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Another 94.9 fm

Mrtejano said:
Here in the Heights I am listening to a station Christian Norteño songs.
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That would be KRUT-LP, Señor. Suddenly, this afternoon, it has come to life. Imagine that! First the Pilot 92-5 translator, then whichever interference maker it was screwing with KFNC, and now KRUT-LP finally comes to life. You beat me to the punch, I was just about to post this.

I can say one thing positive about it. K236AR is wiped out by the KRUT-LP sideband here in the 4-4. Not exactly sure where its broadcasting from, because I've seen nothing out of the ordinary going on at the "transmit site" of A Plus Toyota on North Shepherd.
 
Mrtejano said:
Didn't get to listen to 97.5 and 92.5 sounds very weak. What is the deal with this one?
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What's the deal? Oh boy....

Templo de Dios org 3, which provides a local address on Long Point, is a ruse. This is Iglesia JesuCristo es mi Refugio programming from the church on Westmoreland in Dallas. You'd also recognize this same programming coming out of your television set on KZHO-LD. I think it's 38.5, but who cares?

They are all intertwined, Señor. Expect lots of crying and calls for oracion.
 
Pretty good signal in Midtown from KRUT. Solid along Katy Freeway inside the Loop, and remained quite good outbound on 290. Slightly choppy along the Beltway but much better than what I would have expected. Still listenable at my Cy-Fair location.

Never heard any ID listening most of the way home this evening.

BTW, don't confuse this with KPFG in Pasadena, which has a similar Spanish language religious format on 94.9.
 
JoeFM said:
Same remarkable results here. Tuned it in on the North Loop near 59. Didn't lose it until way on the east side I10 at Federal. Haven't been by their tower of license to see what kinda antenna is doing this well. Gotta be a dominator or something similar....
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I can't wait to hear about what you find within the hallowed walls of A Plus Toyota, Joe.

Do yourself a solid favor, though. Wear old clothes.
 
94.9 Here in the Meyerland Willowbend area car radio listenable with a some static
 
JoeFM said:
Yep. A lot of coverage with poor building penetration. Tells me they're got a lot of height.
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Where is their **licensed** transmit location? I don't think you can inform the Commission that you're going to transmit from one location, then place your transmitter in a completely different one. But then again, I didn't think La Mucho Gusto could continue to transmit their analog Frankenstein FM on 87.7 in Beaumont after their STA was cancelled, but they are.
 
JoeFM said:
Their licensed location is the A Plus Toyota on Shepherd near Tidwell. The business (and tower) owner confirmed that the only thing on that tower is an old two-way system that hasn't been operational in years. I called our local FCC agent about the station broadcasting with far greater power than authorized, and from the wrong location. He advised that Washington has adopted a "hands off" policy on dealing with LPFMs -- unless there's interference with another licensed broadcaster. He advised me to contact Washington; that if they wanted to bounce it back to him to investigate, then he would. So I did. Unfortunately, my usual point of contact wasn't available -- on vacation. So I spoke with another official in the FCC Audio Division. He asked me point blank: was the station interfering with another station that I was trying to listen to? I answered no. He told me it sounds like I need to mind my own business and hung up.

This is the "new" FCC... I'm done with it.
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I know there's a connection between 66% of the LPFM applicants, the translator invasion of Houston, the illegal station on 87.7 in Beaumont, and the decision by the Commission to suddenly adopt a "hands-off" enforcement policy. I can't seem to put my finger on it.
 
JoeFM said:
Incumbent democrat. Election year. Memo: White House to FCC... Don't piss off the minority voting bloc. See
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When you consider that the large majority of Hispanics are not evangelical Christians, your point is far less significant.
 
Agreed. The vast majority are not Evangelical Christian but rather Catholic and for generations. That was always the case in markets I worked (one was 97% Hispanic).
 
b-turner said:
Agreed. The vast majority are not Evangelical Christian but rather Catholic and for generations. That was always the case in markets I worked (one was 97% Hispanic).
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Sounds like McAllen / Brownsville / Harlingen.

At one point, even the Country station had a Virgen de Guadalupe statuette in the studio.
 
JoeFM said:
Not broadcasting from A Plus Toyota.
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Ding, ding, ding...

How long ago did I mention this? Oh no, purple, there's an FM antenna up there. Really, Joe?

I've been there. I'm the one that went in there and asked questions and received puzzled looks from the guy that runs the place. Abandoned, as I recall saying. It's a frigging junkyard; the antenna was originally for Nextel type service to relay information from junkyard to junkyard in efforts to locate parts availability for their costumers.

Edit to add: I bet he's really scratching his head now, having two different people approaching him about his long dead antenna. Seems like he'd have a legal recourse against el Templo, claiming his property as their own.
 
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Is this "station" broadcasting specifically at 94.9 MHz in frequency?
 
rapaho said:
Is this "station" broadcasting specifically at 94.9 MHz in frequency?
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Yes it is, Rapaho. Yes it is. The "station" has been on the air @ 94.90 MHz nonstop since last Saturday, operating from an unauthorized location, near the historic East End.
 
Show me that one Joe. And just who were they MXed with and how was that settled? You're over your head on this one, I suspect. Do you understand the point system? Do you know when the point system applies. Better yet do you understand place and time in relation to the FCC and how that relates?
 
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