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KYND Buys a Radio Station on 1520-AM

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everydayguy

Matthew Provenzano who is the owner of KYND 1520-AM at Cypress near Houston has just purchased the only other 1520-AM in Texas KHLT-AM in Hallettsville that is west of Houston.

Looks like his KYND directional signal has been protecting the Hallettsville station all these years. So I wonder if he can improve his signal over Houston during the day by taking KHLT off the air.
 
KHLT is a 250 watt non-directional, so perhaps Provenzano might switch it to some sort of directional pattern which would allow KYND to open up their own pattern somewhat...or perhaps get a power increase.

Wonder if any progress has been made on KYND's proposed nighttime service? Involves adding three more towers to the current array. I think it would be a U4 operation; it appears the only change from day to critical hours parameters is in power only, with a pattern change and another power drop at night.
 
From what I know from the power, being 12 miles southeast, its fairly decent signal, but it starts to cut out after 20-25 miles out. I doupt it had any effect on KYND at all.
 
Common sense tells me that Mr. Provenzano will flip the switch to the "OFF" position permanently for Halletsville, and will then take steps to markedly improve the signal for KYND. I wouldn't be too terribly surprised to learn that the "plans" for that improved signal for KYND has been on the drawing board for some time now.
 
Great - Just what we need - Korean brokerage radio station that now covers all of Harris County. I wish KYND would at least fix their audio as they splatter all over everybody when you get a few miles near their NW transmitter.

RGM
 
AndyWaldrop said:
I wouldn't be too terribly surprised to learn that the "plans" for that improved signal for KYND has been on the drawing board for some time now.
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Hard to say, Andy, but if you've been following the recent news with Roy Henderson's stations it looks like the time is ripe for a fire sale. Getting KHLT out of the way would give Provenzano more flexibility with the tower site, like moving it toward the east and opening up the pattern a little more, maybe with a power increase, too. But the Halletsville station is only one of the problems that KYND has had over the years, since there's also a 1520 co-channel in Lafayette LA along with 1510 in BPA. Then again there's the issue of KGBC 1540's proposed relocation from Galveston to Dayton, which would raise some second adjacent interference issues. In any event it should be interesting to see what kind of an application KYND will be filing.
 
Yep KHLT is now Silent, has been for about a month or so now. I didn't really think KHLT had much of effect on KYND.
 
fredcantu said:
Doesn't the Stockdale location at 2.5kw impact 1540 in San Antonio and 1530 in Creedmoor south of Austin?
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The transmitter site for KEDA is about 30 miles away from the proposed site for the new 1520 transmitter...and the application also indicates four towers, so quite directional...haven't crunched what the pattern would be, but pretty sure it would avoid going north towards Austin.

The geographic separation might be just enough to fit with the second adjacent frequency, although if 1520 targets SA, both signals would have the same orientation.

And it's just in the application stage...the FCC could very well reject it.

Will be interesting to see what is done with KYND's facility should the KHLT move be approved.
 
fredcantu said:
Doesn't the Stockdale location at 2.5kw impact 1540 in San Antonio and 1530 in Creedmoor south of Austin?
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Yes, I think the proposed coverage would come close to interfering with both KEDA and KZNX but there's really no way to tell from what's shown on the application. What's missing is a comprehensive technical exhibit with field strength measurements toward both of those stations, along with many others that might be affected. One of those is KYND and at least one in Mexico, both of which are on 1520. This would be covered on a groundwave exhibit, which is mentioned on the application but at this point isn't included.

It's definitely a work in progress and the FCC will have many questions about it, so we can look for at least one or maybe a whole string on modifications being filed. Those might not change the original proposal but would serve to explain it better; as it stands now the application is grossly incomplete.
 
jd said:
Yes, I think the proposed coverage would come close to interfering with both KEDA and KZNX but there's really no way to tell from what's shown on the application.
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If you look at Austin, San Antonio and Stockdale together on a map, you'll see how 1520 could fit. Assuming there is a narrow beam towards SA, the signal would completely miss the Austin area.

