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austinengineer

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I can to town this weekend for an interveiw at a local group. We went to a old radio station in Bay City. It looked like a really nice place in its day. I was told that it is going to tore down this next week. The Building and the 3 AM towers. Is there not a replacement for the old AM station? The guy I talked to did not know any thing about it.
 
austinengineer said:
I can to town this weekend for an interveiw at a local group. We went to a old radio station in Bay City. It looked like a really nice place in its day. I was told that it is going to tore down this next week. The Building and the 3 AM towers. Is there not a replacement for the old AM station? The guy I talked to did not know any thing about it.
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Was that station just east of town just past a car wash and a car dealer? If so, it is owned by Lieberman and the station was moved to Houston...
 
Isn't that the old KIOX studios, originally built in the '40s where Hank Williams once played?

A friend of mine from Van Vleck tells me that the station was severely damaged during Hurricane Ike.

Why would they tear it down? To make room for a new station?
 
michaelshiloh said:
Isn't that the old KIOX studios, originally built in the '40s where Hank Williams once played?

A friend of mine from Van Vleck tells me that the station was severely damaged during Hurricane Ike.

Why would they tear it down? To make room for a new station?
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Since it's no longer being used, to sell the land...
 
I worked in that building from 1992 to 2002 under a few owners...and it is shame and disgrace to see what has happened to what should have been classified a Historical Landmark years ago.

The building has always had some problems...and you can see some damage on the east side of the building. But any damage that might have been caused by the Tropical Storm force winds of Hurricane Ike that were felt in Matagorda County merely hid the last few years of neglect by it's current owner's (Lieberman Broadcasting / Houston).

Lieberman got the "Deal Of A Lifetime" when they scored the KIOX-FM / KXGJ-FM purchase in 2002. They get an A for jumping on that. Sadly...all they wanted was the frequency to simulcast their established Tejano Formats.

No matter the format...They get an F for letting a building rich in Country history...a building that should have been classified a Historical Landmark...be allowed to sit and decay at the hands of an owner who apparently cares nothing about the community he serves.

If I am not mistaken...the land is still owned by the Long estate...and I have heard nothing of rebuilding anything out there.

It will be a sad to watch them bring the building and the old towers down.
 
MrAirwave said:
Correct me if I am wrong...but don't you have to have some kind of broadcast facility in your city of license?
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Nope. Put the public file in the COL's public library and keep the main studio inside the primary signal contour of any broadcast service with that city of license and call it a day.

...but the "main studio" can basically be an office with a phone and a STL receiver going to a Mackie mixer back out to a STL transmitter, too... There's lots of ways to game the system.
 
Those studios were originally the home of 1270 KIOX, a 1000 watt full time station. It was non-directional day and directional at night, thus the 3 tower array. I worked there in part of 1973 and 1974. The station took a real big hit from Hurricane Carla in 1961. In fact, it blew down one of it's towers. Long story short, KIOX had been operating on a temporary permit since 1968 until it's demise in the mid 1990s when the owner at that time moved it illegally to Missouri City thinking foolishly that nobody would notice. He even had the audacity to have the call letters changed to KFCC. Surprisingly, it was accepted. It wasn't long after, 1270 went dark and was deleted from the table of assignments.
 
On a side note, KIOX is now on 96.1 in Edna, it was stunting last weekend, not sure what format it will be. More than likely a Lone star format like what it use to be when it simulcasted Lone star 104.7.
 
My guess is that they will duplicate the AM programming 90 to 100%. That just seems to make sense. Less overhead...and continuing to do what has made the station viable/profitable as a local outlet for many, many years.
 
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