Purpledevil

Estrella TV is broadcasting nothing as of today. The transmitter is on, as I'm still receiving a signal from channel 61, but it is black and appears to have ceased broadcast transmission. First the fight with Comcast, resulting in Estrella TV being ditched from the lineup, now the over the air signal is gone with the wind. What is really going on over there at Liberman Broadcasting? Are we witnessing the end of LBI as we know it, right before our very eyes?

Huh. Well, that's interesting. I wonder if the ministry is leasing it out, or if they are planning on selling it out? Reverend Orrick has been deceased some 15 years now, since even before they flip flopped the then facilities of 107-9 KQLC and Houston Christian Broadcaster's 90-7 KBCP. The Orrick ministry then donated what became 107-9 KBCP to Royal I.S.D., and the only thing the district did with it was to let a big, fat "D" get placed on the license. For the better, anyway. KQQK absolutely obliterated the Sealy co-channel IN SEALY itself. This is why I chuckle every time I think about the knuckleheads applyinv to place that K297BT translator on 300 from Simonton. Idiots. Don't know, Mouse. It's had better days, anyway. I don't see how English language Contemporary Christian pop would fare much better, given KXBJ is there screaming in from the south. 96-9 has decent coverage of that I-10 corridor for a good chunk of distance. It even battles with your lil' KPPC-LP on the east side of SA. Major feather in KSBJ's cap to have gotten that facility from Liberman for a song...

That's interesting, one guy out and one guy in. Did you see that 26 has hired Don Teague's replacement? A guy by the name of Jonathan Martin. Haven't taken the time to look up his background, but Melinda Spaulding introduced him on the 5 o'clock newscast tonight, and he's apparently starting Monday night @ 9.

La Ranchera is back to only airing on 850 KEYH here in Houston (and 101-7 KNTE over in Bay City) as 1230 has flipped its programming to Spanish language Christian music, sans commercials or DJ chatter, just wall to wall music. It looks like the consummation has occurred and Liberman has relinquished programming control of KCOH to Pueblo de Galilea, LLC as of today. One improvement I've noticed rather quickly is that the audio being fed to KCOH is much better now than it was simulcasting KEYH. Well, congratulations Radio Alel...er, Pueblo de Galilea. Another facility playing Christian music en Español. Even I, as an avid proponent of Spanish language representation in this radio market, am beginning to see that this is becoming just a little bit of overkill at this point.

KULF is broadcasting with its full 1kW this afternoon, for the first time in several weeks. Airing Mandarin language, I assume reverting back to the China Radio International Beijing service it was running prior to the unceremonious dumping of the station back in February. How is THIS possible? Supposedly, the person running the facility was on the run himself, the landowner of the tower site was looking to conduct a fire sale with all the transmit equipment in hopes of recouping his unpaid land rent, and KULF Bellville was facing imminent deletion. Suddenly, it's back in action like nothing ever happened. What changed, and why suddenly is the very same station that was supposedly doomed, now broadcasting full force? Whew, at least Bellville won't lose its only licensed service. Certainly glad about that.

You know what's interesting to me? The address. 1600 Pasadena Avenue. In all actuality, isn't it Pasadena Boulevard? Now, check this interesting factoid out: https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101722422&formid=314&fac_num=65309 Look at the address for the proposed license assignee of KCOH. Pueblo de Galilea, LLC apparently shares the building on Pasadena Boulevard with Aleluya Broadcasting Corporation, and by my count KCOH will make 6 AM facilities operating under the same roof on Pasadena Boulevard/Avenue. The FCC stipulates no broadcaster can operate more than 5 facilities in a given band, nor more than 8 facilities in a given MSA, ours being #6 Houston-Galveston. Once we add KFTG 88-1, KCVH-LD 30, and the slew of translators including Mo. City licensed K236AR, my question quickly becomes where was the petition to deny the transfer of license for KCOH from Liberman to "Pueblo de Galilea, LLC" from our resident radio policeman that's been keeping such a keen eye on such things? KUHA's application has now been held up and placed on a review docket because KSBJ is supposedly doing the same thing, but KCOH's assignment has already received the rubber stamp of approval, and is only awaiting consummation. I'm seeing a bit of inequality here.

Add another user to the list. There has been some significant upgrading done to the HAIF recently. Likely working through some bugs. Hey Mouse, shoot user "editor" a PM detailing your issues. He's the head HAIFer in charge .

I don't know currently, Mouse, but once upon a time it threw up enough red flags on my firewall to stop an army.

