ThatVoice22
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>The KGOW 46 KW daytime transmitter site returned to service in March 2018 and now 'floods' Houston with Vietnamese programming.
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KGOW 1560 Night Signal
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Don't you mean March 2019? that's when the STA filed for to use night site by day expired after it was applied for in SEPTEMBER 2018
I'm still hearing KGOW from time to time in Wyoming
ThatVoice22
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Perhaps Wikipedia and penzington.com are not the best sources, but they clearly state that March 2018 was the return to service for the daytime signal.
However, you might be correct since the most recent correspondence on FCC.gov addressed to Gow Media is dated September 12, 2018 granting further use of the night tower array during the day and stating that KGOW has "new parts on order" for the daytime transmitter.
> http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=87751
It seems that SomeRadioGuy has nailed it, unless SomeOtherRadioGuy can offer differing evidence.
Who are you going to believe.. Wiki or the FCC official database and official correspondence?
Looks like KGOW is transmitting from its night site full time. Easy to DF from my Cy-Fair location.
Their daytime site has been snakebitten from day one.
Their daytime site has been snakebitten from day one.
ThatVoice22
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I was confirming the FCC info, but since the STA expired on March 12th, there's probably further FCC correspondence that is not yet posted, such as another STA renewal or an approval to return to the daytime transmitter. I don't believe Gow Media would be content to operate under an expired STA.
If anything has been filed in the last day or two, we'd see it online in the CDBS and last check late last week, nothing was there for a current STA
ThatVoice22
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Last Friday September 20th, I was driving back from Dallas and clearly received KGOW north of Centerville (north of Madisonville and halfway between Dallas and Houston), so the daytime transmitter was alive and well at least on that day. Both KYND and KGOW were simulcasting the same Vietnamese programming. The KGOW signal was noticeably better presumably because of its directional pattern and higher output power.
Here's a bit more of KGOW as heard 900 miles away in Laramie, Wyoming on Thursday September 25th at 1025pm mountain time.
A commercial for a local Houston area business:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GkddnOnOTApTlo190kY8KvARQaPKWIrp/view?usp=sharing
An intro for the foreign language VOA programming they run:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ee_K8phOwix2pjwi8QgcJOYCdlRUi1DL/view?usp=sharing
A commercial for a local Houston area business:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GkddnOnOTApTlo190kY8KvARQaPKWIrp/view?usp=sharing
An intro for the foreign language VOA programming they run:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ee_K8phOwix2pjwi8QgcJOYCdlRUi1DL/view?usp=sharing
Everyone's favorite ethnic station, Viet Radio 1560 KGOW Bellaire/Houston is completely off the air due to flooding from Tropical Depression Imelda that has "Detrimentally affected the transmission equipment"
They are completely off the air instead of using the seperate day or night site full time like last time when the day site got flooded
This must've just happened a few days ago because I caught them on the air and put them in my log books about a week ago or so.
I should note, of potential interest... the Viet Radio programming on KGOW 1560 has recently been heard simulcast on KYND 1520 before KGOW went off the air
They are completely off the air instead of using the seperate day or night site full time like last time when the day site got flooded
This must've just happened a few days ago because I caught them on the air and put them in my log books about a week ago or so.
I should note, of potential interest... the Viet Radio programming on KGOW 1560 has recently been heard simulcast on KYND 1520 before KGOW went off the air
They just filed the application today with the FCC:
"STATION KGOW(AM) IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON, TEXAS RADIO MARKET. THE STATION'S DAYTIME TRANSMITTER SITE IS LOCATED IN A LOW LYING AREA THAT HAS, OVER THE YEARS, FLOODING DURING INUNDATIONS FROM STORMS. THE HOUSTON AREA HAS RECENTLY SUFFERED THE CONSEQUENCES OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION IMELDA. KGOW'S TRANSMISSION FACILITY WAS FLOODED AND ITS EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN DETRIMENTALLY AFFECTED. IT IS NOW OFF-AIR AS THE LICENSEE SEEKS TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE AND RESTORE THE STATION TO SERVICE AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME."
They have become a victim of climate change. We will see more of this in the future, as many AM stations have their towers in swampy, low-lying areas.
"STATION KGOW(AM) IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON, TEXAS RADIO MARKET. THE STATION'S DAYTIME TRANSMITTER SITE IS LOCATED IN A LOW LYING AREA THAT HAS, OVER THE YEARS, FLOODING DURING INUNDATIONS FROM STORMS. THE HOUSTON AREA HAS RECENTLY SUFFERED THE CONSEQUENCES OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION IMELDA. KGOW'S TRANSMISSION FACILITY WAS FLOODED AND ITS EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN DETRIMENTALLY AFFECTED. IT IS NOW OFF-AIR AS THE LICENSEE SEEKS TO REPAIR THE DAMAGE AND RESTORE THE STATION TO SERVICE AT THE EARLIEST POSSIBLE TIME."
