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KUHA: Still in limbo

Price for KUHA to KSBJ Educational Foundation: $10 million

The contract filed for the sale by HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA of Classical KUHA/HOUSTON and translator K217GB/HOUSTON to KSBJ EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION reveals that the price for the sale, announced yesterday, is $10 million (per ALL ACCESS)...so they basically got the same money back that they paid for it...
 
JoeFM said:
Like the pending assignment of another station to KSBJ, this one will also stay in limbo a L---O---N---G time. KSBJ submitted erroneous and incomplete information in their assignment application to the FCC. I have already filed an objection. See https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5fT1CTu9fUAWUZPb1VCNm5ZbXc/view?usp=sharing
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JoeFM, I read your objection and apparently you are unaware that the ownership restrictions you cite do not apply to Non-Coms, only commercial stations. :) Have a nice day!
 
JoeFM said:
Sorry, Purple, but there are some personal issues with KSBJ that I can't put on this board. I'll PM you in a little while.

KSBJ is not the true Christian ministry it once was under the original owners. Despite being in the noncommercial band and having tax exempt status, the so-called KSBJ Educational Foundation has become a well-oiled million dollar money making machine. There's not a lick of difference from what they're doing, and what another slick-talking con artist is doing in the building we used to watch the Rockets play basketball.

Money is the root of all evil.
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I have to strongly disagree with you on this one. You and I share one thing - we are dissatisfied with the Houston radio dial. The only two presets I can find for the AM band are 770 KAAM and 1540 KGBC. For FM - KUHA and Air-1. I am a big fan and supporter of NGEN, one of the most creative and potentially important Christian stations in the nation. Buddy Holiday had a vision for reaching young people 34 years ago - with a station focused on them and their music. I agree that they lost their way, sold out to the praise and worship stuff that ruined CCM and CCM stations as viable tools for reaching young people. But they came back to their original mission when they launched NGEN, and this signal on 91.7 is the culmination of many prayers by Christians in this area. This Christian station, unlike the myriad of little translators that have recently been discussed - has actually shown up in Houston ratings, and a better signal will give it a real chance of climbing to a respectable number in the ratings. Yeah- that is a very secular way of looking at things - but ratings also mean people potentially saved by the station's ministry, and that is not to be taken lightly. You and I have the Houston board's least wanted, and that gives me a certain kinship with you. I hope someday you get your own full power FM outlet, because I believe you share a love of oldies with me. But - please do not hinder the Lord's work in reaching young people with music that is effective in reaching them! Please drop your objection and allow God to move through the ministry of NGEN radio. It is far more effective at reaching young people - the future of the church - than anything you or I would put on the air.
 
JoeFM said:
So what you are saying is that because this is a worthwhile Christian radio station its okay for them to be fraudulently deceitful in their filings with the FCC?
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Translators do not count against market caps. Nor do HD-2, HD-3 additional services.
 
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JoeFM said:
HD channels do not need to be disclosed. Translators however are licensed stations. They are relevant and must be included in an assignment application. The FCC confirmed that
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Translators are translators, not stations.

Whether this specific application disclosed all the broadcast interests is irrelevant to a discussion of market caps since translators do not count in evaluating cap status.
 
Again, JoeFM you are not clear on the rules. see Below:

73.5555
These Ownership rules do not apply to Non-commercial. Non-commercial are used in counting the stations in a market but the rule is talking about commercial when showing the numbers as can clearly be seen there. (Subparts i, ii, and iii for example_.

74.1232 (b)
(b) More than one FM translator may be licensed to the same applicant, whether or not such translators serve substantially the same area, upon an appropriate showing of technical need for such additional stations. FM translators are not counted as FM stations for the purpose of §73.3555 of this chapter concerning multiple ownership.
 
Frank, where is my plea to Joe for reconsideration of his letter? Regardless of how some people feel about the man, I believe he needs to read that message. This whole posts going missing thing lately is going to lead to the poster following suit.

What's the deal? He's already forced KSBJ to abandon the purchase of KROY, I know I'm not the only one interested in attempting to stop him from causing the same fate for KUHA.

I'll shorten what I stated earlier. Joe, turn the other cheek. Jesus would. Please reconsider the letter. This is about spreading the Word of God and is bigger than you, me, or anyone else.
 
