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| Broadcast area | Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex/Sherman/Denison/Gainesville/Ardmore |
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| Frequency | 104.9MHz (HD Radio) |
| Branding | 104.9 FunAsia |
| Programming | |
| Language | South Asian |
| Format | South Asian music |
| Subchannels | HD2: “Radio Caravan” (KTCG simulcast) HD3: “BigFM International” (Asian) HD4: “Radio Surbhi” (Asian) |
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| History | |
First air date | 1983 (as KALK) |
Former call signs | KALK (1983–1984) KLAK (1984–1987) KMKT (1987–1990) KTCY (1996–2003) |
| Technical information[1] | |
Licensing authority | FCC |
| Facility ID | 15854 |
| Class | C1 |
| ERP | 34,000watts |
| HAAT | 535 meters (1755 ft) |
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Public license information | |
| Webcast | KZMP-FM Live Feed |
| Website | funasia.net jointhecaravan.com (HD2) bigfminternational.com (HD3) radiosurabhi.com (HD4) |
KZMP-FM (104.9MHz) is acommercialradio stationlicensed toPilot Point, Texas, and serving theDallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. KZMP-FM is owned by Veena and Samuel Thakkar, through licensee Perfect Media Group, LLC. It airs aSouth Asianradio format, focusing onBollywood music. The station broadcasts mainly inEnglish, but also has programs in fiveSouth Asian languages –Hindi,Punjabi,Bengali,Gujarati andPersian.
KZMP-FM’sstudios and offices are located inDallas, while thetransmitter is located west ofCollinsville inCooke County.
The station opened its studios inDenison, Texas, and began as KALK in1983, but quickly changed thecall sign to KLAK in 1984 as "K-Lake FM 105." It aired anadult contemporary format, and was nicknamed for its proximity toLake Texoma in far North Texas. On May 12, 1987, KLAK moved to frequency 97.5 FM inDurant, Oklahoma, wiping out popular rimshotKWTXWaco's DFW signal at 97.5; but on that same day,KMKT was established on 104.9 FM as anoldies station and was branded "Katy Klassics" and later "Katy Oldies". Three years later, the station moved to 93.1 FM (now as "Katy Country") inBells, leaving 104.9 FMdark for six years. KLAK, KMKT, and KWTX are still operational to this day, and although KWTX is still not available to Denison over the air, it is available over the Internet.
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.[citation needed] It was the first Metroplex station to be fully programmed from computer hard drives, and in that case, the station ran jockless through 1997.[citation needed] Tony sold the station to his brotherMarcos A. Rodriguez.[citation needed] After March 1997, KTCY switched to an allGospel station as "Praise 104.9". A year after the swift change, their broadcasting license moved toPilot Point to increase their signal. In 2000, it was rebranded "Joy 104.9" while maintaining its Gospel format but it soon changed to Regional Mexican as La Mejor 104.9
In 2002,Entravision Communications bought out KTCY and reimaged it to aRegional Mexican station as "Super Estrella 104.9". Less than two years later, KTCY (now on 101.7 FM) and KZMP have swapped call letters and branding, 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 five of their Dallas/Fort Worth-area radio stations, including KZMP, to Liberman Broadcasting (nowEstrella Media).[2] Prior to the sale, the station switched to a short-lived Spanish Christian format asLa Luz 104.9.
Effective July 27, 2021, Estrella Media sold KZMP-FM to Perfect Media Group, LLC.
Unlike most of the area's FM stations, which transmit their signals fromCedar Hill, KZMP-FM transmits its signal from an unincorporated area west of Collinsville. Therefore, KZMP-FM's signal is much stronger in the extreme Northern parts of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex as well as the cities ofDecatur,Bowie,Gainesville,Sherman andBonham, to as far north asArdmore, Oklahoma, but is considerably weaker in Dallas, Fort Worth, and areas South of the cities themselves.
33°32′09″N96°49′55″W / 33.5357°N 96.8319°W /33.5357; -96.8319
