Several TX stations were auctioned off by the FCC

[b-turner]

The issue is an application has to be approved by the FCC and the FCC cares about their rules. If it won't work, no FCC Construction Permit. It all starts with the FCC. If the licensee follows the rules afterwards is up for discussion but something that doesn't meet FCC rules will be rejected. Simply put, until you get that FCC CP you have nothing.

 

[stan]

The issue is an application has to be approved by the FCC and the FCC cares about their rules. If it won't work, no FCC Construction Permit. It all starts with the FCC. If the licensee follows the rules afterwards is up for discussion but something that doesn't meet FCC rules will be rejected. Simply put, until you get that FCC CP you have nothing.

I don’t disagree. It’s just that the pastor and his ilk have placed transmitters where they don’t belong in the past, or sourced original programming for a translator rather than having it sourced from an AM or another FM station. It’s like the rules don’t apply to them.

 

[ContinuousWave]

If they build it (where the license says its not) the FCC will cometh...especially after complaints..trust me...its not getting further west...

 

[AnyHuman]

The Olney signal was granted, now has KBVP call letters, and was sold to Positive Radio Network.

https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&facid=762182

It will be sisters to KBLY 100.5, which is Christian music. I'm guessing the new 104.3 will be Christian as well.

 

[RF101]

I noticed that Juan Carlos Matos Barreto just applied to move his Big Lake station KEHD 98.3 further to the Northwest, making it a San Angelo rimshotter albeit still falling outside the 60dBu contour.

Originally a C2, KEHD now sits as a C1 with 100kw ERP when built out. If I recall, one potential bidder for Big Lake requested that the FCC lower the minimum bidding credits for that allocation given the region's limited population/economy.

It will be an expensive buildout in any case.

https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&facid=762515

 

[Kelly A]

The places I mention are about like the TWO Sanderson frequencies from the prior auction. Still trying to figure out how a Class C can be build in a 2,400 square mile county of 1,000 with 800 of those people in Sanderson. 100 watts and a 10 foot pole holding a single bay on the edge of town on the hill would have a chance. Still you aren't going to bill north of $2,000 even if you work at it. It's a cash your Social Security check and run a radio station from the garage.

They're probably assuming a higher 'stick value' from it being a Class C. Problem is, station values now days are based on cash flow, not ERP. Covering jackrabbits with two thirds of your coverage doesn't increase the value, just a high utility bill that likely can't even be recovered by selling ads from a handful of businesses serving 1,000 residents.

 

[AnyHuman]

Wow he's all the way in Puerto Rico according to the address.

 

[Ryan Williams]

I noticed that Juan Carlos Matos Barreto just applied to move his Big Lake station KEHD 98.3 further to the Northwest, making it a San Angelo rimshotter albeit still falling outside the 60dBu contour.

Calling the proposed station a rimshot seems generous. Most of San Angelo will be outside even the 55 dBu contour.

Thinking about "rimshots" that are doing well, such as KRNB in DFW or KQQK in Houston, they basically cover half of the market or more with a 60 dBu. In the case of the El Norte (KQQK), essentially all of the very heavily hispanic neighborhoods east of Downtown are within the 65 dBu and half of those in North Houston are. That is an optimal format for that signal.

Even with unique and compelling programming, trying to build an audience at 50 dBu is going to very very difficult.