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New Houston area LPFMs

Mediafrog+ said:
FCC granted a CP for a new LPFM on 92.5 in Texas City, owned by USA Holly Rock Church. Four watts at 158 meters.

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It is exceedingly difficult to take anything seriously when it originates from the office of Dan Alpert. It makes me wonder why the FCC does not take any action regarding such types of nonprofit organizations. Why would anyone desire to be on channel "233" that's already heavily congested within the Houston Metro? It appears to be the SAME individuals who repeatedly apply for various CPs in a manner that we are all familiar with. Perhaps it could be more vacant lots.
 
Astros2023 said:
It is exceedingly difficult to take anything seriously when it originates from the office of Dan Alpert.
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And, to be fair, Alpert runs a low-budget operation that allows stations and applicants with limited funding to have an attorney. I would not blame him any more than I blame the criminal defense lawyers who represent all kinds of low-life individuals.
Astros2023 said:
It makes me wonder why the FCC does not take any action regarding such types of nonprofit organizations. Why would anyone desire to be on channel "233" that's already heavily congested within the Houston Metro? It appears to be the SAME individuals who repeatedly apply for various CPs in a manner that we are all familiar with. Perhaps it could be more vacant lots.
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That's a Michi question. I'm assuming that most of those do not proceed due to defective application technical exhibits or because another local station filed a well-grounded objection.

P.S. I do not know Alpert, but I don't want to judge him based on some of the strange folks he represents.
 
Also interesting, it seems like that street number on the application doesn’t exist. But that road is a neighborhood and definitely don’t see any churches there

Edit: looking through the application it seems like they meant 1626 and not 1226
 
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I see the address on the application is in Richmond in Brazos Gate subdivision. Gated community and homes aren't that cheap. It's a home, not a church which doesn't mean anything since a church might use the pastor's address if they are starting out (renting a place) and trying to grow to the point of buying or stable attendance numbers.
 
It’s just weird how many typos are on the application. Secod, 1226 when it’s 1626, and looking at the Corporate Document on the application the Organizer’s name says Alby Guevara and was signed Alvy but his name is apparently Alba.

I’m expecting them to make a typo to set the output power to be higher than licensed
 
DavidEduardo said:
And, to be fair, Alpert runs a low-budget operation that allows stations and applicants with limited funding to have an attorney. I would not blame him any more than I blame the criminal defense lawyers who represent all kinds of low-life individuals.

That's a Michi question. I'm assuming that most of those do not proceed due to defective application technical exhibits or because another local station filed a well-grounded objection.

P.S. I do not know Alpert, but I don't want to judge him based on some of the strange folks he represents.
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David, it is truly astonishing that you would make the claim that Dan Alpert is an inexpensive lawyer, when in actuality his hourly rate is on par with the majority of solo practitioners at the FCC. In light of the fact that you publicly challenged me by asserting, "Message boards are filled with speculation, rumors and "what if's". This may or may not be true". It appears to be somewhat contradictory. Michelle Bradley from REC Networks is likely able to provide further details on the various groups and experiences she has encountered through her interactions with Dan Alpert and the clients, including Cesar Guel and Centro/Hector Guevara.
Perhaps some of you individuals would have actually offered support to Bruce Cutler during the trial of John Gotti LOL!
 
From my time selling ministries, I found three types: there were cons, there were power hungry ones and there were sincere and on the level ones. The cons had lots of cash and shady as a big oak tree in summer. The power hungry loved manipulating their congregation to realize the preacher's goals. They usually did very well. The sincere and on the level ones were broke but pulled from their wallets and never asked for a discount. The shady and power hungry simply weren't buying without a discount so I had a separate rate card for them.

Most of the guys I met were shady had a life under wraps in addition to their 'church life'. The rest seemed to live and breathe it every day and you'd be hard pressed to get them on a moral issue (except manipulating).
 
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