NTRG has applied to change the call sign for 1540 KZMP to KAMM. Could there be life be returning to the dormant station?
Correct you are. Became KZMP in January 1988, according to the facility record.The KZMP call has been on 1540 for what, 25 years? Actually the longest of a dozen or so calls the station has had over the years.
You never know, however, it seems unlikely. That is, unless 1540 is restored, starts spinning Frank Sinatra and friends, and images as "K A Double M". I would think this was something required or desired to disassociate 1540 from 104.9. As of this writing, I don't know of one Dick Witkowski station that is on the air. KEBE AM & FM are both silent. KFON Groveton is silent, KTLU is silent, KDNT is silent, and this one is silent. I am not sure on the operational status of KDDM Mt. Vernon or KMAD in Madill, but both are licensed as normal; no STA active on either facility.Might KAAM have something to say about this?🤔
Well, let's hope he doesn't. Much of the former listener base of the nostalgic version of KAAM would have to rise up from the grave to tune in to this version.Perhaps KAMM will try a nostalgia format similar to what previous incarnations of KAAM had years ago.
That's certainly a primary concern 🤣.First, they need a real transmitter site.😖
Guessing that year was a typo…🧐😉. The DFW Retroplex site has 12/29/1997 as the start date for the KZMP call on 1540.Correct you are. Became KZMP in January 1988, according to the facility record.
Thanks for that info, Huff. I wasn't aware the records has been corrupted. I had thought 1988 seemed early, but hey, that's what the facility's record says. January 25, 1988. Guess it's become as reliable as our dear old friend Wikipedia. Go figure.Correct... this will be the 13th set of calls for the facility.
1540 became KZMP on 12/29/97... all the historic call records online have become corrupted, I don't know how or why, but any FCC Lookup on past call data has been unreliable for the past month or so.
It's very frustrating as that had become an invaluable resource, especially for smaller stations, or those not very well-documented otherwise.Thanks for that info, Huff. I wasn't aware the records has been corrupted. I had thought 1988 seemed early, but hey, that's what the facility's record says. January 25, 1988. Guess it's become as reliable as our dear old friend Wikipedia. Go figure.
Seems like finding a transmitter site should be easy. I can't think of a single AM facility in all of DFW that is now diplexing. There must be several low profit AM's that would love to have a little extra revenue.The KZMP call has been on 1540 for what, 25 years? Actually the longest of a dozen or so calls the station has had over the years.
Might KAAM have something to say about this?🤔
Perhaps KAMM will try a nostalgia format similar to what previous incarnations of KAAM had years ago.
First, they need a real transmitter site.😖
The call letter change came about when Z Spanish Media purchased KPAD. The format was "La Zeta" (Z in Spanish) and the MP was for Metroplex. The build of the new (now former) xmitter site in Grand Prairie also happened at about that time.Thanks for that info, Huff. I wasn't aware the records has been corrupted. I had thought 1988 seemed early, but hey, that's what the facility's record says. January 25, 1988. Guess it's become as reliable as our dear old friend Wikipedia. Go figure.
It's very frustrating as that had become an invaluable resource, especially for smaller stations, or those not very well-documented otherwise.
The FCC is not going to look kindly if they are filing false reports. They are only going to get themselves into trouble.I have not heard KEBE on the air since Chisholm Trail sold it and sister KTLU, at which time the K-Hits simulcast was discontinued. Again, that transpired in July 2022. I believe @Bill Betten would be able to confirm this, as his home base is in Jacksonville. My concern is the same holds true with 1540.
The FCC is not going to look kindly if they are filing false reports. They are only going to get themselves into trouble.