Re: [IRCA] [mwdx] Domestic MWDX to Enid OK, November 11-17, 2016

["Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>]

Instead of pontificating for half a page on info about a station, 1540
KZMP, why not do some actual online research?

From a radio newsletter

"*Dallas is indeed hearing Spanish sports âESPN Deportes Radioâ at 1540, *
says ESPN Deportes Radio Senior Director of Business Integration Jim
Roberts. Following up on Fridayâs item about the status of the syndicated
ESPNDeportes in three major markets, Jim tells this NOW Newsletter that
true, âwe were off the air for a couple weeks in Dallas,â following the
September lapse of an LMA with KZMP/1540 by the unrelated âDeportes Media.â
Jim says âEffective October 15, we entered into an affiliation agreement
with Liberman Broadcasting,â keeping the service on KZMP University Park.
Roberts says âwe are happy to announce that we are back and better than
everâ on 1540."


On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 5:14 PM, Glenn Hauser wghauser@xxxxxxxxx [mwdx] <
mwdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
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> ** U S A. UNIDENTIFIED. 1540, re the ESPN Deportes station I heard, KZMP
> University Park TX has supposedly flipped to ranchera. Trying again Nov 11
> at 0145 UT, there`s a discussion in Spanish, maybe religious, 0149 UT some
> Tex-Mex music which may or may not be same station, but now likely KEDA San
> Antonio. Parked here, I happen to notice that there is no longer a het from
> the third 1540 Texan, KGBC Galveston, which for months was audibly off
> frequency on the high side. Wayne Heinen, Aurora Colorado, of NRC AM Log
> replies:
>
> ```Glenn, Canât find anything on ESPN Deportes on 1540 but the fact that
> KZMP has dropped it is reiterated here, from Radio Insight:
>
> ``Deportes Media has lost its LMAs of three of the four stations it
> operates with ESPN Deportes Radio programming. The company lost its LMA of
> Liberman Broadcastingâs 1540 KZMP University Park/Dallas in September and
> that station flipped to a simulcast of "La Ranchera 106.7" KZZA. Deportes
> Media had moved its San Francisco LMA from 860 KTRB to iHeartMediaâs 910
> KKSF in July, but the format there is now being operated by iHeart
> directly. In Miami, Actualidad Radioâs 990 WMYM Miami has replaced Deportes
> Mediaâs LMA of Multicultural Broadcastingâs 1210 WNMA Miami Springs FL as
> the local affiliate. Deportes Media continues to operate Entravisionâs 1180
> KGOL Humble/Houston TX. The websites for the other three stationssimply
> state the stations are off the air and a Dallas phone number for their
> accounting department. Deportes Media filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in
> December 2015 and agreed to merge with CornerWorld Corporation in March.
> The merger had to close by September 30, 2016 or would automatically
> terminate. No filing or proof of closing can be found``
>
> Also I logged KZMP with that programing and slogan 11/7 in overnight
> taping. 73, Wayne, N0POH, DM79op```
>
> 1540, Nov 12 at 1342 UT, again a long string of ESPN Deportes promos, but
> nothing local, fading by 1350 UT. DFing it, possibly a bit CCW from KZMP
> The Metroplex, but maybe skewed by need to avoid local noise source. I
> notified Wayne Heinen of NRC AM Log:
>
> ``It seems to me there may be 3 possibilities:
>
> KZMP is still running ESPND at least part-time. Bearing may be slightly
> CCW from The Metroplex: The Gretna LA station is already listed as Spanish
> (Tropical) so that may be a start. There aren`t any 1540s to the N/NNW,
> except McPherson KS, which AFAIK is still English talk. Ideas? Glenn``. He
> replies:
>
> ``Glenn, That might be. Terry Krueger had a friend check on WNMA-1210 near
> Miami and they are still running ESPN-D part time, supposed to be under a
> new brokerage agreement. The rest of the time is EE/SS AC.
>
> This in a report from Radio Insight; read it right after I answered your
> last email. A check of my log explains my logging of KZMP. It was overnight
> SDR tape from 10/9 that was actually reviewed on 11/7 and the date didn't
> get modified in my Access MW logger software. SDR is great but takes me two
> days to review one night`s taping! 73 Wayne Heinen, Editor AM Radio Log``
>
> Which is one reason I will never go SDR --- I don`t have enough time,
> already.
>
> 1540, Nov 13 circa 1340 UT, not a hint of ESPND 24 hours later â just
> deleted Elder Jacob O Meyer (DEJOM) on KXEL instead of WMLK.
>
> 1540, Nov 14 at 1330 UT I am only getting KXEL IA, but at 1346 UT, now
> it`s the ESPN Deportes station again with a long string of promos, each
> specifying times only in Eastern and Pacific. WHAT ABOUT THE GREAT CENTER
> OF AMERICA, whence this signal surely emanate? 1347 UT mixing KXEL with
> usual SAH; conversation about fÃtbol via an 800 number; 1355 UT outro as
> `Recorrido deportivo`, apparent program title. Then ads/promos including
> one for ``Estrella TV en canal 29``. Now we have something local to go on!
>
> W9WI.com shows three Estrellas on RF 29: Our own KTUZ (as virtual 48);
> K29AZ in Newport OR as virtual 8.3 along with KGW; and KNKC-LD, 4 kW in
> Lubbock TX, the only one as matching with virtual 29.1. But there is no
> 1540 in Lubbock. All along I have strongly suspected this is really KZMP in
> The Metroplex, so is there a virtual 29 there? W9WI is filed by RF
> channels, not virtuals, so on RF 29 we find megawatt KTXA Fort Worth as
> virtual 21, INDependent in English, and 21.2 MeTV. So to
> http://rabbitears.info/networkgrid.php?group=lang&alt=&suppress=&sort=
> where we hover over the various markets in the Estrella TV column. DFW
> shows it IS on KMPX 29-1, so I now consider that a definite ID for KZMP. I
> check all the other markets, and the only other ``29`` is Lubbock. Back to
> W9WI.com to track down KMPX: its RF channel is 30, with a megawatt,
> including on virtual 29.1: Estrella, bingo. At 1400 UT, the 1540 station
> does seem to run a very quick legal ID, but I cannot copy it!
>
> 1540, Nov 15 at 1345 UT I`m checking again. KXEL with far-right local
> commentator, but no Spanish QRM today; still a SAH of 44/minute = 0.73 Hz,
> and today it`s in English with rock music, no ID at ToH when KXEL is still
> audible with Fox ``news``. 1345 UT is not the official KZMP sunrise: in
> November it`s 1300 UT; December and January, 1330 UT.
>
> 1540, Nov 17 at 1314 UT, ESPN-Deportes promos ignoring Central and
> Mountain timezones, heavy CCI and SAH, from what we now know is KZMP
> University Park TX. Around 1300 UT I was only hearing KXEL IA (Glenn
> Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
>
> __._,_.___
>
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