Didn't take long for the KQUE calls to resurface...

[purpledevil]

Radio Aleluya has requested and been granted the KQUE calls for 980AM in Rosenberg. Checked TOH for 980 this afternoon, and sure enough KQUE-Rosenberg/Houston was mentioned.

I must say, I'm a little baffled as to why they'd change the calls just for the sake of change. I got it with Aleluya's 880 changing due to the KJOJ calls being shared with Liberman's 103.3, but this seems like an unnecessary expenditure on Radio Aleluya's part, especially while they are trying to get 880 moved out of Conroe and into Friendswood, and have the silence up in Centerville to deal with.

 

[Mediafrog+]

This also means the end of the KRTX call in the Houston market, which has bounced around for over 20 years (104.9, 100.7, and perhaps somewhere else that escapes my memory.)

Speaking of KJOZ 880, anything going on with the proposed transmitter move(s)?

 

[jd]

The KJOZ application for Friendswood was flawed, and a subsequent filing specifies the new COL as Baytown. That one's in jeopardy, too, since KREH 900 is claiming that they would be subject to prohibited inference. Trying to move KJOZ is a work in progress...or lack of it so far. It's kind of like the attempt to move KYOK from Conroe to Katy.

 

[purpledevil]

The KJOZ application for Friendswood was flawed, and a subsequent filing specifies the new COL as Baytown. That one's in jeopardy, too, since KREH 900 is claiming that they would be subject to prohibited inference. Trying to move KJOZ is a work in progress...or lack of it so far. It's kind of like the attempt to move KYOK from Conroe to Katy.

Also to note on the 880 application....it looks as though they are now proposing the use of 1680 as the daytime frequency and 880 as the nighttime frequency, both with 1,000 watts of power. JD, could you shed some light on this development? First off, I haven't heard of a station doing something like this in over 30 years; and secondly, I suspect TxDOT will want to put a stop to this poste haste with 1680 already being the TIS frequency for the area.

Frog, I completely forgot about the KRTX call being here in the market as long as it has been. 20 years? Wow, my how time has flown. I think of 980 and the first call that comes to mind is KFRD. Damn, my son is right. I AM getting old.

 

[willdav713]

The KJOZ application for Friendswood was flawed, and a subsequent filing specifies the new COL as Baytown. That one's in jeopardy, too, since KREH 900 is claiming that they would be subject to prohibited inference. Trying to move KJOZ is a work in progress...or lack of it so far. It's kind of like the attempt to move KYOK from Conroe to Katy.

Also to note on the 880 application....it looks as though they are now proposing the use of 1680 as the daytime frequency and 880 as the nighttime frequency, both with 1,000 watts of power. JD, could you shed some light on this development? First off, I haven't heard of a station doing something like this in over 30 years; and secondly, I suspect TxDOT will want to put a stop to this poste haste with 1680 already being the TIS frequency for the area.

Frog, I completely forgot about the KRTX call being here in the market as long as it has been. 20 years? Wow, my how time has flown. I think of 980 and the first call that comes to mind is KFRD. Damn, my son is right. I AM getting old.

and KFRD was on 104.9 during the early 80's.

 

[willdav713]

The KJOZ application for Friendswood was flawed, and a subsequent filing specifies the new COL as Baytown. That one's in jeopardy, too, since KREH 900 is claiming that they would be subject to prohibited inference. Trying to move KJOZ is a work in progress...or lack of it so far. It's kind of like the attempt to move KYOK from Conroe to Katy.

Also to note on the 880 application....it looks as though they are now proposing the use of 1680 as the daytime frequency and 880 as the nighttime frequency, both with 1,000 watts of power. JD, could you shed some light on this development? First off, I haven't heard of a station doing something like this in over 30 years; and secondly, I suspect TxDOT will want to put a stop to this poste haste with 1680 already being the TIS frequency for the area.

