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rbrucecarter5
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Definitely NOT the best signal over NW Houston, but they seemed to be playing all oldies - technically they are still listed on Radio Locator as AC, but every song I heard around 5 PM today was an oldie.
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AndyWaldrop
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rbrucecarter5 said:
I think the classification "oldie" is more accurate than "AC" in this situation.
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rbrucecarter5
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AndyWaldrop said:
They play a LOT of local news, farm information, TSN stuff - very much a small town local farm station. But the music was oldies again. I have some problems with the country station in Waco trying to get in there, but it is receivable.
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AndyWaldrop
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KTDY in Lafayette has been known to interfere with KSHN, at times. During my Sunday night program several weeks ago, I was receiving KTDY's RDS on the receiver/monitor in the control room.
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mrtexmex2007
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khsn is 1230am.... I know you meant KSHN 99.9 fm
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rbrucecarter5
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AndyWaldrop said:
You guys have an excellent opportunity to break into the Houston market, at least on the Northwest side. Given the new theme park going in on 59 in a couple of years, there will be a lot of growth in the area. Finding an un-filled niche in Houston formats was a stroke of genius. If I were you guys, I'd start streaming and studying the things that KRTH is doing so you can copy their success, and looking for upgrade paths to cover more of Houston! This is your opportunity knocking - don't blow it!!!
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mrtexmex2007 said:
Someone learned how to use the radio locator.....
KSHN doesn't need to be a Houston station. Listeners in Liberty County are fortunate to actually have a station that serves its city of license.
stan said:
There are half a dozen eastern rim-shots that ignore the Golden Triangle or their de facto "communities of license":
KQBU 93.3 Port Arthur
KFNC 97.5 Beaumont (moving to Mont Belvieu)
KTJM 98.5 Port Arthur
KKHT 100.7 Winnie (with application to move to Lumberton)
KHJK 103.7 La Porte
KQQK 107.9 Beaumont
And I agree with you, Stan. It'll never happen but wouldn't it be interesting if a citizens coalition from all those places asked "what have you done for us lately?"
On the other hand KSHN can answer that question for all of Liberty County; they're local and they do it very well. Hopefully it'll stay that way for a long time.
I never understood why people get so worked up about a satellite-fed station.
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rbrucecarter5
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mrbeasley said:
With due respect to localism, I was suggesting that a well done Liberty station could serve a part of the Houston area as well, even upgrade - and make a lot of money so-doing. Local announcers is what makes KRTH work in LA, and local announcers could add interest to a Houston oldies station with a decent play list. The only part of the localism that could probably go away is the too much talk and not enough music part. A lot of what is done right now is redundant, repeating themselves. Announcements of weather or other information that could be done in 20 seconds, but taking two minutes to do it. That is NOT localism. That is inexperience. The two do not equate. I find myself thinking - get to the point, don't repeat yourself, get the information out, and move along. I would think that if I lived in Liberty and were only interested in the fishing news. Don't repeat yourself, and the fish ain't gonna move from one place to another every 20 stinkin' minutes!!! They are gonna stay put.
And it appears that on normal car radios, the NW side of Houston is out of luck. I can only get it on a Pioneer Superadio 3. I forget just how good a radio that is compared to normal stock radios the auto makers make. Even my GE Superadio gets Waco and not Liberty in Cypress on 99.9. Unless I fuss with the whip antenna a lot.
rbrucecarter5 said:
The 64 dbu of this station, which is where 95% of all in home and at work listening generally occurs, covers only 200 thousand people, and less than a third are in the Houston market.
In other words, they cover just about 1% of the Houston market population. This can't be a ratings driven station, and must necessarily deal with local revenues in its market area.
As to serving the greater population which is in their coverage area which is in the Beaumont market, they still would want to keep to the local business community as the total revenue of all the beaumont market stations that are selling in Beaumont is less than the billings of the 12th highest biller in Houston alone.
rbrucecarter5 said:
I heard it on 45 going home Saturday night for a few miles by Hobby, but it started to fade big-time around the Beltway. I can hardly get it at home in League City or here at work off Gessner and Westheimer. It's a shame; I liked what I heard for those few miles. Nice to see someone in radio is smart enough not to abandon that time period.
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