Here's a follow-up, and this can't be good news for KILE. An "informal objection" has been filed with the FCC by KMIC 1590 over KILE's request for a modification of their nighttime construction permit. (As mentioned earlier, that's the modification calling for using nine towers at a site north of Katy with a power increase to 19,000 watts.) KMIC's complaint raises concern about prohibited overlap of the two signals.
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Let's see: KMIC has no problem with KILE's 50kw day signal, but objects to 19kw at night?
I suspect this has more to do with IBOC sideband overlap, rather than the base analog transmissions. 1570 and 1580 will get clobbered coming and going.
As far as the analog signals go, any decent radio should easily separate stations 30 kHz apart. Commonplace in Latin America; there's even 20 kHz spacing in many cities there.
Mediafrog+ said:
You're right. IBOC is a concern down the road, but I gather that KMIC is heading off any potential analog problems before the KILE application gets any further along. By signing off on it now, they'd have a hard time protesting it if the FCC okays it. Certainly KMIC had some concerns early on about KILE's plans for a 50,000 daytime signal, but it's well within the required protection level toward KMIC. You're also right about the 30 (or 20) kHz separation; Dallas-Fort Worth, for instance, has several on the air and more in the works.
Nighttime, with 1560 using a different site, it's a different story. Even though the two stations are 30kHz apart, KILE has to ensure that there's no overlap of their proposed 25mVm contour with that of KMIC. 1590's pattern is concentrated mainly southeast (from around Tidwell and T.C. Jester) and the proposed KILE pattern would also run mainly southeast (from north of Katy) toward Bellaire. So it's cause for concern, with two signals (one with a very hot, tight pattern) running virtually side by side.
stan said:
Any objection, especially one from a competing broadcaster, has the potential of creating lengthy delays. The FCC may then ask for additional technical information or require the applicant to make changes that address problems. So no, it's not too late since the application is still being reviewed. Most complaints filed after the FCC has approved applications of this nature, however, are generally dismissed.
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Re: It was KULF
KULF went away from 790 in the early 80s.....not the 90s!! 79Q was the top40 music leader in 80-82 and later...
the FM came along in (iirc) 1982 (the former KYND Pasadena)...there is an audio file of the flip on the FM (which came 2 years AFTER 790 flipped calls) on the net....
Yes, KBME meant Best Music Ever....since they were using the standards-"Stardust"- format of ABC Radio Networks out of Dallas...but one former newsguy said in a staff meeting, it should have meant "Keep Bringing Me Exlax"
FilioScotia said:
KULF went away from 790 in the early 80s.....not the 90s!! 79Q was the top40 music leader in 80-82 and later...
the FM came along in (iirc) 1982 (the former KYND Pasadena)...there is an audio file of the flip on the FM (which came 2 years AFTER 790 flipped calls) on the net....
Yes, KBME meant Best Music Ever....since they were using the standards-"Stardust"- format of ABC Radio Networks out of Dallas...but one former newsguy said in a staff meeting, it should have meant "Keep Bringing Me Exlax"
Re: It was KULF
http://houstonradiohistory.blogspot.com/2007/05/happy-birthday-klvl.html
There wasn't a KULF-FM in the 70s. What became KKBQ-FM had been KYND-FM since 1969; prior to that, it had been KLVL-FM.FilioScotia said:
http://houstonradiohistory.blogspot.com/2007/05/happy-birthday-klvl.html
Re: It was KULF
Yep, we covered some of that in a later post. But 79Q didn't debut until July 2, 1982. The call letters didn't change from KULF to KKBQ until August 13, 1982.
Now, about the arrival of the "Q" on FM:
It wasn't two years. It took only about six months for the format to appear on 92.5. The switch happened December 29, 1982 and the call letters were changed from KYND to KKBQ-FM just over a month later, on February 2, 1983. (The frequency change to 92.9, as we've talked about, happened later that year.)
CW said:
Yep, we covered some of that in a later post. But 79Q didn't debut until July 2, 1982. The call letters didn't change from KULF to KKBQ until August 13, 1982.
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Now, about the arrival of the "Q" on FM:
CW said:
It wasn't two years. It took only about six months for the format to appear on 92.5. The switch happened December 29, 1982 and the call letters were changed from KYND to KKBQ-FM just over a month later, on February 2, 1983. (The frequency change to 92.9, as we've talked about, happened later that year.)
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