KZMP-FM

Infobox Radio station
name = KZMP-FM


city = Pilot Point, Texas
area = Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex/Sherman/
Denison/Gainesville/
Ardmore
branding = "Radio Saalam Namaste 104.9 FM"
slogan =
airdate = 1983 as KALK
frequency = 104.9 MHz
format = Indian/Pakistani
erp = 20,150 watts
haat = 535 meters
class = C1
facility_id = 15854
callsign_meaning =
former_callsigns = KALK (1983-1984)
KLAK (1984-1987)
KMKT (1987-1990)
KTCY (1996-2003)
owner = Liberman Broadcasting
(operated by Everest Heights under LMA)
licensee = Liberman Broadcasting of Dallas Licensee, LLC
webcast = [mms://wm9.spacialnet.com/radiosalaamnamaste listen live]
website = http://www.radiosalaamnamaste.com/
affiliations =
sister_stations = KBOC, KNOR, KTCY, KZMP-AM, KZZA
"Also part of the Liberman Cluster: TV Station KMPX"

KZMP-FM, branded as "Radio Saalam Namaste 104.9", is an Indian/Pakistani (or otherwise known as "Desi") FM radio station licensed to Pilot Point, Texas. This station transmits on 104.9 FM and is owned and operated by Liberman Broadcasting. The format focuses on Bollywood & regional Indian music, along with talk shows hosted by businesses run by people from that community.

Programming is aimed at cultures from south Asian, including India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. The station is the first 24/7 FM radio station in the United states catering to the south Asian community.Fact|date=December 2007 The station began its current format on March 1, 2006 via 1540 AM for a short time before moving to its current FM frequency. The station features programming in English, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Telugu, Punjabi, Gujarati, and Malayalam.Fact|date=December 2007

Programming includes Sawairay Sawairay – reaching morning drive time, Geet Mala with Sangeeta, the Lunch Time Special with Smitha, Hello Dallas with Monicca Sharmaa – reaching evening drive time, High Voltage, Bollywood Hollywood, Chandni Raatein, The Beat with Saad Chishty on Saturday nights, the Friday Prayer, & Bachon Ki Duniya – a children's show that airs on Thursdays. Weekend programming features over 25 other programs in regional languages of India and Pakistan. Fact|date=December 2007

History

This station opened their studios in Denison, Texas, and began as KALK in 1983, but quickly changed their callsign to KLAK in 1984 as K-Lake FM 105 under an unknown format, and was nicknamed as such for its proximity to Lake Texoma in far North Texas. On May 12, 1987, KLAK moved to frequency 97.5 FM in Durant, Oklahoma, wiping out popular rimshot KWTX Waco's DFW signal at 97.5; but on that same day, KMKT was established on 104.9 FM as an oldies station and was branded "Katy Klassics" and later "Katy Oldies". Three years later, the station moved to 93.1 FM in Bells, leaving 104.9 FM dark for 6 years. KLAK and KMKT are still operational to this day.

On August 10, 1996, KTCY-FM , operated by Tony Rodriguez son of Spanish Radio pioneer Marcos Rodriguez, Sr. began its broadcasting activities under the name Fab 105, broadcasting all-Beatles music (recently, KLUV-FM had this format as its Ibiquity Digital second channel before changing its format to 50s and 60s oldies). It was the first Metroplex station to be fully programmed from computer hard drives (Audio Server), and in that case, the station ran jockless through 1997. Tony sold the station to his brother Marcos Rodriguez. After March 1997, KTCY switchd to an all Gospel station as Praise 104.9. A year after the swift change, their broadcasting license moved to Pilot Point to increase their signal. IN 2000, it was rebranded Joy 104.9 while maintaining its Gospel format but it sooned changed to Spanish Radio. In 2002, Entravision Communications bought out KTCY and reimaged it to a Regional Mexican station as Super Estrella 104.9. Less than 2 years later, KTCY (now on 101.7 FM) and KZMP has swapped call letters and brandings, making this station KZMP 104.9 FM El Gato while maintaining the same format. On January 6, 2005, KZMP was once again rebranded as "Radio Tricolor". Less than 2 years later, Entravision sold 5 of their Dallas/Fort Worth area radio stations including KZMP to Liberman Broadcasting. [ [http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2006/07/31/daily42.html Calif. media company to buy Dallas radio stations] - "Dallas Business Journal"] Prior to the sale, the station made its to the short-lived Spanish Christian format as "La Luz 104.9".

Now operated under a local marketing agreement with Liberman by Everest Heights under CEO Jaipal Reddy, Exec. Sr. Vice President Mohammad Abbas and Exec. Vice President Ambreen Hasnat.Fact|date=December 2007www.radiosalaamnamaste.com

References

External links

*FMQ|KZMP
*FML|KZMP
*FMARB|KZMP
* [http://www.knus99.com Mike Shannon's Dallas-Fort Worth Radio and TV History]