Are you guys nervous at all with the entry of La Ley as KLTN sits with gimped coverage for the foreseeable future? It may be time to seriously consider a move to downtown.
Personally I don't see a pathway for reconstruction. It is in the city and surrounding neighborhood's best interest not to rebuild. Neighbors were scared and the gentrification efforts will probably come out strong against any new tower. It also doesn't help that the city has legal issues with HUD that were wiped the moment the tower came down.
Gimped coverage? Not at all. How many spanish stations have come and gone since KLTN has gone on the air? Should KQQK worry too? Nah.
As for the tower, i have no idea, SBA said they will rebuild. Its a licensed tower. Its not a new construction, you can say its a rebuild. Ideal would be to move back to that tower site.
Neighborhoods can complain but its business, COH wants the money, neighborhoods not much, if they did they would have Zones but they dont.
The 2000 foot TV towers in Missouri City , the new neighborhood are built next to them, if they had the same crash, you think they wont be rebuilt? You bet it will be.
As for power, currently KLTN is only a couple miles from Downtown at 500 feet. Covers the Houston area very well.
Im wondering if FCC can get involved with permits to rebuild the tower. FCC hasnt granted KLTN anything due to some issues with coverage and the city of license, which is Houston. Maybe a move to Downtown or somewhere is in the works but i dont discuss that info.
Im sure SBA is looking to sue the Helicopter company, looking into insurance, and the lawsuits, may be a while for something to happen.
As for ratings, programming make ratings, not towers. 92.1 has the tower and power , ratings not so much. KLTN has great programming.