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Two Tyler-Jacksonville FM stations skips into Irving this morning

Weren't the KPXI calls on 1050 in Liberty in the 1960's before it moved to Brookshire as now KCHN in a change of COL?
 
No, that was KPXE, until 1997.
 
andrewduong77 said:
My first FM DX experience! I was able to pull in two FM stations out of Tyler-Jacksonville, TX into Irving, TX this morning. KNUE 101.5 (Country) and Sunny 106.5 Soft Rock KOOI came into Irving very clear on my Sony XDR-F1HD receiver. I didn't even use the rabbit ears antenna that I had, I just used the basic FM antenna that came with the receiver. I was able to capture KNUE RDS, but I wasn't able to capture KOOI RDS, I'm not sure if they even have RDS either.
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KOOI was so strong when I lived in Plano, it was on my presets in the car. I have a Pioneer Supertuner 3D with adaptive IF, which was extremely effective at getting rid of 106.7 so KOOI could come through clearly. I think the Sony has the same type of adaptive IF - it is so sensitive that from NW Houston, it can get KLTY and a couple of other Dallas signals with nothing other than the supplied antenna.
 
Sony XDR-F1HD... That's why. That little tuner my friend is THE best factory DX FM tuner ever made. It actually in some ways beats tuners costing thousands.
 
Great to see Hanszen has dramatically cleaned up and improved 1101 Kilgore Highway. I saw it right after Phillip Burr got his hands on it several years ago and it needed help...BAD help.

Interesting to hear the notation of reducing KWRD's power down to 40 watts at night. Did they ever officially receive nighttime authorization or are they (illegally) doing that in order to feed the translator?

For dfaulkner:

KPXI was still a solid (what I would call) regional signal until Salem bought them. They downgraded to 8300 watts (IIRC) and moved it to Overton in order to protect their co-channel sister station here in Dallas. I was between Tyler and Canton one day some time back and heard the two signals competing with each other. I heard the Dallas signal and right behind it with a slight delay was the Overton signal. Kinda felt sorry for those who might've been listening in that area and having to put up with that overlapping area.
 
C414B said:
Interesting to hear the notation of reducing KWRD's power down to 40 watts at night.
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Hadn't heard about that. Is there a source for the info? Ar last report they hadn't filed for nighttime authorization, although they do have post-sunset authority. And about the translator, they can continue with KWRD programming at night after the AM signs off.

C414B said:
I was between Tyler and Canton one day some time back and heard the two signals competing with each other. I heard the Dallas signal and right behind it with a slight delay was the Overton signal.
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Yes, it was pretty messy. That was in 2000, and the simulcast with KLTY lasted about a year. For some reason Salem was convinced (at the time) that because of the population growth toward the north in Dallas/Fort Worth that putting KLTY on 100.7 would be a good move. They soon found out that they lost a ton of coverage, and their loyal listeners let the station know that they weren't happy about the switch.
 
jd said:
Yes, it was pretty messy. That was in 2000, and the simulcast with KLTY lasted about a year. For some reason Salem was convinced (at the time) that because of the population growth toward the north in Dallas/Fort Worth that putting KLTY on 100.7 would be a good move. They soon found out that they lost a ton of coverage, and their loyal listeners let the station know that they weren't happy about the switch.
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It wasn't Salem's doing; it was Sunburst's. Sunburst bought 94.1 KLTY and KRJT 100.7, which they intended on moving into Dallas/Ft. Worth. The story I heard was that Sunburst was going to do a Spanish language format on 100.7, and HBC, having only rimshots, didn't want another competitor, especially one that had a Cedar Hill stick in the mix for fear they could move the Spanish-language programming. So, they approached Sunburst and offered them a fortune for 94.1. Sunburst agreed not to run a Spanish-language format on 100.7, and HBC didn't get the intellectual property of 94.1. Having a winning format and a rimshot stick that was strong in the northern suburbs, Sunburst decided to put KLTY on 100.7 figuring it would work out better than it did and better in the long run. Besides, it was better than trying to find another Cedar Hill stick for KLTY.

Sunburst traded 100.7 KLTY to Salem a few months later for 94.5 The Edge.
 
Thanks to all for the info. (Apologies if I derailed the thread.) Growing up I would hear KIMP 960 AM & KPXI 100.7 FM when visiting relatives in Titus County. In the years since, KPXI left Titus County & KIMP went Spanish. Radio in NE Texas (as with radio everywhere) has changed much.
 
I worked at KPXI briefly in the early '90s. One of the worst mistakes of my career.
 
DToTheJ said:
And KIMP on the East Coast would be WIMP. :-\
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Hadn't thought of that. ;D The "in Mt. Pleasant" moniker wouldn't work so well if the 1st call had to be a W.
 
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