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KZEY

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Chuck

I just noticed that today (10-19-05) the FCC has put the dreaded "D" in front of KZEY's call sign on the CDBS. That means "Deleted."

I guess that means that just like KOFY, they did not bother to renew the license. I suppose that KWRD is next.

The really bad part of this is barring a miracle (or some really good lawyers) these stations will not be back. East Texas communities are the real loosers in all this.

Chuck
 
> The really bad part of this is barring a miracle (or some
> really good lawyers) these stations will not be back. East
> Texas communities are the real loosers in all this.

I know FM's remain on a city's frequency allocation table unless they're deleted through another ruling. However, I'm not sure if the same rules apply to AM. I know the two services are treated differently in several respects.
 
> I know FM's remain on a city's frequency allocation table
> unless they're deleted through another ruling. However, I'm
> not sure if the same rules apply to AM. I know the two
> services are treated differently in several respects.

I may be wrong, but I am under the impression that the FCC will not authorize a replacement AM station unless it can run a minimum of 250 watts at night. If that is true, there is a big problem.

In any case, you couldn't apply for a replacement station until the next AM filing window, whenever that is. It may be years, if ever.

I'm just amazed that someone would fail to renew their license. It is not that hard to do the paperwork, and the FCC takes credit cards on line for the fee. It is certainly a lot easier to do than applying for a new station.

This is the second of the three MRS stations in East Texas to lose their license due to a failure to file paperwork and pay the small renewal fee. Since KWRD has been dark for months (and has the same ownership), I suspect it will meet the same fate.

I'm pretty sure that KOFY is still on the air, even though they have no license. It was on a couple of days ago. That makes it East Texas' most powerful (10 KW) pirate station. Is KZEY still on the air? I can't tell where I live.
 
> > I know FM's remain on a city's frequency allocation table
> > unless they're deleted through another ruling. However,
> I'm
> > not sure if the same rules apply to AM. I know the two
> > services are treated differently in several respects.
>
> I may be wrong, but I am under the impression that the FCC
> will not authorize a replacement AM station unless it can
> run a minimum of 250 watts at night. If that is true, there
> is a big problem.
>
> In any case, you couldn't apply for a replacement station
> until the next AM filing window, whenever that is. It may be
> years, if ever.
>
> I'm just amazed that someone would fail to renew their
> license. It is not that hard to do the paperwork, and the
> FCC takes credit cards on line for the fee. It is certainly
> a lot easier to do than applying for a new station.
>
> This is the second of the three MRS stations in East Texas
> to lose their license due to a failure to file paperwork and
> pay the small renewal fee. Since KWRD has been dark for
> months (and has the same ownership), I suspect it will meet
> the same fate.
>
> I'm pretty sure that KOFY is still on the air, even though
> they have no license. It was on a couple of days ago. That
> makes it East Texas' most powerful (10 KW) pirate station.
> Is KZEY still on the air? I can't tell where I live.
>
(from the above post) "I'm just amazed that someone would fail to renew their license. It is not that hard to do the paperwork, and the FCC takes credit cards on line for the fee. It is certainly a lot easier to do than applying for a new station."

As many of us are similarly amazed. But then look at the don't give a hoot ownership and the malignant neglect and criminal abuse of the broadcast properties involved and the situation comes as no surprise whatsoever. MRS has all the appeal of a lanced boil and should be banned from broadcasting, but it will be allowed to propagate its own strain of radio mange.
 
KZEY is still on the air - just running 24 hrs on thier tiny night transmitter. Just barely covers Tyler during the day.

I'm still amazed the FCC hasn't shut both KZEY and KOFY down. In the pre-regulation days it would have already been a done deal. I bet the staff and DJ's dont realize they are broadcasting without a licence. One of the most influental R&B stations in Texas radio history finally bites the dust. Sad!
 
> KZEY is still on the air - just running 24 hrs on thier tiny
> night transmitter. Just barely covers Tyler during the day.
>
>
> I'm still amazed the FCC hasn't shut both KZEY and KOFY
> down. In the pre-regulation days it would have already been
> a done deal. I bet the staff and DJ's dont realize they are
> broadcasting without a licence. One of the most influental
> R&B stations in Texas radio history finally bites the dust.
> Sad!
>


And the death-knell continues to toll.......


What a waste of three good stations.<P ID="signature">______________
Failure to plan on your part doesn't constitute an emergency on my part.</P>
 
> I may be wrong, but I am under the impression that the FCC
> will not authorize a replacement AM station unless it can
> run a minimum of 250 watts at night. If that is true, there
> is a big problem.

