KSBJ's Powerful Change

[johndavis]

96.9 simulcasts KSBJ

99.5 Sugar Land, 91.1 Lake Jackson, 89.5 Bay City become NGEN in July.

http://ksbj.org/features_details.php?Id=562&Title=powerful-change

 

[rbrucecarter5]

96.9 simulcasts KSBJ

99.5 Sugar Land, 91.1 Lake Jackson, 89.5 Bay City become NGEN in July.

http://ksbj.org/features_details.php?Id=562&Title=powerful-change

Any plans to cover NW, N, and NE portions of Harris county with NGEN? That is where the young professionals are, some very wealthy subdivisions full of people who would love to get NGEN! HD radio is a flop in the marketplace, it is hard to get receivers at all, and even when you do the coverage is very poor. I need a ten element yagi just to get HD on KSBJ from Cypress, the antenna is not something my homeowners association is happy with. And that is using one of the best tuners ever made for HD. I get better reception of KLTY Dallas than I do KSBJ-HD-2.

 

[Rick Rose 2.0]

I would say its a powerful additon but i dont see this as a change. KSBJ's main signal is still 89.3 and it still has the same signal. Does 96.9 have problems with 97.1 fm. Adding 2 to 3 million to its potential audience is a plus. I am mad that i spent hours trying to guess what could be a powerful change because it just did not make sense that they would call adding 96.9 a change.The proper term would have been a powerful additon.

 

[CCMDJ]

I would say its a powerful additon but i dont see this as a change. KSBJ's main signal is still 89.3 and it still has the same signal. Does 96.9 have problems with 97.1 fm. Adding 2 to 3 million to its potential audience is a plus. I am mad that i spent hours trying to guess what could be a powerful change because it just did not make sense that they would call adding 96.9 a change.The proper term would have been a powerful additon.

Rick. Maybe for all the folks who had been trying to listen to KSBJ on some of the other frequencies in SW Houston, who can now listen more clearly on 96.9, "a Powerful Change" is just what they're experiencing. Two more on-air shifts on KSBJ are changing Monday, jingles are changing, frequencies that were carrying KSBJ are changing to NGEN in July. Just a thought.

 

[Mediafrog+]

Any plans to cover NW, N, and NE portions of Harris county with NGEN? That is where the young professionals are, some very wealthy subdivisions full of people who would love to get NGEN!

If New Wavo ever decides to throw in the towel on KVST then KSBJ should go after it for another NGEN outlet. Demographics in the coverage area (North Harris County, Montgomery County) would be a good fit.

Another thought: The proposed move of KTWL more to the south towards Bellville might be another future NGEN possibility to cover the rapidly growing west metro area.

All pure speculation, of course. We'll also have to see what happens with all the impending LPFM and translator applications in the market from several religious broadcasters, including EMF.

l. Does 96.9 have problems with 97.1 fm. Adding 2 to 3 million to its potential audience is a plus.

96.9 is far enough from the 97.1 transmitter that there are no first adjacent issues in the primary coverage area.

 

[jd]

The proposed move of KTWL more to the south towards Bellville might be another future NGEN possibility to cover the rapidly growing west metro area.

What "proposed move"? 105.3 is pretty much stuck where they are.

 

[Mediafrog+]

The proposed move of KTWL more to the south towards Bellville might be another future NGEN possibility to cover the rapidly growing west metro area.

What "proposed move"? 105.3 is pretty much stuck where they are.

I'm recalling stipulations in the sale of KULF 1090 a couple of years ago, in which the seller (Roy Henderson) intended to move "a station" from Hempstead (presumably KTWL) and move another station (also presumably KTWL) into Bellville. The sale terms also advised the buyer that KULF would need to be willing to move to Hempstead as a replacement. The document is probably still buried somewhere on the FCC online database; I recall reading it but don't feel like digging it up right now. ;D

The details were discussed early in this thread: http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=176318.0

Nothing has happened with this so far, and there is no application before the FCC...but apparently the long term thinking is to relocate KTWL as a far west Houston metro service, much in the same way KVST superserves the northern suburbs/exurbs.

 

[jras20]

So where does this leave KXBJ in Victoria that simulcast KSBJ now, the same? 96.9 Travels through Victoria decent as well.

 

[mrbeasley]

A broker I know has told me that KXBJ might be on the market. Not sure who would want it except maybe a church in Victoria. But, no one has any money right now. AFA is already there. EMF? Maybe. They have a light bulb of a signal in San Antonio. But, a Victoria signal wouldn't help them much. KXBJ had a CP for an upgrade a few years back, but I think it has expired.

 

[jd]

I'm recalling stipulations in the sale of KULF 1090 a couple of years ago, in which the seller (Roy Henderson) intended to move "a station" from Hempstead (presumably KTWL) and move another station (also presumably KTWL) into Bellville.

I recall the discussion, as I was the one who started the thread about those stipulations. That convoluted shifting of the COL's for several stations just wouldn't have made much difference, then or now, as we approach three years since the sale of 1090 AM was announced.

Nothing has happened with this so far, and there is no application before the FCC...but apparently the long term thinking is to relocate KTWL as a far west Houston metro service, much in the same way KVST superserves the northern suburbs/exurbs.

Community of license might change for a couple of stations, and eventually KTWL might be one of them, but relocating 105.3's antenna more than just a few miles would run into co-channel issues that limit east-west movement. Relocation toward the south, of course, would present spacing problems with KHCB and KPTY.

