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KVTT Moving To 1110 AM

I will post the 30 minute aircheck this evening when I get home.
 
I loved many of the programs on KVTT I am concerned that they rushed into the deal of moving to 1110 AM I do not care much for there talk shows. Now they are saying they are going to be a talk radio we have one on 100.07 or something like that on the FM dial. I looked at there program guide and do not think I will remain as loyal as I was. I am sad that the FCC did not let them stay on the FM dial.

I like there old programing but I guess we will have to wait and see. I do know they have the internet station KVTT you can listen too though.

Susan :mad: :(
 
SueSigns said:
I am sad that the FCC did not let them stay on the FM dial.
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The misleading ``Will We Be Silenced?'' campaign notwithstanding, it was KVTT's decision to sell the 91.7 facility to KERA. The FCC didn't force KVTT to make this move. It was a free market business decision on their part but KVTT (``The Truth''?) is playing the victim card. If KVTT wanted another FM facility, they could buy it. Everything's potentially for sale...at the right price.

As Warren Beatty so succinctly put it (in the role of John Reed in ``Reds''), it really comes down to one thing: profits.
 
Catechuman said:
Praise in the Night - the show that begins airing at 11cst will be moving to 91.3 - don't know if they will be on the internet night time version of KVTT.
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Interesting - the CC folks are usually really sectarian about their content, if its not done by them, they don't want it.

91.3 is the third station broadcasting from that site where 96.7 and 106.7 are located. I think they had the go ahead to upgrade on that tower, but don't know if they have the funding. As it is now, it barely reaches NW Ft. Worth. Although fanatical CC members will DX it all over the place.
 
rbrucecarter5 said:
91.3 [KDKR] is the third station broadcasting from that site where 96.7 and 106.7 are located. I think they had the go ahead to upgrade on that tower, but don't know if they have the funding. As it is now, it barely reaches NW Ft. Worth.
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Actually KDKR is on the Service Broadcasting tower (home of KRNB). According to the FCC database, their licensed facility operates with 40 kW vertical and 100 kW horizontal at 544 meters.

This is the upgrade that KDKR has been planning. See the following URL for the 1 May 2009 entry:

http://www.kdkr.org/blog.htm
 
Bob E. Nelson said:
rbrucecarter5 said:
91.3 [KDKR] is the third station broadcasting from that site where 96.7 and 106.7 are located. I think they had the go ahead to upgrade on that tower, but don't know if they have the funding. As it is now, it barely reaches NW Ft. Worth.
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Actually KDKR is on the Service Broadcasting tower (home of KRNB). According to the FCC database, their licensed facility operates with 40 kW vertical and 100 kW horizontal at 544 meters.

This is the upgrade that KDKR has been planning. See the following URL for the 1 May 2009 entry:

http://www.kdkr.org/blog.htm
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...but it is directional, so the full 100kw is not aimed towards Dallas. As such, the coverage in Dallas Co is less than what co-located KRNB 105.7 has. KDKR has to protect co-owned KYJC 91.3 Commerce, KNCT-FM 91.3 Killeen, KYFB 91.5 Denison, and KQXE 91.1 Eastland.
 
Bob E. Nelson said:
SueSigns said:
I am sad that the FCC did not let them stay on the FM dial.
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The misleading ``Will We Be Silenced?'' campaign notwithstanding, it was KVTT's decision to sell the 91.7 facility to KERA. The FCC didn't force KVTT to make this move. It was a free market business decision on their part but KVTT (``The Truth''?) is playing the victim card. If KVTT wanted another FM facility, they could buy it. Everything's potentially for sale...at the right price.

As Warren Beatty so succinctly put it (in the role of John Reed in ``Reds''), it really comes down to one thing: profits.
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http://www.star-telegram.com/entertainment/story/1637213.html
GM Doug "Price said the $18 million went toward the debt load that forced KVTT to sell. He said the station will be less expensive to operate under the lease agreement."

Owner Covenant sold it to service a debt load. Unlike 91.7, which is in the non-commercial part of the FM band, 1110 is a commercial station. As SueSigns points out, it is running "Janet Parshall," which airs on commercial religious talk stations. Is running programming like that allowing 1110 to "be less expensive to operate" since they could collect advertising? Or do they plan to operate 1110 as a non-commercial non-profit?


Side note: 91.7 changed calls from KVTT to KKXT officially today. Covenant has put the KVTT calls on their station in the Grand Junction CO market (KAAI 98.5 Palisade CO is KVTT, effective 10/1). I assume the calls are just being parked there to eventually move to 1110, which officially is still KJSA today.
 
txchipk said:
91.7 changed calls from KVTT to KKXT officially today. Covenant has put the KVTT calls on their station in the Grand Junction CO market (KAAI 98.5 Palisade CO is KVTT, effective 10/1). I assume the calls are just being parked there to eventually move to 1110, which officially is still KJSA today.
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Small update... according to the FCC database, the KVTT calls officially landed on 1110 yesterday, 10/14. The KJSA calls moved to Covenant's station in Colorado where the KVTT calls have been parked the last 2 weeks.
 
I saw a billboard this morning on I-20 and Houston School Road going east bound for Point Of View. Its now airing on 990 KFCD. Now thats a station that the owners of KVTT could have bought outright and still try to be on 24 hours a day.
 
salemjedi54 said:
I saw a billboard this morning on I-20 and Houston School Road going east bound for Point Of View. Its now airing on 990 KFCD. Now thats a station that the owners of KVTT could have bought outright and still try to be on 24 hours a day.
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I agree, though that 700 watt night signal doesn't cover the whole metroplex. I'm surprised nobody has bought KFCD outright yet.

Still the 1110 signal is a good choice for religious plug-and-pray programming.
 
yup gotta find another am station to fleece and scare the elderly
 
billyg said:
I agree, though that 700 watt night signal doesn't cover the whole metroplex. I'm surprised nobody has bought KFCD outright yet.
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920 watts, actually, but close enough. The night signal is pitiful and their 7,000 watt daytime coverage really isn't all that great, either. While KFCD struggles west of Dallas and southern Collin County, KVTT has city-grade coverage over much of the D/FW area and it will get even better when they increase from 20 to 50kW.
 
jd said:
billyg said:
I agree, though that 700 watt night signal doesn't cover the whole metroplex. I'm surprised nobody has bought KFCD outright yet.
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920 watts, actually, but close enough. The night signal is pitiful and their 7,000 watt daytime coverage really isn't all that great, either. While KFCD struggles west of Dallas and southern Collin County, KVTT has city-grade coverage over much of the D/FW area and it will get even better when they increase from 20 to 50kW.
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1120 is already a powerhouse at 20K, I've heard it loud & clear here in East Texas in the mornings and in the late afternoons. Is KVTT leasing the station from M&M or buying it?

KFCD would be better off for someone who wanted to serve just the N-NE Metro, or for a simulcast for a DFW station that cant cover that area. There's been so many metro AM stations in DFW cranking up to 20-50K daytime recently, I wonder if 990 could do the same?

LibertyNT said:
KHSE wouldnt do too bad.
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I agree, is that station up for sale? I'm surprised how well 700 covers most of the metroplex at night, though the audio is lousy..
 
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