Keep an ear on 94.9

[rageradio]

By the way I picked that up in Atascocita near the Will Clayton/W Lake Houston intersection. Came in fairly clear

 

[Mediafrog+]

What's going on with 94.9? I was scanning the dial and my radio stopped at 94.9. Heard some kind of techno music for a few moments and then it stopped and remained silent. Are they testing?

Not hearing anything on 94.9 in the Cy-Fair area just before 11pm, other than some snatches of KLTY.

Supposedly the KHTZ facility has been built, according to the owner's FCC filings. You would think some testing would be going on by now.

 

[jras20]

I wonder if anything will ever happen with 94.9? 94.1, 99.7 are both off the air as well. If 94.1 was on the air it must be at very low power because I never picked it up, I'm picking up KTFM on 94.1 actually.

 

[KTN Corp]

KCHB had a preacher on in the 1980's that made really nasty comments about Christian rock music.

Again something that happened 30 years ago. You don't like KPFT because of something that aired 30 years ago and not you don't like KHCB for the same reason.

KSBJ started with a lot of promise. I donated heavily to them in their early days. It had creative music, on the edge of CHR and Christian Rock. I moved away from Houston in 1986. When I moved back, I found slow, boring praise and worship music. When Buddy Holiday was in charge, he pledged that KSBJ would always be the station for young people, and never sell out to traditionalists. I understand he was walked out of there by people who didn't share his vision. To KSBJ's credit, they have put NGEN on the air. NGEN is what KSBJ should have been all along, it is one of the most creative and effective ministry to young people out there. If I find there is a way to contribute to NGEN and have no possibility it will ever go to support praise and worship on KSBJ, they will find me quite generous. But I have been betrayed before - the money I donated to KSBJ in the 80's was NOT for their present format! I have nephews in the Houston area, if I wasn't living here, I at least wanted a Christian station here relevant for them. They are good Christians, but KSBJ was totally irrelevant to them after the Buddy Holiday era. They never listened and I don't blame them. I love NGEN - when I can get the signal. Sugarland 99.5 is deep fringe from Cypress, and covered up by the WOLF from Ft. Worth and San Antonio a lot of the time.

You should be angry that NGEN did not end up on full-power rimshot KXBJ instead! There are places in Houston that can receive both stations with an acceptable signal. NGEN has been relegated to low-power translators, HD2, and streaming. Oddly enough, 99.5 never shows up in Katy but I can receive 89.5 somewhat clear from Bay City and is my primary way to receive NGEN.

 

[rbrucecarter5]

KCHB had a preacher on in the 1980's that made really nasty comments about Christian rock music.

Again something that happened 30 years ago. You don't like KPFT because of something that aired 30 years ago and not you don't like KHCB for the same reason.

KSBJ started with a lot of promise. I donated heavily to them in their early days. It had creative music, on the edge of CHR and Christian Rock. I moved away from Houston in 1986. When I moved back, I found slow, boring praise and worship music. When Buddy Holiday was in charge, he pledged that KSBJ would always be the station for young people, and never sell out to traditionalists. I understand he was walked out of there by people who didn't share his vision. To KSBJ's credit, they have put NGEN on the air. NGEN is what KSBJ should have been all along, it is one of the most creative and effective ministry to young people out there. If I find there is a way to contribute to NGEN and have no possibility it will ever go to support praise and worship on KSBJ, they will find me quite generous. But I have been betrayed before - the money I donated to KSBJ in the 80's was NOT for their present format! I have nephews in the Houston area, if I wasn't living here, I at least wanted a Christian station here relevant for them. They are good Christians, but KSBJ was totally irrelevant to them after the Buddy Holiday era. They never listened and I don't blame them. I love NGEN - when I can get the signal. Sugarland 99.5 is deep fringe from Cypress, and covered up by the WOLF from Ft. Worth and San Antonio a lot of the time.

You should be angry that NGEN did not end up on full-power rimshot KXBJ instead! There are places in Houston that can receive both stations with an acceptable signal. NGEN has been relegated to low-power translators, HD2, and streaming. Oddly enough, 99.5 never shows up in Katy but I can receive 89.5 somewhat clear from Bay City and is my primary way to receive NGEN.

