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KYND 1520am Cypress/Houston TX On Air All Night

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WahooWah

KYND 1520am Cypress/Houston TX is licensed for daytime (25000 watts) and critical hours (18000 watts) only but is currently running a loop all night seeking customers to purchase air time.
Currently blocking reception of 50KW KOKC Oklahoma City, OK here in Georgia. Anyone else hearing this?
 
WahooWah said:
KYND 1520am Cypress/Houston TX is licensed for daytime (25000 watts) and critical hours (18000 watts) only but is currently running a loop all night seeking customers to purchase air time.
Currently blocking reception of 50KW KOKC Oklahoma City, OK here in Georgia. Anyone else hearing this?
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Its been happening on and off the last few months. I heard it here in Wyoming a few months ago

KOKC is still only 10kw non directional and if it was 50kw directional, you wouldnt hear it in GA even without KYND.... its almost entirely directional to the west.. nothing coming back your way

THe man who voices that promo loop looking for new customers... Bill Turner, hasnt worked at KYND in about a year
 
Are they running day power full-time, or dropping to CH power during CH and (illegal) night hours?
 
I guess they are running full day power - the signal is pretty strong here in Georgia.
I have been able to receive KOKC here in Georgia at night but the signal is very weak - but was most reliable signal on this frequency until KYND decided to go rogue.
 
I heard something mixing with KOKC a few nights ago, but couldn't identify it. Maybe this explains it.
 
radioman148 said:
Do they not care?
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They do care.. and i don't wanna say much about what a KOKC employee told me, but they are none too happy about the the KYND licensee's response (I think i was told, he lied once and even hung up on them, but dont quite me.. im only recalling from memory)
 
I've often been told that bigger stations don't really care about listeners outside their immediate area.
 
kenglish said:
I've often been told that bigger stations don't really care about listeners outside their immediate area.
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In this day and age, thats largely true.

KYND has been ripping into KOKC in the immediate OKC area
 
kenglish said:
I've often been told that bigger stations don't really care about listeners outside their immediate area.
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And that's been repeated here many times, but as an earlier poster said, if KYND is causing interference within KOKC's local listening area, they'd absolutely be justified in filing a complaint.
 
If someone files an informal complaint, the FCC will write a letter. If that doesn't work, they can file a formal complaint, pay a filing fee, and begin a full-blown court case. Legal expenses start adding up at that point.
 
I would think KOKC would file a complaint, the FCC would verify and send a letter to KYND ordering a response to the complaint. KYND would be subject to a fine. If the problem is not resolved I suspect KOKC could take the case to court, but the first step is for them to file a complaint with the FCC. Naturally if they went to court they'd need to prove damages and just saying a loss of listeners won't get it.

I recall immediately following Hurricane Harvey the ground was so saturated with more rain than had fallen at one time since likely before there was a thing called radio stations, KYND at legal power and properly tuned directional was mingling with KOKC in Oklahoma City proper. I heard it over the phone. I agreed to go to critical hours power all day for a couple of weeks which was enough to resolve the issue. Once the moisture evaporated things were fine. Areas of Houston got up to 50 inches of rain from Harvey and I think the tower site got about 36 inches. They didn't seem to believe me until I suggested I'd welcome the FCC to come take a look but preferred we try to resolve the issue ourselves.
 
b-turner said:
I would think KOKC would file a complaint, the FCC would verify and send a letter to KYND ordering a response to the complaint. KYND would be subject to a fine. If the problem is not resolved I suspect KOKC could take the case to court, but the first step is for them to file a complaint with the FCC. Naturally if they went to court they'd need to prove damages and just saying a loss of listeners won't get it.

I recall immediately following Hurricane Harvey the ground was so saturated with more rain than had fallen at one time since likely before there was a thing called radio stations, KYND at legal power and properly tuned directional was mingling with KOKC in Oklahoma City proper. I heard it over the phone. I agreed to go to critical hours power all day for a couple of weeks which was enough to resolve the issue. Once the moisture evaporated things were fine. Areas of Houston got up to 50 inches of rain from Harvey and I think the tower site got about 36 inches. They didn't seem to believe me until I suggested I'd welcome the FCC to come take a look but preferred we try to resolve the issue ourselves.
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This doesn’t explain why KYND is blatantly breaking the law and broadcasting at night right now. There is no hurricane “saturating” the ground so that excuse can’t be used. If the accusations are true that they were informed and continue to just flaunt the laws, that’s a serious issue and KYND should be held accountable by the FCC.
 
asugeorge1 said:
This doesn’t explain why KYND is blatantly breaking the law and broadcasting at night right now. There is no hurricane “saturating” the ground so that excuse can’t be used. If the accusations are true that they were informed and continue to just flaunt the laws, that’s a serious issue and KYND should be held accountable by the FCC.
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That's what b-turner is suggesting in the first paragraph of his post.
 
WahooWah said:
KYND 1520am Cypress/Houston TX is licensed for daytime (25000 watts) and critical hours (18000 watts) only but is currently running a loop all night seeking customers to purchase air time.
Currently blocking reception of 50KW KOKC Oklahoma City, OK here in Georgia. Anyone else hearing this?
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Are they playing coast to coast am at night?
 
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