KQQK HAS FLIPED AS OF TODAY XO 107.9 IS NO MORE ok so now univision has 2 regional mexican stations and so does liberman how will this help Them? Where will the xo audience go? My money is 104.9 will see the gain.
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XO IS GONE!
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purpledevil
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Might want to take the commercials off of KZJL then. Just ran a spot for XO 107.9 y 101.7 as I was flipping channels about 30 minutes ago. Is there a new name for KQQK/KXGJ?
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purpledevil
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Ok. Checked 107.9 at 10am. I did not catch a legal ID, but it announed itself at 10:09 in Spanish as 107.9 KQQK "El Norte" y 101.7 FM. I'll check again at TOH for 11 for the legal ID. It ought to be long since it's now 5 stations included. Checked KNTE, KQUE, KXGJ, and KJOJ, and they are all simulcasting "El Norte" at various delays. 5 stations airing the same format? I can't imagine this is going to last long, so what does the future hold for KQUE, KJOJ and KNTE? I suspect the KNTE call will end up at 107.9, but what else lies ahead for the two AM's and the former KIOX?
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purpledevil
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Id'ed at 11:00 sharp as KQQK-FM/Beaumont and KXGJ-FM/Bay City. No mention of KQUE, KJOJ, or KNTE. Obviously, the other 3 are going to become something else. Still illegal to not ID them today...(hint, hint)
Not necessarily. You can program an automation computer to hard branch that ID every hour. It would drop the original programming for those 10 seconds or less in which it takes to ID the station, and then back to the program.
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purpledevil
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Chuck Tiller said:
I did not know that. Thank you for teaching me something new today. I checked KQUE/Houston at 4:00pm after learning this and it ID'ed as KQQK/KXGJ. No mention of KQUE. I assume the same can be said for both KJOJ and KNTE, but I am having issues getting 96.9 today. Not sure why. 1230 should ID as KQUE/Houston regardless. It always has before even when in simulcast with the Arrow back in its CC days. That now explains to me why KQUE always did an independent ID from KKRW. KJOJ's ID has been missing in action before, so this isn't a surprise.
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purpledevil
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mr.ric said:
Which would be extremely odd, considering the ownership is the same. I'm not capable of making that statement, because I wouldn't know the difference except it does now sound like the horns and accordians I'm used to hearing when passing by KTJM. At least it does have that similarity to me. Looks like the Liberman cluster may be completely flip flopping around, as even KLTN's high numbers don't warrant competing 3 signals against them using the Regional Mexican format all from the same area. (KXGJ, KNTE, KJOJ-FM) Wonder if KJOJ AM/FM will end up simulcasted again, something that hasn't happened to the two since the Jimmy Swaggart days.
Does anyone think that one of the Liberman stations like KNTE might try an English language format? Or is Lieberman a Spanish language radio company only?
latino2008 said:
Regional is not just one format... it is many. KLTN is mostly personality, while KQBU and KTJM are a different kind of music and more music intensive... even KOVE is a form of regional.
The 107.9 and 101.7 signals are still a simulcast...as are 1230 and 96.9...but each of those pairs are not simulcasts of the other...even though I hear the same branding and frequency references on all of them. If one pair is a delay of the other, it must be a large number of minutes. Or are these really two separate formats, albeit virtually the same thing?
I have heard nothing but a loud hum on 880 at several checks today. Sounds like a phone line feed with bad grounding and no audio.
I have heard nothing but a loud hum on 880 at several checks today. Sounds like a phone line feed with bad grounding and no audio.
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purpledevil
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This morning KJOJ/Conroe was audible, but the audio was significantly lower volume than the other 4. KJOJ's audio has had this problem before at different points in the past, so I didn't think much of it. Never checked it again, as KJOJ's signal is the pretty bad here. Mediafrog, I'm not sure how far behind the delay is but it is definitely the same format ID'ing as "El Norte" 107.9 and 101.7 on 1230, 107.9, 96.9 and 101.7. Not sure what occurred this morning with KNTE, but it is back again with it's weak signal at my location.Only 101.7 and 107.9 have ID'ed at checks of 4pm and again at 5. This was from KQUE/Houston at 4, and KNTE/El Campo at 5.
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mrtexmex2007
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Well I heard them saying 107.9 and 101.7 PURA MUSICA PURO NORTE
AND EL NORTE IS STILL 96.9FM AND 1230 AM
FOR NOW I GUESS
AND EL NORTE IS STILL 96.9FM AND 1230 AM
FOR NOW I GUESS
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mrtexmex2007
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oh and the XO website for Houston doesn't exist anymore. Its completely gone if you type in XOHOUSTON.COM it skips and goes straight to XO DALLAS
mrtexmex2007 said:
I heard that too. Seems they are doing a fresh relaunch on the old XO signals. I'm guessing something different is about to show up on the old El Norte frequencies.
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purpledevil
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Checking all the signals this morning, KJOJ 880 is back to normal, simulcasting 1230. The delay is pretty significant between the new Norte pair and the old Norte triplets. 96.9 is again nowhere to be found in N. Houston, so I wonder if KNTE is dropping power for some reason? XO website is indeed gone, and directing to KTCY/Azle. El Norte's website is a bit intriguing this morning. It has El Norte listed as KXGJ & KQUE. Hmm.....Mediafrog+ said:
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purpledevil
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Ok...I have listened to KQUE more today than I have in over a decade. Liberman is ID'ing the station now, first off, using the "El Norte" ID as 96.9/1230. This is the only time I heard any reference to the two frequencies, so what Chuck Tiller explained to me yesterday is exactly what they are doing today. Also, it is not a simulcast. KQUE/KNTE is on a tape loop that is playing over and over again. I heard "Como La Flor" by Selena 3 times in 3 hours today. Liberman is telling their listeners to move over to 107.9 and 101.7 for Puro Norte (no more El Norte?) and something along the lines of in a moment new music will be here.
96.9 KNTE was off the air when I tuned it in a few hours ago while in Bay City...should be blasting but nothing but static.
purpledevil said:
What they are doing is pretty much the same thing that happened when KQUE closed up the Standards format on 1230--running a loop moving listeners over to KBME, which also was running Standards at the time.
everydayguy said:
I heard 96.9 a short time ago, simulcasting 1230/880. Not a good signal at my Cy-Fair location, but within the usual variations from tropo conditions.
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