Your post contained a statement which drew complaints from others. That is why it was deleted. Please send your message to Joe via the PM system.
 
frankberry said:
Your post contained a statement which drew complaints from others. That is why it was deleted. Please send your message to Joe via the PM system.
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I see. Then, if I am to be censored for my Christian beliefs, and subsequently voicing them on this site as part of a plea to a fellow member to change his mind on something I believe most of us would regret seeing occur if he succeeds in his opposition, I'd kindly appreciate my immediate closure of the "purpledevil" account. I'll have no part of that, my family hasn't fought 4 generation of war for this country to tolerate that.

It's been a blast, gentlemen. You guys take care and God bless each and everyone of you.
 
purpledevil said:
I see. Then, if I am to be censored for my Christian beliefs, and subsequently voicing them on this site as part of a plea to a fellow member to change his mind on something I believe most of us would regret seeing occur if he succeeds in his opposition, I'd kindly appreciate my immediate closure of the "purpledevil" account. I'll have no part of that, my family hasn't fought 4 generation of war for this country to tolerate that.

It's been a blast, gentlemen. You guys take care and God bless each and everyone of you.
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I'd ask for the same thoughtful consideration of this that you requested of Joe.

I did not object to your post, but was curious as to what stations in the area are "Muslim" as I don't know of any such stations. In fact, I don't know of any religious based Musilim stations in the US. Perhaps the closest thing would be KIRN in Los Angleles, but that is a secular station in Farsi programming for listeners who are predominantly of the Muslim faith (and who are refugees from the oppressive regime in today's Iran).
 
purpledevil said:
It's been a blast, gentlemen. You guys take care and God bless each and everyone of you.
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Goodbye, Purple, I'll miss your posts...

Whatever happened to an open Internet and free speech? SMH wish this board didn't have an admin LOL
 
Unknowable said:
Whatever happened to an open Internet and free speech?
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There is no freedom of speech on private property.

While you are "free" to obtain a domain and create a website to express your opinion, you are not free to say anything you want on some other person's site because it is private property just as much as your living room is.
 
Getting back on topic here...

KSBJ now has the sale info on its website: http://www.ksbj.org/pages/ngensignal

Also on the NGEN website: http://www.ngenradio.com/newfmsignal

Apparently the launch date will be announced in advance, so no "surprise" flip. Also gives KUHA a chance to redirect Classical listeners to the online/HD-2/8.5 availability.

KUHA has started running announcements promoting the streaming app.

Question has come up: What happens to KSBJ HD-2 once 91.7 flips to NGEN? Could a third KSBJ format be in the works?

I'll be curious to see if NGEN starts to make a dent in the ratings once it is available on 91.7.

Also curious to see if the 91.3 translator is relocated and re-engineered to cover weak areas in the 91.7 and 99.5 NGEN signals. Perhaps moved further south.

Speaking of the 91.3 translator, it has been transmitting nothing but dead air all this week during checks on my daily commute.
 
Maybe they could start having programming in Spanish? I remember them having some promos saying DIOS ESCUCHA.
 
One addition to my previous post: KUHA is also now running promos for the 88.7 HD-2. So the listener redirect is in full force. Guessing there will be promos forthcoming for Channel 8.5.
 
It's too bad University of Houston, the licensee, couldn't have just turned the station over to the students. When I was an RTV student there way back when, I was told that KUHF was strictly off-limits. One of the many things that left me scratching my head about that institution of higher education.

I wonder if they broke even with the pending KSBJ sale, or whether they will have to pump the alumni once again.
 
purpledevil said:
That's all well and fine, Joe, but how do you know that KSBJ isn't about to unload KZBJ, KYBJ, or even KWUP? KWUP would be a long shot, but remember, when KSBJ picked up what's now KXBJ El Campo, they SOLD what now is KBRZ-FM Victoria.
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I think if Joe played his cards right, he might very well have picked-up one of those stations from KSBJ. Or perhaps the translator on 99.5, which is practically in his backyard. Wasn't AFR converting translators to Class As at one time? Of course, that can't happen now, because he's already gone nuclear. Oh well...
 
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