Has anything really changed at KHCB in 30 years? It has its audience, they pay for it, I'm glad it is there for them. It doesn't have programming relevant to my spiritual needs as a Christian, so I don't listen any more than I do to foreign language or music formats I don't like. End of story. I'd like to see the frequency used more wisely - for a broader audience, because I've always believed that better ratings for a Christian station means more chances of reaching a lost person. If they are stuck very low in the ratings, they might want to re-think their programming and see if God has moved on in the years since the station was conceived. Personally, if I got hold of KHCB, I'd contact the folks over at KSBJ and see if they would allow me to program NGEN on it. But that is just me. My burden is for younger demographics - teenagers and young professionals, because those are the ones who will be running the church in 30 years. Not KHCB's current audience.

Has anything really change at KPFT in 30 years? I haven't listened. Certainly a station that billed itself as "the first satanic station in the country" would have no appeal to a Christian believer. They believe what they want to believe, I believe what I want to believe. They are no threat to me, but I'm not going to go out of my way to listen unless they have abandoned that satanic mission and I get some advertising to that effect. But to put it in perspective - KILT abandoned top-40 for country over 30 years ago. I don't listen to them, either, and won't necessarily go out of my way to check them for a format change every day. I'm just not interested. Same with Spanish language, talk, sports and other formats that are basically black holes on the radio dial as far as I am concerned. They go out of business tomorrow - I've got a frequency I can DX for something more interesting.

I notice the KHJK fans of the previous format have pretty much the same attitude as me. 30 years from now no doubt they would still be upset about the format change. And how many rock KLOL fans are still mad over the change at 101.1. I doubt they spend any time listening to the present format. I know I don't.

I am very disappointed that NGEN is not on a better signal. I don't have too many problems with the Sugarland 99.5 south of 529, but by the time I get to 290 it is getting interference by the Wolf from Ft. Worth and KISS San Antonio. Amazingly - a few miles east of me it is Lake Charles instead of the Wolf that interferes with NGEN on 99.5.

I can't help but think that there is more KSBJ could (and should) do with NGEN to get it on a better stick, but frequencies are rare here in Houston and they would probably have to spend big dollars to get much of anything. I've thought that maybe they could put a 99.5 translator far up 290 and maybe not have too much of a problem with the 99.7 in Willis, or maybe buy that 99.7 outright if if is for sale. But those would only be partial solutions - one would get the affluent Fairfield and Cypress area, the other Conroe and maybe the Woodlands, but it is North Harris County and South Montgomery where the greatest need is, and there are few prospects to get a stick to cover them. We all know HD is not really an answer, I could put a radio in my 20 year old car, but anything in the past 10 years and you can't put in an aftermarket radio. And there are almost no home HD radios for sale. I get the sense stations are putting unwanted and inconvenient formats on HD to shut people up, and if you are fanatical enough not to fit the mold, somehow you will get HD radio and be satisfied. Streaming in the car isn't ready for prime time, just try that out on Peek road sometime and you quickly find there is poor cell service. Then if you get a call it shuts down the stream and you have to pull over and fuss with it to get it back. NOT safe to do it while moving - worse than texting and driving. So I think it will take and over the air stick to really do NGEN right. KXBJ would not have fixed the North Harris County and South Montgomery county hole. I don't envy KSBJ's dilemma, it will be tough to cover that area.

 

[purpledevil]

many rock KLOL fans are still mad over the change at 101.1.

Bruce, I am one of the people that initiated the petitioning, handed out literally thousands of fliers, koozies, bumper stickers, etc., and was a (in my mind) significant part of the whole "Save KLOL" movement and subsequent launch of KIOL at 97.5. We put a lot of time and effort into working with the local folks at Cumulus, and worked at a bunch events, without pay, to assist getting the new station off of the ground and running. That was 9 years ago this November. I can tell you, as one of those pissed off people that actually went out there and did something about it when KLOL was unceremoniously dumped for Mega, time has healed the wound. In retrospect, KLOL had become a shell of the legendary station it was back in the 90's anyway.
I don't think anyone to this day is still stewing over KLOL no longer playing AOR. If there is, might I interest you in an mp3 player & a life??

 

[sdh483]

many rock KLOL fans are still mad over the change at 101.1.

