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New station in Austin TX

Have you ever wished the FCC would pull out a map to check these applications? Carrizo Springs is a good 100 miles from San Antonio and Austin another 70 miles further. It will be less as the crow flies but far beyond the reach of an FM from Carrizo. Seems I recall a rule about not being able to expand the reach of a station using a translator. KCZO isn't the only one where this has happened.
 
KCZO is a non-commercial station. I'm not 100% certain, but, since the translator is in the reserved part of the band, it may be able to relay the station by means other than off-air.

Granted, you can do a lot with an antenna as high as a broadcast tower, but I'd have to think KNBT would stomp all over KCZO if it was trying to pick up the station off-air!
 
I've never heard KCZO on the air.
As for the translator not picking it up with an FM antenna, CSN has translators all over the place, such as 88.7 in SA and 90.1 in Austin, that don't use FM antennas to get their signal. Instead they use low bitrate Internet audio.
 
AnyHuman said:
I've never heard KCZO on the air.
As for the translator not picking it up with an FM antenna, CSN has translators all over the place, such as 88.7 in SA and 90.1 in Austin, that don't use FM antennas to get their signal. Instead they use low bitrate Internet audio.
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88.1 to 91.9 translators can get the programming by satelitte or internet or microwave STL, however they want.

Having installed some equipment for one internet fed translator in Wyoming along with keeping an eye on two others (one satelitte fed, one fed over the air), i can tell you most are not "low bit rate".... at minimum they are 64k AAC plus which is like 128k mp3 or better. Some are 128K stereo mpe3 or 128K AAC plus. It all depends on the bandwith available at the transmitter site, sometimes all they have is 4G cell service, no dsl/cable internet

CSN has a specific website page and phone number to report outages or troubles with their signals. I suggest you use that in the future if theyre are issues. You like to post on here to point out a broadcasts problems to poke fun, and also thinking it;ll get something done (it wont). You also talk like you know what youre talking about and most times you dont.

Most of these broadcasters legitimately care about what theyve got on or off the air but don't always know theres a problem. Some signals get lots of support, some get some support and some get no support but the other signals carry the loss. I know someone in engineering at every one of these national religious networks.. CSN, EMF(KLove/air1), Radio By Grace, etc.. and they do the best they can with what they got.
 
Preach on My Brother From Another Mother.

Dan <><

P.S. The neat thing about Jesus Radio Selma is, when something is happening, I just walk next to my house and check it out. If I can't fix it, then I call the engineer and within a week, he'll have it resolved.
 
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Kent said:
KCZO isn’t owned by CSN. It's owned by Bernal Evangelism.
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Bernal is an even bigger winner that CSN *note my sarcasm*

He mentioned CSN in his last comments
 
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