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What Grinds my Gears...

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oldjohnny

Before I start, let me say this, I think most of you by now know that I am not involved in the business. I am a big fan, nothing more. Kinda like a radio dork, if you will.

Moving on, There is one thing that has just crossed the line. ALELUYA BROADCASTING. For the love of God, what in the F*** are they trying to do! Amazes me no one else is as shocked about this as I am. This maniac has a sh** load of applications to cover the Houston area with Translators, that's right, TRANSLATORS. Is this guy retarded? What an outrage!

Think of an open frequency in the Houston dial, pick one, any that comes to mind right now. The guy more than likely has an application for it already. This moroon should have his licsence revoked. He's certanly abusing the system, no doubt. In my opinion, there should be a limit of at most 2 translators per station (Commercial or not). He's trying to buld an empire of translators. Isn't there a limit of 10 applications at a time?

I know rules for translators apply differently to non commercials than they do for commercial stations. If I am correct, Commercial radio stations are only allowed to have translators they own re-broadcast only if they are within the 60 dbu contour of their parent station. This should also hold true for non-comms. Non commercial stations should also only be allowed to have translators within their listening area. Having translators 100 miles away should be illegal. They are non Commercial for a reason. Somehow, ALELUYA has found a way to take the "non" out of non commercial. (I see KHCB is doing the same thing)

Now, I know that most of these stations are not going to get approved, but just imagine, Idiots like ALELUYA are slowly making the FM dial just as crowded as the AM dial.

Now, many of you know that I am from the Brazos Valley, and yes, I just found out this idiot bought a translator at 103.5 in College Station a couple of months back. I wasn't aware of this translator until now. This finally crossed the line for me. First he takes the only available (actually more like reliable) open station in Houston for my iPod, now he takes the other one I have in the Brazos valley? That does it. Now I am mad. It isn't the iPod thing that bothers me, but more the fact that jackas*es like these abuse the system and try to make it a money making machine.

I wag my finger at Aleluya. They are definetly smoking something UN-holy! At least KHCB keeps it minimal, Aleluya has no boundaries. I hope someone addresses the issue of translators and takes it up to the FCC. All they are is a cheap useless broadcasting tool that allows someone to rebroadcast in areas they don't even serve or should serve. I hope I am not the only one mad.

I currently have Paulino Bernal and Aleluya Broadcastin on notice. I know I am sounding like a whining baby, but I don't care, organizations should not be allowed to do this.

Any comments (good or bad) are welcomed. I want to know how the residents of Houston feel about Aleluya trying to take over the dial with a bombardment of translators.
 
You took the words out of my mouth, Johnny. Whatever I can do to assist you, please let me know.

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im just as pissed as you are because i have a ramesy transmitter that just transmits around my house and now that he has a translator on 95.1 i always get interference on 95.3 it really pisses me off

we should all file complaints! though i still dont know if that would do any good :-\
 
A couple of things OldJohnny...first, as to the number of translators, just because you see a bunch of filings doesn't mean they'll all be granted. The FCC recently made all of the filers (including me) dismiss all filings except for the "best ten" they wanted to keep. I know that's been contested by another religious broadcaster (EFM, IIRC) so we don't know how that's going to work out. But, many of the filings will be dropped out for various reasons (technical, commercial vs. non commercial, etc). So, what you see isn't what Houston will wind up with.

You also write "I wag my finger at Aleluya. They are definetly smoking something UN-holy!". And, "Aleluya has no boundaries". I'm no lawyer, and don't play one on tv. But, I'd be very careful about making comments like those on a public forum. Tell me, OldJohnny, can you prove what you say in your post? Remember, you and I are not the only ones that read these. There are many others out there lurking, some with law degrees.

Be careful what you put out there for others to read. And, since you're "wagging your finger at Aleluya", be fair...wag it at everyone else that has translators in and around the Houston metro.

You asked for comments (good and bad). Those are mine.

Texas Tuner
 
I understand there may be some legal issues behind what I said, but it is all opinions. This is the way I feel. Now if that is illegal, than I'll be damned!

I did stress out that all of them won't get approved. Hell, I don't even think one of the applications he has will get approved (especially the ones located just west of Downtown),

I will also stress (which I forgot to do) that it is not only aleluya broadcasting. I know there are other stations and companies that live off of translators. For example, I didn't stress out the big "K-KLOVE" Network for one. As a matter of fact, they tick me off more than Aleluya, but the reason I wrote about Aleluya is because they are desperately trying to fill up the Houston dial. K-LOVE is doing this nationally, but I felt more shocked since Aleluya has filed applications left and right around the Houston area. It just set me off when I found all those applications.

I do believe that I am wrong in saying those things, but let it be known that I am not claiming that they smoke something un-holy, just in case they want to sue ;D. What I meant to say is that what they are doing is wrong. This is an opinion, I did not stress this as a fact. If you, or someone received this as a fact, well it is not, this is purely my opinion.

But you're right, I should watch what I say.

I hate how in today's world, we all have to be politically correct on everything. Just like what you said right now

"But, I'd be very careful about making comments like those on a public forum."
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I can easily consider that as a treath, but I know it is a warning. People in this world will rush at anything that seems offensive.

We have to watch what we say since everything is "Sue this" and "Sue that". Just sad.
 
It's amazing how we have to waste more time pre-defending than making a personal observation or statement.

The FCC in the top 5 most ill-managed government branches.
I'd leave it up to the state level and let district courts sort the overlaps.
 
oldjohnny said:
I understand there may be some legal issues behind what I said, but it is all opinions. This is the way I feel. Now if that is illegal, than I'll be damned!

I did stress out that all of them won't get approved. Hell, I don't even think one of the applications he has will get approved (especially the ones located just west of Downtown),

I will also stress (which I forgot to do) that it is not only aleluya broadcasting. I know there are other stations and companies that live off of translators. For example, I didn't stress out the big "K-KLOVE" Network for one. As a matter of fact, they tick me off more than Aleluya, but the reason I wrote about Aleluya is because they are desperately trying to fill up the Houston dial. K-LOVE is doing this nationally, but I felt more shocked since Aleluya has filed applications left and right around the Houston area. It just set me off when I found all those applications.

I do believe that I am wrong in saying those things, but let it be known that I am not claiming that they smoke something un-holy, just in case they want to sue ;D. What I meant to say is that what they are doing is wrong. This is an opinion, I did not stress this as a fact. If you, or someone received this as a fact, well it is not, this is purely my opinion.

But you're right, I should watch what I say.

I hate how in today's world, we all have to be politically correct on everything. Just like what you said right now

"But, I'd be very careful about making comments like those on a public forum."
Click to expand...

I can easily consider that as a treath, but I know it is a warning. People in this world will rush at anything that seems offensive.

Take it as you will, but it was not intended as a threat-more of a head's up.

We have to watch what we say since everything is "Sue this" and "Sue that". Just sad.
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