KHPT 106.9

[ContinuousWave]

The Eagle seems to be having problems with its Splendora transmitter site. Carrier keeps dropping off the air. Noticed it yesterday but wasn't sure if it was the STL.

 

[HTX]

Why didn’t you post this in Houston?

 

[ContinuousWave]

Oh I don't know... Probably a brain fart 😂

 

[011nerve]

TO be fair the KNTE thread is also in the Texas section.

 

[Deleted member 108832]

TO be fair the KNTE thread is also in the Texas section.

That's where the hair splitting comes in. If it weren't for the simulcast with KTJM, trying to cover the majority of Houston with "La Raza", KNTE subjects would be appropriately placed on the Texas board. There is very little, if any, of the Houston metro covered by 101.7. Much less so than the old KJOJ-FM. KHPT, for years, had its own programming, targeting Houston, so it would be correct to term it a Houston station, although licensed to Conroe. The last time KNTE stood on its own, it was a country station, get this, targeting Bay City, Wharton, and Matagorda Bay. You are comparing apples to watermelons when lumping 106.9 & 101.7 into the same basket of fruit.

 

[The Rimshot]

Why didn’t you post this in Houston?

To be fair, a lot of KHPT’s coverage is outside the city of Houston.

 

[Mediafrog+]

There is very little, if any, of the Houston metro covered by 101.7.

KNTE is a nothingburger over relevant parts of Houston metro. If 97.1 goes to a national religious broadcaster I could see that entity going after 101.7 as rural fill between Houston and Victoria.

Much less so than the old KJOJ-FM.

KJOJ-FM at least had some presence in southern Houston metro, much more than KNTE…but still not a great signal. I do recall though that when tropo kicked up KJOJ-FM would often come blasting into NW Harris County like a Missouri City stick.

Will be interesting to see if the proposal to reallocate 103.3 to Wharton as a C2 goes anywhere.

 

[Deleted member 108832]

KNTE is a nothingburger over relevant parts of Houston metro. If 97.1 goes to a national religious broadcaster I could see that entity going after 101.7 as rural fill between Houston and Victoria.

The more and more I study the scenario with 97.1, the more I see that Hope would be the logical buyer. Combine it with KXBJ, and do exactly what Cox did with The Eagle. Like EMF, Hope is all about how many ears they can reach with their ministry. Look at the sheer mileage a simulcast would cover combining 96.9 & 97.1. They, then, sell off the recently moved and downgraded 89.3 facility (looking at the Aleluya group here, or someone similar), move Vida Unida to the Livingston and Liberty sticks, and both the English and Spanish language formats then have monstrous coverage. Just a thought, but it would not surprise me to see Hope making a huge move like this. Who'd have ever thpught they would have ever acquired the original KTRU facility, before they did exactly that?

Will be interesting to see if the proposal to reallocate 103.3 to Wharton as a C2 goes anywhere.

Very, very doubtful, and a great way to lose a ton of money trying to establish a brand new facility down there. I'm sorry to say it, but facts are facts. 4 new stations established down there in the last 10 years. All of them, now, are owned by the Pasadena preacher.

 

[davideduardo]

To be fair, a lot of KHPT’s coverage is outside the city of Houston.

In radio and broadcasting in general, we don't pay attention to cities... just counties. As a radio market, Houston is all of these counties: Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto and Waller.

If a station is licensed to any of these counties, it is "in Houston" as far as radio is concerned. KHPT, licensed to Conroe in Montgomery County, is "in" Houston

 

[davideduardo]

. Much less so than the old KJOJ-FM. KHPT, for years, had its own programming, targeting Houston, so it would be correct to term it a Houston station, although licensed to Conroe.

Conroe is in the Houston radio market.