95.1 Translator in Austin

[Anonymouse]

Has anyone noticed that 95.1 in Austin has been down since Sunday? And I checked KTXX's HD signals yesterday and everything's up except 95.1's parent channel, KTXX HD4. KTXX HD2 and HD3 are fine.

Is a flip coming to 95.1? Or is it going away?

 

[fredcantu]

My guess is that they couldn't make it pay. Women's talk in Spanish is a real niche format.

 

[Pete Pyeatt]

I wish Univision would buy this translator and do a simulcast of La Kalle 95-1 (Comfort/San Antonio) so Austin could get some Pop En Espanol action.

 

[Anonymouse]

I wish Univision would buy this translator and do a simulcast of La Kalle 95-1 (Comfort/San Antonio) so Austin could get some Pop En Espanol action.

Maybe it can be put back to a simulcast of KTXZ 1560, local programming is better.

 

[Kent]

I wish Univision would buy this translator and do a simulcast of La Kalle 95-1 (Comfort/San Antonio) so Austin could get some Pop En Espanol action.

Unless they run La Kalle on an HD2 or don't actually own the translator, they can't. The law prohibits someone from owning a translator and relaying a station that would be extended outside of its primary signal contour. There are exceptions for unserved areas, but that certainly doesn't apply to Austin!

 

[fredcantu]

95.1 was already fed by an HD2. Univision uses 107.7-2 to relay KXTN from San Antonio. What's to stop them from doing the same with KGSX on HD-3 and then rebroadcasting it on an Austin translator?

 

[Iused2nothat]

95.1 was already fed by an HD2. Univision uses 107.7-2 to relay KXTN from San Antonio. What's to stop them from doing the same with KGSX on HD-3 and then rebroadcasting it on an Austin translator?

Translator's 60 dbu coverage must be completely within the 60 dbu coverage of the primary station. (Way up north!)

 

[Kent]

95.1 was already fed by an HD2. Univision uses 107.7-2 to relay KXTN from San Antonio. What's to stop them from doing the same with KGSX on HD-3 and then rebroadcasting it on an Austin translator?

That was my point. They MIGHT be able to do that depending on 107.7's primary signal contour (though it would be a tight fit if permissible at all), but either that or having a different owner rebroadcast KGSX would be about the only way they could do it. However, I'm not sure if it's technically possible to translate a station on the same frequency. I know you can do a lot of finagling with directional reception to translate signals you otherwise wouldn't expect to get, but it seems like the translator signal at 95.1 itself would overpower any distant full power signal at 95.1.

People seem to think you can just buy a translator and put anything you want on it, but it doesn't work that way.

 

[Pete Pyeatt]

I wish Univision would buy this translator and do a simulcast of La Kalle 95-1 (Comfort/San Antonio) so Austin could get some Pop En Espanol action.

Unless they run La Kalle on an HD2 or don't actually own the translator, they can't. The law prohibits someone from owning a translator and relaying a station that would be extended outside of its primary signal contour. There are exceptions for unserved areas, but that certainly doesn't apply to Austin!

It's an easy fix. You simulcast La Kalle on 104-9HD2 or HD3, then you can legally air La Kalle on 95-1.

A lot of people would think, "Wow, that KGSX is a powerful station! I can pick it up all the way to Austin!"

 

[greenbastard]

Or they can fire up HD on 104.3 and put it there.

 

[Ryan Williams]

It's an easy fix. You simulcast La Kalle on 104-9HD2 or HD3, then you can legally air La Kalle on 95-1.

Except KGSX (95.1 in San Antonio) is owned by Univision, KTXX (104.9) is owned by BMP and 95.1 the translator is owned by yet another group. So maybe not quite so easy.

 

[Pete Pyeatt]

It's an easy fix. You simulcast La Kalle on 104-9HD2 or HD3, then you can legally air La Kalle on 95-1.

Except KGSX (95.1 in San Antonio) is owned by Univision, KTXX (104.9) is owned by BMP and 95.1 the translator is owned by yet another group. So maybe not quite so easy.

I thought the 95.1 translator was owned by BMP?

 

[Anonymouse]

I thought the 95.1 translator was owned by BMP?

Apparently not. I have no idea who actually owns it though. I thought it was the same people who own KTXZ 1560 and those two other Spanish AMs.

 

[Pete Pyeatt]

It's an easy fix. You simulcast La Kalle on 104-9HD2 or HD3, then you can legally air La Kalle on 95-1.

Except KGSX (95.1 in San Antonio) is owned by Univision, KTXX (104.9) is owned by BMP and 95.1 the translator is owned by yet another group. So maybe not quite so easy.

Univision could acquire the translator, then buy time from BMP's KTXX HD2. Unlikely, but possible all the same.

 

[Kent]

That would also assume that Border Media would want to lease time on one of its stations to Univision and that Univision would want to pay Border Media for the privilege. However, it would be sound from a legal standpoint.

As for firing up HD on 104.3, that would also be a tight fit if it's even legal at all. KLQB doesn't have nearly the signal issues in Austin that 107.7 does, but it's an eastern rimshot that's probably 25-30 miles east of Austin with the equivalent of 50,000 watts.

 

[willdav713]

It's an easy fix. You simulcast La Kalle on 104-9HD2 or HD3, then you can legally air La Kalle on 95-1.

Except KGSX (95.1 in San Antonio) is owned by Univision, KTXX (104.9) is owned by BMP and 95.1 the translator is owned by yet another group. So maybe not quite so easy.

Univision could acquire the translator, then buy time from BMP's KTXX HD2. Unlikely, but possible all the same.

But why would BMP sell programming to it's competitor Univision? Lets see BMP owns 94.1 KTFM, La Ley 95.7, Jack FM, 103.1, and 104.9 KRIO and Univision owns 98.5 The Beat, 92.9 Estereo Latino, and KXTN 107.5. They are the 2 major players in San Antonio's Spanish Language Market for Radio. Although they could, but why would they want to shoot themselves in the foot?

That is like asking Clear Channel to air Magic 105.3 on KQXT 101.9 HD 3.

 

[Pete Pyeatt]

But why would BMP sell programming to it's competitor Univision? Lets see BMP owns 94.1 KTFM, La Ley 95.7, Jack FM, 103.1, and 104.9 KRIO and Univision owns 98.5 The Beat, 92.9 Estereo Latino, and KXTN 107.5. They are the 2 major players in San Antonio's Spanish Language Market for Radio. Although they could, but why would they want to shoot themselves in the foot?

I'm more interested in the possibilities from a hypothetical standpoint. I want to know what is legal and what isn't, not what is profitable.