If anyone has information on an available frequency to service galvaeston please contact [email protected] I know KGBC broadcased there for a time. I understand it is now dark.... any idea on a status...??
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KGBC is still on, but running China Radio International.
No open frequencies available, unless you are trying for a LPFM...and you will have many competitors for that.
Might see if the currently dark KSTB 101.5 Crystal Beach could be pried away from Cumulus.
Forget AM, unless you are okay with having no listeners.
The group's website is here: http://galvcomradio.org
Admirable goals, but any such operation will have a tough time with brutal competition from Houston FM's and other media. The "one size fits all" radio model doesn't work these days.
No open frequencies available, unless you are trying for a LPFM...and you will have many competitors for that.
Might see if the currently dark KSTB 101.5 Crystal Beach could be pried away from Cumulus.
Forget AM, unless you are okay with having no listeners.
The group's website is here: http://galvcomradio.org
Admirable goals, but any such operation will have a tough time with brutal competition from Houston FM's and other media. The "one size fits all" radio model doesn't work these days.
Yeah. "You can't do it. You can't do it. You can't do it." Until: "oh crap. You did it. Hiiiiiiiiiii... um, need any help?".
AirUpThere said:
I'm not discouraging them, just a reality check.
If you think this is a slam dunk:
Suggest a frequency that such a station could operate on.
Show why this group deserves that frequency over the inevitable glut of competing applicants.
Propose a specific programming model that would actually get listeners in an age of huge choice in various media platforms.
Propose a non-profit business model that could actually pay the bills and keep the station on the air.
Demonstrate that there is an actual demand for such a station.
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purpledevil
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Mediafrog+ said:
God, how I wish you were wrong, Frog, but I know you're not. It'll take a lot of money, time, and effort to bring a Galveston based radio station back on the air. Contact Siga Broadcasting and hear how tough it was to run KGBC as a legit formatted local radio station. It ain't cheap. I would take Mediafrog's suggestion and contact Cumulus regarding KSTB-Crystal Beach. Either buy it outright, which can be done as Cumulus just unloaded KHJK and KFNC, and KSTB is stuck in the very area you want to target, and is a target for divesture, or inquire about leasing time on the station. Since it was damaged in Ike, I don't know. That may limit the options on KSTB. I'd give serious consideration about contacting Siga about buying time on KGBC. May have to wait for the CRI agreement to run its course but depending on how soon you want to get on the air, this might be a tremendous starting point for your station.
Only real commercial station options you have in Galveston, or the surrounding areas are KHCB-A @ 1400, KGBC @ 1540, KSTB @ 101.5, and KOVE @ 106.5.
Good luck to you sir, Galveston needs local service, especially when the next hurricane hits. Also to note, advertising on KGBC was ramping up significantly when the Arangos changed course and leased the station out to CRI.
purpledevil said:
It looks like KSTB went back on the air long enough last month to keep the license alive from a temporary tower, but it's silent again.
There's a very small window of where you can rebuild that stick given how everything was moved around to shuffle 103.7 into LaPorte, and they haven't been able to get on the rebuilt KPTY tower.
So if you were to call Gary Kline or the Dickeys and inquire about buying the license, they may very well give you a decent price in order to make it somebody else's problem, but then it will be up to you to build a tower that the residents will agree to and sign on before next September.
If rebuilding KSTB were easy (or had the potential to make a few bucks) it would already be back on the air, IMHO.
schmave said:
The checks from the Chinese government don't bounce, in stark contrast to many brokered time clients. ;D
bradgoehl said:
The FCC should have yanked the KSTB license long ago. It is more than obvious Cumulus has no intention of rebuilding/relaunching the station, and is warehousing it for a future sale, or as a pawn in some frequency realignment.
Hurricane Ike was four years ago. Plenty of time to rebuild.
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Get 4 of each of these
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http://sstran.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=25&products_id=39
Antenna
http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102428
Metal encloser
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Get 350ft to 400ft LMR 400 Coax
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Here is info to sync up the transmitters
http://www.am1000rangemaster.com/zerobeat.html
You need to place the antenna up as high as part15 will allow
You need a good computer with good automation software & a good mic
For more info check out part15.us ask questions on there forum
schmave said:
So you're saying that listeners are better served by having fewer programming choices? ???
If you want to rid the Houston radio dial of propaganda, then you should also shut down KSEV, KTRH, KPRC, KNTH, plus all the religious broadcasters.
Hey! Hey! Look out, now! Don't be shuttin' down my station. I need the check!
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rbrucecarter5
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schmave said:
If they would play oldies around the propaganda - I'd listen. The thing about propaganda - we are all so over-marketed in this country we are virtually immune to propaganda. Propaganda only works if it has a captive audience. Fortunately, the commies don't have a monopoly on the airwaves here.
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purpledevil
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rbrucecarter5 said:
They actually do play music in the afternoons, bruce. More 70's and 80's than anything else, but they do play some of the 60's staples you desire. The show is called "Music Safari" and airs at 1pm our time and goes until 5pm. You can also find the show on simulcast partner KYND-Cypress @ 1520 in the northside of Houston.
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purpledevil
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DJboutit3 said:
Geez Louise, DJ. You are a wealth of information. Nice Job!
I don't know who this group is that is trying to get community radio to Galveston, other than former Bossjock from the KHJ days Bill Wade is involved as the air talent. I understand the city council in Galveston is going to put them on a future agenda so they can officially back them. Cumulus is also trying to move their tower site more North and East for some reason.
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