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« on: March 07, 2013, 03:00:06 PM » |
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I've been following this one for a while now and I'm wondering about the status. K236BG 95.1 is one of those E-String Wireless (Bret Huggins) translators, and recently completed a move from Quitman to downtown Tyler, on the same rooftop as KERA's 100.1 translator. The station to be relayed is listed KBJS 90.3 from Jacksonville and a license to cover was granted the first week of February, but the last time I checked it wasn't on the air. Has anyone heard it?
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« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2013, 03:04:39 PM » |
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I Googled, and E-String's from San Antonio? Do they have any local stations?
And what format is 90.3?
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« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2013, 03:35:54 PM » |
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I Googled, and E-String's from San Antonio? Do they have any local stations?
And what format is 90.3?
KBGS is religious. E-String applied for (and got) quite a few translator CP's. I know he has sold some. I'm pretty sure that KWRD's (Henderson) translator came from E-String. I think he recently sold one in Canton as well. |
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« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2013, 05:59:31 PM » |
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He puts other stations call letters on the CPs for the translators, but never intends to broadcast their audio on them. I don't know that he has ever put a translator on the air.
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« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2013, 06:15:32 PM » |
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He puts other stations call letters on the CPs for the translators, but never intends to broadcast their audio on them. I don't know that he has ever put a translator on the air.
What is he doing then? |
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« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2013, 09:35:40 PM » |
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For what it's worth I never heard them on the air from Quitman. I also have doubts about KBJS being relayed, since I'm assuming the translator will be (or already has been) "shopped around." There are three Tyler AM's, any of which could be interested in having a "fill-in" FM translator.
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« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2013, 01:24:11 AM » |
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What he does is get the CP for litterally nothing but a small filing fee. Finds a buyer within the 2 year limit of the CP and sells them for 25-50k each. And the FCC and the community is the loser as we end up listening to NPR out of Dallas or Churches out of Houston that absolutely no one has any interest in whatsoever!
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« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2013, 06:21:03 PM » |
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Hmm, pretty smart on his part, but I'm not sure I'd want to buy something from him if I were looking for a station. I'd just file the CP myself - makes more sense.
Isn't the guy running 103.7 in SA affiliated with him too?
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« Reply #8 on: March 08, 2013, 08:29:35 PM » |
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Isn't the guy running 103.7 in SA affiliated with him too?
John Barger runs 103.7 in San Antonio. I don't think he's affiliated with E-String Wireless. |
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« Reply #9 on: March 08, 2013, 09:32:12 PM » |
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Hmm, pretty smart on his part, but I'm not sure I'd want to buy something from him if I were looking for a station. I'd just file the CP myself - makes more sense.
The problem is you'd have to wait for a translator filing window. That may be years away. At very best, it will be after the next LPFM filing window, whenever that is. The FCC hasn't settled the last round of translator applications, which happened many years ago. You might have a very long wait if you apply for one today. Therefore, existing translators do have value. How much they are worth, and whether they should be trafficked is another discussion. |
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