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KLUV Coming Back to DFW

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The problem there, of course, is that the service area of this thing is less than that of some LPFMs. It barely, and I mean barely, covers Oakwood and that isn't saying much. Unless there's someone out there who just has an ax to grind with Witkovski himself, no one in their right mind is going to sit there and collect enough evidence of the facility's silence to get the Commission involved. There's maybe 400 folks in Oakwood and, rest assured, there isn't a single one that will take the time, trouble, and effort to go through the procedure. The little town is doing good just to keep the lights on and conducting what little business it has. It's a couple hundred farmers and ranchers who only know enough about radio to turn it on and find the station playing country music.

@lanceventa is right on the money. The STA was filed just after the call sign exchange request, likely due to the perceived notion that EMF might come sniffing around after trying to pick up the calls. Just look at the STA itself. Reasoning is "loss of programming source". Sure seems like something could be patched in from one of the other co-owned stations to remedy that situation, but that would require one of those co-owneds to be operational. I can't name a single one of them down here that is.
 
I will drive through Oakwood after the station is silent for a year. And then prove if it’s silent or not. I frequently go through Texas in my travels.

Why do they even want the KLUV call letters? Are they hoping to sell it to EMF? Are they trying to bring back the oldies format?
rosecitymedia said:
The problem there, of course, is that the service area of this thing is less than that of some LPFMs. It barely, and I mean barely, covers Oakwood and that isn't saying much. Unless there's someone out there who just has an ax to grind with Witkovski himself, no one in their right mind is going to sit there and collect enough evidence of the facility's silence to get the Commission involved. There's maybe 400 folks in Oakwood and, rest assured, there isn't a single one that will take the time, trouble, and effort to go through the procedure. The little town is doing good just to keep the lights on and conducting what little business it has. It's a couple hundred farmers and ranchers who only know enough about radio to turn it on and find the station playing country music.

@lanceventa is right on the money. The STA was filed just after the call sign exchange request, likely due to the perceived notion that EMF might come sniffing around after trying to pick up the calls. Just look at the STA itself. Reasoning is "loss of programming source". Sure seems like something could be patched in from one of the other co-owned stations to remedy that situation, but that would require one of those co-owneds to be operational. I can't name a single one of them down here that is.
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nd2023 said:
I will drive through Oakwood after the station is silent for a year. And then prove if it’s silent or not. I frequently go through Texas in my travels.

Why do they even want the KLUV call letters? Are they hoping to sell it to EMF? Are they trying to bring back the oldies format?
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Nick, as usual with these things you're missing the point. If truly non-existent, they like many other serial STA abusers they will file a resumption of operations, but never do. It's to look legal on paper knowing that most other broadcasters will look the other way.

You going through there in July serves no purpose.
 
nd2023 said:
I will drive through Oakwood after the station is silent for a year. And then prove if it’s silent or not. I frequently go through Texas in my travels.
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Save your gas. I travel down highway 79 weekly. That's how I know it hasn't been operating.
nd2023 said:
Why do they even want the KLUV call letters? Are they hoping to sell it to EMF? Are they trying to bring back the oldies format?
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They are vanity calls with a fairly long history in DFW. If he controls the set, on either band, someone who MIGHT want to bring some iteration of "K-Luv" back to the dial in the Metroplex would have to go through him. Again, this is had he ever gotten control of the calls, which he can't since they have already been assigned to the South Dakota CP.

It's either look the other way, or cost the town its only licensed aural service. It can be upgraded from what it is now and actually serve a decent population base. That wouldn't be the case if the license is revoked and we're all waiting for the next window to open to get it reallocated.
 
rosecitymedia said:
Save your gas. I travel down highway 79 weekly. That's how I know it hasn't been operating.

They are vanity calls with a fairly long history in DFW. If he controls the set, on either band, someone who MIGHT want to bring some iteration of "K-Luv" back to the dial in the Metroplex would have to go through him. Again, this is had he ever gotten control of the calls, which he can't since they have already been assigned to the South Dakota CP.

It's either look the other way, or cost the town its only licensed aural service. It can be upgraded from what it is now and actually serve a decent population base. That wouldn't be the case if the license is revoked and we're all waiting for the next window to open to get it reallocated.
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Does a local have to file? Why can't someone traveling thru justify the filing?
 
Bill Betten said:
Does a local have to file? Why can't someone traveling thru justify the filing?
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Has to be a resident within Oakwood to initiate the complaint. The clock is already ticking on 94.5, as mentioned previously. You and I are both well outside of the service area, and have absolutely no dog in this fight. Keep in mind, Dick Witkovski is 86 years old now, Bill. I haven't seen him with my own eyes since 2015, but I assume his grandson is likely handling most of the business conducted these days. Look at 95.1 in tomato country. About to be sold, built out, and finally a usable service to Cherokee County. Wouldn't be the case, and the license likely lost, if the last 18 months of the station had been documented and presented in a PTD.

