No, it can not because the rules specify that the translator can only repeat the HD within a specific service area of the station whose HD channel is being used.
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That’s if the xlator operates at its licensed parameters — which it is not. I can assure you that their 60dBu contour is a significantly larger area while it continues to be run over power.
If the programming on the stream is indicative of what is planned on other channels, this will be a very short feature.
David, Just playing devil's advocate. Are you sure K287BQ 105.3 at legal 99watts omnidirectional from wells Fargo Plaza *1 thousand ft* downtown Houston only covers 200 thousand people? K287BQ 105.3 covers from downtown Houston beltway 8. I would think Houston has easy 2million people inside beltway. If you add KTWL the woodlands and Conroe, Katy ,Tomball all together makes a good signal.
The success of Mega 101 KLOL has nothing to do with Tony Luna. KLOL was launched back in 2004 by Alfredo Alonso founder of WSKQ-FM La Mega 97.9 and KLAX La X 97.9 fm Los Angeles. KLOL *Clear Channel* started with the "Latino & Proud" format and did not last very long. In 2007 KLOL redesigned the station's entire format to a more contemporary Latin pop sound under the direction of Alfredo Alonso and Omar Romero.
The success of Mega 101 KLOL has nothing to do with Tony Luna. KLOL was launched back in 2004 by Alfredo Alonso founder of WSKQ-FM La Mega 97.9 and KLAX La X 97.9 fm Los Angeles. KLOL *Clear Channel* started with the "Latino & Proud" format and did not last very long. In 2007 KLOL redesigned the station's entire format to a more contemporary Latin pop sound under the direction of Alfredo Alonso and Omar Romero.
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Alfredo Alonso had nothing to do with KLAX. It was Alfredo Rodríguez and his "carnal" Fidel Fausto who were the creators of the format of "La X" in 1992 and Rodríguez was the first PD.
And Alfredo Alonso was a late-comer to WSKQ in NYC, which basically had its format when the station was on 620 AM from New Jersey and Raúl Alarcón, Senior, was the owner and controlled the programming; it flourished when they moved to FM which was coincidental with the hiring of Alfredo Rodríguez. The station was on FM for about 4 years beforde Alonso joined it so he was hardly the founder; he did borrow the Mega name from Enrique Cuzco's big station in Caracas and Raúl Fuster's very successful CHR in San Juan and that was a good move.
Omar Romero was the person who rode La Preciosa in Dallas down the drain when HBC's "Recuerdo" came in and forced it, within a year, to abandon the format.
Mega in Houston only became a success in revenue after Tony Luna made it more adult and took it away from the teen and 18-24 and improved its community image. In 2005, KLOL was 17th in 25-54 and most of its audience was an unmarketable 12-24 and 12-18. By 2007, it had only improved to 16th in 25-54 compared to KLTN's #1 and KOVE's #4 in that demo.
You can see the ratings and the early failure of KLOL at RADIO and RECORDS RATINGS REPORT: 90's and 00's ratings results Note that until Tony arrived the numbers were mostly teens and there is no teen sales market in Hispanic radio.
Remember, the new location for K287BQ is good only for 99 watts and it does not get to the beltway 8 if running the correct power. Apparently many think it is not.
Your dates are wrong with KLOL ,Alfredo ,Clear channel & Omar. Sorry we got completely sidetracked. We need to have dinner and talk about some good old days at KSCA,KLAX,KLTN,K-LOVE,WOJO, Recuerdo ,cucuy,Humberto Luna,Alfredo Rodríguez,piolin.
K287BQ needs to rebroadcast an HD channel or AM station i think that's clear. KMAZ LP 102.5 covers the beltway with 1 watt Broadcasting from the same location.
Just look at the numbers for KLOL; Tony was responsible for making an unsalable format highly profitable. Of course, there was considerable confusion about KLOL in the late 2004-2007 PPM test period. But when the PPM went "official" they had to make a change pretty quickly as the adult numbers were not good.
By that time, Omar had gone to SBS in LA where he did a night shift.
Of course, talking about Humberto, Eddie and Renán is always a trip. I'm the only PD who has managed all three of them. :-(
The signal may be there, but it is no one that listeners will find. 95% of the in-home and at-work listening is in the 65 dbu contour.
