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KSEV STA request

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Mediafrog+

KSEV filed an STA request today to operate from a transmitter around 4 miles west of Tomball using 400 watts day, 210 watts night, both omnidirectional. Coordinates show this to be the same tower proposed for the new KRLY-LP on 104.5.

I never listen to KSEV and have no interest in the programming. However I have heard some rumblings about possible changes coming to the station. Anyone know what is going on?

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KRLY-LP info, including tower map for reference: https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&facid=788138
 
Further thoughts about the KSEV filing: Is the current transmitter site going to be sold? It is located just west of The Woodlands. Another case of the dirt under the towers being more valuable than the station itself? That would seem to be an area ripe for redevelopment. We saw the same thing with KEYH and KGOL, both of which have moved to lower power, single tower configurations after the previous tower sites were turned over for new construction.
 
Mediafrog+ said:
Further thoughts about the KSEV filing: Is the current transmitter site going to be sold? It is located just west of The Woodlands. Another case of the dirt under the towers being more valuable than the station itself? That would seem to be an area ripe for redevelopment. We saw the same thing with KEYH and KGOL, both of which have moved to lower power, single tower configurations after the previous tower sites were turned over for new construction.
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You forgot KILT. Nobody even noticed when the towers came down.
 
theantennaguy said:
You forgot KILT. Nobody even noticed when the towers came down.
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Not many realize that Greenspoint Mall is closed and abandoned up the road, either. I mean, really. Who's going to notice a tower drop, when most people have enough sense to steer clear of that entire shit hole that is West Road, and the surrounding areas? Hell, if you're driving on the North Freeway, you're likely staring straight ahead, so as not to make eye contact with the psychopath in the car next to you, who is liable to just pull a gun on you for "eyeballing them" or changing lanes a couple car lengths ahead of their rolling death trap that's uninsured.
 
rosecitymedia said:
Not many realize that Greenspoint Mall is closed and abandoned up the road, either. I mean, really. Who's going to notice a tower drop, when most people have enough sense to steer clear of that entire shit hole that is West Road, and the surrounding areas? Hell, if you're driving on the North Freeway, you're likely staring straight ahead, so as not to make eye contact with the psychopath in the car next to you, who is liable to just pull a gun on you for "eyeballing them" or changing lanes a couple car lengths ahead of their rolling death trap that's uninsured.
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True story, I’m driving by Cavalcade. This guy has a very nice classic green car. Don’t remember what it was. I looked at him gave him thumbs up for his car. His response?? Flips me off.
 
theantennaguy said:
You forgot KILT. Nobody even noticed when the towers came down.
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I left out KILT as their new transmitter site approximates the coverage of the old one, unlike the greatly diminished STA facilities of KGOL, KEYH, and soon to be KSEV. But you are right, it was a money grab by Audacy for the legacy 610 site.

BTW on a couple of recent trips to Austin I have checked the new 610 signal and it is pretty much at the same level as it was from the legacy site. Same for a recent trip to San Antonio where KILT was listenable along the east 1604 loop.

There were some threads on this board dealing with the 610 transmitter move last year, so not unnoticed here.

I still think KSEV is going to be sold, perhaps as part of a deal involving other facilities in the market.
 
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Mediafrog+ said:
I still think KSEV is going to be sold, perhaps as part of a deal involving other facilities in the market.
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Well, if so, I guess we can all be rest assured that it wouldn't become a part of the Latino Media Network portfolio.

You sure do like to put other people's property up for sale, partner, 😂
 
rosecitymedia said:
Well, if so, I guess we can all be rest assured that it wouldn't become a part of the Latino Media Network portfolio.
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LMN may soon not have anything in its portfolio the way things are going.:eek:

Wild thought: The owners of co-channel KBBW in Waco buy KLAT and then shut it down. That could enable them to loosen up the KBBW directional patterns, perhaps with a power increase. Adding decent coverage of B/CS could be quite appealing.

Not sure what value the KLAT site has. It is in a semirural area that has been leapfrogged by development further out.
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You sure do like to put other people's property up for sale, partner
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Hey, numerous times on this forum I appealed to Alfred Liggins to sell KROI. He finally took my advice.:ROFLMAO:
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What gets me is that just up the road KRCM's newest TX site exists. How long before it, too, is looking for a new plot of land, or another site from which to piggyback?
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The KRCM site is three miles NE of Prairie View, about 22 miles west of the existing KSEV transmitter. The 1380 location is rural, well away from any urban sprawl. I suspect that won't be an issue for another 20 to 30 years, and KRCM and AM radio might be gone by then.
 
Mediafrog+ said:
The KRCM site is three miles NE of Prairie View, about 22 miles west of the existing KSEV transmitter. The 1380 location is rural, well away from any urban sprawl. I suspect that won't be an issue for another 20 to 30 years, and KRCM and AM radio might be gone by then.
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The night site is near Tamina, no?
 
I could have sworn that a night site was built off of I-45 near Tamina Road, in the move from Beaumont.

Thanks for the correction, 🐸. 👍
 
rosecitymedia said:
I could have sworn that a night site was built off of I-45 near Tamina Road, in the move from Beaumont.

Thanks for the correction, 🐸. 👍
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The initial KRCM transmitter site after the move from B/PA was a single tower just NE of Oak Ridge North, which is probably what you are remembering. 250 watts days, 69 watts night. That was replaced a few years later by the facility near Prairie View.
 
rosecitymedia said:
What gets me is that just up the road KRCM's newest TX site exists. How long before it, too, is looking for a new plot of land, or another site from which to piggyback?
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Maybe they should just move back to Beaumont, but they’d have to get a tower site there as well. The old KWIC/KJET tower is long gone.

How can they keep leapfrogging further and further west? At this rate they’ll be in San Antonio.
 
rosecitymedia said:
So is 1380. It sure isn't doing any better as a "Shenandoah" station than it was in its last years of serving Beaumont.
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KRCM has been broadcasting the “KCOH” format since the tower that served as the 1230 antenna collapsed. So a little value, though who knows how much of the audience made the move. No usable night signal into metro Houston. Day signal is mediocre over much of the market.
 
Mediafrog+ said:
KRCM has been broadcasting the “KCOH” format since the tower that served as the 1230 antenna collapsed. So a little value, though who knows how much of the audience made the move. No usable night signal into metro Houston. Day signal is mediocre over much of the market.
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Unfortunately, it didn't fare very well on the better 880 signal, prior to it's move back up the dial to 1230. I can't imagine 1380 is moving as many needles as even that. Without a signal that's listenable in the city's core, "KCOH" is even pretty much dead in the water.
 
rosecitymedia said:
Unfortunately, it didn't fare very well on the better 880 signal, prior to it's move back up the dial to 1230.
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The format was also on 1520 for a while, though neither that or the 880 incarnation used the KCOH branding (wasn’t it called “Synergy Radio”?
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I can't imagine 1380 is moving as many needles as even that. Without a signal that's listenable in the city's core, "KCOH" is even pretty much dead in the water.
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KCOH strikes me as a station whose entire audience is 65+. From the sound of their phone-in shows it wouldn’t surprise me if the average listener age is somewhere past 80.
 


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