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Their 93.7 signal's been off the air for a long while now. It was their only remaining station after 105.9 flipped a couple months ago. Have they finally shut down?
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Does this mean you can hear 93.7 KLBJ in San Antonio now?
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Anonymouse
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Sometimes, but only on the north side usually unless it's night.
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93.7 came back up recently with Radio Ola. According to their Facebook page, they "have had some changes in administration."
Anyway, it's back playing Spanish Christian music.
Anyway, it's back playing Spanish Christian music.
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This is a quick aircheck of 93.7 FM as of now, I didn't do any editing to this file, it's a stereo 128 KBPS MP3 file, recorded it straight off the FM signal with a Sandisk MP3 player. http://audex.in/1220
Once you hear it you'll see why I say I didn't do any editing. The audio quality is HORRIBLE! It's been like this for the past couple days.
I did call the number they said was theirs to see if they would fix it, I got a wrong number. If Radio Ola's giving out wrong numbers out on the air as well as breaking tons of FCC regulations, I don't know what to say!
Once you hear it you'll see why I say I didn't do any editing. The audio quality is HORRIBLE! It's been like this for the past couple days.
I did call the number they said was theirs to see if they would fix it, I got a wrong number. If Radio Ola's giving out wrong numbers out on the air as well as breaking tons of FCC regulations, I don't know what to say!
KevanGC said:
Yeah I was listening to 93.7 for a few minutes yesterday and it does indeed sound horrible! It sounds as if they are receiving the audio via a really low bit rate stream to the transmitter site (and even then I can hear digital artifacts that sound like there is not enough bandwidth to receive it properly...what do they have? a dial up connection? lol)
I don't get it?? How can you pay so much money for a translator in San Antonio but yet you won't spend any additional money to feed audio to it correctly?? Maybe they are trying to stay under the radar since the whole claiming they are feeding it off KTNR thing is a bunch of lies anyway but seriously?? These people can't raise or generate enough money every month to afford a satellite uplink of their audio to feed their sites? It still wouldn't be legal but at least give your listeners some decent audio. It's no wonder that operation is struggling and about to fold. Who would seriously sit there and listen to that for even half an hour??
I also tuned into 93.3 and it sounds as if it's off the air. Your last post you said it sounded like dead air with the transmitter on but I was near Live Oak and Universal City when I tuned it in (and that's pretty close to the transmitter site) and all I heard was static and KGSR trying to come in way in the dirt. How can anyone go almost two months now and not have this translator back on the air? Was it because they weren't using a low power transmitter in the first place so buying a new $4000 replacement transmitter just won't work for the coverage area they want to cover? If that was my translator I would have called up the guys over at Giesler Broadcast Supply the next day, gave them my credit card number, and ordered up a brand new Nautel VS300 transmitter with UPS Red shipping to get back on the air ASAP!
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Infamous said:
I noticed today that 93.7 is better-sounding. Overdriven, but good quality stereo audio.
93.3 is indeed off the air, something I didn't mention. They turned off their transmitter a week or two ago, probably couldn't fix the feed to it and gave up.
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Some recent changes: Radio Ola 93.7 flipped as of today to bilingual (English and Spanish) Christian music, the same format that previously was on 87.75, which is now dead air. What I think happened is that Radio Ola gave up and are leasing their last signal out to the people involved in the new format.
As for KFLZ-CA 87.75, my guess is that it might become either another religious station or a simulcast of KEDA, the two stations (KEDA and KFLZ-CA) are owned by the same company right?
As for KFLZ-CA 87.75, my guess is that it might become either another religious station or a simulcast of KEDA, the two stations (KEDA and KFLZ-CA) are owned by the same company right?
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Infamous said:
I've noticed just now that the low bitrate stream is being used again! Now, we can all hear Spanish Christian music at 32 KBPS AAC (or something like it). What an excellent audio format / quality combo... :
And as for the post before this one it's no longer true. Wish I could erase it. Oh well.
