Who else wants more TX country in San Antonio?

[AnyHuman]

Since San Antonio has no Texas country music on the air, who else agrees with me in the fact that 92.1 KNBT in New Braunfels should be upgraded to increase coverage in SA? Currently 92.1 only reaches the northern portions of town before it's wiped out by something else downtown (that's apparently run by a drug dealer, or so I've heard)...
http://knbt.fm/
https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=kn...zip=&arn=&party=&party_type=LICEN&latd=&lond=

I'd think San Antonio would have this style of music on by now, but the only country we have is IHeartMedia's generic stuff and Cox's two stations 100.3 and 104.9 (regular and classic country respectively).

 

[radiofan]

I agree it is a very good station It should get a upgrade

 

[davideduardo]

KNBT in New Braunfels should be upgraded to increase coverage in SA? Currently 92.1 only reaches the northern portions of town before it's wiped out by something else downtown

If KNBT could be upgraded, I really think that it would have done so around 1990; that's the time when rules on "Major Upgrades" including changes in class, move-ins or move-arounds and community of license took place. This all followed the boondoggle that was the Bonita Springs case, where a Class A between Ft Myers and Naples tried to upgrade and exposed itself to strike applications, eventually losing its license. The FCC soon changed the rules on "Major Upgrades" to eliminate stations being filed against.

So once the FCC changed the rules, many suburban or rural stations upgraded and / or moved to bigger markets. The fact that KNBT has not upgraded indicates that it is limited in "mobility" by co-channel and adjacent channel stations that impede it from establishing a closer relationship with San Antonio.

 

[AnyHuman]

Either that, or they don't have the money. I agree though it is an excellent station. Maybe they can get an SA translator somehow.

 

[The Rimshot]

Since San Antonio has no Texas country music on the air, who else agrees with me in the fact that 92.1 KNBT in New Braunfels should be upgraded to increase coverage in SA? Currently 92.1 only reaches the northern portions of town before it's wiped out by something else downtown (that's apparently run by a drug dealer, or so I've heard)...
http://knbt.fm/
https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=kn...zip=&arn=&party=&party_type=LICEN&latd=&lond=

I'd think San Antonio would have this style of music on by now, but the only country we have is IHeartMedia's generic stuff and Cox's two stations 100.3 and 104.9 (regular and classic country respectively).

I agree. It is a very good station. I would listen to it more if I weren't listening to KTSW whilst driving through San Marcos-New Braunfels-North San.

 

[davideduardo]

Either that, or they don't have the money. I agree though it is an excellent station. Maybe they can get an SA translator somehow.

A translator can not be used to extend the coverage of a commercial FM station unless it is owned by a separate entity which can not profit from it.

Were the station able to upgrade, it's pretty certain that a company with money would have made the classic off that couldn't be refused decades ago.

 

[Kent]

I'm not sure which station(s) is (are) blocking it, but I agree with David that it would’ve been upgraded by now if it could’ve been. KNBT is very heavily New Braunfels/San Marcos, though it’s AM sister, KGNB, has tried to target San Antonio in the past, especially after KQXT dropped its easy listening format. Also, keep in mind that nobody made a run at the station during the height of the consolidation era. If there was any potential for it to become a San Antonio station, someone would’ve been willing to break the bank for it in 92-93 or 96-98.

In a somewhat related note, KONO 860 has applied for a translator at 92.3. It will be very narrowly shoehorned near Fiesta Texas. It will be highly directional to avoid causing interference to KRNH, KNBT, and KRPT. I don’t know how Cox will pull it off, but it obviously thinks it’s worth a try.

 

[davideduardo]

Also, keep in mind that nobody made a run at the station during the height of the consolidation era. If there was any potential for it to become a San Antonio station, someone would’ve been willing to break the bank for it in 92-93 or 96-98.

Exactly! That was the era when KHFI, then a Class A in Austin, went for $13,000,000 based on the belief it could become a Class C and multiply its power by 33! And it did.

 

[AnyHuman]

92.3 isn't the only new translator. There's 93.7 96.5 and 103.1, the last one actually will rebroadcast KGNB.
I don't know how 93.7 will pull it off since there's already another 93.7 translator in town.

 

[dlf1]

92.1 is a terrific listen. My hunch/memory tells me that to have upgraded 92.1 back in the boom days of the 90’s would have been quite an undertaking. Back then you had 92.1’s in Devine, Hutto and Kerrville (later moved to 92.3). Lots of moves and additional expenses.

I read 93.7 may be used for KTKR in the recent filings. That does make sense; although 93.7 in San Antonio has become a nuisance to KLBJ on Highway 46 just west of New Braunfels.

 

[AnyHuman]

I read 93.7 may be used for KTKR in the recent filings. That does make sense; although 93.7 in San Antonio has become a nuisance to KLBJ on Highway 46 just west of New Braunfels.

Right? All 93.7 does is hum with a snatch of KJMA's programming here and there. I tried to get KJMA to fix it a while back and they had no idea about 93.7 rebroadcasting them. The 93.7 that IHeartMedia will use is a new 93.7, and I'm not sure what will happen to the broken 93.7 when the new one comes on.

 

[Sammo]

Exactly! That was the era when KHFI, then a Class A in Austin, went for $13,000,000 based on the belief it could become a Class C and multiply its power by 33! And it did.

Hey David you get around. I usually read your comments on The New York Radio Message Board. Glad you brought your expertize here to San Antonio/Austin!!!

 

[FM_Listener]

Funny, my wife and I were just on a trip to your fair city (San Antonio) and took a road trip up into the hill country for an afternoon. We found 92.1 and thought it was great. I even thought too bad they don't make it to the city.

Sounds like you guys have the same stuff going on with too many translators being crammed in like we do in Denver. I personally think it's a bunch of nonsense.

 

[willdav713]

I'm not sure which station(s) is (are) blocking it, but I agree with David that it would’ve been upgraded by now if it could’ve been. KNBT is very heavily New Braunfels/San Marcos, though it’s AM sister, KGNB, has tried to target San Antonio in the past, especially after KQXT dropped its easy listening format. Also, keep in mind that nobody made a run at the station during the height of the consolidation era. If there was any potential for it to become a San Antonio station, someone would’ve been willing to break the bank for it in 92-93 or 96-98.

In a somewhat related note, KONO 860 has applied for a translator at 92.3. It will be very narrowly shoehorned near Fiesta Texas. It will be highly directional to avoid causing interference to KRNH, KNBT, and KRPT. I don’t know how Cox will pull it off, but it obviously thinks it’s worth a try.

KGNB used to play 40s, 50s, and 60s music during the early 90s. You could actually pick the station up near MacArthur HS back in the day. I remember that station, but I found myself listening to Froggy 94 KFGI out of Austin if nothing good was on Magic or KONO.