Frog, I completely forgot about the KRTX call being here in the market as long as it has been. 20 years? Wow, my how time has flown. I think of 980 and the first call that comes to mind is KFRD. Damn, my son is right. I AM getting old.

and KFRD was on 104.9 during the early 80's.

KFRD was on both 104.9 and 980 since 1969-1987

 

[jd]

Also to note on the 880 application....it looks as though they are now proposing the use of 1680 as the daytime frequency and 880 as the nighttime frequency, both with 1,000 watts of power. JD, could you shed some light on this development?

It's not a frequency change. The use of 1680 was for "special field test authority" granted last year, from a site near Santa Fe. Temporary facilities like that are used to determine field strength in various directions (in this case, particularly toward KREH); measurements were taken and the SFTA expired. It's quite common to use X-band frequencies for such tests and although 1680 might not have been the perfect choice, I'm guessing that TXDOT didn't complain about it.

 

[purpledevil]

Also to note on the 880 application....it looks as though they are now proposing the use of 1680 as the daytime frequency and 880 as the nighttime frequency, both with 1,000 watts of power. JD, could you shed some light on this development?

It's not a frequency change. The use of 1680 was for "special field test authority" granted last year, from a site near Santa Fe. Temporary facilities like that are used to determine field strength in various directions (in this case, particularly toward KREH); measurements were taken and the SFTA expired. It's quite common to use X-band frequencies for such tests and although 1680 might not have been the perfect choice, I'm guessing that TXDOT didn't complain about it.

Ah, well now that makes sense. Thank you for the edjumication, jd. I thought that was an odd proposal if they were actually going to air from 2 different frequencies. I figured that the move of 880 was going to hit some resistance along the way. Why they want to move it is beyond me anyway. With the upgrade of 1380, and the fact that Aleluya airs the same programming on 1380, 980, and I assume 880 when it returns to the air, I don't see how they will benefit from moving it out of Conroe and dropping the power from its current 10kW set up.

You may not realize this in Houston proper, but 880, with its 10kW, covers a large chunk of real estate in the northern areas of SE Texas. Combine that with 980's coverage of the south and southwestern portions of Houston, and 1380's blanket of the 45 corridor and it seems to me that 880 would best be served by being left as it is. With all of this recent movement and upgrades to the Aleluya cluster, it makes me think that the next signal to be tinkered with will be KUZN. Why they purchased that signal is baffling in itself, unless the ultimate goal is to either move it closer to Houston or Dallas.

willdav, you are right about that. Long before the move of 104.9 from Rosenberg to Mo. City, it was KFRD-FM. From then on, you'd need a score card to keep track of the various calls and formats that have occupied that 104.9 frequency.

Now for some bonus points. There once was two 104.9's in the Houston area at the same time. Can you name the other one?

 

[johndavis]

Aleyula has also fired up a translator at 95.1 in Missouri City, which pretty much blows up my ability to use 94.9 as a clean frequency on my car's iPhone FM modulator. I guess I need to just pony up the money on a car stereo with an aux input for streaming.

 

[Infamous]

Aleyula has also fired up a translator at 95.1 in Missouri City, which pretty much blows up my ability to use 94.9 as a clean frequency on my car's iPhone FM modulator. I guess I need to just pony up the money on a car stereo with an aux input for streaming.

Interesting...they don't even have a construction permit to go on the air in Missouri City. They only have an application to move it from Angleton.

 

[rhead]

Now for some bonus points. There once was two 104.9's in the Houston area at the same time. Can you name the other one?

The other one was in Galveston, which is where the above-mentioned KRTX calls originally were.

 

[Mediafrog+]

With the upgrade of 1380, and the fact that Aleluya airs the same programming on 1380, 980, and I assume 880 when it returns to the air, I don't see how they will benefit from moving it out of Conroe and dropping the power from its current 10kW set up.

Haven't checked lately, but there is often different programming on the various Aleluya stations.

