According to the most recent iteration of the FCC’s FM Table of Allotments, a Class C1 FM licensed to Granado, Tex., some 70 miles southwest of Houston, had been added.
That posed a problem involving Lone Star State licensee Roy E. Henderson. But, it wasn’t of his hand. Rather, the Media Bureau made a mistake.
In adding Channel 235 — which is 94.9 MHz — to the FM Table of Allotments, it failed to take into consideration “DKHTZ.”
That is the former KHTZ-FM, licensed to Henderson’s S Content Marketing LLC.
On Oct. 17, 2019, a Petition for Reconsideration was filed against the license cancellation of DKHTZ. That was followed up by the July 24 filing by SCM of a Petition for Reconsideration of the Order, released July 10, stating that DKHTZ’s former facilities move to the table of allotments.
With reconsideration still pending, Media Bureau Audio Division Assistant Chief Nazifa Sawez explained Friday in a notice that the July 10 order was a mistake.
Now, Henderson’s attempt to formally keep KHTZ on the air can continue.
The supposed death of KHTZ came in September 2019, when Henderson’s license renewal for the facility, which simulcast “Texas Mix 105.3” KTWL-FM in Todd Mission, Tex., was nixed by the Commission. It did so on the grounds that Henderson failed to reimburse Victoria Radio Works for a facility shift that brought KVIC-FM to 104.7 MHz from 95.1 MHz, and shifted KHTZ from 104.7 MHz to 94.9 MHz.
In an explanation to the FCC, Henderson sought to supplant the nearly $100,000 owned to Victoria Radio Works by instead assigning the licensee ownership of his KJAZ-FM 94.1 in Point Comfort, Tex. VRW refused, and demanded it be reimbursed in cash.
What is on the 94.9 MHz frequency today? According to Streamline Publishing’s RadioDiscussions.com, on July 26 it was on the air with “Texas Mix.” KTWL-FM was reported silent by local users of RadioDiscussions.com.
This demonstrates that while the FCC acted to delete the facility, KHTZ remains active pending a final determination by the Commission as to the station’s license status.
Meanwhile, Henderson stated in a different FCC filing that due to a heart attack, he is unable to travel, bedridden under doctor’s orders in January and in Grand Rapids, Mich. Henderson in January 2020 had been recovering for further heart surgery.
Then came COVID-19, making travel a further impossibility.
This KHTZ is not to be confused with the former KHTZ-FM in Los Angeles, which is today KAMP-FM 97.1. The facility was KHTZ from August 1978 until November 27, 1985.