Bruce, I am one of the people that initiated the petitioning, handed out literally thousands of fliers, koozies, bumper stickers, etc., and was a (in my mind) significant part of the whole "Save KLOL" movement and subsequent launch of KIOL at 97.5. We put a lot of time and effort into working with the local folks at Cumulus, and worked at a bunch events, without pay, to assist getting the new station off of the ground and running. That was 9 years ago this November. I can tell you, as one of those pissed off people that actually went out there and did something about it when KLOL was unceremoniously dumped for Mega, time has healed the wound. In retrospect, KLOL had become a shell of the legendary station it was back in the 90's anyway.
I don't think anyone to this day is still stewing over KLOL no longer playing AOR. If there is, might I interest you in an mp3 player & a life??

With no AOR in Houston (or classic hits), we still have the right to be steamed over this. No, The Buzz isn't AOR, it's butchered up version of alternative rock.

 

[rbrucecarter5]

I don't think anyone to this day is still stewing over KLOL no longer playing AOR. If there is, might I interest you in an mp3 player & a life??

There is no need for disrespect. I have a life and an MP3 player. I still meet plenty of people steamed about

- The demise of KLOL
- The demise of oldies on KGLK
- The sale of KLEF 94.5
- The loss of smooth jazz on 95.7
- recently the change of KHJK to Air-1
- Format change of KILT from top-40 to country
- KRLY
- KAUM

and so forth - anybody else care to nominate some formerly great stations? These were all legendary, heritage Houston stations that made Houston radio great. They were destroyed by little men with even smaller vision, and Houston misses them It is a sad commentary that the best formats (by far) on Houston radio are only on HD sub-channels. Those of us who remember these and other legendary stations are perfectly within our rights to protest the dumbing down, corporately approved, voice tracked, focus grouped, bland garbage that replaced them. We don't need "lives" and MP3 players, we need our radio dial BACK from corporate greed and lawyers!!!

 

[jras20]

How do subjects always get off topic in here.

 

[purpledevil]

There is no need for disrespect. I have a life and an MP3 player. I still meet plenty of people steamed about

Oh my...that does read rather rudely and you obviously assumed that the statement was targetted towards you, which is was not. The intent of my post was that if anyone out there is still that upset about KLOL going off of the air almost 9 years after the fact, that they need the mp3 player and the life. Not directed at you personally and I'm sorry that you took it that way. Anyone that knows me on these boards, knows that I don't operate in that manner. I'm not here to pick fights with anyone. I will say though, if you are truly sitting there still upset with the demise of the stations you listed above after all of these years, love of radio or not, it's a little unsettling.

With that out of the way, are you really telling me, and the other posters on this board, that people you talk to in this City are upset over KILT dropping top 40 for country 30+ years after the fact? You even mentioned KLEF. My goodness, now that's a stretch sir. KRTS aired classical for years after KLEF's demise, and now there is KUHA using probably the very same library that KLEF once did.

I don't honestly think that most, besides the type of people like you and me happily going throughout their day scanning radio dials and posting on a radio message board, would even remember stations like KLEF, KRLY, or KAUM.

 

[purpledevil]

How do subjects always get off topic in here.

It's every board, jras. Not just ours. It's a sign of society, I'm afraid. We get pulled in so many directions in the world today, multitasking and doing the job of 4 or 5 and getting paid for the job of 1 that it's no wonder a lot of us have some type of attention deficit disorder. I'm sorry the thread got hijacked. Let me swing this back to the topic at hand. KHTZ is still off the air. I have been checking daily.

 

[jras20]

I check it almost every weekend I get a chance when I'm out at Lavaca county. I'm almost in the local on them. I wonder if they will ever turn on 94.1 and 99.7?

 

[rageradio]

I don't think anyone to this day is still stewing over KLOL no longer playing AOR. If there is, might I interest you in an mp3 player & a life??

There is no need for disrespect. I have a life and an MP3 player. I still meet plenty of people steamed about

- The demise of KLOL
- The demise of oldies on KGLK
- The sale of KLEF 94.5
- The loss of smooth jazz on 95.7
- recently the change of KHJK to Air-1
- Format change of KILT from top-40 to country
- KRLY
- KAUM

and so forth - anybody else care to nominate some formerly great stations? These were all legendary, heritage Houston stations that made Houston radio great. They were destroyed by little men with even smaller vision, and Houston misses them It is a sad commentary that the best formats (by far) on Houston radio are only on HD sub-channels. Those of us who remember these and other legendary stations are perfectly within our rights to protest the dumbing down, corporately approved, voice tracked, focus grouped, bland garbage that replaced them. We don't need "lives" and MP3 players, we need our radio dial BACK from corporate greed and lawyers!!!

