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94.1 K231CN does not have an HD channel. The last time that translator had a legal HD Channel was in 2017 KFNC 97.5. FCC Rules don't apply to the "good Pastor" Hector Guevara and Centro Cristiano De Vida Eterna.
KHPT HD-3 had been the origination for Hum Music 103.5 (K278DA). I get KCYB where I live, so can't verify if the 103.5 translator has switched formats to follow what's on the HD-3.
Audio level is very low on the HD-3. Did not hear any announcements while checking it.
Audio level is very low on the HD-3. Did not hear any announcements while checking it.
KFNC wasn't at all legal as a primary station for K231CN.
First, K231CN exists almost entirely outside the 60 dBu contour of KFNC. If any money was changing hands for use of the 94.1 translator, KFNC couldn't legally be the primary station. A translator can only be used to extend a contour when no consideration is in play.
Second, KFNC hasn't operated in HD since 2010 or so, and has never broadcast an HD2 or HD3 channel - ever. The closest it ever came was when it filled in gaps in coverage during a Honda road test for the Broadcaster Traffic Consortium, using an HD importer loaned to the station by Emmis. It was returned shortly after the test.
Cumulus never purchased an importer for the station, or KHJK for that matter. When those stations did briefly broadcast HD Radio, it was only an HD1 channel, and for a brief moment in time on 97.5, some traffic data to a handful of BTC equipped cars.
IIRC, 94.1 wasn't repeating KFNC. It was original programming that was using KODA-HD3 as a parent station. The station was called SportsMap back then.
Partially correct.
I just looked back over notes from the time. KODA was reported to the FCC as the primary for K231CN, however, the translator itself was broadcasting KFNC-HD2 as its legal ID.
The SportsMap programming was not actually being carried on KODA-HD3 at the time.
This is similar to the current situation with K223CW. Their current license specifies KJOZ Conroe as the primary. They have a construction permit that specifies KCOH. Neither KJOZ nor KCOH are carrying the programming on 92.5, which is a simulcast of 97.5. KJOZ is playing tropical music, and right at the moment anyway, there's a rousing discussion about potholes in predominantly black neighborhoods on KCOH.
K223CW has two applications in which do not specify a primary, but have a letter attached stating Gow Media is prepared to allow K223CW and K287BQ to use KFNC-HD2 and HD3 respectively. Of course, both of those translators extend beyond the 60 dBu contour of KFNC, thus KFNC isn't eligible to be the primary for either of them.
Since that was filed, Centro has secured a lease for KKBQ-HD3 for K287BQ. Is the programming on K223CW actually being carried on an eligible parent?
Partially correct..
K223CW 92.5 can legally broadcast KFNC HD 2 the station is below 30 watts (no money can be exchanged).
Centro does NOT legally broadcast on any local HD from any full power in Houston. Fcc rules don't apply to Centro,Dan Alpert,Hector Guevara,Ruben Villareal,Roberto Vilareal or Radio Aleluya. All "good pastors" are tax and FCC exempt 🤣🤣🤣.
K287BQ 105.3 fm doesn't belong to Centro Cristiano or "the good Pastor" Hector Guevara.
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"From: CENTRO CRISTIANO DE VIDA ETERNA
To: HOPE FRANCO ORGANIZATION INCORPORATION
BALFT-20200430AAK
Assign License/CP
Dismissed
06/23/2020"https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=k2...=&lmspl=&party_type=LICEN&latd=&lond=&lang=en
According to the link above the transfer was dismissed, however I now see "SDK FRANCO LLC" is the owner though according to other data on the page.
I think the odds are pretty low that any of the translator owners would loan a signal to KFNC just out of the goodness of their hearts.
In an informal objection, Centro included an email from David Gow to Hector Guevara where Gow specifically says he has a "lease agreement" for the 92.5 translator, K223CW. The context is Centro owns another translator on 92.5 that has been interfering with K223CW, and Gow is asking him to turn it off.
The Gow email to Guevara is the last three pages of the PDF on this page: Pleadings « License Modernization « FCC
You are correct about K287BQ though. That one was transferred to SDK Franco from Centro, so it appears SDK Franco has satisfied the primary station issue for that one with the lease of KKBQ-HD3.
They need to lease KKBQ-HD4 for K223CW. Ultimate responsibility for legal operation of the translator is the responsibility of SDK Franco, not the lessee.
It was. I distinctly remember firing up my old HD Radio and hearing SportsMap 94.1 on one of KODA's subchannels. At the time, KODA also was rebroadcasting KBME on HD2.
Whether the Legal ID was correct or not is another matter as I don't recall ever hearing the TOH ID.
I'm not sure what the parent station for K223CW should be or if there is one since I no longer own an HD Radio.
As far as potholes, they're all over town. Not just black neighborhoods. The Montrose area is a well off neighborhood and their roads are crappy too.
If no money or favors are being exchanged, then they're free to do this.
Will this be the case? I think we all know the answer to that.
Sounds like more fuel to the public family feud.
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That is my recollection as well. I thought it odd that iHeart was running a rival sportstalker adjacent to their own on the HD channels.
I never once heard a proper translator ID for K231CN during the entire 15 month run of SportsMap 94.1.
There is not a parent station. I’ve heard it broadcasting original programming different from KFNC before. It’s on one of these older threads.
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LOL I remember when 97.5's engineer used to post on these forums acting like 94.1 was legal even though 94.1 didn't have an HD primary...
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They were technically legal. KODA HD3 was the parent station of SportsMap 94.1 throughout their entire existence.
And even if they didn't have a proper parent station, it was legal on his end. It is up to the owners of the translator to be legal, and not the tenant. Gow has done everything right.
I don't think anyone is saying Gow did or is doing anything improper, unless you count throwing good money at worthless translators. ;-)
The improper operation of the translators is, of course, on the licensees of the translators.
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