90s hits for the beaches

[C Murder]

Cumulus used to run an all-90s format on 93.3-HD2 in Dallas before they switched to i93 and the HD2 picked up a simulcast of KLIF-AM. It was called "Energy" and sounded awesome, complete with Mark "Mr Voice" Driscoll sweepers.

http://www.divshare.com/download/491459-a69

Is KSTB just using the old music logs and production?

[sdh483]

Looks like KSTB is being used as testing grounds. If Cumulus were just keeping the license active, couldn't they've just simulcasted KAYD again with the temporary signal?

Perhaps this is a test run of the next format for 103.7? 

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[Chuck Tiller]

As of this post, there are two pages of discussion for this:

http://radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KSTB&service=FM&status=L&hours=U

[Fieldtech1]

Would there ever be any way for them to move closer to Galveston, or are they sandboxed in (no pun intended) by KLOL and have to stay on the Bolivar Peninsula?

[johndavis]

Would there ever be any way for them to move closer to Galveston, or are they sandboxed in (no pun intended) by KLOL and have to stay on the Bolivar Peninsula?

That station was downgraded to what it is now to facilitate the other moves that put 103.7 or 97.5 closer to Houston, if I recall correctly. Before it was downgraded you could get it as far north as Clear Lake on a regular basis and I could DX it near the Galleria if I was lucky.

[Fieldtech1]

I always thought KSTB was downgraded so KAYD 101.7 in Beaumont could upgrade or move closer to center of the Beaumont market.

[jd]

I always thought KSTB was downgraded so KAYD 101.7 in Beaumont could upgrade or move closer to center of the Beaumont market.

That's it.  The bad news is that KSTB barely covers their community of license with a city-grade signal and there's no hope of them moving closer to Galveston.  They barely clear the required separation to KLOL and are actually slightly short-spaced to KMJQ.  Besides that, with the move (and upgrade) of KPTY 104.9 from Crystal Beach to Winnie KSTB has to remain licensed where it is so that Crystal Beach will retain its only "local" service.

[purpledevil]

IIRC, KSTB was licensed to another community before the downgrade as well. I distinctly remember it being "The Star of the Bay" with a good signal from Baybrook area down to the causeway. Seems like it was Clear Lake City. Was a pretty good local station back in its day.

With what's left of Crystal Beach's population after Ike, I'd assume there would be a way out for Cumulus if they had the desire to move KSTB off of the sand dune. jd, slight correction to your post: 104.9 moved from Missouri City to Deer Park. 105.3 is the one that is in the process of relocating to Winnie coupled with 100.7 KKHT heading up the road to Lumberton.

Why is that, by the way? What benefit is KKHT getting out of moving to Lumberton, and what would be the issue with Winnie having 2 services? In my estimation, KKHT gets squat in this deal as it does nothing except change the COL. There would have to be some sort of financial compensation being sent to Salem for their time and trouble, or else I'd be telling Univision thanks but no thanks. As I recall, these wheels were set in motion by Univision when they owned both 100.7 & 105.3. Made sense then, but not so much now.

[johndavis]

IIRC, KSTB was licensed to another community before the downgrade as well. I distinctly remember it being "The Star of the Bay" with a good signal from Baybrook area down to the causeway. Seems like it was Clear Lake City. Was a pretty good local station back in its day.

With what's left of Crystal Beach's population after Ike, I'd assume there would be a way out for Cumulus if they had the desire to move KSTB off of the sand dune. jd, slight correction to your post: 104.9 moved from Missouri City to Deer Park. 105.3 is the one that is in the process of relocating to Winnie coupled with 100.7 KKHT heading up the road to Lumberton.

Or, they'll just let the hard drive spin and keep the needles moving and write it off as the cost of doing business in Beaumont.

[stan]

There are lot of 'moves', whether they take place or not, that make no sense.  Another announced move to Lumberton in the past was KYKZ-FM from Lake Charles.  This did not and apparently will not occur.

Another curious 'move' by Cumulus is that of KQXY from a tower east of Beaumont, to the Silsbee area. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=30.33750,+-94.14694+%28KQXY-FM%29&om=1  This makes no sense, and I'm not sure what could be behind it.

I sometimes wonder if anyone at Cumulus has any idea what they are doing.