KevanGC said:
From what I know these are the same owners/companies. This gentleman is know for doing interesting things. 87.7 should not exist anymore after moving to digital with that LPTV.
Claro communications, B Communications, (Gerald)Jerry benavides, Alicia benavides... are all the same person
Radiohead123 said:
This applies to all hispanic low power / translator / owners that I have know to date, they all twist the rules in they favor to move / change ownership / and operate what ever they think is ok, no matter what the FCC says in the rules.
There is a guy, now consultant for some stations, that he should not be doing bussines with the FCC.... why.. No papeles, just a SS # issued back then when SS Admin issued numbers to anyone working here in, regardless of legal status, so he gets a FRN and here comes easy money...
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I don't know if all Hispanics intentionally break the rules. Anyone can, regardless of race. I believe it all comes down to whether they want to broadcast their stations in a legal way.dfwhisp said:
But, the 93.7 / 105.9 owners are no different than what you're describing. They operate the two translators from San Antonio separately with different programming. And I don't think KTNR (the channel they're supposed to rebroadcast) is even on the air.
*I could be wrong about any of the proceeding info, but I believe it's true.*
On the upside the audio quality of 105.9's at least good. when compared to 93.7.
Radiohead123 said:
Current info from the FCC shows this ownership data:
CLARO COMMUNICATIONS, LTD
KOPY-FM 92.1 ALICE
KOPY(AM) 1070 ALICE
KUKA(FM) 105.9 SAN DIEGO
KMZZ(FM) 106.9 BISHOP
KEDA(AM) 1540 SAN ANTONIO
KBRN(AM) 1500 BOERNE
K232DE 94.3 MHz CORPUS CHRISTI
B COMMUNICATIONS JOINT VENTURE
KFLZ-CA Ch. 6 SAN ANTONIO
KBNB-LD Ch. 10 SAN ANTONIO
KROB(AM) 1510 ROBSTOWN
GERALD BENAVIDES
KLAU-LD Ch. 66 EAST LOS ANGELES CA
KVFW-LD Ch. 38 FORT WORTH
KTXU-LP Ch. 47 WEST LAKE HILLS
KBFW-LP Ch. 6 ARLINGTON
KCCZ-LP Ch. 61 CORPUS CHRISTI
NEW(TRANSLATOR) 99.1 SAN MARCOS
NEW(TRANSLATOR) 93.1 ARANSAS PASS
NEW(TRANSLATOR) 105.3 ROCKPORT
K290BC 105.9 VICTORIA
NEW(TRANSLATOR) 104.1 KINGSVILLE
NEW(AM) 760 IDALOU
KGGB(FM) 96.3 YORKTOWN
KMZZ-FM1 106.9 BISHOP (FM BOOSTER)
ALICIA BENAVIDES
K272EK 102.3 SAN ANTONIO
dfwhisp said:
Sounds like the same guy who sold the Radio Ola stations. His name is Antonio Cesar Guel. He is with Hispanic Christian Community Network. Just about everything they do is illegal. They've been busted so many times with the FCC and even Recnet caught on to one of their schemes and objected to some of the apps in that scheme they were trying to pull: http://www.recnet.com/fcc/io-comcristiana.pdf Just do a google search and you'll see all the FCC complaints and previous busting on this guy and H.C.C.N.
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Did a cord get unplugged or something at the Radio Ola studio? 93.7's been playing this sound all day. http://sndup.net/2225/d
jras20 said:
I noticed that KTSW San Marcos had an application approved last week for an upgrade of sorts, nothing major, and the accompanying allocation study was interesting. Of course they had to include any co-channel stations on 89.9 along with numerous adjacents. All distances were clear, but first adjacent 90.1 in Austin wasn't taken into consideration because it doesn't exist! :
(yes, the "roll eyes" emoticon fits here.)
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What about KRBL up in Lubbock? I thought one of the Benavides bought the station not so long ago.jd said:
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