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 Sukhdev Dhillon, through licensee 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.

KTXV
Broadcast areaDallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
Frequency890 kHz
Programming
Language(s)Punjabi and other languages of South Asia
FormatFull Service
Ownership
Owner
  • Sukhdev Dhillon
  • (Radio Punjab Dallas LLC)
History
First air date
2007
Call sign meaning
TeXas Vietnamese (previous format)
Technical information
ClassD (Daytime)
B (Nighttime)
Power20,000 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
Previous Radio Saigon Dallas ident used until late 2012.

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
  1. FCC.gov/KTXV
  2. Radio-Locator.com/KTXV
  3. IRCA - KTXV-890 (released November 4, 2007)


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