Or nothing at all could happen. Remember that the construction permit for KTWL's increased antenna height at their present location was canceled in 2009, three years after it was approved by the FCC.

 

[johndavis]

So where does this leave KXBJ in Victoria that simulcast KSBJ now, the same? 96.9 Travels through Victoria decent as well.

The one advantage to leaving KXGJ Victoria alone would be on the mornings when tropo kicks in you end up with the same programming coming in on top of itself, as they are both on 89.3.

 

[radiothrowback]

With the void that Radio-One left in the market (92.1) KSBJ should use one of there signals to broadcast Urban Gospel. They already have Christian Contemparary & the NGEN why not add Urban Gospel and cover the entire city as far a christian music

make sense?

 

[rbrucecarter5]

With the void that Radio-One left in the market (92.1) KSBJ should use one of there signals to broadcast Urban Gospel. They already have Christian Contemparary & the NGEN why not add Urban Gospel and cover the entire city as far a christian music

make sense?

No - I think they should do Christian hip-hop on a third HD to trend a younger audience, similar to WPOZ Orlando. WPOZ hip hop format actually went over the air first in Orlando, followed by their rock format.

Perhaps a more traditional station, such as KHCB, could be persuaded to do urban gospel on an HD-2 and look for more frequencies to do it over the air.

One thing is for sure - finally Houston area Christian broadcasters are breaking out of that "one size fits all" mentality - and finally disenfranchised Christian listeners are starting to get their preferred formats around here. I got nothing against KSBJ, KHCB. Their bland music just doesn't minister to me. KSBJ is finally making the effort to get something better on the air. Yes - I used their former slogan. NGEN really IS something better!

 

[purpledevil]

Somehow, somewhere I feel a new player is going to enter the market soon giving KSBJ a bit of competition. Maybe EMF, maybe someone else. KSBJ looks to be preparing for battle....and it's not against KHCB.

 

[rbrucecarter5]

Somehow, somewhere I feel a new player is going to enter the market soon giving KSBJ a bit of competition. Maybe EMF, maybe someone else. KSBJ looks to be preparing for battle....and it's not against KHCB.

The problem is there just aren't any viable frequencies - I know KSBJ much be itching to get hold of a North, NW, and NE Harris county outlet for NGEN. If they are having trouble, a newcomer would have even more.

WAY-FM would be a good contender for the area - tempo wise it could be hot-AC, and fit in between KSBJ's mild AC to praise and worship, but not nearly as hard as NGEN. The individual WAY-FM outlets have a great deal of autonomy, so a savvy music director could tailor it to not step on KSBJ at all. I stream them myself, it is literally a breath of fresh air.

 

[Kent]

With the void that Radio-One left in the market (92.1) KSBJ should use one of there signals to broadcast Urban Gospel. They already have Christian Contemparary & the NGEN why not add Urban Gospel and cover the entire city as far a christian music

make sense?

I have to agree with Bruce on this one. While I suppose a non-comm might be able to do a little better with it, urban gospel simply didn't sell in spite of its decent ratings.

Think about it. Radio One's only down 5% in Houston despite the extremely high startup costs of an all news station. That means a news station with a bloated staff and lousy ratings is probably billing the same or more than urban gospel.

Ratings may not matter as much to non-comms, but they still can sell underwriting announcements. Also, if the urban gospel audience didn't patronize 92.1's advertisers enough to sustain the station, why would anyone expect them to donate to a non-comm? I agree with Bruce. It's a bad investment.

 

[Mediafrog+]

Somehow, somewhere I feel a new player is going to enter the market soon giving KSBJ a bit of competition. Maybe EMF, maybe someone else. KSBJ looks to be preparing for battle....and it's not against KHCB.

EMF could be a player via numerous translator applications it has for the area (along with several other religious broadcasters.) However these might get tossed by the FCC in an effort to promote true local LPFM.

I'm always amazed at the number of religious translators I hear while driving through small to medium sized Texas towns. I'm sure the major players would love to get outlets in Houston.

One of the rimshots to the east would be a great place to put one of the EMF formats, covering Houston, B/PA and much of southeast Texas with one signal. 97.1 is another such signal, reaching far into east Texas. Perhaps not out of the question, as EMF recently purchased a 100kw San Antonio rimshot. Those Cumulus operated rimshots are up for sale...hmmmmm.....

 

[Fieldtech1]

For the most part EMF wont enter a market where there is an entrentched CCM station.

 

[xmusicmatt]

WAY-FM would be a good contender for the area - tempo wise it could be hot-AC, and fit in between KSBJ's mild AC to praise and worship, but not nearly as hard as NGEN. The individual WAY-FM outlets have a great deal of autonomy, so a savvy music director could tailor it to not step on KSBJ at all. I stream them myself, it is literally a breath of fresh air.

Almost all the WAY-FM stations except Denver, Portland, and one in Fl run the same music mix from WAYM Nashville using the same air talent. WAY FM is a Hot AC pretty much (they lean more AC than CHR/Rock).

 

[xmusicmatt]

For the most part EMF wont enter a market where there is an entrentched CCM station.

Yep, which is why we do not see EMF in Dallas, Houston, Nashville, Orlando, Seattle, Columbus OH, currently.. Few exceptions come to mind, Denver, Cinci, NYC.