Myself? I just don't see it benefitting anyone, unless he were encroaching on another facility. He's not, he just keeps it quiet.
 
rosecitymedia said:
Has to be a resident within Oakwood to initiate the complaint. The clock is already ticking on 94.5, as mentioned previously. You and I are both well outside of the service area, and have absolutely no dog in this fight. Keep in mind, Dick Witkovski is 86 years old now, Bill. I haven't seen him with my own eyes since 2015, but I assume his grandson is likely handling most of the business conducted these days. Look at 95.1 in tomato country. About to be sold, built out, and finally a usable service to Cherokee County. Wouldn't be the case, and the license likely lost, if the last 18 months of the station had been documented and presented in a PTD.

Myself? I just don't see it benefitting anyone, unless he were encroaching on another facility. He's not, he just keeps it quiet.
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I am not wanting to file, just asked my the FCC requirements. My personal opinion with these stations that are just taking up bandwidth, is that a legitimate group could be filing in another window for them for a translator and/or an LPFM.
 
Bill Betten said:
Does a local have to file? Why can't someone traveling thru justify the filing?
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I am a Las Vegas local and I helped someone from Texas file an informal objection against three translators near Vegas that were silent for years: K280GF, K288FS, and K235CJ. The FCC did take action against the translators and they all lost their licenses. I wasn’t mentioned in the informal objection. So as far as the FCC knows, someone from Texas filed the informal objection against the translators in Nevada.
 
nd2023 said:
Now that’s positive and encouraging!
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Now EMF just needs to find a DFW home for the KLUV call and it’s K-Love format. With 93.3 now WBAP-FM it would seem that particular option has been eliminated. Still see KCBI as a possibility, or perhaps they could pry away one of the Estrella Media rimshots. Only Cedar Hill stick that might have a tiny chance is KKDA, if Service Broadcasting were to wrap up its radio business.
 
TheBigA said:
They could have bought 103.3 in 2021. It was on the market for a while.
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Not without buying the DFW rights to the K-Love branding at the time, not to mention the KLUV call. Perhaps the sale of 103.3 to VCY was a wakeup call to EMF to make such a deal.

Still waiting to see if VCY will purchase one of the Houston rimshots.
 
TheBigA said:
They figured out how to do it in LA
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That’s because EMF struck a deal with Univision and Spanish language KLVE to use the K-Love branding on the air. EMF can’t use the K-Love branding anywhere other than OTA in LA.

In DFW the K-Love brand had been used on 98.7 for over 40 years. No way Audacy was going to allow a rival K-Love in the market. Thus the intellectual property deal between EMF and Audacy.
 
I know the current home for KLUV is not the final plan for EMF but I kind of think they wont use KLUV in DFW once they get a signal in the market. I think KLUV will end up on a big market signal in a big market they will get a signal in that they dont have already. I think DFW will get different calls.
 
Mediafrog+ said:
Now EMF just needs to find a DFW home for the KLUV call and it’s K-Love format. With 93.3 now WBAP-FM it would seem that particular option has been eliminated. Still see KCBI as a possibility, or perhaps they could pry away one of the Estrella Media rimshots. Only Cedar Hill stick that might have a tiny chance is KKDA, if Service Broadcasting were to wrap up its radio business.
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KKDA? :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
 
Mediafrog+ said:
Now EMF just needs to find a DFW home for the KLUV call and it’s K-Love format. With 93.3 now WBAP-FM it would seem that particular option has been eliminated. Still see KCBI as a possibility, or perhaps they could pry away one of the Estrella Media rimshots. Only Cedar Hill stick that might have a tiny chance is KKDA, if Service Broadcasting were to wrap up its radio business.
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KKDA is one of the top 5 or 6 billers in the market and has been "forever". If Service Broadcasting sells, it will be to someone who wants both the station and t he format.
 
neosolbrudda said:
KKDA? :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:
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DavidEduardo said:
KKDA is one of the top 5 or 6 billers in the market and has been "forever". If Service Broadcasting sells, it will be to someone who wants both the station and t he format.
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Note that I said a tiny chance. Much more likely that KKDA and KRNB wind up with Radio One.🤔

Of course there was a time when people would have laughed at the idea of 95.5 in NYC going to EMF…or 100.3 in LA…or 97.9 in Chicago.🫣

Of course KKDA-FM hasn’t been in the market “forever” as I well remember the failure of the station that preceded it (KEZT) as well as the launch of the R&B format almost 50 years ago.🧐😛
 
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