KYND Back on air?

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LOL if it's your loop, Bill, that's back on KYND, have you had any of KYND's potential clients call your phone number even if you don't work there? Or was the number disconnected?[/QU

Forgot what recording says, but the recording did not say disconnected. I called because I wanted to see if I could buy some time for a project I was producing.

 

[b-turner]

The phone number is the station phone number. I sent the phone back to the owners when I left. It was a flip phone that the station's number had been switch to. Are you saying the number is disconnected?

 

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The phone number is the station phone number. I sent the phone back to the owners when I left. It was a flip phone that the station's number had been switch to. Are you saying the number is disconnected?

No, said unavailable or something like.

 

[Mediafrog+]

Heard Vietnamese programming on KYND at a check during my morning commute on Thursday. Phone-in talk show, presumably about finances as they used ABBA’s “Money, Money, Money” as bumper music going in and out of a commercial break. Many mentions of Houston so apparently locally produced, but did not hear anything that sounded like an ID.

We’ll see if this is another “tire kicking” or if KYND finally has a paying client.

 

[b-turner]

So, if the KYND phone number is 'unavailable', my question is how did the potential or actual client contact the station? It seems the only way would be with a 'go-between'. My guess is the formerly paid engineer for the station contacted them about the potential client. Tire-kicking, perhaps. Just something to go on the air? Maybe. A paying client? Maybe so.

If they last a few weeks, then they're likely a client.

Who knows, if they start making money, maybe they'd pay me a little for the months I worked for free to try to help them. They're good folks and if they recover what they've spent, it could happen (not saying it will).

 

[Mediafrog+]

Checked KYND again during my Friday morning commute and it was still running the Vietnamese programming. But guess what—it was the same as what KGOW 1560 was running, so VietRadio is on two stations for the time being. Wonder if they are looking for a cheaper alternative outlet?

If VietRadio moves to 1520 (which pretty match matches 1560 in the SW area of the market, with its significant Asian population) wonder what becomes of 1560? Maybe VietRadio doesn’t care about nighttime service, as the sister TV station on 55.5 is an alternative.

Audio quality better on 1560, however.

 

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Checked KYND again during my Friday morning commute and it was still running the Vietnamese programming. But guess what—it was the same as what KGOW 1560 was running, so VietRadio is on two stations for the time being. Wonder if they are looking for a cheaper alternative outlet?

If VietRadio moves to 1520 (which pretty match matches 1560 in the SW area of the market, with its significant Asian population) wonder what becomes of 1560? Maybe VietRadio doesn’t care about nighttime service, as the sister TV station on 55.5 is an alternative.

Audio quality better on 1560, however.

Listened to KYND and KGOW Sunday afternoon after 1pm. KYND was SIMULCAST on KGOW. Sounded like a live event (religious/church).

 

[Mediafrog+]

Occurred to me that VietRadio started on 1560 in October 2017. If they have been on one-year lease contracts, then that would be up for renewal about now. Either they are looking for a cheaper outlet, or are leveraging KYND in order to get a better deal from Gow?

Of course, if Gow should need programming for 1560, they could always run the national feed of SB Nation Radio, which they own.

 

[Mediafrog+]

Looks like KYND has been off the air the past five days.

 

[Mediafrog+]

The KYND simulcast of KGOW has been back for a few days, though one morning the sleepy religious-sounding Vietnamese music made a brief reappearance, different from 1560.

Gotta wonder what is going on with all this.

 

[Mediafrog+]

Stifling a yawn for this update, but KYND has now been off the air the past six days.

Meanwhile, I notice that KULF 1090 has been missing for a couple of weeks, though I’m still hearing its 102.5 translator with Chinese language programming.

 

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Stifling a yawn for this update, but KYND has now been off the air the past six days.

Meanwhile, I notice that KULF 1090 has been missing for a couple of weeks, though I’m still hearing its 102.5 translator with Chinese language programming.

KYND is trying to do some kind of deal with LMA to purchase, I understand.

KULF tried to LMA (last year?) but wanted too much $$$. Actually was 2 - 3 times what KYND wanted per month for their LMA. KULF wanted $45,000 - $55,000 a month. KYND just wanted $25,000.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

The KYND simulcast of KGOW has been back for a few days, though one morning the sleepy religious-sounding Vietnamese music made a brief reappearance, different from 1560.

Gotta wonder what is going on with all this.

Everyone's favorite ethnic station, Viet Radio 1560 KGOW Bellaire/Houston is completely off the air due to flooding from Tropical Depression Imelda that has "Detrimentally affected the transmission equipment"

They are completely off the air instead of using the seperate day or night site full time like last time when the day site got flooded

This must've just happened a few days ago because I caught them on the air and put them in my log books about a week ago or so.

 

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Listened to KYND after 6 pm driving on I69/59. Heard Kim Komando show. Was mostly static when closer to Houston. Then later was a clear signal.

 

[Mediafrog+]

Listened to KYND after 6 pm driving on I69/59. Heard Kim Komando show. Was mostly static when closer to Houston. Then later was a clear signal.

Sorry to burst your bubble, but that was KOKC you were hearing. KOKC can put a listenable signal into Houston during critical hours, and of course a better signal at night.

I haven’t heard anything out of KYND since September 24th.

 

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Sorry to burst your bubble, but that was KOKC you were hearing. KOKC can put a listenable signal into Houston during critical hours, and of course a better signal at night.

I haven’t heard anything out of KYND since September 24th.

No worries, you haven't burst my bubble. However, checked KK show website for list stations, KOKC was NOT listed. Unless, station list not updated to include station you mention.

 

[Mediafrog+]

No worries, you haven't burst my bubble. However, checked KK show website for list stations, KOKC was NOT listed. Unless, station list not updated to include station you mention.

The program schedule on the KOKC website has the Kim Komando show running 6 to 9pm on Saturdays.

 

[ThatVoice22]

Oklahoma City's K-OKC booms in here anywhere near sunset, all-night, and for a while after sunrise. In the US mid-continent, KOKC is the dominant clear channel boomer that chases most others on AM 1520 to shut down at sunset (like KYND), or change directional signal, or reduce night-time power. In November, December & January, KOKC can be heard here virtually all day long.
At night, WWKB in Buffalo owns the east coast; KKZZ owns LA; while Washington's KKXA and Oregon's KKRR fight it out in the Pacific northwest.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

Oklahoma City's K-OKC booms in here anywhere near sunset, all-night, and for a while after sunrise. In the US mid-continent, KOKC is the dominant clear channel boomer that chases most others on AM 1520 to shut down at sunset (like KYND), or change directional signal, or reduce night-time power. In November, December & January, KOKC can be heard here virtually all day long.
At night, WWKB in Buffalo owns the east coast; KKZZ owns LA; while Washington's KKXA and Oregon's KKRR fight it out in the Pacific northwest.

I hear KOKC quite well here in Wyoming at night, I've yet to hear KYND nor KKRR but I've heard KKXA a few times and KKZZ a few times as well (BTW, KKZZ is now spanish news talk)

 

[davideduardo]

At night, WWKB in Buffalo owns the east coast; KKZZ owns LA; while Washington's KKXA and Oregon's KKRR fight it out in the Pacific northwest.

KKZZ is not an LA station. It's in the Ventura/Oxnard market and it shoots most of its tiny 1kw night signal out over the ocean.