92.3 has been dead air with RDS for monthsI was driving around 1960 and 45 north and I caught Dead air on 92.3. But the RDS was on and it said KYOK 92.3 and 1140 am.
I tuned in to 1140 and a lady was preaching in Spanish.
The owners must never be in the listening area which is believable. Is the second translator ever going on the air?Anyway this has been forwarded to the owners of 92.3, let's see if they get around and fix it...
Would make sense, according to FCC records the owner is in Corpus. The signal is pretty hot, I can pick up dead air with RDS at my house up in Conroe... and at my old office near Old Town Spring, 92.3 was strong enough to knock out a good portion of the FM band on a tuner inside of my office.I can hear 1140 AM loud and clear right now and it’s Gospel music. It’s not the only daytimer I’m hearing though. 880 is also on daytime power.
The owners must never be in the listening area which is believable. Is the second translator ever going on the air?
The K222CX tower is on Aldine Westfield Rd, just north of Louetta, so all of Old Town Spring and surrounding areas get a strong dose of silence 24/7, meaning other stations on 92.3 and adjacent frequencies are wiped out, for nothing. It can't be legal to broadcast a silent carrier with RDS for months on end for a supposedly 250 watt signal that "tb_" says reaches Conroe. That means K222CX would reach Cypress, Atascocita, and near downtown Houston, with zero programming.The signal is pretty hot, I can pick up dead air with RDS at my house up in Conroe... and at my old office near Old Town Spring, 92.3 was strong enough to knock out a good portion of the FM band on a tuner inside of my office.
The law apparently doesn't apply to Carlos Lopez. KHTW 1300 has been silent for years.The K222CX tower is on Aldine Westfield Rd, just north of Louetta, so all of Old Town Spring and surrounding areas get a strong dose of silence 24/7, meaning other stations on 92.3 and adjacent frequencies are wiped out, for nothing. It can't be legal to broadcast a silent carrier with RDS for months on end for a supposedly 250 watt signal that "tb_" says reaches Conroe. That means K222CX would reach Cypress, Atascocita, and near downtown Houston, with zero programming.
FCC states that the K222CX licensee is Carlos Lopez and the AM 1140 KYOK originating licensee is Martin Broadcasting.
That’s how they were months ago before it was a preacher in Spanish for like 3 weeks then back to dead airTuned 92.3 in earlier this afternoon near I-45 and Research Forest, no more dead air. However, it sounds like they are just feeding it with an AM radio tuned to 1140.
Both of which are well-known to ignore the rules. No, it's not legal for a translator to have dead air when the parent station is also dead air for extended length of time.. That's against the rules but like I said above....FCC states that the K222CX licensee is Carlos Lopez and the AM 1140 KYOK originating licensee is Martin Broadcasting.
If a translator has dead air and the parent station isn’t playing dead air, that means that the translator is originating programming.