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The 101.7 disasters

Mrtejano

Mrtejano

I’m driving to work (in the Heights) from my house by Airtex and 45 north.
I tune in to 101.7 and am hearing all 3 stations battling it. I reach The Heights and I still hear PURO TEJANO, LA RANCHERA and LA NUEVA fighting each other.

The FCC really needs to shut two of them down.
 
Wrong, Puro Tejano needs to go, and so does La Nueva.


The only one that should be on 101.7 is La Ranchera.
 
This is a Classic Example of the FCC's idiotic allowance of micro-watt doofuses to interfere with actual broadcast stations.
 
rageradio said:
Just not Puro Tejano right?
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Full class FM stations take priority over translators. I'm sure that with a little work, Liberman could make the 98.7, 103.3, and 101.7 translators disappear. But it would take a bit of work and effort on collecting listener complay.
 
Let's get real: KNTE has no useful coverage of Houston metro, except perhaps the far southwest edge. It is a Class C1 located near Palacios. Yes, you can get a marginal signal on a car radio, but no normal listener (that is, a non radio geek) is going to put up with that type of reception.

The current translators on 101.7 have very limited coverage. Within a few miles of their respective transmitters they do okay, but by no means are they any sort of market wide signals.

We still have a couple more LPFMs on the way for 101.7: KVGK near Tidwell and Shepherd, and KQEU near the WestPark Tollway and Dairy Ashford. According to lpfmdatabase KQEU launched earlier this year, but I have heard no sign of it when I am in that area of town.

KNTE is simulcast on KEYH 850, for those wanting to listen to that format.

As for Liberman shutting down the translators: The 98.7 signal does not bother KTJM, even in Missouri City. And the translators on 101.7 and 103.3 are well outside the useful range of KNTE and KJOJ. If Liberman wants 103.3 all to itself, perhaps it should actually build the CP for the upgrade of KJOJ, which has been talked about for almost 20 years.
 
Mediafrog+ said:
KNTE is simulcast on KEYH 850, for those wanting to listen to that format.
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AM=/=FM.

And if you want to make this case, then the same can be said of the translators. Their content can be heard on their parent stations (KGBC and whatever HD subchannel La Nueva is on).

As for Liberman shutting down the translators: The 98.7 signal does not bother KTJM, even in Missouri City.
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I can hear 98.7 bleed over into KTJM in certain parts of town. To say the translator doesn't bother KTJM is false.
And the translators on 101.7 and 103.3 are well outside the useful range of KNTE and KJOJ.
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Useful range or not, they still have the right to challange the licenses. Whether they go through the trouble of gathering listener signatures/emails or not is another story.
 
Good Job BamaTX Houston A Big Catch In Austin These Translators Are Unacceptable I Have Heard The 98.7 In My HomeTown Austin Once I Could Not Believe My Ears Plus That 101.7 KNTE Has A Fantastic Signal I Have Also Pick That 1 Up Quite A Bit 103.3 KJOJ SomeTimes Makes It I Hope LaRaza Get That Huge Power Up Looks Impressive 98.5 Can SomeWhat Make It In Austin:cool:
 
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