Yes, as Mouse said, the former KCOH (now KKBQ-HD2) employees are not affected by the sale of 1230 to Pueblo de Galilea, LLC. This thread is regarding the actual KCOH facility, licensed by the F.C.C. To update: after 2 days off, KCOH is back on the air. Albeit with very low audio. It has returned to simulcast with 850 KEYH. You see, Joe? This is why I suggested "Q2" for what's on 92-9 HD2. It's just frustratingly confusing with Beyond Broadcasting still associating itself with the legendary calls, when its programming no longer airs on the actual KCOH facility itself. Here's the official scorecard, readers. KCOH: Regional Mexican "La Ranchera"; currently pending license transfer and subsequent sale. "Q2": Beyond Broadcasting programming currently available on KKBQ-HD2, and which employs longtime KCOH on air personality Ralph Cooper. Hope that helps clear the confusion we currently face with the tale of two KCOHs.

http://fccdata.org/?facid=148127 Mrtejano, this is what I thought was the current facility #148127 for 106-7 in Columbus, the now former K294BI. I had completely forgotten, it's actually fully licensed to be operating on channel 297 from Sealy right now. 106-7 K294BI Columbus no longer exists, given that K297BT (that's frequency 107-3 in Sealy) replaced it. That makes one third of the trio illegal as all get out. But I have faith in someone rectifying this situation quickly and efficiently.

No, this is supposedly temporary for K254BZ. I find it absolutely appalling that La Nueva 94-1 or La Mejor 104-5 were not chosen to temporarily relay transmission on to 98-7 instead, for licensing purposes. Money is indeed the root of all evil. Christian Center of Eternal Life my size 13 foot. Live what you preach, Hector Guevara. Live what you preach.

There is a 106-7 involved, Mouse. That's the translator in Columbus that is attempting to move to channel 300 with a COL change to Sealy. Now, Joe, this is going to upset me enough to start making a stink. Enough is enough with that crap. Know what I mean?

Oh yeah, when he's got it on the air, you should have it loud in clear at your location. It's hit or miss, though. It wasn't long after we posted all this last night, that it shut back down. You've just got to be lucky (or nerdy) enough to catch it. I check the entirety of both radio dials pretty much every day and multiple times a day after I get off work, so it's pretty difficult to get much past me. Some people watch a lot of TV, I monitor a lot of radio transmissions. Yesterday, it was airing the programming from a subchannel of KZHO-LD at about a 4 minute delay. What can I say? I don't live a normal life...

Somehow, I overlooked this nugget of hilarity. My grandparents absolutely loved this place. I grew up getting dragged to the Barbecue Inn when I was a kid and I swore many years ago, after I moved out and then got married, that if I never set foot in that place again, it'd be much too soon. Mkultra is spot on with his assessment. The barbecue isn't what Barbecue Inn is known for. Their chicken, seafood, and ridiculously high prices for what you get on your plate is. Hungry Farmer, hands down.

Indeed it is, as I heard it driving to my brother's on West Gulf Bank. The feed has changed a wee bit, though. That is, unless Homer, New York has started a simulcast of a certain Houston LD.

Yep, me too. Something is batty with the HAIF. Last night, I couldn't access the forums, only my inbox. Today, it is reversed. I have to PMs in queue, but can't view either of them. I get the same message as you did. Things have not been quite right with the site since Oprah Winfrey's and Ellen DeGeneres's "You're not going to believe this, you've been lied to!" ads were implemented. Just my luck, I tell all kinds of people how great and how stable the HAIF is as a website, compared to the malware infested site we once had to deal with, and then this one goes all screwy. I don't know, Joe. I've been a HAIFer for a couple of years now, and have never had the difficulties I'm having with various features around the site. That is, until the ads were implemented. I try to not use an ad blocker, since I know that clicking on those from time to time help pay the bills for the site's host, but if it's going to continue to inhibit me from using parts of the site I use frequently, the ads are about to be nixed quick, fast, and in a hurry.

Ah yes, the Tichenor site off of Morton Rd. Good call, Joe & Thanks. Any thing you might be able to contribute with regards to mrtejano's inquiry?

I gotta say, s3mh, I couldn't agree with you more. Now, if I could just get those stupid commercials of him and his family doing the "blooper takes" off of my TV screen, I'd be ever so grateful. I like Dikembe Mutombo, I really do. But even his C&D commercial really grated my nerves. His own "no, no, no" tagline with the finger waggle, and the dolts that make those commercials couldn't even get the timing right on it. Guess you won't be seeing the monster truck tearing up the roads around Durham anymore, either. Bless you for posting this, s3. You honestly made my day.

