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Since early August, there has been a new radio station floating along the airwaves in the Dallas/Fort Worth market. Wednesday night, I was reminded of this fact when I rode to the DFWblogs Cocktail Event with Karen, who had 106.7 on in her car. The station is not playing any commercials and only rarely pauses to broadcast “This is KKDL, Muenster/Dallas/Ft. Worth. 106.7.”

I had not heard any identification, so I decided to do some sleuthing into what is going on over the 106.7 frequency.

Poking around the FCC web site, I found that the station allowed on the 106.7 frequency was called KKDL and came out of Muenster, Texas. The station is newly owned by Entravision, a Hispanic broadcaster that has both television and radio holdings, mostly in the southeast.

KKDL recently changed from call letters KXGM and frequency 106.5, where it was a 6000 watt station broadcasting oldies to Muenster, TX. Under the new ownership by Extravision, the station has been moved to 106.7 on the dial and upgraded to a full C signal license, allowing higher power or 100,000 watts [source]. With the increased power comes increased range, so now listeners in Dallas and Fort Worth can tune in.

Recent Station Developments [source]:
8/08/02 – KXGM 106.5 signed off.
8/09/02 – KXGM 106.7 signed on as a full class C station, testing on-and-off with a loop of rhythmic AC (Adult Comtemporary).
8/14/02 – KXGM 106.7 Muenster TX/Dallas/Fort Worth changed calls to KKDL

Station Details [source]:
Owner: Entravision
Co-owned: KZMP, KRVA, KZMP-FM, KTCY
Facilities: 2034′ 74 kw C
78 mile radius coverage area
Transmitter: 33° 26′ 13″ N 97° 29′ 5″ W
3.9 miles NNW of Greenwood; 48 miles N of Ft Worth; 61 miles NW of Dallas; 67 miles ESE of Wichita Falls

It’s unsure if the station will keep its Rhythmic AC format. It could be that they are merely using the dance loop while they get the structure in place to completely launch a new format. Most Extravision stations are hispanic format.

If you like what you are hearing on 106.7, call or write the General Manager of the Dallas Extravision properties and let him know [source]:
5307 E. Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 75206
Tel: 214-887-9107 or Fax: 214-841-4215

DFWblogs.com hit 50,000 visits this morning! Wow! This site should do the same sometime early next week. Thanks for visiting!

Grace Under Fire: A small fire just started in the pan below the burner on the stove. Keeping a cool head, I smothered the flames with a pot lid.

Lack of Grace After Fire: I quickly send an instant message to Julie, noting that we need to be careful to clean the pans out. In doing so, I forgot that I moved my rice to another burner, set on high.

Five minutes later, I return to the kitchen to find blackened rice. This is why I don’t cook.

Dear Anna,

While I appreciate that your enthusiasm about your goldfish, I really don’t need you to send me the following 15 times:

Hi Dear
Check the attach
See u

Especially considering you keep sending me a virus. So please close your email program, disconnect your computer from the internet, and clean off your system.

Now. Before I track you down in Sweden and make your computer swim with the (gold)fishes.

XOXOXO,
Leia

The monthly DFWblogs Cocktail Event is tonight at the Tipperary Inn (5815 Live Oak, 75214).

The mice shall have a girls-only slumber party on Friday night.

Some truly random thoughts:

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» Best quote read today: “But if I learned anything from the Spider-Man movie it’s that with great power comes an inability to hook up with Kirsten Dunst, along with a wheelbarrel full of guilt.” Found here because of the above evite.
» Best quote read Friday: Matt Haughey explains the tradition of pouring a 40 on the curb.
» Matt wrote some fabulous code for me that pulls the five freshest sites off my Freshblogs list and puts them in the left column where there used to be five random blogs. I’ll share if you ask nicely.
» Tonight, I’m seeing a free screening of Apollo 13 at the IMAX theatre with Karen. This will be preceded by Souper Salad.
» It feels so good to be back in this layout.

CSS = Certainly Sexy Source (code). Here it is, the shiny revamped version of a familiar look. Now it is all CSS-driven – no tables here, baby!

Goonies. Tonight. Midnight. Meet at the Inwood Lounge at 11pm.