BMP Radio
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BMP Radio, also known as Border Media Partners, is a privately owned Hispanic focused radio broadcasting company headquartered in Dallas, Texas
. On July 17, 2009, Radio-Info.com announced that BMP would be seized by its banks after failing to make debt payments for two years. Ten days later, it was confirmed that Goldman Sachs Group, Vestar Capital Partners
, and D.B. Zwirn & Co. seized the business and the assets are expected to be liquidated. It was reported that President Jeff Hinson is expected to step down by July 31. This occurred as expected, and station owner and station broker Larry Patrick was named trustee and engaged to dispose of the stations and return any monies to the lenders.
During the 2009 Texas Association of Broadcasters meeting in Austin, Texas it was reported that the McAllen and Laredo area stations would be assigned to a U.S. affiliate of the companies that own the Mexican stations programmed by BMP. News further indicated that KWOW-Waco had a signed letter of intent. KWOW has now been sold to the Bill McCutcheon interests.
Austin, Texas
Laredo, Texas
(call letters beginning with "X" are owned by a Mexican company; managed by BMP)
San Antonio, Texas
Rio Grande Valley
(call letters beginning with "X" are owned by a Mexican company; managed by BMP)
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
. On July 17, 2009, Radio-Info.com announced that BMP would be seized by its banks after failing to make debt payments for two years. Ten days later, it was confirmed that Goldman Sachs Group, Vestar Capital Partners
Vestar Capital Partners
Vestar Capital Partners is an American private equity firm focusing on leveraged buyout transactions in the United States, Europe and Asia.The firm, which was founded in 1988 is headquartered in New York City with offices in Boston, Massachusetts, Denver, Colorado in the US as well as Paris, Milan,...
, and D.B. Zwirn & Co. seized the business and the assets are expected to be liquidated. It was reported that President Jeff Hinson is expected to step down by July 31. This occurred as expected, and station owner and station broker Larry Patrick was named trustee and engaged to dispose of the stations and return any monies to the lenders.
During the 2009 Texas Association of Broadcasters meeting in Austin, Texas it was reported that the McAllen and Laredo area stations would be assigned to a U.S. affiliate of the companies that own the Mexican stations programmed by BMP. News further indicated that KWOW-Waco had a signed letter of intent. KWOW has now been sold to the Bill McCutcheon interests.
Austin, TexasAustin, TexasAustin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
- KTXX-FM 104.9 ("104.9 The Horn")
- KXBT-FM 98.9 ("98.9 The Big Talker")
- KXXS-FM 92.5 ("True Oldies Channel 92.5")
- KWNX-AMKWNX-AMKWNX is an ESPN Radio branded Sports Talk radio station in Austin, Texas. The station broadcasts at 1260 kHz, on the AM dial and is under ownership of Border Media Partners.KWNX was previously an ESPN Deportes Radio affiliate...
1260 ("ESPN Deportes") - KZNX-AMKZNX-AMKZNX is an ESPN Radio branded sports talk station in Austin, Texas. The station broadcasts at 1530 kHz, on the AM dial and is under ownership of Border Media Partners.-On air staff:*The Morning Rush - Erin Hogan and Dan Neal*The Herd - Colin Cowherd...
1530 ("ESPN Austin")
Laredo, TexasLaredo, TexasLaredo is the county seat of Webb County, Texas, United States, located on the north bank of the Rio Grande in South Texas, across from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. According to the 2010 census, the city population was 236,091 making it the 3rd largest on the United States-Mexican border,...
/ Nuevo Laredo, TamaulipasNuevo LaredoNuevo Laredo is a city located in the Municipality of Nuevo Laredo in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The city lies on the banks of the Río Grande, across from the United States city of Laredo, Texas. The 2010 census population of the city was 373,725. Nuevo Laredo is part of the Laredo-Nuevo...
(call letters beginning with "X" are owned by a Mexican company; managed by BMP)
- KBDR-FM 100.5 ("La Ley")
- KNEX-FM 106.1 ("HOT 106.1")
- KQUR-FM 94.9 ("94.9 The Works")
- KLNT-AM 1490 ("ESPN, The ZONE")
- XHGTS-FMXHGTS-FMXHGTS-FM 107.3 is an International Contemporary Music format FM radio station that serves the Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico and Laredo, Texas, USA border area. XHGTS mostly airs Spanish language pop and rock hits....
107.3 ("Digital 107.3") - KNEX-LPKNEX-LPKNEX-LP channel 55 is a low-powered television station in the Laredo, Texas market. It is owned and operated by BMP Radio. KNEX was once affiliated with Mas Musica and later MTV Tr3s before it switched programming to Azteca America...
channel 55
San Antonio, TexasSan Antonio, TexasSan Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
- KHHL-FM 103.1 ("ESPN Deportes")
- KJXK-FM 102.7 ("Jack FMJack FMJACK FM is the alternative name and on-air brand of 60 radio stations in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Russia. Jack stations play a mix of 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s hits with some current hot adult contemporary singles. Jack's slogan "playing what we want" can also be...
") - KLEY-FMKLEY-FMKLEY-FM is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican music format. Licensed to Jourdanton, Texas, USA, the station serves the San Antonio metropolitan area. The station is currently owned by BMP Radio and licensed to BMP San Antonio License Company, L.P.-History:The station was assigned the...
95.7 ("La Ley") - KRIO-FMKRIO-FMKSAH-FM is a radio station broadcasting a regional Mexican music format. Licensed to Pearsall, Texas, USA, the station serves the San Antonio area. The station is currently owned by BMP Radio and licensed to BMP San Antonio License Company, L.P. It simulcasts KSAH.-History:The station was...
104.1 ("El Compa 104.1") - KTFM-FM 94.1 ("The New 94.1 KTFM")
- KSAH-AM 720 ("Norteño 720")
- KTSA-AM 550 ("KTSA 550")
- KZDC-AM 1250 ("ESPN, The ZONE")
Rio Grande ValleyRio Grande ValleyThe Rio Grande Valley or the Lower Rio Grande Valley, informally called The Valley, is an area located in the southernmost tip of South Texas...
(call letters beginning with "X" are owned by a Mexican company; managed by BMP)
- KBUC-FM 102.1 ("Super Tejano")
- KESO-FM 92.7 / XHRR-FM 102.5 ("La Ley")
- KJAV-FM 104.9("JACK-FM")
- KURV-AM 710 ("KURV 710 Talk Radio")
- XHAVO-FM 101.5 ("Digital 101.5")
- XHCAO-FM 89.1 ("La Lupe")