 

[fadedglory]

My stab at this: there was a 104.9 covering the Northern portion of H-town, a Class-A 3kw signal that simulcasted 92.1, classical KRTS. I think it was KRTK. Also believe this was the 104.9 that moved to Galveston to form KRTX.
KRTK briefly simulcasted KRTS on 97.1 after the 104.9 era...........

 

[rageradio]

104.9's previous calls
KFRD
KMIA - 10/05/1990
KMPQ-FM - 10/04/1993
KLTO - 03/06/1995
KOVA - 08/01/1998
KPTY - 11/20/2001
KAMA - 12/4/2007

 

[willdav713]

104.9's previous calls
KFRD
KMIA - 10/05/1990
KMPQ-FM - 10/04/1993
KLTO - 03/06/1995
KOVA - 08/01/1998
KPTY - 11/20/2001
KAMA - 12/4/2007

KLTO part of Estereo Latino 93.3 KLTN, 100.7 KRTX, and 104.9 KLTO before Heftel acquired KKPN 102.9, after the 102.9 flip, 100.7 became Tejano 100.7 KRTX, and 93.3 KOVE and 104.9 KOVA became K-Love. I still remember that Advert on Houston's Yellow Cab on Fondren and Beechnut advertising such for the Estereo Latino Triple Cast. It was the first triplecast on FM radio I ever heard of.

 

[Mediafrog+]

My stab at this: there was a 104.9 covering the Northern portion of H-town, a Class-A 3kw signal that simulcasted 92.1, classical KRTS. I think it was KRTK. Also believe this was the 104.9 that moved to Galveston to form KRTX.
KRTK briefly simulcasted KRTS on 97.1 after the 104.9 era...........

104.9 was a translator (K285CS, IIRC) for 92.1 in the mid to late 80's, first located in NW Harris County, later on one of the downtown buildings. 92.1 was a Class A in those days. The 104.9 translator was gone by 1990. It was completely separate from the 97.1 signal, which signed on in 1992.

 

[purpledevil]

With the upgrade of 1380, and the fact that Aleluya airs the same programming on 1380, 980, and I assume 880 when it returns to the air, I don't see how they will benefit from moving it out of Conroe and dropping the power from its current 10kW set up.

Haven't checked lately, but there is often different programming on the various Aleluya stations.

A chicken dinner to Mr. Head, well done.

Frog, I believe that it is the same programming, but aired at differing times on 1380 and 980, as well as 88.1.

 

[rageradio]

My stab at this: there was a 104.9 covering the Northern portion of H-town, a Class-A 3kw signal that simulcasted 92.1, classical KRTS. I think it was KRTK. Also believe this was the 104.9 that moved to Galveston to form KRTX.
KRTK briefly simulcasted KRTS on 97.1 after the 104.9 era...........

104.9 was a translator (K285CS, IIRC) for 92.1 in the mid to late 80's, first located in NW Harris County, later on one of the downtown buildings. 92.1 was a Class A in those days. The 104.9 translator was gone by 1990. It was completely separate from the 97.1 signal, which signed on in 1992.

I did not know that. I thought 97.1 was the first attempt for 92.1. I jus lernt sumthin taday! ;D

 

[jd]

More on what was a side note earlier in this thread: the KJOZ application for moving to Baytown has hit another snag. This time it's an informal objection from Entercom New Orleans, and as you can easily gather from that it complains about what they think would be interference to The Big 870 WWL. On this one I agree with purpledevil, just leave it in Conroe!

 

[purpledevil]

On this one I agree with purpledevil, just leave it in Conroe!

This isn't the first time we have agreed. After all, as the old saying goes, great minds think alike. If Katy needs a service so desperately, why don't they just dual ID 1050 as Brookshire/Katy? Wouldn't even have to move a thing. Might even interest someone enough to buy out the MRBI folks and make something out of it specifically targeting the ever expanding Katy area. Just a thought.