That's technically true, though I hear there's one way around it. As I've been told, an existing AM station can become a daytimer. Also, are the spacing requirements such that KZEY could not run at least 250 watts? What about directional antennas? Granted, none of those options seem very likely, but they may be possible.

> I'm just amazed that someone would fail to renew their
> license. It is not that hard to do the paperwork, and the
> FCC takes credit cards on line for the fee. It is certainly
> a lot easier to do than applying for a new station.

I agree. It is pretty amazing that someone would do, or not do, that. The FCC sends in plenty of notices, and it's very easy to do. It's also not like everyone else in Texas wasn't renewing at the exact same time. Broadcasters like this are a real disservice to their communities. In that respect, it might be better they're no longer operating in Tyler/Longview.
 
> > KZEY is still on the air - just running 24 hrs on thier
> tiny
> > night transmitter. Just barely covers Tyler during the
> day.
> >
> >
> > I'm still amazed the FCC hasn't shut both KZEY and KOFY
> > down. In the pre-regulation days it would have already
> been
> > a done deal. I bet the staff and DJ's dont realize they
> are
> > broadcasting without a licence. One of the most influental
>
> > R&B stations in Texas radio history finally bites the
> dust.
> > Sad!
> >
>
>
> And the death-knell continues to toll.......

And another side note of such, this could be the death of MRS Ventures/Community Broadcast Group as we all know it.....

....(sung)AND I FEEL FINE!!!!
>
>
> What a waste of three good stations.
>
<P ID="signature">______________
Note to MRS Ventures: Have you checked your transmitter lately? It's leaking dead air!</P>
 
> That's technically true, though I hear there's one way
> around it. As I've been told, an existing AM station can
> become a daytimer. Also, are the spacing requirements such
> that KZEY could not run at least 250 watts? What about
> directional antennas? Granted, none of those options seem
> very likely, but they may be possible.
>
I think almost anything is possible if you have the "right" consultants and lawyers working for you. I honestly don't know what power KZEY is authorized for at night, but I do know it is less than daytime, and is supposed to go directional at night. I'm also relatively sure they have not been running directional in a long time.

I hope it can be re-licensed. There may be hope for it, but I'm not at all sure about th efuture for KOFY and KWRD. I know that KWRD has a night authorization of less than 100 watts, so if that goes belly up, it is likely to never surface again.
 
> > KZEY is still on the air - just running 24 hrs on thier
> tiny
> > night transmitter. Just barely covers Tyler during the
> day.
> >
> >
> > I'm still amazed the FCC hasn't shut both KZEY and KOFY
> > down. In the pre-regulation days it would have already
> been
> > a done deal. I bet the staff and DJ's dont realize they
> are
> > broadcasting without a licence. One of the most influental
>
> > R&B stations in Texas radio history finally bites the
> dust.
> > Sad!
> >
>
>
> And the death-knell continues to toll.......
>
>
> What a waste of three good stations.
>

True. Toss in a different company, different station KYKX, and you have the same mind set of don't care losers running the operations.
 
> > > KZEY is still on the air - just running 24 hrs on thier
> > tiny
> > > night transmitter. Just barely covers Tyler during the
> > day.
> > >
> > >
> > > I'm still amazed the FCC hasn't shut both KZEY and KOFY
> > > down. In the pre-regulation days it would have already
> > been
> > > a done deal. I bet the staff and DJ's dont realize they
> > are
> > > broadcasting without a licence. One of the most
> influental
> >
> > > R&B stations in Texas radio history finally bites the
> > dust.
> > > Sad!
> > >
> >
> >
> > And the death-knell continues to toll.......
>
> And another side note of such, this could be the death of
> MRS Ventures/Community Broadcast Group as we all know
> it.....
>
> ....(sung)AND I FEEL FINE!!!!
> >

LOL. Good one there....

Probably shared sentiments by most on this board that know what's going on.

BTW....what's the latest on the Mississippi and Arkansas MRS situations?



> >
> > What a waste of three good stations.
> >
>
<P ID="signature">______________
Failure to plan on your part doesn't constitute an emergency on my part.</P>
 
> I just noticed that today (10-19-05) the FCC has put the
> dreaded "D" in front of KZEY's call sign on the CDBS. That
> means "Deleted."
>
> I guess that means that just like KOFY, they did not bother
> to renew the license. I suppose that KWRD is next.
>
> The really bad part of this is barring a miracle (or some
> really good lawyers) these stations will not be back. East
> Texas communities are the real loosers in all this.
>
> Chuck
>


http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=12809

There's the link to the CDBS information. It's saying that it's available for application in the next filing window. Any takers???


