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One Shell Plaza Mast
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It was the antenna site for KVRL TV-26 (now Fox 26) and the transmission site for many of the FM stations in town.
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It was 26's original site...(as KVRl and KDOG)....Also there were at least 7 FMs iirc into the master FM antenna (the large WHITE section...the TV antenna is the orange/white part at the top)...I dont think it works anymore...too many gas leaks in the joints and cost would be more to repair than it was worth....but the TV antenna is in working condition (was used by 20 after the collaspe of the original Sr Road tower)..At the time (in the 70s), One Shell was the highest building in Houston...and the FMs used it for an ideal site...but the other taller buildings started to surround it and the FMs then looked at the 2000ft Sr Road Tower project in the early 80s.OldChicago said:
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Troy Goodwin said:
AHHH according to who??? 99.1 is on Sr Road..and they have backup on the Richland tower...there is NO license for 99.1 to use One Shell...
No, KODA does NOT use the One Shell mast. Havent in YEARS
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Troy Goodwin said:
I'm no genius...but it seems to me like they would get a better signal off of that tower if there were an antenna on it.
Probably not. Other buildings around it are taller than the antenna would be, causing
serious multi-path issues. Also, the HAAT would be lower, and the signal would not get out as far as it does now.
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serious multi-path issues. Also, the HAAT would be lower, and the signal would not get out as far as it does now.
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OldChicago said:
I'm sorry. My comment was meant to be tongue-in-cheek. I was trying to be a smart-ass. My comment was in reference to the fact that there are no antenna bays on the tower on One Shell.Meaning...KODA would have a pretty bad signal considering there was nothing to radiate the signal from.
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Doesn't really matter where KODA is. Not much to listen to.
mediahound1 said:
Sooooooo.... how do you explain that the station is top 3 or 4 in ratingss? Could it be that most people don't like the music or radio programming that you do?
KPTY 104.9 transmits from atop on of the taller skyscrapers in Downtown (don't know which one, tho')
According to a recent thread in this board they want to move to the same tower where their sister station KLTN 102.9 is.
That tower also happens to be the AM radiator for non-sister KQUE 1230.
According to a recent thread in this board they want to move to the same tower where their sister station KLTN 102.9 is.
That tower also happens to be the AM radiator for non-sister KQUE 1230.
the trasnmitter and small tower sits atop of the "wells fargo building". security is tight, even i have a hard time getting up there. everyone looks fishy and ask questions to me like, "what are you going to do up there?", give them same response
its no secret that 104.9 is moving to 102.9 site, check fcc for the paperwork. im just wondering if the upper heads decide to abandon the site, which i work many hours in, or keep it as a backup, which i hope but wont hold my breath. it costs a ton to rent the lil bity room. hopefully we do.
its no secret that 104.9 is moving to 102.9 site, check fcc for the paperwork. im just wondering if the upper heads decide to abandon the site, which i work many hours in, or keep it as a backup, which i hope but wont hold my breath. it costs a ton to rent the lil bity room. hopefully we do.
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I believe it is a backup site for many of the Houston stations - after the tower crash 25 years ago in Misouri City a lot of stations were on it.
pelochas said:
oops, i forgot to include that the 104.9 fm and hd transmitters and small tower.....continue above
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AndyWaldrop said:
Being downtown yesterday for the 1st time in a while, I can agree...when did they remove the bays from the mast???
I Knew the antenna was dead and leaked like a seive....but was not aware they had it removed all together....
Hmmmm maybe a halfwave dipole top mounted for Sunny is hidden there??
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rbrucecarter5 said:
NO, One Shell WAS the master site as Sr Road was being built...NO FMs were on Sr Road when it crashed (only KTXA 20 at the time)...AFTER the second Sr Road tower was built and the FMs moved it it, some used One Shell as a backup but other decided to go to other sites (KIKK has a backup or did anyway on the San Felipe tower at 700ft), Eventually, One Shell fell in disrepair and I THINK only 3 stations where left with xmtrs there...but with the RIchland and ATC towers at Sr Road, they have built back ups on them (as good as range as their mains) and One Shell is no longer needed/wanted!
About a year or so ago everyone that was on the One Shell site had to leave it, there were a few that had AUX sites there, They were .... 94.5---was KLDE, KODA (SUNNY), KLOL, and KILT-FM.
They all had to move because the building did not want to keep the antenna up anymore. the system would not hold pressure, and when the light at the top burned out the building did not want to even replace it.
Several people turned then into the FAA for not having a tower lite, so I see that they did at least get a lite on it
everyone was given notice to move, and they all did.
The THING that is up there now, is not an antenna of any kind as far as I know, it is just a THING.
They all had to move because the building did not want to keep the antenna up anymore. the system would not hold pressure, and when the light at the top burned out the building did not want to even replace it.
Several people turned then into the FAA for not having a tower lite, so I see that they did at least get a lite on it
everyone was given notice to move, and they all did.
The THING that is up there now, is not an antenna of any kind as far as I know, it is just a THING.
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I thought it was an attempt to haul up a KRBE array that caused the crash when it started swinging and hit the KTXA tower. Single winched - what WERE they thinking??? That cost 6 lives. Channel 20 was off for several weeks as I recall.
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rbrucecarter5 said:
Nope, it was the upper half of the CBR (Cavity Back Radiator) antenna that was going up when everything fell; the bottom half had already been placed on top....The rigging done to the antenna section (~100ft in length) was done with minimum clamping....and then the top pulley on the gin pole broke under stress....IIRC, only 3 lives were lost....2 on the antenna (they were riding the section up) and one on the ground..The tower is jointly owned by all radio stations on it; run by the SRTG (Sr Road Tower Group)..Ch20 is a tenant on it...and has no ownership of the stick.
The painted orange/white mast on top of Shell IS still a TV antenna and usuable....the FM bays which were mounted around the white mast are gone (yes they were leaking gas and were shorting out last I heard in 2004! It was shot then!) As such they are requred to maintain a FAA/FCC antenna site number....but given the fact they are surrounded by taller structures, they may be able to file a waiver and have the painting or lighting requrement dropped.
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