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Does anyone listen to KNTE in Bay city?
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Unless something has changed recently, Happy Radio isn't sounding all that great, either. It's something in the air down there in Bay City. Sure do love that little town, though.Sunday I was tuning around in Lavaca county KNTE was making a loud buzzing sound, no RDS. Today I was picking up a skip on them still same loud buzz.
Happy radio sounds better finally. Strange thing is KMKS now KBBB has been off the air for a long time now.
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I remember reading about 102.5... Someone bought it not too long ago. It's funny they bought it to shut it down...
Also as for the buzzing, it's audio cables that got unplugged or a ground loop or something. Why are my speakers making a humming or buzzing sound? - TeachLogic.
Also as for the buzzing, it's audio cables that got unplugged or a ground loop or something. Why are my speakers making a humming or buzzing sound? - TeachLogic.
The station filed an STA request about a year ago to operate with a backup transmitter at 10% or licensed power as the main transmitter had failed. No idea if that situation was ever resolved.
Still buzzing today picked it up near Austin. It almost sounds like a computer crashed while streaming or got stuck while streaming.
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Thanks MediaFrog, didn't see that STA.
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I hope 94.5 The Buzz doesn't sue 101.7 for trademark infringement...
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Who knew lemons could be purchased in Bay City, outside of the HEB?
I didn't check last night but the 2 or 3 nights before that I heard the buzzing sound overnight. Seemed to have fixed itself around 7 or 8 AM.Sunday I was tuning around in Lavaca county KNTE was making a loud buzzing sound, no RDS. Today I was picking up a skip on them still same loud buzz.
I also did not see this. Does anyone know if it actually is on the air with 10% power?
I also have not heard 94.9 KEON since late April.
I can confirm they fixed the audio fairly recently. It used to sound so flat
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Is KBBB just too expensive to fix for a small town?
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Same ownership as KIOX and Happy Radio, for what it's worth. KKHA had bad audio long before the current licensee purchased it. KMKS's transmitter crapped out in the middle of the sale. Lemons galore on the Gulf Coast.
KBBB of course used to be KMKS until recently. KMKS was originally on 92.1, but moved to 102.5 as part of several station frequency changes and power upgrades in conjunction with the upgrade of (then) KRTS 92.1 in the early 1990s.
I vaguely recall that when KMKS was on 92.1 it was responsible for any emergency alerts involving the South Texas Nuclear Power Plant in Bay City. I also recall that special fixed frequency radios were available for people living near that plant that could be activated by a special signal transmitted by the station. There was some news coverage at the time that pointed out that those receivers would be made obsolete by the KMKS move to 102.5. Never heard what the final resolution was.
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