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New translator in SA - 101.5?

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Found this just now. http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?list=0&facid=148337

It's at 101.5, it's call sign is K269FW. It's owned by "GAB LLC", and supposedly rebroadcasts KEMA-FM. But I don't even think KEMA is on the air. Neither is the translator.

I remember somebody posting about a K269FW 101.7 a few months back but can't find the thread. Perhaps this is it, it just made some changes. What will become of it?
 
Supposedly the translator was on the air recently from a transmitter site northwest of Cuero. At least that was their licensed location on 101.7, according to their application for a license to cover as well as their renewal application, both of which were approved by the FCC. Anyone is free to speculate as to whether the translator was actually on the air at one time. The application was reinstated in July, showing the frequency change to 101.5 and a new location. It's still awaiting FCC approval. Here's a link to the proposed coverage area: https://maps.google.com/?q=http://t...01.5&contour=60&city=SAN_ANTONIO&state=TX.kml

Neither the formerly "licensed" transmitter location or the current proposal showed any San Antonio coverage, despite that being listed as the area to be served on the application. One might assume that the ultimate goal is to actually move the translator into San Antonio, of course, but it's anybody's guess whether KEMA is going to rise from the dead anytime soon.
 
It's possible he plans to move it into San Antonio then change the primary station.
A few months ago it supposedly rebroadcasted KAWZ from Idaho.
 
The map you provided, jd, shows coverage of nothing whatsoever. Some farms and pastures along 87, I suppose. Why does the commission allow this? At least make them move closer to Nixon to provide service to a town without one. I guess this becomes the latest "ghost" signal that won't light up until it gets into San Antonio proper.
 
Most of us know about the other translator, the "ghost" signal you alluded to. The one we're talking about in this thread should be able to do it in just two "moves." Assuming that it doesn't preclude any LPFM applications that might come along, getting 101.5 all the way into the city shouldn't be a problem. Yes, I'm saying it's possible, not that I think it's right.

As to why the FCC allows this kind of thing I really don't know. The first (and at the time the worst case) was a translator in Wisconsin that made multiple hops so they could get into Milwaukee. The FCC asked a lot of questions but eventually approved the final "move." Then came the case of the translator from Mendoza that wound up at the Cox Compound in San Antonio, relaying KKYX, which was even more convoluted than the one in Wisconsin. The license for the 104.9 translator still lists the area served as Mendoza, and FCC approval of the application for assignment of license from Houston Christian Broadcasters to Cox is still pending, along with the license to cover the final move amidst informal complaints from Clear Channel. So who did the actual construction, Cox or HCB? Who pays the electric bill for the translator? Moreover, is HCB allowing Cox to operate the translator for nothing, or has money been exchanged for the privilege? The overriding and very basic question that remains is this, however: was the translator ever built and on the air anywhere during its journey? Yes, the FCC is again asking some tough questions but it's highly unlikely that the deed will be undone.
 
I think that's him. His 102.3 translator's had some stuff pop up lately. Supposedly not retransmitting the station it's licensed for, and running at a high power level.
 
jd said:
Most of us know about the other translator, the "ghost" signal you alluded to. The one we're talking about in this thread should be able to do it in just two "moves." Assuming that it doesn't preclude any LPFM applications that might come along, getting 101.5 all the way into the city shouldn't be a problem. Yes, I'm saying it's possible, not that I think it's right.

As to why the FCC allows this kind of thing I really don't know. The first (and at the time the worst case) was a translator in Wisconsin that made multiple hops so they could get into Milwaukee. The FCC asked a lot of questions but eventually approved the final "move." Then came the case of the translator from Mendoza that wound up at the Cox Compound in San Antonio, relaying KKYX, which was even more convoluted than the one in Wisconsin. The license for the 104.9 translator still lists the area served as Mendoza, and FCC approval of the application for assignment of license from Houston Christian Broadcasters to Cox is still pending, along with the license to cover the final move amidst informal complaints from Clear Channel. So who did the actual construction, Cox or HCB? Who pays the electric bill for the translator? Moreover, is HCB allowing Cox to operate the translator for nothing, or has money been exchanged for the privilege? The overriding and very basic question that remains is this, however: was the translator ever built and on the air anywhere during its journey? Yes, the FCC is again asking some tough questions but it's highly unlikely that the deed will be undone.
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Translators are a funny animal.....they are not a full service station and have rules all their own..I dont think you can LMA a xlator....and if a license has been issued, then it should have been built AND already put on the air....if not, then how did a license to cover get issued (same way a LPTV license to cover was issued for a LP39 in Beaumont, TX...which has never been built or on the air...the tower they reference in their apps and license, etc is a Kinder Morgan microwave tower and there has never been a LPTV station on the tower for the last 25 years according to the tech who maintains the site!)....The FCC just allowed a LD4 to skip its LICENSE (not a CP) from Woodville TX (where it was never seen) to a 2000 foot former CC tower west of Beaumont (where again it was never built out or seen) to now a CP in downtown Houston...though none of the previous sites were ever on the air....and the original CP ran out years ago....If noone complains, these religious folks LIE their way to what they want (EGADS....religious folks lying?? NO PLEASE tell us that aint so! :rolleyes: )
 
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