For those of us interested in such a thing, this would be an opportune time to snatch a graveyarder that you typically can't, given our own local KCOH is usually covering anything else up @ 1230kHz. For the first time in quite some time, our little 1kW from Ennis St. is off the air completely, and likely signifies the change of steward for KCOH is not far behind. Nothing has hit the filings showing up as a consummation notice as of yet, but as I'm sure most frequenting the HAIF's radio section know, it typically takes a little time. May be one of the few chances you'll likely get to snag the ever elusive co-channel KSIX Corpus Christi or KWTX Waco, while the gettings good. Happy hunting, fellow DXers!

That's a good question, mrtejano. Still has its License to Cover, yet still not on the air. Not sure whatever happened to that trailblazing Cumbia format that was supposed to launch on 98-7, either. Still running the selected Christian songs over and over, and with low audio, to boot. I don't know, Señor. Other things must be have Hector Guevara and Cesar Guel's mente preoccupied. They sure haven't given 98-7 much attention since it signed on, and 105-3 remains total smoke and mirrors.

Paulino Bernal & the Villarreal brothers have consummated the deal that sends translator 88-1 K201EU to the family of Aleluya Broadcasting stations. Along with the consummation notice, a minor modification of the facility has been filed, dated 04-21-16. The result of the minor mod will move the translator a hair south to a transmit site which is 3 meters taller, and increase its maximum HAAT from 68 to 75 meters. Question here; who's site is this? I don't think Aleluya has a stick of its own out there. Yes, I know, but it's been a slow few weeks in the world of Houston radio. http://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=k201eu&ccode=1&city=&state=&country=US&arn=&party=&party_type=LICEN

Not necessarily, but they could very well be. The Heights bridges, if memory serves, were replaced as well as the deck. If, during the time it takes to replace the pylons during the rebuild of Yale's, we get another storm that stalls out over the Heights just like the one last week did over Cypress and north Houston, wouldn't we experience the exact same scenario feared with the removal of the trestle? The Oscar Colquitt bridge is a significantly wider structure than the trestle. I do not understand how the trestle could cause a massive uptick in flood potential downstream, if removed, yet there's apparently no cause for concern if a catastrophic flood were to occur during this project. This is Houston, after all, and when it rains, it sometimes really pours. Having grown up with White Oak bayou, I very well know just how bad that particular waterway can flood. I'm not following the thought processing difference between a rather narrow railroad trestle causing such fear of altering the amount of water flow, but not a 4 lane bridge mere feet to the east of it, while it's under construction. Maybe it's just the way it's coming off with regards to intent of my posts on this particular matter. Sometimes, it's hard to judge intent from what one reads, not knowing the author's tone nor mindset. I'm certainly not attempting to be argumentative, only wishing for education in the rationale of what makes one bridge destruction differ from the other. Leonard: White Oak's water flow did not reach the deck of either Yale nor Heights Blvd bridges. My neighbor is a manager at the Sprouts right there, and they were wide open for business all day, with no major flooding in the immediate area. It was bad, but as mollusk duly noted, not near as bad as Allison. At least not there. People in Greenspoint, Willowbrook, Katy, & Cy-Fair would most likely disagree with that statement. I personally worked in the Greenspoint area for over 20 years, and have never witnessed what Greens Bayou did to the immediate area like it did last week before. That was most assuredly the worst flooding in GP that I've ever personally seen. The video on KTRK and KRIV simply blew me away. North Belt, Hardy, and the North Freeway always flood in a heavy rain event, but to see Imperial Valley, Benmar, and Greens Rd. turned into absolute canals had me completely awestruck.

Ok, I'll buy that. So, what happens then if we receive another huge deluge, resulting in White Oak topping its banks again while the Colquitt bridge's pylons and deck are being replaced during reconstruction? Wouldn't we experience the same perceived catastrophic result as we would if trestle next to it were to be removed? The bridge is supported by concrete pylons as well, which will require total replacement too, will they not? I'm simply not following the logic as to how the bridge itself can be demolished for a total rebuild without any ill effects to bayou's water flow, yet the railroad trestle literally within a few feet of the same bridge requires an apparent mile of red tape to bring the unsightly and unnecessary structure down.

What impact? We're talking about a few concrete pylons sticking into the earth here, not a dam or a wall. The only thing that would be affected is that the trash and debris floating down White Oak would no longer get entangled around the base of it. Instead, it'd get caught up in 20 more feet on the Colquitt bridge. There's the study; signed, sealed, and delivered...and it didn't cost thousands of taxpayer dollars to conduct it. I swear, common sense doesn't run rampant within our elected officials community.

So they whiffed at taking it down at what would end up as no out of pocket expense to them? Jesus, I hate Wal-Mart even more now. I didn't think that was humanly possible.