Also....I was in Tyler today and heard KZ...er "D"KZEY on the air. I also heard KO...oops, "D"KOFY on the air today. I want to say something about the irony of the fact the two stations that Russell has no legal authority to operate are on the air while the one that (apparently) would still have some degree of legality (KWRD) is dead silent. However, I think at this point I will reserve comment for later.

Also saw that KZEY apparently moved to a location on College Street in downtown Tyler.<P ID="signature">______________
Failure to plan on your part doesn't constitute an emergency on my part.</P>
 
> > > > KZEY is still on the air - just running 24 hrs on
> thier
> > > tiny
> > > > night transmitter. Just barely covers Tyler during the
>
> > > day.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I'm still amazed the FCC hasn't shut both KZEY and
> KOFY
> > > > down. In the pre-regulation days it would have already
>
> > > been
> > > > a done deal. I bet the staff and DJ's dont realize
> they
> > > are
> > > > broadcasting without a licence. One of the most
> > influental
> > >
> > > > R&B stations in Texas radio history finally bites the
> > > dust.
> > > > Sad!
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > And the death-knell continues to toll.......
> >
> > And another side note of such, this could be the death of
> > MRS Ventures/Community Broadcast Group as we all know
> > it.....
> >
> > ....(sung)AND I FEEL FINE!!!!
> > >
>
> LOL. Good one there....
>
> Probably shared sentiments by most on this board that know
> what's going on.
>
> BTW....what's the latest on the Mississippi and Arkansas MRS
> situations?
>
>
Well last I heard from the Arkansas board this is the last of what went down:

From 100,000 watts.com:

WZYQ 101.9 Mound Bayou MS, KZYQ 103.5 Lake Village AR and KZYP 99.3 Pine Bluff AR flip to "Jammin' Oldies" rhythmic oldies. (KZYQ and WZYQ had been blues "Star 103," while KZYP was adult R&B.) Sister station KPBQ 101.3 Pine Bluff AR flips from country to black gospel, with "Super Country" replacing sports on KOTN 1490 Pine Bluff AR. And KCLA 1400 Pine Bluff AR flips from Fox sports to adult R&B "Golden Oldies."

The only problem is this: KZYQ has BEEN off the air in Lake Village and WZYQ is off because they were evicted from the Mound Bayou transmitter. All others is just Russell's way of putting something on quickly so that they can put it on the air and promote it less as usual.

If ANYONE with a brilliant mind that want to take KZEY from Russell and his cronies, I would LOVE to flip that station to an R&B oldies format but keep the Gospel Roots programming as it is for traditional sake. KOFY can be a great candidate for a true urban AC, but has to reduce power down to 5,000 day and 1,000 at night. In other words, anyone with the money and the know-how, I would be tickled to death to program it the way it suppose to be. Live announcers and no lazy support from satellite let alone the overnights. It would be perfect. I'm quite sure Snoman can relate to it.
>
> > >
> > > What a waste of three good stations.
> > >
> >
>
<P ID="signature">______________
Note to MRS Ventures: Have you checked your transmitter lately? It's leaking dead air!</P>
 
>
> http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=12809
>
> There's the link to the CDBS information. It's saying that
> it's available for application in the next filing window.
> Any takers???

Maybe it can be brought back to life in some future filing window (whenever that is - it may be years). Unfortunately, it also shows KZEY's night authorizarion is only 92 watts. I'm told that current policy is AM applications are only accepted for stations that can have a minimum of 250 watt night authorization.

It is going to take good (expensive) consultants and lawyers to pull this one out of the fire.
 
> >
> > http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=12809
> >
> > There's the link to the CDBS information. It's saying that
>
> > it's available for application in the next filing window.
> > Any takers???
>
> Maybe it can be brought back to life in some future filing
> window (whenever that is - it may be years). Unfortunately,
> it also shows KZEY's night authorizarion is only 92 watts.
> I'm told that current policy is AM applications are only
> accepted for stations that can have a minimum of 250 watt
> night authorization.
>

I 'spect that would mean that KWRD will eventually meet the same fate, seeing as how it only has 80-someodd watts nighttime, IIRC.



> It is going to take good (expensive) consultants and lawyers
> to pull this one out of the fire.
>



Hmmm...hate to say it, but I'm starting to hear Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" playing in the back of my mind.

