Space Cowboys have a new radio home

[Mediafrog+]

The PCL Sugar Land Space Cowboys will be heard on ESPN 92.5 this season: Space Cowboys Announce Radio Partnership with Gow Media

Looks like Gow Media will be doing a lot of splitting between the 97.5 and 92.5 signals as has been done in the past with college game conflicts. The commercials on the two signals are already different.

 

[ZantennaG1]

"Space Cowboys". Now that's taken straight from a movie!

 

[tb_]

Kind of interesting how a professional sports organization is being broadcast on an illegally-operating FM translator. There is still no KFNC-HD2, so it is 100% illegal.

 

[CTListener]

"Space Cowboys". Now that's taken straight from a movie!

Or a song (Steve Miller's "The Joker"). The team originated in the independent Atlantic League with the nickname of Skeeters.

So how does a licensed, legitimate broadcaster get away with operating a "100% illegal" translator, or even get one approved by the FCC in the first place?

 

[stan]

Kind of interesting how a professional sports organization is being broadcast on an illegally-operating FM translator. There is still no KFNC-HD2, so it is 100% illegal.

The same way the majority of the translators operate in Houston, apparently.

 

[ZantennaG1]

Or a song (Steve Miller's "The Joker"). The team originated in the independent Atlantic League with the nickname of Skeeters.

YES of course! Some people call me a Space Cowboy 🎶

So how does a licensed, legitimate broadcaster get away with operating a "100% illegal" translator, or even get one approved by the FCC in the first place?

This happens a lot because the budget for enforcement has gone down during Covid. https://www.radiodiscussions.com/threads/chicago-translator-in-fcc-trouble.748038/

 

[AnyHuman]

It happens the same way that (apparently illegal) transmitters are sold on Ebay and Amazon.
7 watts can get you a mile radius if placed in a good spot high up, maybe an apartment complex.

 

[HTX]

It happens the same way that (apparently illegal) transmitters are sold on Ebay and Amazon.
7 watts can get you a mile radius if placed in a good spot high up, maybe an apartment complex.

7 Watts would get you more than a mile especially if it’s high up

 

[Mediafrog+]

Or a song (Steve Miller's "The Joker").

It was actually from an earlier Steve Miller Band song, the original Space Cowboy, from the Brave New World album from 1969:

I recall Space Cowboy being all over Progressive Rock FM radio in the late 60's and early 70's.

The line from The Joker (which has been burnt to a crisp on Classic Hits stations) was a reference the the earlier song.

 

[ZantennaG1]

It was actually from an earlier Steve Miller Band song, the original Space Cowboy, from the Brave New World album from 1969:

I recall Space Cowboy being all over Progressive Rock FM radio in the late 60's and early 70's.

The line from The Joker (which has been burnt to a crisp on Classic Hits stations) was a reference the the earlier song.

Such an underrated song from his earlier years!

 

[KF5ND]

That "translator" has damned good coverage... heard it while driving around Downtown Houston, and my Kia has a scheisse receiver.