fox TV station (of course, some at Border claim the only thing Jerry knew about TV was how to turn it on).

The other castoff wasn't the GM--though he thought he should have been. I believe his name was Jay. He also was an on air talent and horrible at both sales and on air. As I've mentioned previously, he and at least 2 different reps called on our business and left a very unfavorable opinion of BMP. We've stopped all radio ads anyway, and would recommend not spending dime one of any discretionary dollars on this group.

This group of stations is so mismanaged in both SA and Austin that it's ludicrous to think that there's any chance of stability for anyone there. At least a UT investment/purchase, if true, would mean some wholesale changes and the chance for these stations to potentially thrive and actually serve their cities of license. Of course, the AM's are horrible and what's the deal with the 92.5 move/upgrade?

I hope it happens! Hook em, UT. But don't overpay.
 
Here are a couple of things I think I know. The cluster that is Border today is made up of the old Simmons Media stations(a group based in Utah I think) and the original Border Media (mostly Hispanic stations around the state). When the owners of Border defaulted on their loan payments, they were "repossessed" by the bank (Goldman Sachs I think) which was also a stake holder in the Simmons Austin properties. The decision was made to consolidate the stations into a single cluster to save expenses. I think that is correct but I could be completely wrong.

The thing I do know is about KOOP/KVRX. KVRX was started as KTSB by a group of UT students who were lobbying UT to start a radio station that students could participate in (KUT is owned by UT but is run as a professional station with little to know student involvment). The Student Radio Task Force joined with Texas Student Publications (who run the Daily Texan) so they could run themselves independently without any administration interference and convinced UT to apply for the 91.7 frequency on their behalf. At about the same time, Jim Ellinger and his group KOOP Radio applied for the 91.7 frequency as well. KTSB began broadcasting on cable radio in 1988 and stayed there until the FCC ruled that the two entities must split the 91.7 frequency. Basically its KOOP during the day and KVRX (formerly KTSB) at night and on weekends I believe.
 
Mostly correct, Mr R, except:
At about the same time, Jim Ellinger and his group KOOP Radio applied for the 91.7 frequency as well
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In truth, Ellinger and friends petitioned the FCC to open up the frequency for Austin. UT filed it's competing bid for the successfully opened frequency on THE LAST DAY OF FILING. The 50/50 split was a compromise to allow the station to take to the air, since UT wouldn't negotiate or back down from its filing.
 
rbrucecarter5 said:
I guess I'll be DX'ing KONO when I come up to Austin. Which is better over Austin - 101.1 FM or 860 AM?
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860 AM almost always works better for me during daytime hours in far south Austin.
 
rbrucecarter5 said:
I guess I'll be DX'ing KONO when I come up to Austin. Which is better over Austin - 101.1 FM or 860 AM?
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And the answer is --- 860! Coming in pretty well in Cedar Park. 101.1 is a mess with WRR and KLOL swapping depending on elevation / which side of the hill I am on. 98.9 is still oldies, hopefully it won't go away while I am here. That is, if I care since I have KLBJ up here.
 
860 has always been good during the day, very difficult to pick up at night in Taylor. I even used it for the laundromat when our TV went out (again) as long as no one was using the big washer. ;D

No FM or TV stations from San Antonio get to Taylor unless it's tropo.
 
mmnassour said:
So.....when does U.T. take possession of 98.9? ;D
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I was wondering that too. Hey Tater Tot, what's the story? I never listened to 98.9 until you said that it was flipping to classical and since I like classical I assigned a button on my 2nd tier in my truck and keep checking but it's still music that I used to dj back when I was much younger.

When's this transfer supposed to take place? ???
 
So.....when does U.T. take possession of 98.9?
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As you have probably already figured out it's NOT going to happen, at least the University of Texas take-over.

Don't know if some other buyer might get 98.9, but it sure ain't gonna be UT. I have some sources inside UT and they say UT has no interest in buying 98.9 or any other radio station for that matter.

They already own TWO FM's, are facing big time budget cutbacks and there's already a full power 24/7 classical station serving the market.

Does anyone honestly believe that the UT Board of Regents would approve buying a THIRD radio station with the Legislature demanding that college budgets either be cut or frozen?
 
mmnassour said:
KevanGC said:
I knew it. Ever since I saw his first post, I just knew it was a joke. :)
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Well, the last time he was on the board was May 29, so I think we can stick a fork in this one.
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Tater-tot's absence means...what?

Anyhooo, I heard this rumor from several diverse sources...don't write it off yet ;)
 
Iused2nothat said:
Tater-tot's absence means...what?

Anyhooo, I heard this rumor from several diverse sources...don't write it off yet ;)
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If you say so, OK. I was thinking he was the only source for this wild hare. You have to admit it would be one of the most bizarre stories to hit Austin media in many a moon. I'm convinced that in the long run, cause UT no end of grief. And UT's very, very good at avoiding this kind of, well, fiasco.
 
whenever i like to listen to a particle radio station, somehow the format does'nt last long, koke-fm, kahk(1077 the hawk) keyi 103. always finding myself to listen to tapes, cd's and ipod more. so if 989 goes off. back to cd's, ipod and it usually take me a very long time to listen to another station. radio has become nothing, emptiness.
 
Sounds like a French movie of the 60s, one that centers on a all-but deserted subway car, endlessly cycling between closed stations......


Oh no, that's HD Radio. Sorry.
 
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