Thursday, February 14, 2019
SportsMap 94.1 merges into ESPN 97.5 KFNC
As of Februrary 1st, Gow Media stopped leasing the 94.1 K231CN translator station and has moved all of the SportsMap 94.1 FM programming to ESPN 97.5 KFNC.
So that means Charlie Pallilo and the other 94.1 sports crew will now be heard on 97.5.
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Gow Media radio GM Todd Farquharson tells mikemcguff.com the company wanted to centralize its sports radio offerings to just one station. Farquharson says they are working on a booster signal to give 97.5 wider coverage around the Houston listening area. He says that 94.1 was a short term lease.
So what about the SB Nation Radio syndicated programming produced by Gow Media that aired on 94.1? In Houston, you can now listen to that online via the website (click the "Listen Live Now" link) or app.
This now leaves Houston with sports programming on ESPN 97.5, Sports Radio 610AM KILT, SportsTalk 790 KBME and CBS Sports Radio 650AM KIKK.
Don't worry...SportsMap the website is still in operation.
The 94.1 FM licensee has returned the station to a Spanish-language format. The station is now branded as 94.1 Radio Luz which airs Christian programming.
SportsMap 94.1 FM took to the airwaves on October 1, 2017. The new station moved the 1560 AM KGOW programming to the FM band. Around that time, the Sportsmap.com website also launched. This site was to compliment the recently Gow Media purchase of culturemap.com.
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(Thanks Andy)
* this post was updated to address where to listen to SB Nation Radio programming in Houston.
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