I agree! you cant have remorse... and say never mind i want it back.
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I'm getting a vision... It appears to involve an eleventh-hour, save-the-license long-wire antenna. Seems to be happening around September 2022....
You wont have to wait that long.
That is the proposed new night pattern?
Looks like it. I’d like to see the new day time pattern
i dont see any apps on file and the most recent thing filed was an STA 2 days ago.. where is this map and supposed new day/night pattern?
if Rehan Siddiqi wanted to buy a silent AM that would require a new transmitter site, he might have done better going after KEYH. That station’s previous site put a solid signal over areas of the market where the South Asian community is concentrated, and any new facility that approximated its coverage would probably do the same.
However as mentioned elsewhere, KEYH would come without any transmitter and related equipment unlike KGOL, so that would be a negative.
However as mentioned elsewhere, KEYH would come without any transmitter and related equipment unlike KGOL, so that would be a negative.
Honestly, for the price, I think he did pretty great… assuming it is actually back on the air prior to the license expiring.
You can do anything with a sharpie.
I’d rather go by something filed with the FCC, assuming they still do that sort of thing.
i think the maps above are the old ones.. nothings been recently filed with the FCC. I'm guessing KGOL's 50kw day was an upgrade from something else.. thats what these maps are i think.
The KGOL power levels and patterns have been re-engineered several times since the station went on the air almost 40 years ago.
I don't see why Entravision would spend a single penny or ounce of effort on a silent station they are selling. I would think that would be left to the new owner, once the sale closes.
It would, but until the license transfer is granted, the new owner could pay for entravision to do a filing of some kind, its happened before with other companies/stations
Is Entravision having financial problems? I remember long ago they sold their cluster in DFW. Surprised they left houston, I would expect they would have tried to get an FM here in Houston.
How well do El Genio Lucas and Piolin do now in days?
This is one of those instances we talked about where using reason and deducing a conclusion would save you time;
This is an irrelevant AM station with very little value in a market already saturated with Spanish language media. It is also the only property they own in this market, which makes it hard to justify hiring a full time staff. The land the transmitter sat on is more valuable than the license itself and the license is practically a daytime only station since the nighttime coverage was garbage. Furthermore, the license only sold for $125,000. You could probably find that in scrap metal, equipment, and timber alone on the transmitter site.
And finally, AM radio is dead.
The maps I shared of the current contour and the proposed contour are working drafts for the build-out of a site southeast of humble near a foul-smelling landfill where land is cheap. It may or may not happen. Right now the license is pending a transfer which the FCC has not yet granted for whatever reason. As soon as the license is transferred you will see an STA application for a temporary site using a long wire antenna. Understand that it is to Ray Hans benefit to get the AM on as soon as possible. Considering the amount of money he has to pay for an HD sub channel to operate his translator, what he paid for 1180 equals about a year-and-a-half of HD rental.
Plus all the expenses needed to get the station running. Once you factor in maintenance, electricity, and other operating costs, he may not be saving much.
HD subchannels are relatively cheap to lease because the operating and maintenance costs of an existing HD station are the same with or without subchannels. The only cost incurred is the licensing fee, but that gets factored into the lease.
But in the end, he will own outright even if it costs an arm and a leg.. and when you own outright, its not so bad paying all that money vs paying all that money just to lease. Plus, owning is easy to borrow against in the future.. you cant borrow against what you lease.
Are you aware that HD sub channels in Houston are currently renting at rates between 5 and $7,000 a month? On top of that the HD primary channels make the translator cover the music licensing fees for the HD, which is very expensive. Now consider -- a reduced power long wire antenna STA solution for a dark AM is very cheap to operate while a new station is constructed. That STA can be renewed repeatedly for years on end while a construction permit is applied for and then let sit idle and then reapplied for again a few years later. I'm not saying that I have personal knowledge of what Rehan is or isn't going to do. I just been in this industry long enough to know how the game is played.
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