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KTSA
KTSA (550 AM "107.1 and 550 KTSA") is a commercial radio station in San Antonio, Texas. KTSA is owned by Alpha Media and airs a news/talk radio format. Its studios, offices and three-tower transmitter site are on Eisenhauer Road in San Antonio. Most hours begin with world and national news from ABC News Radio. Weekdays feature mostly local talk hosts by day, with some syndicated shows in afternoons and nights, including Dave Ramsey, Lars Larson, Dana Loesch and Red Eye Radio. Weekends include programs on money, health, home repair, cars, gardening and pets. Some weekend shows are paid brokered programming. FM Translator KTSA programming can also be heard on FM translator K296GK at 107.1 MHz. Since KTSA is a Class B station broadcasting with 5,000 watts twenty four hours per day, the FM translator doesn't necessarily improve coverage, but it does afford listeners the ability to listen to high fidelity sound on the FM band. History Early years KTSA was first licen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KJXK
KJXK (102.7 FM, "102.7 Jack FM") is a commercial radio station in San Antonio, Texas, broadcasting an adult hits radio format using the "Jack FM" brand. It is owned by Alpha Media with radio studios on Eisenhauer Road in Northeast San Antonio. KJXK has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts. The transmitter is atop Tower of the Americas in downtown San Antonio, off Cesar Chavez Boulevard. History Progressive Rock 102.7 had its initial construction permit issued on November 20, 1967, as the FM counterpart of KTSA (550 AM). ( Guide to reading History Cards) On June 7, 1968, it was given the call sign KTSA-FM, which was shortened to KTFM prior to sign-on. KTFM officially went on the air for the first time on . It was originally owned by Waterman Broadcasting of Texas and it largely simulcasted KTSA. In 1972, management decided to switch KTFM to progressive rock. This format lasted until 1976, when it shifted towards a more structured album rock format, playing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KZDC
KZDC (1250 AM, "ESPN 1250") is an all-sports-formatted radio station in San Antonio, Texas, owned by Alpha Media. Most of the programming comes from ESPN Radio. Its studios and offices are located on Eisenhauer Road in Northeast San Antonio. KZDC broadcasts at 25,000 watts by day using a non-directional antenna. To avoid interfering with other stations on 1250 AM, it drastically reduces power at night to 920 watts and uses a directional antenna. The daytime transmitter site is just off U.S. Route 281 near Interstate 410, in the Mission del Lago district of San Antonio. The station uses a separate nighttime site which is co-located with sister station KTSA 550, along Eisenhauer Road in Northeast San Antonio, across the street from the studios. History Early years The original construction permit for what would become KEXX was initially granted by the FCC on July 16, 1952, to Manuel D. Leal. ( Guide to reading History Cards) KEXX was to initially operate as a daytime-only sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KTFM
KTFM (94.1 FM broadcasting, FM, "94.1 San Antonio's Sports Star") is a Commercial radio, commercial radio station city of license, licensed to Floresville, Texas, and serving Greater San Antonio. It broadcasts a sports radio, sports radio format and is owned by Alpha Media. On weekdays it has local personalities hosting sports shows, with ESPN Radio heard nights and weekends. The radio studio, studios are on Eisenhauer Road in San Antonio. KTFM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 19,000 watts. The transmitter is on South Foster Road near Hildebrandt Road in San Antonio. KTFM broadcasts using HD Radio technology. On its HD-2 digital subchannel it plays hip hop music and on its HD-3 subchannel it simulcasts Tejano music from co-owned KLEY-FM. History Texas Music KRIO-FM At 6 a.m. on March 25, 1991, the station sign-on, signed on the air as KRIO-FM. It carried a Texas music format. The station was owned by longtime San Antonio-area broadcaster John Barger. It was me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio ( ; Spanish for "Anthony of Padua, Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio. San Antonio is the List of Texas metropolitan areas, third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the List of Metropolitan Statistical Areas, 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in the 2020 United States census. It is the most populous city in and the county seat of Bexar County. San Antonio is the List of United States cities by population, seventh-most populous city in the United States, and the second-most populous in the Southern United States List of municipalities in Texas, and Texas, after Houston. Founded as a Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spanish mission and colonial outpost in 1718, the city in 1731 became the first chartered civil settlement in what is now present-day Texas. The area was then part of the Spanish Empire. From 1821 to 1836, it was part of the Mexico, Mexican ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KLEY-FM
KLEY-FM (95.7 MHz, "Tejano 95.7") is a commercial radio station licensed to Jourdanton, Texas, and serving the San Antonio metropolitan area. The station is currently owned by Alpha Media and licensed to Alpha Media Licensee, LLC. KLEY-FM broadcasts a Tejano music format. The studios are on Eisenhauer Road in Northeast San Antonio. KLEY-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 11,000 watts. The transmitter site is on Route 300 near Farm-to-Market Road in Charlotte, Texas. History Before the station was built, the construction permit was given the call sign KBOP-FM on April 6, 1998. On October 2, 2000, it changed its call sign to KBUC-FM. KBUC-FM signed on in 2001. On February 2, 2005, the call letters were switched to KLEY-FM. On May 6, 2019, sister station 103.1 KHHL Karnes City dropped its ESPN Deportes Radio ESPN Deportes Radio was an American Spanish language sports radio network created and produced by Disney-owned ESPN. Programming included call-in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpha Media