They have become a victim of climate change. We will see more of this in the future, as many AM stations have their towers in swampy, low-lying areas.
and theres apparently some question if they are actually off.... someone said they heard them on just a day or two ago and their part of Houston wasn't flooded
And according to a Houston broadcast engineer who just checked his radio in the office at 3:30pm central time, there is zero carrier on 1560 now, completely off the air.
KGOW has been on the air at various quick checks today and the past several days. I have no idea where the “off the air” info is coming from.
Tropical Storm Imelda was pretty much a non-event in Northwest Harris County, so I doubt the KGOW night site was in any way affected.
I do wonder if and when Gow Media is going to wash its hands of this problem plagued station. Maybe the leased programming brings in enough money to make it worth their while, flooded transmitter site or not.
Tropical Storm Imelda was pretty much a non-event in Northwest Harris County, so I doubt the KGOW night site was in any way affected.
I do wonder if and when Gow Media is going to wash its hands of this problem plagued station. Maybe the leased programming brings in enough money to make it worth their while, flooded transmitter site or not.
Comes from an FCC filing made today by Gow Media on Thursday, as mentioned above in a post
While stations in low-lying areas at or near sea level should be concerned about the effects of warming, that is not the case with KGOW.
David Gow built the facility in a location that had flooded many times in the past. That was how he got the land... all the good locations were taken and this low lying parcel was unsuitable for housing or business use. He made the mistake of not elevating the building on stilts and putting the tower bases above the 100-year flood level.
I am not certain, as I hear second-hand., but his claim for insurance on the station site damaged by storms was held up because the insurer held that the site had not been adequately designed for a flood zone.
People build lots of stuff in places where they should not. This has been going on since biblical times, and is principally a case of "it can't happen to me".
It's time for another episode in the continuing saga of "Viet Radio 1560" KGOW.
This clip of KGOW recorded here, nearly 900 miles away in Laramie Wyoming was recorded Sunday October 13th about 7:49pm mountain. KGOW's signal usually only holds out for 20-30 seconds at a time but this time, it held out for about 2 1/2 minutes.. further proving that I can often hear KGOW better then some in Houston do.
Here's the recording:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MXyweeKL7u48mqriciLaNWkhrRrh4LYu/view?usp=sharing
This clip of KGOW recorded here, nearly 900 miles away in Laramie Wyoming was recorded Sunday October 13th about 7:49pm mountain. KGOW's signal usually only holds out for 20-30 seconds at a time but this time, it held out for about 2 1/2 minutes.. further proving that I can often hear KGOW better then some in Houston do.
Here's the recording:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MXyweeKL7u48mqriciLaNWkhrRrh4LYu/view?usp=sharing
ThatVoice22
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QUOTE=SomeRadioGuy;6283277]It's time for another episode in the continuing saga of "Viet Radio 1560" KGOW.
This clip of KGOW recorded here, nearly 900 miles away in Laramie Wyoming was recorded Sunday October 13th about 7:49pm mountain. KGOW's signal usually only holds out for 20-30 seconds at a time but this time, it held out for about 2 1/2 minutes.. further proving that I can often hear KGOW better then some in Houston do.
Here's the recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MXyweeKL7u48mqriciLaNWkhrRrh4LYu/view?usp=sharing[/QUOTE]
Amazing indeed. At 749pm MDT, it would be 849pm CDT in Houston, long past the FCC's 7pm CDT required October switch to the 15 KW south-directional night signal for KGOW:
https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KGOW&service=AM&h=N (crazy pattern as northern and eastern Houston are excluded from decent coverage)
Your reception at 1100+ miles is remarkable as it's clearer than mine at 25 miles northeast of the night towers considering the heavy signal cancellation interference that goes with a highly directional signal.
This clip of KGOW recorded here, nearly 900 miles away in Laramie Wyoming was recorded Sunday October 13th about 7:49pm mountain. KGOW's signal usually only holds out for 20-30 seconds at a time but this time, it held out for about 2 1/2 minutes.. further proving that I can often hear KGOW better then some in Houston do.
Here's the recording: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MXyweeKL7u48mqriciLaNWkhrRrh4LYu/view?usp=sharing[/QUOTE]
Amazing indeed. At 749pm MDT, it would be 849pm CDT in Houston, long past the FCC's 7pm CDT required October switch to the 15 KW south-directional night signal for KGOW:
https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KGOW&service=AM&h=N (crazy pattern as northern and eastern Houston are excluded from decent coverage)
Your reception at 1100+ miles is remarkable as it's clearer than mine at 25 miles northeast of the night towers considering the heavy signal cancellation interference that goes with a highly directional signal.
Amazing indeed. At 749pm MDT, it would be 849pm CDT in Houston, long past the FCC's 7pm CDT required October switch to the 15 KW south-directional night signal for KGOW:
https://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KGOW&service=AM&h=N (crazy pattern as northern and eastern Houston are excluded from decent coverage)
Your reception at 1100+ miles is remarkable as it's clearer than mine at 25 miles northeast of the night towers considering the heavy signal cancellation interference that goes with a highly directional signal.[/QUOTE]
I am about 900 miles away from Houston.. i havent checked the distance exactly in awhile, so im recalling from memory.
I do get some good bits of KGOW from time to time
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