KTXV
KTXV (890 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Mabank, Texas, and serving the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. It is owned by Radio Punjab Dallas LLC.[1] KTXV airs a full service radio format of popular music, news and talk, in Punjabi and other languages of South Asia as well as English.
City | Mabank, Texas |
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Broadcast area | Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex |
Frequency | 890 kHz |
Programming | |
Language(s) | Punjabi and other languages of South Asia |
Format | Full Service |
Ownership | |
Owner | Radio Punjab Dallas |
History | |
First air date | 2007 |
Call sign meaning | TeXas Vietnamese (previous format) |
Technical information | |
Class | B |
Power | 20,000 watts (Daytime) 250 watts (Nighttime) |
By day, KTXV broadcasts at 20,000 watts. But during the nighttime hours, KTXV drastically reduces its power to 250 watts to protect Class A clear channel station WLS in Chicago. KTXV uses a directional antenna at all times. The transmitter is off U.S. Route 175 in Eustace, Texas.[2]
History
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Signal testing for this station began in November 2007 in English and Asian languages.[3] Once testing was complete, the station began broadcasting a Vietnamese format known as "Radio Saigon."
Radio Saigon later moved to KRVA 1600 AM to make way for a Mandarin and English format supplied by Radio China International.
References
- FCC.gov/KTXV
- Radio-Locator.com/KTXV
- IRCA - KTXV-890 (released November 4, 2007)
External links
- KTXV in the FCC's AM station database
- KTXV on Radio-Locator
- KTXV in Nielsen Audio's AM station database