I thought this blog would be a good place to discuss radio stuff with knowledgeable individuals. Instead, I find a bunch of wanna be radio police who think they know everything. You need to understand that 92.5 and 105.3 are no longer associated with Pastor Guavara. These stations are no longer broadcasting from wrong locations. They are not overpowered, either.
The operation has been taken over by a 30-year broadcasting veteran who flipped Houston's most beloved (but at the time going broke) rock station into one of the most successful (and profitable) Spanish radio stations ever. Yes, the Big Boys at Estrella, Entercom, and Univision are worried about losing listeners They are scrambling, strategizing, having meetings, snooping, taking pictures, making calls, pulling favors, etc. They don't want competition, especially not from a low power translator with a fraction of their operational costs.
The fact of the matter is that K287BQ does not have to electronically file notice of what station is being rebroadcast. K287BQ simply has to mail notice to the FCC. See below. For what it's worth, KTWL is awaiting receipt of a new Nautel IBOC module. Do the translators of daytime only AMs cut off at night? No. Are FM translators required to only repeat the "over the air" feed of the station they are repeating? No. Just because the primary for K287BQ is currently having technical difficulties doesn't require the translator to be silenced. As long as K287BQ has notified the FCC of its proposed primary, until and unless the FCC says no go, it is in fact a go. And on these required mail in notices, the FCC often takes months to review them, if they even bother at all. It is sometimes a year or more before they actually update their website to show the correct information about what station is being repeated.
