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K287BQ shut down

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tb_

Just saw this piece of great news on the Facebook...

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Looks like the FCC finally put a stop to it, per the letter below from CDBS:
http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=87813
 
First time I’ve seen this happen in Houston with a translator.
 
Mrtejano said:
Not defending 105.3 but it was never a Pirate. That’s all I have to say.
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It outkicked it's coverage, that's for sure.

And now it seems 92.5's coverage is on par with the FCC coverage maps. I don't know if they're still suffering from last weekend's storm or if they made changes. Luckily for Radio Daband, they got out before this happened.
 
At an 11:15am Saturday morning check at my Cy-Fair location I am hearing dead air on 105.3, presumably from K287BQ. Memo to Centro Cristiano: "Cease Operations" means TURN THE TRANSMITTER OFF.

Now the FCC needs to look at the KLVL 94.9 translator, which is blasting in all over town, well beyond its operating parameters.
 
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Mediafrog+ said:
At an 11:15am Saturday morning check at my Cy-Fair location I am hearing dead air on 105.3, presumably from K287BQ. Memo to Centro Cristiano: "Cease Operations" means TURN THE TRANSMITTER OFF.

Now the FCC needs to look at the KLVL 94.9 translator, which is blasting in all over town, well beyond its operating parameters.
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Noticing the same thing here in Spring, K287BQ is running dead air complete with RDS. KTWL is bleeding through a little bit, but mostly dead air.
 
Saturday night 9pm Spring, TX just east of I-45 -- 2 country signals battling, one is "probably" KWTL, but the top-hour ID was clear with KXXF Winnie. Good riddance to DaBang K287BQ. 910pm, another ID confirmation for KXXF.
 
tb_ said:
Just saw this piece of great news on the Facebook...

dX56GkP.png


Looks like the FCC finally put a stop to it, per the letter below from CDBS:
http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=87813
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This post is factually erroneous. The translator is not gone for good. It simply has to move to a new location or frequency that doesnt interfere with KTWL. It could be refiled with a directional antenna focusing the signal to the southeast. It could hop downtown or on the eastside. The models, even the FCC channel finder, all show that 105.3 is available for an LPFM or translator in the Houston area. So it aint gone for good. You can bank that!
 
TheBigA said:
Where it will likely interfere with some other station....
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Yes, you are correct. It will certainly cause interference with somebody no matter where it is located. Even the full 100 kW cochannel stations in Houston and Dallas interfer with other in the regions of Fairfield and Madisonville. No matter where you locate a station, there are going to be listeners suffering interference. The FCC has recently introduced rulemaking that will change the standard that allows a listener to a full power station to block a translator simply because he can faintly hear a station in Tim abuck two. While the result the FCC reached in the case of K287BQ was correct based on current rules, next year there will be a different standard that will no longer take into consideration listeners tuning in outside a coverage contour. KTWL's protected coverage is shown in a red circle. Under the rules soon to be in place, that's the only area they will be able to complain about interference.

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Uknowit said:
This post is factually erroneous. The translator is not gone for good. It simply has to move to a new location or frequency that doesnt interfere with KTWL. It could be refiled with a directional antenna focusing the signal to the southeast. It could hop downtown or on the eastside. The models, even the FCC channel finder, all show that 105.3 is available for an LPFM or translator in the Houston area. So it aint gone for good. You can bank that!
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and you expected any better from Roy Henderson and crew? LOL
 
Uknowit said:
This post is factually erroneous. The translator is not gone for good. It simply has to move to a new location or frequency that doesnt interfere with KTWL. It could be refiled with a directional antenna focusing the signal to the southeast. It could hop downtown or on the eastside. The models, even the FCC channel finder, all show that 105.3 is available for an LPFM or translator in the Houston area. So it aint gone for good. You can bank that!
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Granted, there is an element of hyperbole in the Texas Mix post, but how else would you expect the station to announce its "win" to its listeners? I can't fault Roy and his staff for being happy about the elimination of that pest.

The FCC order told the station to cease operations immediately. Given the fact that the channel does not seem to allow any mobility, operation on channel 287 seems improbable, so, even if it comes back it will be with different calls indicating a different frequency; in this case K287BQ is indeed gone for good.
 
BamaTX said:
The PC Police can't take a joke.

I just can't see this station surviving being sandwiched between KTWL and KXXF.
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Can either KTWL or KXXF move any closer to Houston? I can’t listen to either one clear enough in Downtown Houston.
 
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