Another 94.9 fm

[davideduardo]

A LPFM must originate at least 8 hours of local programming per day. After that they may use other sources..that required in filing for a license in the first place iirc.

And the interpretation of "local programming" can certainly include playing music off a computer.

 

[purpledevil]

A LPFM must originate at least 8 hours of local programming per day. After that they may use other sources..that required in filing for a license in the first place iirc.

Not so, C-Dub. It was discussed, but never mandated.

http://faq.recnet.net/index.php?sid=14094&lang=en&action=artikel&cat=6&id=91&artlang=en

Edit to add: The FCC & REC may have been "ensured" that LPFMs would obviously provide local content, but you can now be ensured that they were wrong.

 

[davideduardo]

... its also running afoul of the very intentions of the Local Community Radio Act. You know, one LPFM per entity. Its supposed to be local programming, yet all its broadcasting is Templo's network programming from Dallas -- the same fare on their other translators and LPFMs.

Is there no evidence that they are running anything locally? They could be running music off a computer, for example.

Otherwise, there is no prohibition from taking network or syndicated programming. And going back to the 20s there is a history of networks advertising programming which included the call letters and other data on all the affiliates, owned or not.

Your complaint would be based on violation of the spirit of the LPFM service, where local communities have a voice through such stations.

You'd have to prove egregious violation of the spirit of the LPFM service by operating as a network 24/7. And proving what the "spirit" is is in itself a daunting task... the only spirits I can prove come in a bottle.

The chances of having an LPFM chastised or getting its licence revoked in the middle of a license term are minimal. Always have been, and in this case the violation is highly intangible.

There is a forma complaint procedure which does not involve pestering the FCC on the phone (OMG!) which, at minimum, would require recordings from hours throughout the day and week with comparisons with other associated stations to prove non-compliance. That sort of complaint will create an investigation, but a phone call will just produce annoyance at the other end of the line.

 

[purpledevil]

In the case of KRUT-LP, there is no "local" content. It is all programming supplied from Dallas/Ft. Worth.

Again, there are no requirements in place to ensure any amount of local content airs on KRUT or any other low power FM. Nothing illegal here, but given everything else that is illegal about the current KRUT-LP, it's a wonder.

I just noticed the spelling of Sulphur Springs. It's the county seat of Hopkins, and sports around 15,000 residents. Not some hole in the wall, and apparently goes to show what little effort there truly is in maintaining even so much as a "front" of localism.

 

[purpledevil]

Yes it it. 94.9 KRUT-LP

What are you, my echo? Lol.

 

[b-turner]

Here's the deal nobody understands: There is no requirement for local programming on a LPFM. There are hundreds of LPFMs that are satellite dishes and many, many more full power stations. The FCC does not regulate or dictate programming.

If you were involved in a MX situation and were required to compete for 'points' to win the frequency, then one of those 'points' was to offer 8 hours of local programming daily, if you chose to claim that point. If there was no MX or the competing stations resolved the situation without FCC intervention, then the point system does not apply. The point system ONLY applies when the FCC must choose a winner among competing applicants for the same frequency.

Think football: if a game ends in a tie, it goes to sudden death until one team scores. The only time a game goes in to sudden death is to determine a winner, right? In LPFM, sudden death is the point system. Unless there is a tie and a winner must be chosen, sudden death never happens and thus, the point system never applies.

 

[purpledevil]

Here's the deal nobody understands: There is no requirement for local programming on a LPFM.

Um, Bill, I'm somebody. Heck, I even posted the link to the FAQ that specifically mentions that.

It's like I'm visiting the Grand Canyon, with all these echos...

 

[b-turner]

You're right. You posted that. You'd be amazed at how many in radio don't know the rules. Continuous Wave included on this one stating "A LPFM must originate at least 8 hours of local programming per day. After that they may use other sources..that required in filing for a license in the first place iirc." By the way Continuous Wave, if you knew everything I'd worry about you. I know just enough to be dangerous compared to Continuous Wave's engineering expertise. But I know this one. I have a CP

 

[The Rimshot]

US 59 North Report:

In Goliad, I was able to pull in Digital 94-9 from Laredo with a lot of clarity.

In Victoria, KHTZ exists but on a fringe basis only. It certainly doesn't come in like a local.

KHTZ sounds fine in El Campo, but fades again once you get northeast of Wharton.

 

[purpledevil]

US 59 North Report:

In Goliad, I was able to pull in Digital 94-9 from Laredo with a lot of clarity.

In Victoria, KHTZ exists but on a fringe basis only. It certainly doesn't come in like a local.

KHTZ sounds fine in El Campo, but fades again once you get northeast of Wharton.

You mean it's operating at reduced power, instead of "off" due to the transmission lines being shot up as previously indicated? Either way, I find no STA on file for KHTZ Ganado, so take that FWIW.

 

[The Rimshot]

You mean it's operating at reduced power, instead of "off" due to the transmission lines being shot up as previously indicated? Either way, I find no STA on file for KHTZ Ganado, so take that FWIW.

My guess is reduced power. My findings come from the drive I made last Sunday (Victoria to Houston) and last Wednesday (Beeville to Victoria).

I would say reduced power is what KHTZ is running with as of now. KHTZ isn't a station I check on a daily basis, let's say more like a weekly one.

 

[ContinuousWave]

You're right. You posted that. You'd be amazed at how many in radio don't know the rules. Continuous Wave included on this one stating "A LPFM must originate at least 8 hours of local programming per day. After that they may use other sources..that required in filing for a license in the first place iirc." By the way Continuous Wave, if you knew everything I'd worry about you. I know just enough to be dangerous compared to Continuous Wave's engineering expertise. But I know this one. I have a CP

Thanks B....I appreciate the comment...I havent kept up with the LPFM rules that well since I am involved with full power signals...one of my mentors was Harold Bartlett (then W5KWA...his daughter now holds the call after Harold's passing in the early 2000s)....He built KFDM 6 in the 1950s and was CE for 560 for many years under the same call..He told me once "NEVER stop learning...the day you do, you are DEAD....because NOONE knows it all!" Have always taken that to heart.....miss that man bad these days...he would be spinning in his grave looking at the state of broadcasting these days.....William JB Smith in Dallas, a well known consultant, called Harold an Engineer's Engineer and when I was CE of CC Dallas, he found out I had worked for Harold and told me "NO wonder you know so much!!" for Bill to put Harold soo high was the biggest compliment I have ever heard someone give that man....and Bill is soo highly regarded nationwide. I felt humbled....and proud to have been associated with Harold...though we had our differences..

 

[b-turner]

See Continuous Wave, I don't know you personally but I know your great reputation. That rule is a tricky one since you claim the points of the initial application that apply if an MX occurs. I'm the 'go fer' guy....go get me this and then I watch. I'm as much an engineer as the guy that stayed at Holiday Inn last night!