99.7 gets CP to move into Oklahoma City

[Rick Rose 2.0]

Alva licenced 99.7 KNID has been granted a construction permit to downgrade to a C2 and move to Mustang and serve the OKC market.

[OKCRadioGuy]

Great.... Doctor Evil wins.  Just what OKC needs... Another station for him to rent out.  I guess the current translator on 99.7 will have to go away soon.

[Kent]

I guess we now know why Champlin bought another CP at auction for the Enid area.  I'm guessing he's going to either put KNID on the new frequency or do another shuffle with KXLS, moving it to the new frequency and KNID to 95.7.  It's kind of funny that KNID may end up moving into Oklahoma City on two different frequencies as it was originally on 96.9. 

By the way, the idea of moving 99.7 into Oklahoma City isn't new.  Ralph Tyler, who owned KTSH 99.7 in Tishomingo, had this idea a few years ago.  However, he ended up losing his license to the station.  I believe the FCC decided he lied to them about something or other and made him forfeit the station and the CP and sell his other licenses. 

[OKCRadioGuy]

The Tyler bunch got screwed out of the frequency because they checked a box on a FCC form incorrectly.  It was because the CP for a non-commercial that was to replace the Tish station had to be on the air within days due to an expiring CP of that station.  They opted to just turn off the commercial Tish station and put the non-comm on in it's place to keep from loosing the non-comm and the ability to move the commercial Tish station. They simply checked "antenna failure" as a reason.  The FCC nailed them for it.  Doctor Evil and some of his pals in southern Okiehoma figured out this little bit of information and, with Doctor Evil's political stroke, got Ralph declared a unfit broadcaster and the frequency jerked out from under him.  Now Doctor Evil is getting the frequency to use for himself. The reason Doctor Evil was involved in the first place was because he had to move off 99.7 with his station in order to clear it to move into the City.  When he was contacted by the Tyler bunch he huffed up and wanted his part of the take. He didn't get his way with them so he set himself out to hose them out of it.  He's an oilman... Go figure.  Forced pooling, slant drilling, destroying someone's house from drilling under it, etc. etc.. This is just another "great biz day" for someone like Doctor Evil.

[BenTehelenbach]

KNID in Alva, KLOR in Ponca City, and KHOZ in Harrison, Arkansas may all be moving to more crowded markets... Oklahoma City, Wichita, and Springfield, respectively...at a time when only small-market stations are making money.   

[OKCRadioGuy]

LOL!  Good point. 

[hello4]

Alright, there are so many scumbags in the industry, you're going to have to specify for me who Dr. Evil is!   

[OKCRadioGuy]

Go pull up the application on the fcc website. I think you'll find your answer there.  LOL!

[X-Man]

From looking at the coverage map on Radio Locator.com, 99.7 move to Mustang will have a fairly good coverage over the OKC.

The question is will Champlin sell the station or will he compete against the other stations in OKC? Anyone think Tyler will try to by it again? If Russell Perry were smart he would by 99.7 and move KVSP's format on that frequency from 103.5 and the station will have a little bit more "Power" to compete because I think 99.7 is going to be his last hope as far as a signal in OKC that covers the market well and let the KOCD's 103.7's Smooth Jazz format simulcast on 103.5 IMO.

[j1203]

That would be nice if that were to happen, but I just don't see it.  I would personally like to see Champlin change the format to urban ac as we don't have a true urban ac (other than am 1140) in OKC.