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John Quesada
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Define "relevant" news. Previous news topics that are relevant to this market have gotten several people banned from this forum.
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Define "relevant" news. Previous news topics that are relevant to this market have gotten several people banned from this forum.
Not.
Personal attacks have gotten several people banned. That is something we all need to keep in mind when we discuss stations, their staff members and the owners.
A well documented complaint, particularly one that is supported with a transmitter location and evidence such as recordings or a spectrum analyzer shot and pics of the site will get rather rapid response. The ones like "there is a pirate at 93.7 in Houston" are of no use in locating a pirate.
A complaint by a licensee regarding operation on or next to their licenses filed by house or outside counsel will get an even faster response.
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John Quesada
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Again, define "relevant" news. The Terms of Service for this radio broadcasting forum does not give a clear definition as to what is considered "relevant" to the website's ownership, its administration, or to you as the assistant.
"Relevance" is different from ad hominems and personal attacks.
Personal attacks and the like are neither "relevant" nor "irrelevant". They are simply not permitted.
Relevance is in the eye of the reader. The board, broadly stated, finds "radio" to be equal to "relevance". If "radio" is replaced by "politics" or "religion" without a direct "blood relationship", then the subject is not relevant. I don't think there is anything simpler to understand.
Translators may not be relevant to all: some don't cover the particular area we live in, some don't affect stations we are associated with, some don't program things we care about. But they are all part of "Houston Radio" and thus relevant to the board if not to each person.
Message headers are intended to help users pick things they want to read or not. That practice goes back to the time of Prodigy, CIS and even the groups on The Well and Usenet.
If a subject is not of interest, skip it.
But if a post is in some way directly about radio, it is "relevant".
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As a matter of State law, it is not what one understands or interprets the intent of the subject material to be, but the actual literal wording in which it is written. Mentioning a specific subject such as a fully documented convicted felon who is currently working in conjunction with another individual who is banned from any involvement with regards to broadcasting by the Federal Communications Commission, yet has overseen multiple Class D FM translators acquisitions and physical transmission movements within and outside of this radio market is "relevant". Calling the pair a couple of ass clowns hell bent on scamming as many people as possible would be considered "irrelevant" and therefore subject the individual's message to immediate removal of the message body from the site. I understand fully and thank you for the clarification.
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ThatVoice22
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"Micro-watt" issues are now considered relevant. Let's now argue about baby-monitors, TV remote controls, and garage-door-openers . . .
Translators are not "micro-watt" stations. They are lower powered licensed stations on the authorized FM band. Many are operated in conjunction with higher power FM stations' HD subchannels. Others are part of large non-commercial groups like EMF. That sounds eminently relevant to broadcasting.
Translators have allowed many AM stations to be competitive again. Many others, using HD-2 or HD-3 originations, have brought new formats to markets. Others allow ministries and non-profits to increase their reach. Hardly irrelevant.
Even LPFMs, with reduced power at low HAAT are on the FM band and certainly interesting and relevant.
Comparing translators with garage openers is absurd. Or worse.
Ad hominems such as "ass clowns" are not permitted, whether it is between members of this group or by members in reference to third parties. There is no judicial standard for "ass clown" so it is simply an insult and not allowed.
In other words, "if you have an ax to grind, take it elsewhere".
Is there a way LATINO Broadcasting could move a translator on 101.5 here in houston? Or on 95.3? 96.1? 103.3 all empty spaces here in Houston. Well close to Downtown the only one that is somewhat listenable is 96.1 other than that there's no other. Not even Chucks 103.3 is listenable anywhere close to downtown.
Don't give them any ideas.
I do believe there are LPFMs blocking most empty channels now. 103.3 isn't empty. During tropo season, KJOJ will wipe out KNTH off the dial.
No, no, no, and no.
101.5 has two LPFMs on the northwest (KTTF) and north (KLJJ) side of the market, plus the KHCB (AM) translator on the south side.
95.3 has LPFMs on the northwest (KTTF), northeast (KZLD) and south (KEPH) sides of the market, plus the KLVL translator in Pasadena. None has a listenable signal into downtown, but any new downtown signal would severely overlap those stations.
On 96.1 KBLT dominates inside the Loop. Plus you have the KTEK translator on the south side of the market, and the KSHJ translator in Jersey Village.
103.3 south of the KNTH translator is dominated by KJOJ, which AFAIK still has a CP for a signal upgrade.
We've just about run out of room for any more translators outside of those already granted.
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