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Radio Aleluya 880/1680

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purpledevil

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Found them on the air today at 1680, thought they must be testing, checked radio-locator and found their license now includes the switch to 1680 during critical hours. Is this another trial of sorts, or a permanent answer to those stations that filed against 880's move further south? 1680's signal looks prettty good from the map, but we all know radio-locator tends to be more generous than the real world.
 
BarryATL said:
I think radio-locator.com has got it wrong. Here is the FCC database on KJOZ:

http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=20625
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R-L may be off, but Aleluya was actually broadcasting from 1680 yesterday. If it wasn't them, it was another broadcaster airing the same type of programming. I checked 880 at the same time and it too was on the air, however the programs did not match each other.
 
The 1680 authorization closest to Houston would be KRJO in Monroe, Louisiana. Not counting any possible Travelers' Information Stations, but those wouldn't be airing religious programming.

What you did hear, I have no idea.
 
There was a previous thread a few months ago discussing the use of 1680 by KJOZ for field strength tests.

Somewhat surprised they're not using 1690 instead. In the early days of the expanded AM band 1690 was supposed to be the new home of KLAT, IIRC, but was never built. If you look at the present day locations of other 1690's around the country it would still seem that a Houston area station would fit on that frequency.

If you hear the 1680 station again you might also check KRCM 1380, or, if within range, KFTG 88.1 to see if the programming matches. The Aleluya stations often have separate programming.
 
Note the last line from the letter: "This special field test authority expires July 8, 2012."

Tests on 1680 did occur last year, back when they had sought to change the COL to Friendswood. The same application (BP-20120731AAA) was later amended to specify Baytown instead, but right now I see nothing giving them authority to conduct the tests once again.
 
jd said:
Note the last line from the letter: "This special field test authority expires July 8, 2012."

Tests on 1680 did occur last year, back when they had sought to change the COL to Friendswood. The same application (BP-20120731AAA) was later amended to specify Baytown instead, but right now I see nothing giving them authority to conduct the tests once again.
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Since when do the rules apply to religious broadcasters, or foreign language broadcasters? They get a free pass either way --- please note the sarcasm!
 
BarryATL said:
The plot thickens.

http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=33669

According to the letter, the 1680 station can only operate in non-critical hours and there is not supposed to be any programming on it.

There may be more updates from the FCC in another application.
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https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101497910&formid=911&fac_num=20625

They're doing ground conductivity tests in anticipation of moving the daytime transmitter for 880. As BarryATL says, they're not supposed to be running any programming on it. (besides tones and a legal ID with the callsign KJ5XOZ)

My local WQZQ ran something like this a few years ago. They wanted to move from 1550 to 830 and change transmitter sites, but the official ground conductivity charts suggested the 830 facility would interfere with an existing station in Memphis. WQZQ believed the actual conductivity was worse than the charts suggested, and used the Special Temporary Authority to prove it.

That's what KJOJ is doing. They don't anticipate actually operating on 1680. I would imagine they chose that frequency because they could use it without interfering with anyone else. The results will be normalized for the difference in frequency. (in WQZQ's case they used 830 for their tests, but since KJOJ doesn't propose a frequency change, measurements on 880 would force them to turn the main transmitter off)
 
Well guys, no encore from 1680 today. Only TIS. I had forgotten about checking it against the audio on 88.1. It's the primary "flagship" station from Aleluya, isn't it? I did check against 1380 KRCM yesterday and it didn't match to me. Guys, my Spanish is not all that great. I had to go by the sounds and tones of voice. It may have been rebroadcasting 880 or 1380 on a delay. I can't follow much. I can tell you this was around 3 in the afternoon when I happened on it. So it is outside of critical hours.
 
Maybe they should encode the test tone for PPM and see if KJ5XOZ shows up? ;D

I suppose it could be a target for AM band daytime DXers, but that oddly works against what KJOZ is trying to prove.
 
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