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Centro Cristiano 99.5 and 97.3 moving in

old school radio

old school radio

The good "Pastor" Hector Guevara & Centro Cristiano De Vida Eterna show is Live!

99.5 fm K258BZ 99.5 MHz FM is moving to 97.3 fm in sugar land.
Centro Cristiano has another 97.3 fm in Garwood Texas. I will guess that station has no tower contracts and probably has never been on the air.
The writing is on the wall on all of Centros Transalators, No HD station and No am parent station.
Hector and his accomplices "Pueblo De Galilea/Daij Media,LLC "Ruben & Roberto Villareal"keep on using the same AM stations to rebroadcast over 8 translators in the market.
 

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So they’re trying to move the 99.5 translator to 97.3? Why???? Wouldn’t that cause interference with 97.5 like it did before and they had to shut it down?? Also why would they mess with 99.5 if Dabang has a decent coverage with both the 99.6 translators?
 
According to their application they are moving K258BZ to 97.3 in order to avoid first channel interference from the yet-to-launch K259DC on 99.7. https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/25076f9175292f2601754ca108e40c5d

Yes, the 97.3 signal will push against KFNC 97.5 but it will also increase the headaches for KTHT 97.1 which would now be squeezed between two first adjacent translators, just like KTJM. A good reason for Apollo/Cox to pry KROI away from Radio One and initiate a southside simulcaster for 97.1.
 
Mediafrog+ said:
According to their application they are moving K258BZ to 97.3 in order to avoid first channel interference from the yet-to-launch K259DC on 99.7. https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/25076f9175292f2601754ca108e40c5d

Yes, the 97.3 signal will push against KFNC 97.5 but it will also increase the headaches for KTHT 97.1 which would now be squeezed between two first adjacent translators, just like KTJM. A good reason for Apollo/Cox to pry KROI away from Radio One and initiate a southside simulcaster for 97.1.
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KFNC is probably going to suffer the most from this move. It's already hard enough to listen to KFNC in the west part of the city. Forget about the southwest-westwern suburbs.

What format is originating from the 99.5 translator at the moment? Wasn't it South Asian programming? IIRC, there were two 99.5 translators licensed inside the metro. One in MoCity and one on a Superfund site in the ghetto.
 
The good pastor Hector Guevara has two stations on channel 258 (99.5 FM) .
K258BZ 99.5 allegedly is Broadcasting from American Tower in Stafford Texas. Facility ID: 65769
Centro also has a Transalator on channel 258 (99.5 fm) K258DA in North Houston on a highly directional antenna. American tower 500 ft tower.
99.5 fm K258BZ, K258DA are not broadcasting on KBXX FM. RADIO ONE must not care Hector Guevara "using the HD channels on the fcc applications".
The good Pastor uses and abuses all of American Towers and crown castle tower properties the same way he uses and abuses Hd channels all over Texas.
 

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old school radio said:
The good pastor Hector Guevara has two stations on channel 258 (99.5 FM) .
K258BZ 99.5 allegedly is Broadcasting from American Tower in Stafford Texas. Facility ID: 65769
Centro also has a Transalator on channel 258 (99.5 fm) K258DA in North Houston on a highly directional antenna. American tower 500 ft tower.
99.5 fm K258BZ, K258DA are not broadcasting on KBXX FM. RADIO ONE must not care Hector Guevara "using the HD channels on the fcc applications".
The good Pastor uses and abuses all of American Towers and crown castle tower properties the same way he uses and abuses Hd channels all over Texas.
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Are you sure they are both broadcasting because I have never heard the overlap/delay on audio from going from one signal to the other. Seems to me it’s on only on one location.
 
Just drive the contours of the two alleged 99.5 signals and you will likely find there is no interference zone between the two. Only one signal is present. Guess where it originates?
 
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Just drive the contours of the two alleged 99.5 signals and you will likely find there is no interference zone between the two. Only one signal is present. Guess where it originates?
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One of 107.5 HD channels? Or 106.9 HD channel?
 
I'm talking about where the translator signal originates. It definitely ain't on this tower in Stafford. The only thing there is 98.7.
 

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If you're up to it, you can document reception measurements and send them to the FCC, but IDK if you have a meter.
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FM field strength measurements are a bit more complicated than AM monitoring points, and the equipment is more expensive. It would take an engineer who can present solid credentials along with a detailed printout of the signal in hundreds of locations and a formal filing, generally involving the filing station's FCC attorney. That is a big expense for a small signal and a station that likely will not be able to afford Nielsen data for sales. So management is likely to say that it is not worth it, thinking that it is likely the operation will last no longer than any of the prior translators trying to compete with real stations.
 
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FM field strength measurements are a bit more complicated than AM monitoring points, and the equipment is more expensive. It would take an engineer who can present solid credentials along with a detailed printout of the signal in hundreds of locations and a formal filing, generally involving the filing station's FCC attorney. That is a big expense for a small signal and a station that likely will not be able to afford Nielsen data for sales. So management is likely to say that it is not worth it, thinking that it is likely the operation will last no longer than any of the prior translators trying to compete with real stations.
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Exactly David.. this unnamed operator has two translators one on the North side and one on the south side they share the same channel. So who cares if he puts one overpowered transmitter downtown Houston and covers the same area that he otherwise would cover with two translators. As long as there are no legitimate interference complaints, the fcc is not going to do anything about it. It's not like all these shenanigans are something new.
 
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Exactly David.. this unnamed operator has two translators one on the North side and one on the south side they share the same channel. So who cares if he puts one overpowered transmitter downtown Houston and covers the same area that he otherwise would cover with two translators.
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That's not how it works. This has to be one of the dumbest takes I've seen on this board by far. It's not allowed. End of discussion. This is as dumb of a take as the one you had when it comes to originating stations.
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As long as there are no legitimate interference complaints, the fcc is not going to do anything about it. It's not like all these shenanigans are something new.
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They're not going to do anything about it because they don't have the manpower after being gutted in 2008. But that doesn't make it right. Only a moron would truly believe "It's only illegal if you get caught".

Also, stop being blissfully ignorant. You know 99.5 interferes with several LPFMs who don't have the money, power, time, or knowledge to cry foul. There's a reason why people like Michelle Bradley offer the services they have. LPFM operators are mostly nonprofit operators without much radio knowledge.
 
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Exactly David.. this unnamed operator has two translators one on the North side and one on the south side they share the same channel. So who cares if he puts one overpowered transmitter downtown Houston and covers the same area that he otherwise would cover with two translators. As long as there are no legitimate interference complaints, the fcc is not going to do anything about it. It's not like all these shenanigans are something new.
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But it is not licensed. If you are advocating unauthorized operations based on the fact that other unauthorized operations have existed in the past, it's like saying, "I can sell heroin because lots of other people do it and get away with it".
 
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But it is not licensed. If you are advocating unauthorized operations based on the fact that other unauthorized operations have existed in the past, it's like saying, "I can sell heroin because lots of other people do it and get away with it".
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David, you don't understand here. I'm not advocating anything. I'm just stating the facts. You all are ganging up on a broadcaster that is trying his best to get his stations legal, while completely ignoring another broadcaster who has been flouting the law for years.
 
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