And there is an existing example of first adjacents for Austin and SA with KVET and KAHL, both of which have 5kw directional daytime signals. The groundwave coverage is going to be slightly poorer at 1520/1540, so this might work.

The narrow KHLT beam towards SA would also allow KYND to considerably open up its coverage to the south and southwest. Currently the signal can be spotty in Katy and is almost completely gone in Sealy.
 
Mediafrog+ said:
The narrow KHLT beam towards SA would also allow KYND to considerably open up its coverage to the south and southwest.
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The application hasn't been posted on the AM Query section of the FCC site yet but a better look at the proposed pattern (showing very pronounced nulls back toward KYND and northward in the direction of KZNX 1530) can be found here:
www.fccinfo.com/CMDProEngine.php?sCurrentService=AM&tabSearchType=Appl&sAppIDNumber=1285453&sHours=D

Also note the proposed site, southeast of Stockdale: www.fccinfo.com/MapIt5.php?lat_deg=29&lat_min=11&lat_sec=35&lat_dir=N&lon_deg=97&lon_min=52&lon_sec=0&lon_dir=W&datum=27&calls=KHLT(AM)&bubble=KHLT(AM)%3Cbr+%2F%3EStockdale%2C+TX&city=Stockdale&Button=Map+It

Zoom out and it's obvious that the proposed pattern does indeed protect KZNX and KYND but the primary lobe is pointed west-northwest, right toward KEDA: http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/map...IES,&off=streets,GRID,shorelin&ht=1.5&wid=1.5
 
A follow-up here: the KHLT application has been approved. While it's for daytime only and will likely have little impact in the Sam Antonio market there's one important factor. By moving from Halletsville to Stockdale it puts a lot of distance between them and KYND. As of now there's no application for a KYND upgrade but I've got a feeling that one's on the way.

Also, in case anybody missed it KYND (currently licensed for 3kW day/2.6kW critical hours) withdrew their application to add night service with 260 watts. It seems that they no longer have the land they need to build three additional towers, and they elected to apply for night service from Houston. By retaining their class D status they don't have to cover Cypress with a nighttime interference signal. It's nothing really earth-shaking but it's interesting; they want to use a rooftop mount from an office building at 7080 Southwest Freeway, just east of Sharpstown Mall. The power listed on the application, by the way, is for two (2) watts.
 
jd said:
As of now there's no application for a KYND upgrade but I've got a feeling that one's on the way.
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Am curious if a pattern upgrade could be done with the current towers. Power yes, but could they tweak the phasing with the existing array?

It's nothing really earth-shaking but it's interesting; they want to use a rooftop mount from an office building at 7080 Southwest Freeway, just east of Sharpstown Mall. The power listed on the application, by the way, is for two (2) watts.
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Sounds silly until you remind yourself of the current programming: Vietnamese. That flea power signal would be very close to a heavily Asian section of town.
 
What's going on? Certainly not the transmitter, that is if you're talking about our Henderson service.


I am curious though, why is your first post about Henderson, when this isn't a Henderson based thread?

Since it has been brought up, I have noticed radio-locator.com has re-instated KHTZ/Ganado. jrad, has 104.7 finally returned in Victoria?
 
purpledevil said:
What's going on? Certainly not the transmitter, that is if you're talking about our Henderson service.


I am curious though, why is your first post about Henderson, when this isn't a Henderson based thread?

Since it has been brought up, I have noticed radio-locator.com has re-instated KHTZ/Ganado. jrad, has 104.7 finally returned in Victoria?
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Nope, KHTZ 104.7 is still silent, never did come back on. KHLT 1520 is off the air, and on the call ID they took out 1520's calls. I noticed a few days ago KYKM was off the air for some reason. I don't think Henderson owns these stations any more. (KYKM and KTXM)
 
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