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Mike_O
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1) Liberman Broadcasting drops its proposal to move KQQK's 107.9C allotment from Beaumont to Dayton.
The FCC has already approved this allotment, I wonder if the FCC will change the COL back to Beaumont or leave it as Dayton. Dayton as the COL really has no importance other than it makes the station legally closer to Houston and Dayton-Houston would likely sound better than Beaumont-Houston. It would do nothing to improve the dismal signal of this station, due to spacing requirements with Houston 2nd adjacent KLDE 107.5C and Victoria's KIXS also on 107.9C1, which moved their antenna closer to Houston a few years ago. KQQK can not move any further west than it already is located. Not sure of Libermans reason to drop the change in COL for KQQK, unless he plans on changing KQQK back to reporting as a Beaumont station and bring his level of stations that call Houston "home" back down to eight.
2)The FCC asks Univision's KOVE-FM, Galveston to show cause why it shouldn't be downgraded from 106.5C to 106.5C0 to make room for a new allocation at 106.1C3 in Matagorda.
This has been in the works for some time now. I would think that Univision would bring the tower that KOVE-FM is on up to the minimum standards for a Class C. The current tower at 10335 FM 2004, Hitchcock, Galveston County is 419.1 meters tall. I'm surprised that KOVE-FM doesn't go to a full Class C at 600 meters with their tower being in the far south suburbs and increase their coverage of metro Houston. Hopefully Univision will add enough to the tower to bring the height up to 451 meters. The loss of the Class C status will cost Univision financially if the station were to go on the market. IIRC Univision has 90 days to respond to the FCC if they plan on upgrading the tower or the station is automatically downgraded to a Class C0.
Matagorda (Bay City) needs another station like a person needs a hole in their head, which you would have to have to build this allotment if it comes to reality. Apparently Kathrine Pyeatt, the petitioner, does not realize that KZRC 92.5A Markham (Bay City) has been on the market for years and keeps dropping the price, but no takers. A county of less than 40,000 that receives most all the Houston stations like a local and the majority of people listen to the Houston stations will probably turn a deaf ear to another station in the county. Unless there is a boom in Houston growth, Matagorda County is some years from being a true suburb of Houston and any real growth in population in there. Bay City is the center of activity for the county and the majority of businesses can not support more than one station and KMKS 102.5 and it's Country format is the big dog in the county. If Bay City was a rated area I doubt that KMKS would even come in first place over many Houston stations. There has been a 1210 allocation {which is strange, since AM stations are not allocated like FM} that has sat unapplied for over many years now. The 1270 frequency was requested in the AM Major Modification Window of 2004 by Antonio Nassar with the old parameters of KFCC and would likely use the same facilities that the defunct KFCC used until the FCC finally shut them down.
One last item, KCOH 1430 Houston, which was reported for sale here, either never applied for a renewal of their license or the FCC just missed posting the application to their records, the later being most likely.
One last last item, KNUZ 1090 Bellville, with an application filed during the AM Major Modification Window for a move to Katy still has not had the request for Renewal of License approved yet. It is the only station I am aware of that has not had the license renewal approved for Houston area stations. I haven't checked all the stations to be sure if KNUZ is the only station. Has the FCC finally caught on to Roy e Henderson? I'm just guessing here, but maybe The Cat 640 in Cat Springs filed an opposition to the renewal of the license in hopes of getting the 1090 frequency for their Rock station. Haven't researched this one at all, but it is a possibility and anyone that documented the activity of Henderson's Brazos Valley stations would have a ton of reasons why he should not have 1090's license renewed, as well as his Brazos Valley stations. I think he is down to a tricast with KLTR 107.1, KNUZ 1090 and another station, the call letters I don't recall at this time. Better than the pentacast that went on for some time.
Mike O
The FCC has already approved this allotment, I wonder if the FCC will change the COL back to Beaumont or leave it as Dayton. Dayton as the COL really has no importance other than it makes the station legally closer to Houston and Dayton-Houston would likely sound better than Beaumont-Houston. It would do nothing to improve the dismal signal of this station, due to spacing requirements with Houston 2nd adjacent KLDE 107.5C and Victoria's KIXS also on 107.9C1, which moved their antenna closer to Houston a few years ago. KQQK can not move any further west than it already is located. Not sure of Libermans reason to drop the change in COL for KQQK, unless he plans on changing KQQK back to reporting as a Beaumont station and bring his level of stations that call Houston "home" back down to eight.
2)The FCC asks Univision's KOVE-FM, Galveston to show cause why it shouldn't be downgraded from 106.5C to 106.5C0 to make room for a new allocation at 106.1C3 in Matagorda.
This has been in the works for some time now. I would think that Univision would bring the tower that KOVE-FM is on up to the minimum standards for a Class C. The current tower at 10335 FM 2004, Hitchcock, Galveston County is 419.1 meters tall. I'm surprised that KOVE-FM doesn't go to a full Class C at 600 meters with their tower being in the far south suburbs and increase their coverage of metro Houston. Hopefully Univision will add enough to the tower to bring the height up to 451 meters. The loss of the Class C status will cost Univision financially if the station were to go on the market. IIRC Univision has 90 days to respond to the FCC if they plan on upgrading the tower or the station is automatically downgraded to a Class C0.
Matagorda (Bay City) needs another station like a person needs a hole in their head, which you would have to have to build this allotment if it comes to reality. Apparently Kathrine Pyeatt, the petitioner, does not realize that KZRC 92.5A Markham (Bay City) has been on the market for years and keeps dropping the price, but no takers. A county of less than 40,000 that receives most all the Houston stations like a local and the majority of people listen to the Houston stations will probably turn a deaf ear to another station in the county. Unless there is a boom in Houston growth, Matagorda County is some years from being a true suburb of Houston and any real growth in population in there. Bay City is the center of activity for the county and the majority of businesses can not support more than one station and KMKS 102.5 and it's Country format is the big dog in the county. If Bay City was a rated area I doubt that KMKS would even come in first place over many Houston stations. There has been a 1210 allocation {which is strange, since AM stations are not allocated like FM} that has sat unapplied for over many years now. The 1270 frequency was requested in the AM Major Modification Window of 2004 by Antonio Nassar with the old parameters of KFCC and would likely use the same facilities that the defunct KFCC used until the FCC finally shut them down.
One last item, KCOH 1430 Houston, which was reported for sale here, either never applied for a renewal of their license or the FCC just missed posting the application to their records, the later being most likely.
One last last item, KNUZ 1090 Bellville, with an application filed during the AM Major Modification Window for a move to Katy still has not had the request for Renewal of License approved yet. It is the only station I am aware of that has not had the license renewal approved for Houston area stations. I haven't checked all the stations to be sure if KNUZ is the only station. Has the FCC finally caught on to Roy e Henderson? I'm just guessing here, but maybe The Cat 640 in Cat Springs filed an opposition to the renewal of the license in hopes of getting the 1090 frequency for their Rock station. Haven't researched this one at all, but it is a possibility and anyone that documented the activity of Henderson's Brazos Valley stations would have a ton of reasons why he should not have 1090's license renewed, as well as his Brazos Valley stations. I think he is down to a tricast with KLTR 107.1, KNUZ 1090 and another station, the call letters I don't recall at this time. Better than the pentacast that went on for some time.
Mike O