Alpha Media LLC is a radio broadcasting company based in Portland, Oregon, and led by Bob Proffitt. The group does business under the Alpha Media name. It was formed from the merger of Alpha Broadcasting, L&L Broadcasting, and Main Line Broadcasting on July 1, 2014. At its formation, it owned 68 radio stations in 12 markets, along with two theatres (in Portland and San Antonio) and a digital marketing firm in Peoria, Illinois. Alpha Broadcasting Alpha Broadcasting was founded in 2009 in Portland, Oregon by Larry Wilson, arising from the sale of stations formerly a part of the CBS Radio Portland cluster with those of Rose City Radio. On April 17, 2014, L&L Broadcasting announced that it has agreed to merge with Alpha, while purchasing the stations of Main Line Broadcasting. The combined entity became known as Alpha Media. L&L Broadcasting The broadcasting group was sometimes referred to as Live and Local. L&L was formed in 2012 to buy all but two of the radio stations of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KSAH (AM)
KSAH (720 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station, licensed to Universal City, Texas, and serving the San Antonio metropolitan area. KSAH and sister station 104.1 KSAH-FM simulcast a classic regional Mexican radio format, specializing in norteño music. The two stations are owned by Alpha Media with the licenses held by Alpha Media Licensee, LLC. The studios and offices are located on Eisenhauer Road in Northeast San Antonio. The AM station's transmitter site is south of Zuehl, Texas, off Stolte Road. By day, KSAH is powered at 10,000 watts. But because AM 720 is a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A WGN Chicago, KSAH must reduce power at night to 890 watts to avoid interference. The station uses a directional antenna around the clock. History KSAH first signed on the air November 1, 1986. It was owned by Gandadores, Inc. and broadcast at 10,000 watts by day, 1,000 watts by night. It aired a Regional Mexican music format. In 2010, the AM station's Regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KSAH-FM
KSAH-FM (104.1 MHz) is a commercial radio station, licensed to Pearsall, Texas, and serving the San Antonio metropolitan area. KSAH-FM and sister station KSAH 720 AM simulcast a classic regional Mexican radio format, specializing in norteño music. The station is owned by Alpha Media with the license held by Alpha Media Licensee, LLC Debtor in Possession. The studios and offices are located on Eisenhauer Road in Northeast San Antonio. KSAH-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the current maximum for FM stations. The transmitter is off Texas State Highway 97 in Hindes, Texas, about 40 miles south of San Antonio. Programming is also heard on 20,000 watt booster station KSAH-FM1 in Charlotte, Texas. Like KSAH-FM, it broadcasts on 104.1 MHz. History The station signed on the air in 1991 as 94.1 KRIO. In 1998, it changed its call sign to KKMG and moved to its current dial position at 104.1 MHz. Then on September 11, 2002, the call lett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Ramsey
David Lawrence Ramsey III (born September 3, 1960) is an American radio personality who offers financial advice. He is the founder and CEO of Ramsey Solutions and a co-host of '' The Ramsey Show'', a nationally syndicated radio program. He has written several books on personal finance and business, including '' The Total Money Makeover'', a ''New York Times'' bestseller. Early life and education Ramsey was born on September 3, 1960, in Maryville, Tennessee, to parents who worked in the real estate industry.Drury, Susan (May 31, 2007).The Gospel According to Dave. ''Nashville Scene''. Archived from thoriginalon January 6, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2025. He was raised in the Antioch neighborhood of Nashville and graduated from Antioch High School. At age 18, Ramsey took the real estate exam and began buying and selling property while attending the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and real estate. Career By 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC News Radio
ABC News Radio is the news radio service of ABC Audio, a division of ABC News (United States), ABC News in the United States. Formerly known as ABC Radio News, ABC News Radio feeds, through Skyview Networks, five-minute newscasts on the hour and news briefs at half-past the hour, to its network affiliates. ABC News Radio is the largest commercial radio news organization in the US. ABC Radio aired the first broadcast report of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Texas, at 18:30 UTC and Don Gardiner anchored the initial bulletin at 18:36:50 UTC, minutes before any other radio or television network. History Beginning in the late 1950s, American Broadcasting Company, ABC fed hourly newscasts to affiliates at 5 minutes before the hour, to contrast it with CBS Radio News and NBC Blue Network, NBC Radio News, which sent its newscasts to affiliates at the top of each hour. On January 1, 1968, the singular ABC radio netwo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, internet, wi-fi, satellite, and cable across the United States. The FCC maintains jurisdiction over the areas of broadband access, fair competition, radio frequency use, media responsibility, public safety, and homeland security. The FCC was established pursuant to the Communications Act of 1934 to replace the radio regulation functions of the previous Federal Radio Commission. The FCC took over wire communication regulation from the Interstate Commerce Commission. The FCC's mandated jurisdiction covers the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the territories of the United States. The FCC also provides varied degrees of cooperation, oversight, and leadership for similar communications bodies in other countries in North America. The FCC is funded entirely by regulatory fees. It has an estimated fiscal-2022 budg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter (often abbreviated as XMTR or TX in technical documents) is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna (radio), antenna with the purpose of signal transmission to a radio receiver. The transmitter itself generates a radio frequency alternating current, which is applied to the Antenna (radio), antenna. When excited by this alternating current, the antenna Electromagnetic radiation, radiates radio waves. Transmitters are necessary component parts of all electronic devices that communicate by radio communication, radio, such as radio broadcasting, radio (audio) and television broadcasting stations, cell phones, walkie-talkies, Wireless LAN, wireless computer networks, Bluetooth enabled devices, garage door openers, two-way radios in aircraft, ships, spacecraft, radar sets and navigational beacons. The term ''transmitter'' is usually limited to equipment that generates radio waves fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
