Sounds like Aleluya may have its "mighty mite" translator on the air. Scan stopped on 95.1 MHz today and found a pretty potent signal doing oldies. I listened long enough to hear a recorded K236AR ID and a testing message. Oldies obviously won't last. Looked it up on FCC CDBS and it shows KBRZ AM as the primary station. So now we'll have Pakistani programming on FM. What luck? Big deal here is the antenna is at 1800 feet (1820 above average terrain). Even with just 99 watts, this thing should SING. Did a little database search and can't find another translator antenna this high although I'm certain some mountain area translators have to be up this high but certainly no other lowland translators. Haven't had the opportunity to listen around town yet but on the southwest side, it's strong.
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Looks like Aleluya's "Mighty Mite" Translator is on the Air
- Thread starter Tonytoga
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Pretty good signal at my Cy-Fair location, better than I would have expected. I'm about 25 miles from the Missouri City sticks.
Bruce Carter will be happy, although probably temporarily.
Houston has been behind the curve in getting such a facility. DFW, SA, and Austin have had several for the past few years.
On a related note, the LPFM filing window is about to open. Will be interesting to see what eventually gets on the air here.
Bruce Carter will be happy, although probably temporarily.
Houston has been behind the curve in getting such a facility. DFW, SA, and Austin have had several for the past few years.
On a related note, the LPFM filing window is about to open. Will be interesting to see what eventually gets on the air here.
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rbrucecarter5
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Sarcasm noted! Although it is my daughter who will be mad - when she comes home from College Station, she has been becoming a bit of a DX'er for KNDE, which she considers better than KRBE and KKHH.
95.1 still on Tuesday morning with Oldies and a good signal in Cy-Fair. However, I'm not hearing KBRZ 1460 at an 8:25 check; getting KCLE out of DFW instead. Something is underneath KCLE, but didn't listen long enough to figure out what.
Its clear on the 12th floor in the Wells Fargo Tower, Savoy and 50 (near Hilcroft) I'll try it in the car when I leave later today.
Signal sounds good here in Westchase... but on my drive early this AM to Katy, the humidity created a mess on 95.1 of KNDE and K236AR on I-10 from the Beltway westward.
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purpledevil
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That's one heck of a translator! Clear signal in the house and car at BW 8 and Veterans Memorial. Playing Marty Robbins "El Paso" now. Did I read that right? Skeeters games are going to be aired on it? If so, that's awesome. Wonder how KYKR is going to affect it? We all know how it throws its signal this way quite often. Wow, they're playing The Spinners' "Could it be I'm Falling in Love". I'm loving this right along with you Bruce....thanks to the OP for letting us know this happened.
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rbrucecarter5
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Too bad it probably won't stay oldies - it will probably end up being foreign language Christian. This morning it was the wierdest mix of perfect KNDE HD-1 interrupted by dead air from the translator.
It's quite odd when that happens. I've had KSMG-HD fade in and out over WWL-FM 105.3's analog on the west side of Houston. I've also experienced this with KSMB's analog under KTBZ's HD near Beaumont.
The new translator's signal was quite noisy on my drive down the Westpark Tollway around 6:30 this morning, from SH99 to BW8 and pretty crisp once I passed the BW.
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rbrucecarter5
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I would a lot rather have 100W off of a 2000 foot tower than 100kW off a 100 foot tower. I remember the days of KTXT Lubbock when they were at 88.1 and 10W off of a 600 foot tower. Solid as a rock for 30 miles in every direction.
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purpledevil
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The oldies are done. Now airing a south Asian pop format.
Bad thing about the strong translator on 95.1 is that it crimps the ability to get any future LPFM's in Houston on 94.9 or 95.3. Would have to be in the NE part of the market. Of course the planned new KHTZ transmitter on 94.9 would give any LPFM a rough time during heavy tropo.
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rbrucecarter5
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I think that the rule is any full time FM trumps a translator - so if somebody applied for an LPFM - down would go the translator.
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purpledevil
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That doesn't sound right. Translators are allowed more power than an LPFM, taller antennas, and get some protection from adjacents and co-channels. LPFM's aren't afforded any protection and from what I've seen before, they've got to move when a full power station or a translator files a CP that will encroach on the LP's signal.
I am hearing it quite well at my Hillcroft/Richmond location. I am also hearing commercial messages for local a business. I thought that this was not allowed on LPFM stations? Also, if this is local programming, it cant be considered a translator?
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I think 95.1 is a translator that is rebroadcasting KBRZ, a commercial AM station. That would allow for commercials. Only translators owned by non-commercial stations are restricted to non-commercial operation.
An earlier post rings true for what I've said for years: Why is LPFM limited to 100 watts at 30 meters HAAT when a translator can 'fill the hole' with up to 250 watts at any antenna height above average terrain. And why would local programming on a LPFM be equal to a repeater of a distant station? The secondary status of LPFM is black sheep in the radio family thanks to the FCC and likely the pressure applied on them by entities I'll not mention here.
An earlier post rings true for what I've said for years: Why is LPFM limited to 100 watts at 30 meters HAAT when a translator can 'fill the hole' with up to 250 watts at any antenna height above average terrain. And why would local programming on a LPFM be equal to a repeater of a distant station? The secondary status of LPFM is black sheep in the radio family thanks to the FCC and likely the pressure applied on them by entities I'll not mention here.
Correct. This means that the format changes to Sugar Land Skeeters games at 6PM. Ah, brokered radio.
It makes you wonder if the price is about to go up to lease that station out at the first of the month.
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purpledevil
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Given its strength, it makes me wonder how long before a big broadcaster throws an obscene amount of money at Aleluya to acquire it.
Old Chicago, 95.1 is a translator not an LPFM. Skeeters games, that sounds great. Has anyone heard the ID on it yet? I haven't caught it at the toh yet. If it's in simulcast with 1460 it should be "KBRZ Freeport, K236AR Angleton".
Old Chicago, 95.1 is a translator not an LPFM. Skeeters games, that sounds great. Has anyone heard the ID on it yet? I haven't caught it at the toh yet. If it's in simulcast with 1460 it should be "KBRZ Freeport, K236AR Angleton".
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