105.3 K287BQ mentioning KTWL

[nd2023]

Is the same programming on both KTWL and K287BQ? The legal ID on the translator mentions KTWL. And what station is feeding the translator since obviously KTWL cannot feed it and KTBZ-HD4 doesn’t exist

 

[Mediafrog+]

Translators can fib with their legal ID’s, claiming a bogus originating station. The 104.5 and 105.3 translators have been notorious for doing this.

KFNC’s legal ID claims the 92.5 translator originates on an HD-2 of the main 97.5 signal. However 97.5 doesn’t broadcast in HD, as discussed on this board many times.

 

[radioislife2020]

Is the same programming on both KTWL and K287BQ? The legal ID on the translator mentions KTWL. And what station is feeding the translator since obviously KTWL cannot feed it and KTBZ-HD4 doesn’t exist

Must not have much going on in Vegas...

 

[tb_]

The station that's feeding K287BQ is whatever Shoutcast stream they have set on the Barix box that's plugged into the transmitter. There is no legitimate broadcast signal being translated.

 

[lanceventa]

Translators can fib with their legal ID’s, claiming a bogus originating station. The 104.5 and 105.3 translators have been notorious for doing this.

KFNC’s legal ID claims the 92.5 translator originates on an HD-2 of the main 97.5 signal. However 97.5 doesn’t broadcast in HD, as discussed on this board many times.

You're conflating the ability to have an alternate method of distributing audio to the the transmitter, with legally operating. The only time a translator is permitted to originate programming is if its parent signal is an AM daytimer so that the translator can broadcast 24/7. If KFNC is doing that to feed 92.5 then it is not legally operating. All translators must have a parent full-powered signal broadcasting originating their programming.

It is well known that there are many signals in Houston not properly following this, why the FCC has not taken action I cannot explain other than I know a few of the bigger broadcasters do not want their local people "ratting out" others to the FCC.

 

[HTX]

If KFNC is doing that to feed 92.5 then it is not legally operating. All translators must have a parent full-powered signal broadcasting originating their programming.

Sometimes 92.5 has different programming from 97.5 like a different game. And that’s where this made up HD subchannel Houston translators like to make up came from. If I remember correctly I saw KFNC HD2 in the ratings before.

 

[Mediafrog+]

You're conflating the ability to have an alternate method of distributing audio to the the transmitter, with legally operating.

I wasn’t doing that. Just pointing out, as many others on this board have done, that some of the translators do not have an originating station.

The 92.5 translator, on the surface, is a rebroadcast of the main KFNC 97.5 signal. However that translator frequently has programming separate from its parent. Gow claims that “KFNC HD-2” is the originating station, but…there is NO HD on the 97.5 signal. What is the originating station for 92.5?

We won’t even get into a discussion of the 92.5 translator extending coverage beyond the primary 97.5 signal. Gow does not own the translator. Is the translator owner receiving payment from Gow (not legal, if I understand the rules correctly)? I would find it improbable that the translator is carrying KFNC “for free.”

 

[011nerve]

The station that's feeding K287BQ is whatever Shoutcast stream they have set on the Barix box that's plugged into the transmitter. There is no legitimate broadcast signal being translated.

I prefer using Icecast. At least 256 KBPS for quality.

 

[Voicetrack of Reason]

I would assume, as predicted, that Roy's deal to sell KTWL has been derailed by the buyer's messy divorce? Asking for a friend. 😆

 

[stan]

Roy applied for the last license renewal so it sounds like the sale is dead.

 

[radioislife2020]

I would assume, as predicted, that Roy's deal to sell KTWL has been derailed by the buyer's messy divorce? Asking for a friend. 😆

divorce was finalized, over a year ago. This deal has nothing to do with the divorce.

 

[ThatVoice22]

Divorce of Hector and Sara Guevara was final in January 2020.
- - https://www.docdroid.net/Kwt3Ev7/exhibit-1664548812-pdf
She now goes by Sara Franco.
KTWL stands for The WoodLands, but barely reaches there from Navasota. Pending Construction Permit to move the primary tower (not K287BQ) east might improve Conroe-Woodlands reception slightly.
Current signal contour = KTWL-FM Radio Station Coverage Map
Proposed signal contour = KTWL-FM Radio Station Coverage Map

 

[HTX]

Pending Construction Permit to move the primary tower (not K287BQ) east might improve Conroe-Woodlands reception slightly.

I used to live where I could easily tell what tower they were on. They’ve been going back and forth. It won’t improve those areas at all with the interference from the translator.

 

[radioislife2020]

I used to live where I could easily tell what tower they were on. They’ve been going back and forth. It won’t improve those areas at all with the interference from the translator.

i would not call it interference if they have agreed to it.

 

[HTX]

i would not call it interference if they have agreed to it.

Well what would you call 2 different stations you hear back and forth on the same frequency that they agree to? I don’t think it should be happening in Magnolia, Montgomery, and Willis

 

[Deleted member 108832]

Well what would you call 2 different stations you hear back and forth on the same frequency that they agree to?

A cash transfer.

 

[Palpatine]

Sometimes 92.5 has different programming from 97.5 like a different game. And that’s where this made up HD subchannel Houston translators like to make up came from. If I remember correctly I saw KFNC HD2 in the ratings before.

There has never been a KFNC HD2, on the air or in the ratings.

 

[HTX]

There has never been a KFNC HD2, on the air or in the ratings.

That’s why I said made up. I thought I saw one month with a 0.1 share from KFNC HD2 but I must have remembered wrong.

 

[Mediafrog+]

That’s why I said made up. I thought I saw one month with a 0.1 share from KFNC HD2 but I must have remembered wrong.

“KFNC HD-2” has occasionally shown up in the ratings, presumably indicating the 92.5 translator. Of course there is no HD of any kind on 97.5, nor has there been under Gow ownership, despite what the bogus legal ID claims.

 

[Huff]

There has never been a KFNC HD2, on the air or in the ratings.

Since the end of its simulcast on 94.1 in 2019, KFNC-HD2 has shown in Nielsen monthly ratings five times with a 0.1 share, most recently in Nov. 2021. Mind you, Nielsen doesn't inspect whether its subscribers are operating their signals within the full parameters of FCC regulations.