Transmitter site work at KGOW

[Pete Pyeatt]

Any chance of KGOW getting an FM translator? Like 99.7 on the southwest side or 107.9 in Brookshire?

The southwest translator (K258BZ) is now on 99.5 and is owned by KSBJ. They're not going to give it up.

The 107.9 in Brookshire is a LPFM (KBCP) and not a translator. You'd have to pry it away from the church that owns it.

You make it seem like it's impossible to acquire translators owned by religious groups. EMF gave up 103.1 in Austin (it was San Marcos at the time of sale) for the right price.

We know translators cannot simulcast out-of-city programming (without the help of a local HD2), but can LPFMs simulcast out-of-city programming? For example, could the 107-9 LPFM in Brookshire simulcast programming from 107-9 KIXS in Victoria?

 

[radiogooroo]

We know translators cannot simulcast out-of-city programming (without the help of a local HD2), but can LPFMs simulcast out-of-city programming? For example, could the 107-9 LPFM in Brookshire simulcast programming from 107-9 KIXS in Victoria?

LPFMs are non-commercial, so they couldn't simulcast any commercial station.

 

[Mediafrog+]

You make it seem like it's impossible to acquire translators owned by religious groups. EMF gave up 103.1 in Austin (it was San Marcos at the time of sale) for the right price.

Never said it was impossible. Just extremely unlikely in the cases of the 99.5 translator and the 107.9 LPFM.

The 103.1 in San Marcos was expendable when EMF acquired full power KLTO, which covers that city and much more.

We know translators cannot simulcast out-of-city programming (without the help of a local HD2), but can LPFMs simulcast out-of-city programming? For example, could the 107-9 LPFM in Brookshire simulcast programming from 107-9 KIXS in Victoria?

KIXS would have no interest in the Brookshire signal. Out of their sales area, would be competing with several Houston Country FM's, and the signal is very limited.

 

[bturner]

Yes, LPFM Rules are very strict on any association with another broadcaster, even LPFM. Essentially LPFMs are open only to those non-profits with no other radio broadcast holdings whatsoever. That means no cpnnection to any commercial AM or FM and it gets a bit more gray but I think would certainly be frowned upon, if ever allowd, a non-commercial full power and LPFM association.

Remember a LPFM is not a translator. It has the same rights as a translator but is licensed to be an originator of programming

 

[Pete Pyeatt]

KIXS would have no interest in the Brookshire signal. Out of their sales area, would be competing with several Houston Country FM's, and the signal is very limited.

I wasn't saying KIXS would have any interest in buying the LPFM in Brookshire, I just wanted to know from a hypothetical standpoint if it would be possible.

 

[foursider]

From what I understand about LPFMs, they must originate all of their own programming. No network or other affiliation with any other broadcast entity. They lobbied long and hard for creation as a "local" voice for their communities 9because the full-power stations no longer cared about their COLs; and they got what they asked for. If they are re-broadcasting some other station; I'm pretty sure they would be in violation of the FCC Rules that created them in the first place.

 

[dfwrunner]

From what I understand about LPFMs, they must originate all of their own programming. No network or other affiliation with any other broadcast entity. They lobbied long and hard for creation as a "local" voice for their communities 9because the full-power stations no longer cared about their COLs; and they got what they asked for. If they are re-broadcasting some other station; I'm pretty sure they would be in violation of the FCC Rules that created them in the first place.

OMG, that makes LPFM hardly worth the effort.

 

[jd]

If they are re-broadcasting some other station; I'm pretty sure they would be in violation of the FCC Rules that created them in the first place.

Here's the rule that applies (Section 73.879 Signal retransmission): An LPFM licensee may not retransmit, either terrestrially or via satellite, the signal of a full-power radio broadcast station.