captex reports KXXS upgrade

[radioeye]

I was reading over some misdirected chatter about ESPN 1260 that turns out to be nothing...... Until captex did some digging around and discovered that KWNX is changing license from Taylor to move to Elgin. And KBEY is being proposed to move to ch 280 with KXXS relococating to Sunset Valley.

Pretty big deal, if it goes through.

Question, can KWNX change it's city of license and cover only 80% of it's proposed new city of license?

 

[Mediafrog+]

discovered that KWNX is changing license from Taylor to move to Elgin.

I smell a change to their existing construction permit for a power/signal upgrade. Perhaps the Elgin location would mean the proposed transmitter site moves south, allowing a more westward pattern that better covers the Austin market?

And KBEY is being proposed to move to ch 280 with KXXS relococating to Sunset Valley.

With KBEY gone from 92.5, KXXS would finally get an upgrade...the original plans for moving the signal to 92.7 with a power increase went nowhere.

 

[fredcantu]

It's been awhile so folks may have forgotten how KHFI was Austin's #1 station with all of 1,200 watts back in its K-98 days. A class A with a tower in West Lake Hills will reach a lot of ears.

 

[Mediafrog+]

It's been awhile so folks may have forgotten how KHFI was Austin's #1 station with all of 1,200 watts back in its K-98 days. A class A with a tower in West Lake Hills will reach a lot of ears.

KHFI 98.3 ran 1,320 watts @ 420' HAAT between 1965 (when it moved to the then-new KHFI-TV tower) and 1989 (the upgrade to 100kw and frequency move to 98.1.)

Austin has one of the best situations for broadcast towers, as the locations in the western hills provide excellent line-of-site coverage of the market.

When 102.3 signed on in 1976 (as KMXX) it was running all of 748 watts. And KMFA was 1,300 watts in its early days.

 

[jd]

It's been awhile so folks may have forgotten how KHFI was Austin's #1 station

Not me, fred; that's exactly what I thought of when I saw the application. A number of things would have to fall into place to make it happen, but this would be a huge upgrade for KXXS.

Question, can KWNX change it's city of license and cover only 80% of it's proposed new city of license?

I suspect they could "waiver" their way through with the FCC for the time being, especially if an application for an upgrade is also filed in the near future. Just how big of an upgrade would be interesting to see, however, since KWNX has co-channel concerns as well as the recently upgraded 1250 in San Antonio.

 

[captex]

i glad somebody else thought it was interesting. thanks, i always been interested in what radio stations do around austin and surrounding area out of austin.

 

[captex]

well i checked the fcc site, about munbilla's khle 106.9 application search and did not see the 8-20-09 application that was up there . maybe munibilla accepted the kxxs upgrade or move and kwnx move, i don't know. and then i went to kxxs application and saw the 8-20-09 application is still listed. so i went to kwnx's application search and found thiers 8-21-09 apllication is still listed. anybody knows or guess whats going on.

 

[jras20]

On second note, KXBT is still in Dripping springs, I passed by the tower the other day, I guess they never updated to bee caves yet if they will. I havn't listened to them much any more since the flip.

 

[fredcantu]

The legal ID still says Dripping Springs.

 

[Tower Erection]

KXXS (92.5 this week) Moves to the tower farm with a Class A.
KXBT (Was 104.9) still moves to Bee Cave and KBUK (La Grange)moved out of the way to get 104.9 a better upgrade.

Stuff still moves in this town.............slowly.

 

[fredcantu]

KBUK stream late monday night uses 104.9 in liners.
Web site gives no inidcation of move.

 

[jd]

By "getting out of the way" Tower Erection meant that KBUK's application as a "contour protection station" was granted. No change in frequency was involved, just a minor modification of their directional pattern.