Ever come across anyone still bothered by KKBQ flipping from CHR to Country or KSRR flipping from AOR to CHR? Just wondering. Sorry.. back to our original topic.
So what I heard a few days ago wasn't KHTZ?

 

[rageradio]

I don't think anyone to this day is still stewing over KLOL no longer playing AOR. If there is, might I interest you in an mp3 player & a life??

There is no need for disrespect. I have a life and an MP3 player. I still meet plenty of people steamed about

- The demise of KLOL
- The demise of oldies on KGLK
- The sale of KLEF 94.5
- The loss of smooth jazz on 95.7
- recently the change of KHJK to Air-1
- Format change of KILT from top-40 to country
- KRLY
- KAUM

and so forth - anybody else care to nominate some formerly great stations? These were all legendary, heritage Houston stations that made Houston radio great. They were destroyed by little men with even smaller vision, and Houston misses them It is a sad commentary that the best formats (by far) on Houston radio are only on HD sub-channels. Those of us who remember these and other legendary stations are perfectly within our rights to protest the dumbing down, corporately approved, voice tracked, focus grouped, bland garbage that replaced them. We don't need "lives" and MP3 players, we need our radio dial BACK from corporate greed and lawyers!!!

Ever come across anyone still bothered by KKBQ flipping from CHR to Country or KSRR flipping from AOR to CHR? Just wondering. Sorry.. back to our original topic.

So what I heard a few days ago wasn't KHTZ?

 

[purpledevil]

If it was rage, I missed it. I've been checking daily. Only thing I've caught at 94.9 this week is a distant KQUR-Laredo. Bruce gets KLTY-Arlington quite a bit from Cypress, so I turned the antenna towards the WNW and attempted it last night, but to no avail. I lost KQUR and got nothing else. Repositioned back to the WSW position I originally had and now wait for a peep from Ganado. Might be a long wait, guys.

Jras, I don't know what to tell you about 94.1 or 99.7. Given the management of both properties, they may very well stay silent for a long time to come.

 

[purpledevil]

Hey rage, I still remember that first day that KSRR became KNRJ and hearing Madonna on 97 Rock....er uh, Energy 96.5.

Wasn't so much upset as I was dumbfounded....

 

[rbrucecarter5]

Oh my...that does read rather rudely and you obviously assumed that the statement was targetted towards you, which is was not.

Thanks for clearing this up. After the HD folks berated me as being an obsolete DX'er, the ratings folks berate me for liking oldies, and the anti-CCM people attack me for liking Christian rock, I freely admit to being a little over-sensitive! If those folks had their way, I would keel over and die a painful, ignominious death while they laugh at me and light me on fire, not sparing the pee to put out the flames. Especially the anti-CCM folks.

 

[Mediafrog+]

Hey rage, I still remember that first day that KSRR became KNRJ and hearing Madonna on 97 Rock....er uh, Energy 96.5.

KSRR didn't turn into KNRJ. You are forgetting KKHT "Hits 96.5" which began as CHR then moved in an AC direction. I enjoyed the "Houston After Dark" music block in the evenings which had a very unique blend of music unheard elsewhere in the market.

KKHT was only around for a couple of years, 1987-89. Not related to the later Salem stations with lthe same call.

 

[purpledevil]

Hey rage, I still remember that first day that KSRR became KNRJ and hearing Madonna on 97 Rock....er uh, Energy 96.5.

KSRR didn't turn into KNRJ. You are forgetting KKHT "Hits 96.5" which began as CHR then moved in an AC direction. I enjoyed the "Houston After Dark" music block in the evenings which had a very unique blend of music unheard elsewhere in the market.

KKHT was only around for a couple of years, 1987-89. Not related to the later Salem stations with lthe same call.

You are absolutely right Mediafrog, it was "Hits 96-5". Funny what sticks in the memory. Clearly remember the Madonna part, just forgot the station's moniker at the time. Thank you for the memory jog.

 

[rageradio]

I remember hearing Moby on Hit 96.5. Him playing hit music.. even hearing it on the former 97 Rock was... strange. That change happened around September of 1986. I was always recording stuff (still do, actually) I can't believe I didn't get tape of any of that.