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New 104.1 KVDU Application
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Tyler and Longview are also sprawling away from each other. Tyler sprawls to the south while Longview sprawls to the north, which makes coverage more challenging. There are also aren’t really any opportunities to upgrade the signals due to their proximity to Dallas and Shreveport.
I’m not that familiar with Baton Rouge and New Orleans, but the circumstances seem sufficient to keep those cities as parts of separate markets given their distance and populations.
iHeart could run the same format and branding on 103.7 and 104.1 and share a lot of programming elements but tweak each station some to target New Orleans and Baton Rouge separately.
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@Jay S Ah, but the north side of Tyler is starting to see construction popping up here and there, and don't look now, but Lindale has already started to jump across I-20. The whole stretch of US 69 from I-20 down to Jim Hogg Road has been purchased by developers and speculators in the last couple of years. Tyler Pipe has significantly reduced operations in the last 10 years, and it would not surprise me in the least if at some point in the not so distant future, they end up selling the land for redevelopment. The whole Mo-Pac rail line that served Tyler Pipe for many years has been completely abandoned, and severed a mile or so north of the loop. By the 2030s, it will be hard to tell where Tyler ends and Lindale begins. Huge change from what Lindale was just a decade or so ago, when it was just a downtown square, and a single red light at FM 16 and US 69.
There are one or two opportunities available to adjust a couple of coverage areas to better serve both Tyler and Longview, but it would be pretty costly, and not something anyone currently holding the licenses is willing to pursue at this time. That, of course, could suddenly change if a couple of the mom & pop outfits over here decide to close up shop and cash it in.
@rosecitymedia True. I have seen a lot of development around the I-20 portion of Lindale. The new frontage roads they built with the high mast lights looks like a big city!
As for 104.1, it would be nice if they went with some kind of modern rock format. As I recall, modern rock was done in the past in Baton Rouge but on poor signals.
As for 104.1, it would be nice if they went with some kind of modern rock format. As I recall, modern rock was done in the past in Baton Rouge but on poor signals.
I second this, but with a gold based leaning like the duel going on in Lafayette
All of these alternative stations in South Louisiana and not one in north Louisiana on commercial radio…
You can forget about 92.3 restoring its previous transmitter facilities. The 2000-ft tower in Vacherie was going to cost $7 million to replace. Cumulus and iHeart were co-owners of the tower with Cumulus being the managing partner. They're not rebuilding it... Both of them are being downgraded and may get on thousand foot towers.. But they'll never have the range that they used to
I imagine they'll find an existing tower to get on.
And like ContinuousWave said, no one's building a tower like that these days.
It would be cool if ALT 92.3 put their transmitter on WWL-FM or WRNO tower so some of South Mississippi and Coastal Mississippi pick up the signal better.
iHeart could do an Alternative but it is nothing special these days. So corporate these days.
As Lance headlines it: looks like 92.3 WZRH has found a new home on the old-old AT&T longlines tower at 1302 East Airline Highway in LaPlace. CP has been issued for 100 KW ND at 427 ft. AGL.
In Google street view, that tower may look beat-up, but it is historic in one sense having withstood many hurricanes -- notice the extra set of support legs between the original four, now technically making it a beefy, eight-legged self-support tower. It will be interesting to see how CMLS re-engineers the tower to hang a big 8-bay up top. R-L's predicted contour is great in NOLA, not bad on the Northshore and usable in BTR.
Well played, WZRH. I think (original owner/engineer) Sid Levet III would be proud of how you handled this situation.
In Google street view, that tower may look beat-up, but it is historic in one sense having withstood many hurricanes -- notice the extra set of support legs between the original four, now technically making it a beefy, eight-legged self-support tower. It will be interesting to see how CMLS re-engineers the tower to hang a big 8-bay up top. R-L's predicted contour is great in NOLA, not bad on the Northshore and usable in BTR.
Well played, WZRH. I think (original owner/engineer) Sid Levet III would be proud of how you handled this situation.
I saw that in Lance's article too, but I was surprised. It wasn't an application but a grant of the CP! I wasn't even aware it was filed yet or a site had been selected.
Update: It looks like the application was filed last Wednesday the 28th and was granted on Friday the 30th. That has to be one of, if not the fastest approval periods I have ever seen.
As @fybush said to me, the importance of having good FCC contacts and attorneys...
Been there... should be a good site though ATC owns it
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Look for other entities to take advantage of the downgrade, ie KVPI moving into Lafayette, possibly KBKL in BR moving further south.
Haven’t we been hearing about this for 2 years since the hurricane? I don’t know how well played it was more than they couldn’t keep kicking the can down the road. I have a hunch they finally pulled the trigger because CMLS is dangling that cluster as an add on for another market sale.
who is KBKL? Are you trying to talk about Q106.5 which is KQXL?
No, he meant WBKL, which is EMF's K-Love affiliate at 92.7.
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