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KVUT shuts down
- Thread starter Theater of My Mind
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How much would a Class A station halfway between Dallas and Shreveport go for? I assume it can be easily converted back to commercial status.
Maybe around $200,000?
I don't think KERA-FM Dallas or KUHF-FM Houston will come in, buy the station and make it a simulcast of their NPR News/Talk/Information formats. Maybe in years past, that would be a possibility. These days, NPR affiliates are cutting expenses, not adding satellite stations.
Maybe around $200,000?
I don't think KERA-FM Dallas or KUHF-FM Houston will come in, buy the station and make it a simulcast of their NPR News/Talk/Information formats. Maybe in years past, that would be a possibility. These days, NPR affiliates are cutting expenses, not adding satellite stations.
I don’t think it’s owned by them. The tower is roughly 12.5 miles away from the college and that tower also has KZWL.
Could be. If that's the case, the new owner would need to take over, negotiate a new lease, or plan on doing all the engineering and building a new site from scratch. Potentially significant costs like that need to be anticipated when looking at buying a station. Especially true if the seller is a non-profit or college.
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ETMC EMS dba/ UT Health East Texas EMS
Structure Address:
800 Ella Street
Bullard, TX
I live in DFW and listen to KNTU regularly. I’d loved for KVUT to launch a format like that, especially since there are no options for alternative/modern rock in the area (unless you want to wait around for KOOI or KKTX to play like maybe one 90s rock song an hour). Hmmm….what would they had called it: “The Patriot,” “Swoop FM,” or “99-7 Indie”?
We’ll never know.Maybe TJC would be interested in a radio program. I don’t really know how 99.7 could be competitive commercially with such a weak signal.
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ETMC, which was the East Texas Medical Center, is (like the college) now owned by the University of Texas system. I believe KZWL was moved to that tower after the ERFET purchased it from Huckabee/Coates. It is not on the same tower it was when it was first constructed while owned by Dudley Waller. Whether or not the ERFET was the party that relocated it, or Huckabee/Coates, I am unsure. As was told to me, the license and associated equipment are what will be sold. The tower site will not, which is why I mentioned that the potential buyer would need to relocate it. Perhaps UT would indulge a potential suitor with a lease agreement to return from the current tower, but have heard no discussion of that, up to this point. I don't work with UT, so everything has come to me secondhand. If the monetary commitment from a new owner is right, I'm fairly certain that UT would, at the very least, entertain a lease agreement. Perhaps, even on a temporary basis until a suitable site can be established in order to relocate it.
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KNTU wouldn't work here. At least, not yet. The median age of our general populous is quite high. Now, it's certainly coming down with the addition of all of the out of state transplants, and fellow Texans who are fleeing the big cities of Dallas, Houston and Austin, but we're not there yet. You have to remember, Tyle still has both a true oldies station and a 60's-80's classic hits station on the dial. 2 different classic country stations. Scott Rice also operates an excellent retro hits station for Longview with KFRO. I believe it spans the 60's through 2000's. A multitude of religious options on top of that, and that would be the direction I expect 99.7 to go. Someone like Brazos TV, who operates 3ABN in Mt. Pleasant (also on 99.7, btw). Not necessarily that group, but one similar. It's not like Audacy or Cumulus would swoop in to pick up a pretty challenging stand-alone in a market this size, and iHeart already dumped us years ago.
99.7 The Pipe Dream 😂Hmmm….what would they had called it: “The Patriot,” “Swoop FM,” or “99-7 Indie”?
99.7 The Apache? Ha, now that would be something.
Modern rock may not be commercially feasible, but I was thinking non-commercial could be a possibility. It wouldn’t have to rake in the dough but at least cover costs. I figure if they could get KSAU to work in Nacogdoches, it would be worth a shot. I just think it’s a matter of whether there is a will.
I found an Internet station called “Static: Tyler” that had a format similar to KXT. It seemed to be linked to some kind of nationwide network of “Static” stations around the country, but each “Static” station had their own playlist. It had a website with a video showing Tyler landmarks, music posts, and even local news. It looks like they pulled the plug a few weeks ago. It was nice to listen and imagine that East Texas radio was more adventurous. Oh well. I’m grateful that I have satellite radio and internet radio to listen to while over there.
Anyone in North Texas with an Internet connection can stream KERA or any other NPR station.
I agree. Let’s keep things positive & encouraging.
I love your new profile pic. Made me remember those old "Reddy Kilowat" messages. They tried to keep people safe while encouraging them to use more electricity than ever.
"Light the night" promoted putting lots of incandescent bulbs in your yard. The ads encouraging air conditioning in the early days of AC were amazing; the electric companies had lost out to coal and gas for heating but AC could be all theirs!
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Let's not. Besides, Kilgore College already beat UT-Tyler to that particular punch. There's always Air 1, but unlikely that it would gain much traction against the ERFET's long-established and local KGLY. K-Love sure didn't (still hasn't) pull many listeners away from KVNE, as a reference point.
It will be sold to recoup some of the losses the system has accrued from the initial acquisition, build-out, and 3 years of day-to-day operations, and you can be sure there are a few individuals out there who are willing to assume the broadcast license. As I mentioned before, my personal stash of Buc-ee Bucks are on the Witkovski-led North Texas Radio Group re-acquiring it from UT-T. If that is indeed the case, mark my words, it's not only goodbye K-PUT...er KVUT, but also goodbye 99.7.
CSN has been rapidly expanding, although mostly through translators. Station list is here: Stations • CSN Radio
Note that each station has a link to a Longley-Rice coverage map…very nice!
CSN might be in line as a possible suitor for basket-case KFNC in Houston, which would fill in a lot of SE TX and parts of Louisiana.
Update: KVUT has a buyer: KFRO To Expand To Tyler With KVUT Purchase
Interesting note at the end of the above linked story:
Scott Fybush served as broker for the buyer. Greg Guy’s Tideline Partners represented the seller.
I think the buyer got a good deal, the seller got back most of it's original money, and it's perhaps the best use of the frequency for the market.
Scott Fybush served as broker for the buyer. Greg Guy’s Tideline Partners represented the seller.
I think the buyer got a good deal, the seller got back most of it's original money, and it's perhaps the best use of the frequency for the market.
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