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KDOK AM Kilgore

Both KDOK and KEES were off all or most of last week. Are the high temps causing the transmitters to overheat and shut off?
 
Greg Branch said:
Both KDOK and KEES were off all or most of last week. Are the high temps causing the transmitters to overheat and shut off?
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Could be, but I believe both stations now have solid state transmitters.

I'm wondering if they could have been hit by thieves trying to steal copper, equipment or just knock them off the air, or if it just takes a long time to get the engineers out to fix the transmitters. It's sad that AM stations are such a low priority now.
 
Solid state transmitters are usually more particular about operating temperature than older tube type boxes. If the air conditioning fails, they will usually shut down to protect themselves.
 
Both stations have BE solid state transmitters, but KEES still has its original 5kw Collins transmitter as a backup so thats probably not the problem.
 
600kogo said:
Both stations have BE solid state transmitters, but KEES still has its original 5kw Collins transmitter as a backup so thats probably not the problem.
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I wonder what is going on at KEES, I've never heard any local commercials or programming since it flipped to gospel.
 
The owner of KEES owns a slew of AMs all over Texas, he is building a "black gospel network". It is originating from 1360 in Baytown outside of Houston. At this point hes not concerned with local sales. He also owns KGLD 1330.

If you really like the programming on 1430 call Broadcast Works in Tyler, they are the contract engineers for the station maybe they dont know its off? The whole tree falling in the forrest analogy.
 
600kogo said:
The owner of KEES owns a slew of AMs all over Texas, he is building a "black gospel network". It is originating from 1360 in Baytown outside of Houston. At this point hes not concerned with local sales. He also owns KGLD 1330.

If you really like the programming on 1430 call Broadcast Works in Tyler, they are the contract engineers for the station maybe they dont know its off? The whole tree falling in the forrest analogy.
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I'm surprised KGLD and KEES aren't simulcasting. Another sad example of "auto-pilot" radio.

KDOK with it's lousy sound (did someone steal their processor?) has done marginally better job of serving gospel listeners in East Texas than KEES did.
 
billyg said:
600kogo said:
The owner of KEES owns a slew of AMs all over Texas, he is building a "black gospel network". It is originating from 1360 in Baytown outside of Houston. At this point hes not concerned with local sales. He also owns KGLD 1330.

If you really like the programming on 1430 call Broadcast Works in Tyler, they are the contract engineers for the station maybe they dont know its off? The whole tree falling in the forrest analogy.
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I'm surprised KGLD and KEES aren't simulcasting. Another sad example of "auto-pilot" radio.

KDOK with it's lousy sound (did someone steal their processor?) has done marginally better job of serving gospel listeners in East Texas than KEES did.
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Just wondering, don't you mean KGLD rather than KDOK? The last time I listened, KDOK was a "Classic Rap & Hip-Hop" station, whatever that is. It seems like a very odd choice for an AM station.
 
Chuck said:
Just wondering, don't you mean KGLD rather than KDOK? The last time I listened, KDOK was a "Classic Rap & Hip-Hop" station, whatever that is. It seems like a very odd choice for an AM station.
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Oops I meant KOFY 1060 instead of KDOK!

I was listening to 1060 this morning and heard commercials for a bank, a minster from Dallas appearing in Tyler, another from a local Tyler church, and another from a funeral home.

KEES 1430 is back on the air.

And I agree hip-hop on a 1K signal that doesn't cover its intended area at night (south Longview) is a dumb idea. Townsquare needs to sell 1240 and give it back to Kilgore.
 
Lets remember that KOFY is a Jerry Russell station. That is a license to have garbage on the air. His processor is a 1977 Optimod that has never been rebuilt!
 
You know its really sad. For years many people have tried to buy that little station and CC, GAP, Townsquare just wont sell it!! Yet they wont sell it and they dont care about it. I dont get it???
 
600kogo said:
You know its really sad. For years many people have tried to buy that little station and CC, GAP, Townsquare just wont sell it!! Yet they wont sell it and they dont care about it. I dont get it???
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It's because 1240 does a decent job covering Longview during the day. But Hip-Hop is the wrong format for it.

I would love to see someone like Jerry Hanzen buy 1240 and basically do the same things he's doing in Marshall & Henderson.
 
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