I can think of a few very super local formats.
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Anybody interested in programming to Galveston and Pasadena?
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I have been listening to the AM station and I have found that it has good coverage. The audio quality requires improvement, but I am able to understand the content. The FM station provides good coverage of Pasadena and south Houston. A potential option for that particular radio frequency could include a country format, conservative talk radio, Christian programming, and possibly Spanish oldies/Tejano/Spanish talk,Espn deportes. You can never play anything coming from Senior Rd.
Tejano was tried twice on it and it failed.
How many businesses are there with a local decision maker? Unless you can be a top 1 or 2 in one of the money demo's in either town I doubt there would be a lot of agencies buying. At best you would get half of a national chain allocated advertising money for a unit in your coverage.
IMHO Locally owned businesses are you best shot at making sales.
IMHO Locally owned businesses are you best shot at making sales.
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If you are not a major broadcaster like Univision, Urban One, etc., you may not have the resources to pay for the ratings and secure advertising agency contracts. All other stations depend on local revenue.
What is going on with the 1540AM signal.. Sounds like the Transmitter is having issues almost sounds like it struggles. I'm changing my offer. I'll pay 6k a month for it.
Hence the reason I wondered if you could move that translator back down to Pelican Island. It did really well there. 101.7 (or 5-whatever it was) covered exactly what it should have-and nothing more. Sadly, that AM is just an obligatory relay...A very expensive STL-esque requirement in theory. Mr. Antenna Guy is right on the money too. A monthly note to the previous owner who is kissing the paper to the tune of $11,500 a month. My gums were bleeding for half a day after I was told that. Have mercy.
still trying to understand why Gow Media got involved with KGBC to begin with.
Since Gow is purchasing K223CW they needed a “legal” arrangement with an originating station for the translator, instead of the charade of the nonexistent KFNC HD-2. KGBC fit that bill but is no longer needed as KBXX HD-2 now feeds the translator, though I haven’t seen an application for that change filed with the FCC yet.
We should be seeing an FCC approval of the Gow K223CW purchase from SDK Franco within the next couple of weeks, as it was filed at the end of February. However the other part of the bigger Gow translator deal, K223DH, has yet to be acquired by SDK Franco from Centro Cristiano de Vida Eterna as it appears the FCC is still sitting on the sale application six months after filing.
Once there is movement in the translator deals I suspect we will see serious action on the sale of KFNC.
i HOPE GOW did not buy KGBC because he will be sitting on a Dead Horse for a while. SIGNAL sounds really bad this morning and what on earth are they playing sounds like a Bad attempt at the RECUERDO format that was on 106.5
Does it sound like the transmitter cuts out on peaks, as well as having slightly distorted audio? If so, I may be hearing it in Denver tonight. I heard an announcement for "La Ranchera" but that may have been another station in the mix. Right now (10:44 pm Houston time) it sounds like something akin to Mexican AC (that's not a good format description but I'm nowhere near knowledgeable about such things).
Edit to update: Heard an ID just before 11 pm Houston time, not quite a legal ID, but clearly mentioning "Houston-Galveston". Wild.
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I really think you are Sirius! You should X 'em.
I do not have $11k to $15k a month
wow all the way to Denver! Impressive
Indeed, as most of the Houston market can’t hear KGBC at night due to the 185 watt power and co-channel pileup. Perhaps they were on their day pattern?
was kgbc not 5kw before?
For several decades they were 1kw day, 250 watts night, IIRC. in more recent years they got a daytime increase to 2.5kw. I forget if nights were boosted at that point. The station had to take down two of its four towers (rust) and re-engineered the two remaining towers to 3.6kw day and 185 watts night.
The day signal is decent in the Gulf Freeway corridor, but not a factor elsewhere in the market. Night signal is confined to Galveston County.
I vaguely recall there was a proposal to increase power further and loosen the directional pattern a bit, but that never happened.
Perhaps someone else can fill things in more completely. KGBC is a station we don’t pay any attention to in NW Harris County.
I was wondering about that. Back in my Montrose days, I could barely get KGBC at all, day or night. Anyway, here are some recordings (all times listed as Central Daylight to match the origin):
What seems to pass for an ID:
Same file with some filtering:
About seven minutes of 1540 - starting with KGBC, then fading out for a couple of minutes, then ending with the ID above and what may have been a sudden disappearance. This gives the best idea of the weird audio cutouts:
I got a feeling that the best morning show on the planet will be revisiting a certain contest that made the entire metro area of Sydney go insane.
No actual info, sorry, but it's been awhile and maybe just maybe it's the right time for him to return.
I'd stream KIIS 106.5 Sydney, and if you hear the promo then get on a plane, get to Sydney Australia right away, and be focused and prepared to grab that ****!
Conversations of currency is fairly easy, but maybe the **** is only for Australian humanoids, so do your homework on that **** before you jump on a plane with a mission to grab it!
ok i'm lost. What the heck is O'Donnell talking about?
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