When the FCC ever gets around to approving any of those AM
applications filed during the January '04 major filing window,
one East Texas station could be showing up on the Dallas airwaves.
Jeffery Eustis originally applied for a station on 890 in Frankston,
about 30 miles south of Tyler. That was before the major change
window. It was a modest proposal from the standpoint of power,
calling for 670 watts daytime with a pattern basically aimed WNW and
SSE. Although the station could have been heard in eastern Dallas
County down to the Tyler area, the applicant filed several changes
and eventually ran out of time, opting to scale back and run 250 watts
daytime non-directional with just 6 (six) watts at night. The station,
KTXV, has been broadcasting a Tejano format since it signed on in mid
2004.
Eustis filed a proposal for a new station in Mabank on 890 during the
major filing window, along with a proposal that he would surrender the
license for KTXV in Frankston if the Mabank application were to be
approved. A number of modifications have since been filed but the
latest one, filed early last month calls for running 20,000 watts day
and 250 night. The proposed transmitter site is southeast of Mabank near
the town of Eustace.
The nighttime signal of course could not be usuable for more than a few
miles, but 20kW directional toward Dallas would pack a real punch. Just
how this could be done is puzzling, since even with less than 1,000 watts
the pattern that was originally had to be really complex because of
existing stations on 890 like Oklahoma City and Laredo and adjacent channel
stations in Hamilton TX and a couple of others.
I haven't seen the proposed coverage for the latest change, but if they're
able to pull this one off it would be a miracle.
applications filed during the January '04 major filing window,
one East Texas station could be showing up on the Dallas airwaves.
Jeffery Eustis originally applied for a station on 890 in Frankston,
about 30 miles south of Tyler. That was before the major change
window. It was a modest proposal from the standpoint of power,
calling for 670 watts daytime with a pattern basically aimed WNW and
SSE. Although the station could have been heard in eastern Dallas
County down to the Tyler area, the applicant filed several changes
and eventually ran out of time, opting to scale back and run 250 watts
daytime non-directional with just 6 (six) watts at night. The station,
KTXV, has been broadcasting a Tejano format since it signed on in mid
2004.
Eustis filed a proposal for a new station in Mabank on 890 during the
major filing window, along with a proposal that he would surrender the
license for KTXV in Frankston if the Mabank application were to be
approved. A number of modifications have since been filed but the
latest one, filed early last month calls for running 20,000 watts day
and 250 night. The proposed transmitter site is southeast of Mabank near
the town of Eustace.
The nighttime signal of course could not be usuable for more than a few
miles, but 20kW directional toward Dallas would pack a real punch. Just
how this could be done is puzzling, since even with less than 1,000 watts
the pattern that was originally had to be really complex because of
existing stations on 890 like Oklahoma City and Laredo and adjacent channel
stations in Hamilton TX and a couple of others.
I haven't seen the proposed coverage for the latest change, but if they're
able to pull this one off it would be a miracle.