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THEY DID WHAT??????

They're not the first to lease their airtime to China Radio International. I believe there's one in Hawaii. And Directv ran China's TV service for years on their basic package leading up to the Beijing Olympics.

BTW-- That's how the U.S. does it in countries where we aren't allowed to own our own facilities for Voice of America and other external radio services. We partner with local broadcasters or lease their facilities.
 
Yep, it really is a shame. The idea to return local service to the Island was a good one. Unfortunately, the ownership wanted a quick ROI which wasn't going to happen overnight. KGBC goes back to brokered, and oldies are gone again in Houston/Galveston.
 
I doubt this is a trend which will catch on widely. Houston is probably the only US market not on the ocean coasts with enough immigrants from China to make a station dedicated to them feasible.
 
purpledevil said:
Yep, it really is a shame. The idea to return local service to the Island was a good one.
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I still remember the mayor of Galveston telling her citizens to tune in the Houston stations for information on Hurricane Ike because Galveston didn't have its own station.

If you go by community of license, Galveston has two AMs( 1400 & 1540,) 1 class C FM (106.5) and 2 full power TV stations (22 & 47.)
 
fredcantu said:
They're not the first to lease their airtime to China Radio International. I believe there's one in Hawaii. And Directv ran China's TV service for years on their basic package leading up to the Beijing Olympics.
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I think that RCI is on one of the digital slices of one of the San Francisco market TV operations. I have no idea what they display on the video part.
 
fredcantu said:
They're not the first to lease their airtime to China Radio International. I believe there's one in Hawaii.
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Yes, KHCM (AM) in Honolulu, owned by none other than Salem, best known for religion and conservative talk. I guess money talks, even the Yuan.

See my comments on the Houston board.
 
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