Here is the 99 watt 60 dbu. If we reduce it to the 65 dbu, it is a really tiny area.
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LOL, I've never heard of a translator broadcasting another HD station on the same channel. Sounds like serious rule bending especially when KTWL doesn't have HD yet.
Maybe that was you yourself at the antenna site, wearing a mask and taking your own pics. IDK LOL.
That is not even "bending". It's just not permitted.
I doubt anyone at Entercom/Univision even knows these translators exist. That's how insignificant they are to their bottom line.
My guess is one of the local LPFM operators finally got fed up. I can listen to 104.5, 105.3, and 92.5 as far out as Sealy. That should be physically impossible.
No it can't. This is like saying you can drive +100 MPH on the Katy Freeway until a cop tells you to stop. Just like the posted speed limits on the freeway, the FCC has posted their own set of rules for broadcasters to obey.
Care to source your claim?
Say you want to modify to a different tower, frequency or antenna, the FCC requires you to apply. They review spacing and rule compliance. If they say yes, you get a construction permit. Say you want to change the station you are repeating on a translator. The FCC doesn't require an application to modify or advance permission. You simply mail them a notice when you do it. When they get around to looking at it months later, if they find spacing is off or some other technical obstacle, they simply mail out a reply saying find a different station to translate.
Yes, and on right side of the security camera photo (earlier in this thread) showing an unknown person in a California sweater you can see 102.5's Nautel transmitter. The lowest setting that model will go down to is 10 watts, so they have an attenuator barrel on the coax to reduce the signal. I believe their antenna is negative gain, so the actual ERP is next to nothing.
Height is more important than power. When you have a good yagi directional antenna and eleven hundred feet of height, your signal covers everything out to the horizon and beyond.
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...but first the station being translated and the translator have to meet distance and coverage requirements. This situation meets neither and is patently prohibited.
You can't keep on robbing the banks until the police get there. The infraction began when you told the teller that you wanted all the money.
Yes, but it has reach and no intensity.
I used 10 watt FM transmitters and yagi antennae to link multiple markets in Ecuador. Just a few watts could go great distances from a hilltop to a mountainside to another mountainside and so on. But high gain antennas and professional receivers made it work; the average listener (the few that had FMs back then) would not have noticed the very narrow beam FM signals. In other words, we got to the horizon but only with special antenna systems and receivers that, in the mid 60's, cost about $6,000 in today's dollars.
Some years ago, I was involved with a logic-defying decision to move an LA metro FM from a few hundred watts at over 1000 feet to 6 kw at 300 feet. The coverage appeared to be immense with the high location, which, due to height averaging, was several thousand feet over the San Gabriel Valley. But the low transmitter power just was not enough for the signal to be usable on the band, even fairly close to the transmitter. So a new location was found where it could increase to 6 kw while achieving the standard 100 meter height.
From less than a 0.4 contribution to the share of a two-FM simulcast, the signal immediately rose to the low 1's and later settled in the mid-1's for more than a decade. The belief I had that the station had "too little power" was correct. More power more than quadrupled the audience size and held it. The low power (many times that of the 99 watts in question) just would not work.
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We're not talking about that. We are talking about originating stations.
Check the rules. It's not allowed. You are free to apply to rebroadcast WCBS out of NYC or KABC from LA here in Houston. But just because you applied for it, doesn't mean you can begin broadcasting them immediately. An application doesn't grant you the privilege of doing anything, especially when you know you're rebroadcasting a station by the book (which you're not...Check §74.1232 Eligibility and licensing requirements.)
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But like David said, there is a balance to it. On an outdoor radio (like your vehicle), sure. But indoors? Forget about it.
The bizarre and convoluted “logic” present in this thread is reminding me of the weird JxxFM days...
Again, I submit the information posted on FCC.gov which clearly states a licensee can begin translating a station immediately... All is required is a mail in notice. The FCC later reviews it...
In any event, another notice will be mailed to the FCC n a couple weeks. LAPowerFM is adding two more simulcasts.
David, Omar says hello...
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