Of the (legal) heritage Tyler calls, who's still left besides KTBB, KDOK, KTYL and KNUE?<P ID="signature">______________
Failure to plan on your part doesn't constitute an emergency on my part.</P>
 
> > > > > KZEY is still on the air - just running 24 hrs on
> > thier
> > > > tiny
> > > > > night transmitter. Just barely covers Tyler during
> the
> >
> > > > day.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm still amazed the FCC hasn't shut both KZEY and
> > KOFY
> > > > > down. In the pre-regulation days it would have
> already
> >
> > > > been
> > > > > a done deal. I bet the staff and DJ's dont realize
> > they
> > > > are
> > > > > broadcasting without a licence. One of the most
> > > influental
> > > >
> > > > > R&B stations in Texas radio history finally bites
> the
> > > > dust.
> > > > > Sad!
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > And the death-knell continues to toll.......
> > >
> > > And another side note of such, this could be the death
> of
> > > MRS Ventures/Community Broadcast Group as we all know
> > > it.....
> > >
> > > ....(sung)AND I FEEL FINE!!!!
> > > >
> >
> > LOL. Good one there....
> >
> > Probably shared sentiments by most on this board that know
>
> > what's going on.
> >
> > BTW....what's the latest on the Mississippi and Arkansas
> MRS
> > situations?
> >
> >
> Well last I heard from the Arkansas board this is the last
> of what went down:
>
> From 100,000 watts.com:
>
> WZYQ 101.9 Mound Bayou MS, KZYQ 103.5 Lake Village AR and
> KZYP 99.3 Pine Bluff AR flip to "Jammin' Oldies" rhythmic
> oldies. (KZYQ and WZYQ had been blues "Star 103," while KZYP
> was adult R&B.) Sister station KPBQ 101.3 Pine Bluff AR
> flips from country to black gospel, with "Super Country"
> replacing sports on KOTN 1490 Pine Bluff AR. And KCLA 1400
> Pine Bluff AR flips from Fox sports to adult R&B "Golden
> Oldies."
>
> The only problem is this: KZYQ has BEEN off the air in Lake
> Village and WZYQ is off because they were evicted from the
> Mound Bayou transmitter. All others is just Russell's way of
> putting something on quickly so that they can put it on the
> air and promote it less as usual.
>
> If ANYONE with a brilliant mind that want to take KZEY from
> Russell and his cronies, I would LOVE to flip that station
> to an R&B oldies format but keep the Gospel Roots
> programming as it is for traditional sake. KOFY can be a
> great candidate for a true urban AC, but has to reduce power
> down to 5,000 day and 1,000 at night.

I'm just wondering if 1060's license would be up for grabs, since there's no info on CDBS. KZEY is showing to be available in the next filing window, but there's not even that much info on KOFY in their database (at least that was the case the last time I checked).







In other words, anyone
> with the money and the know-how, I would be tickled to death
> to program it the way it suppose to be. Live announcers and
> no lazy support from satellite let alone the overnights. It
> would be perfect. I'm quite sure Snoman can relate to it.
> >
> > > >
> > > > What a waste of three good stations.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
<P ID="signature">______________
Failure to plan on your part doesn't constitute an emergency on my part.</P>
 
> KOFY can be a
> > great candidate for a true urban AC, but has to reduce
> power
> > down to 5,000 day and 1,000 at night.

Is this possible? I always thought WLNO 1060 from New Orleans blocked KOFY from broadcasting at night.
 
> > KOFY can be a
> > > great candidate for a true urban AC, but has to reduce
> > power
> > > down to 5,000 day and 1,000 at night.
>
> Is this possible? I always thought WLNO 1060 from New
> Orleans blocked KOFY from broadcasting at night.
>
Learning from this, KOFY is a daytime only station never had options to go nighttime. That was just wishful thinking on my part, though.
<P ID="signature">______________
Note to MRS Ventures: Have you checked your transmitter lately? It's leaking dead air!</P>
 
> > > KOFY can be a
> > > > great candidate for a true urban AC, but has to reduce
>
> > > power
> > > > down to 5,000 day and 1,000 at night.
> >
> > Is this possible? I always thought WLNO 1060 from New
> > Orleans blocked KOFY from broadcasting at night.
> >
> Learning from this, KOFY is a daytime only station never had
> options to go nighttime. That was just wishful thinking on
> my part, though.
>


Well, I'd suspect that there were some pretty hot people that listen to WLNO last night that might not have heard their 1060. Reason being....I flipped over to 1060 after church last night and not only found the pirate 1060 on the air, it was the MRS-trademarked lifted-ground hum blasting through the night. Bet the 'LNO listeners were fit to be tied, especially if Pirate Radio 1060 was at full-tilt 10kW.

Like nails on a chalkboard...........



PS...Pirate Radio 690 was still on the air today in Tyler.

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