If Radio One changes Praise's Calls, I think it should be KNUZ-FM, for K-News 92.1. I think the war of Houston's news radio would be aiming towards KTRH on the AM side, and Non-Comm KUHF on the FM side. The last we had a news station on the FM side was KFNC-which is NOT affilliated with FOX News Radio , but it's now an all-sports station affilliated with ESPN.
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Troy Goodwin said:
KNUZ? Not going to happen:
http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?call=KNUZ&x=17&y=4&sr=Y&s=C
I wonder where the reporters for KTRH's enhanced "local" news presence really are? I just heard one call UH "Houston University" and talk about the 2:30 kickoff for the game. This was at 6P.
rageradio said:
That's for a LPTV. On radio the KNWS call is on an AM/FM combo in Waterloo, Iowa.
What site are you referring to? Didn't see anything on a quick FCC query.
@Mediafrog+ Sorry forgot to paste the link
http://cdbs.recnet.net:8080/fmq.php?call=kroi
http://cdbs.recnet.net:8080/fmq.php?call=kroi
Troy Goodwin said:
KROI:
Radio One, Inc.
'Nuff said.
rageradio said:
Looks like all but a couple of the translator applications have already been dismissed. The others are on their way to being given the thumbs down.
Typical shotgun approach to applications by a single entity. If you go through the FCC application records you'll find a huge amount of proposed translators/LPFMs on various frequencies, mostly from the same applicants. They know most will be dismissed, but they might get lucky somewhere.
Surprised we haven't seem more translators hit the air here in the Houston area. In DFW pretty much every empty second adjacent has seen a translator pop up in the past few years. I did notice recently that a KFTG translator on 95.1 is on the air from Angleton. I've heard the 41 watt signal in the Cy-Fair area, about 45 miles away!
Mediafrog+ said:
In order to improve it signal north of the city, perhaps Radio One should
make Liberman Brodcasting an offer to buy KJOJ 880am and simulcast KROI on it.
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If, as in previous postings suggest, the stereo pilot was removed from the signal, how much further would the signal travel, thus removing the need to simulcast the programming?
What I've heard so far on KROI sounds quite good. Oh, and by the way, Merlin's stations are sounding muych better these days, now that they're more focused and really doing news. Merlin's problem is that they already made an impression on listeners when they sounded bad and were hyping unimportant celebrity schlock. So Merlin's not just battling CBS, they're battling themselves.
If WWWN and WEMP had debuted with their current product, they'd have done much better.
To KROI's credit, they sound focused and relevant. I hope they do well. The news format takes a couple of years to pay off, so I hope Radio One gives this plenty of time to work.
One of the best-sounding news stations I've ever heard was KOGO in San Diego around 1984; I think they gave it six months.
Slow and steady wins the race.
If WWWN and WEMP had debuted with their current product, they'd have done much better.
To KROI's credit, they sound focused and relevant. I hope they do well. The news format takes a couple of years to pay off, so I hope Radio One gives this plenty of time to work.
One of the best-sounding news stations I've ever heard was KOGO in San Diego around 1984; I think they gave it six months.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Drucifer said:
ditto...sounds great! and thanks Radio One for bucking the trend and going local with the best talent possible while your competitors are nationalizing everything and leaving tenured local talent to bite the dust...the days of preparation and practice have obviously paid off...and I fully expect a year from now, the shareholders of Radio One, Inc. are going to be really happy with the ROI (pun intended) in the Houston market!
Drucifer said:
One thing I have noticed however, and I may call the C.E. to report this.
The microphone for J.P. Pritchard sounded lower than all the other ones, and was sort of "muddy". very noticeable to me.
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