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Post by David on Mar 5, 2023 10:31:40 GMT -6
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Post by kenglish on Mar 5, 2023 12:05:51 GMT -6
I guess 590 is open for some new DX reports.
KSUB is coming in pretty well (Sunday, 11:00 AM) in Salt Lake/Midvale.
I listened to the last part of "When Radio Was: Crisco Theatre", until they forgot to roll the next show.
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Post by David on Mar 5, 2023 13:19:02 GMT -6
As long as there's no RFI from my next door neighbor's power tools or similar AM signal disruptions in my NE Ogden neighborhood, I can hear KSUB on my Sangean PR-D4W just fine. I think I might have heard KID squeak through on 590 once or twice before the station lost its tower site lease in 2021, but KSUB usually owns 590 after dark in Northern Utah.
FWIW, if you're a fan of old time radio, KBJA is now airing "Classic Radio Theater with Wyatt Cox" from 10:00 PM-1:00 AM most nights. K-TALK Media's website says that "When Radio Was" is supposed to be on during those hours, but their schedule hasn't been updated in months.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Mar 6, 2023 4:36:55 GMT -6
That's baffling since they're even using the KID name in their identity. Why wouldn't they move it to one of the FMs? Maybe they thought they did but didn't?
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Post by David on Mar 6, 2023 17:09:10 GMT -6
That's baffling since they're even using the KID name in their identity. Why wouldn't they move it to one of the FMs? Maybe they thought they did but didn't? I can't see anything in the FCC database that indicates they've applied for call sign changes for either one of their FM stations, and the KID call has been deleted from the FCC database. It's possible that I've missed something in my search, but I think Lance would have mentioned any reassignment of the KID call letters if Rich Broadcasting had transferred them to another station like Capital Broadcasting did with KLO. Maybe the FCC rules regarding re-use of call signs is different when a license is being deleted instead of the station being sold. |
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Mar 7, 2023 13:43:03 GMT -6
There's no difference I'm aware of, but of course there are no new issuances of three letter callsigns. That is unless you can come up with some excuse to petition the FCC to ignore that rule, however flimsy the excuse is. (The KHJ "caca" excuse comes to mind.)
I'm trying to pull up the request from the application that deleted the station, but the link is to a server that doesn't exist. I thought the new LMS system was supposed to fix all these stupid problems. And then there's the problem with the callsign histories that have been badly broken for weeks. *sigh*
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Mar 7, 2023 21:24:12 GMT -6
I got a hold of the letter to the FCC and there's no mention of the calls at all.
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Post by kenglish on Mar 8, 2023 20:00:42 GMT -6
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Post by friendlee on Mar 9, 2023 12:32:16 GMT -6
Ummmmm...I think the commission still takes a dim view of "...the property owner demolish[ing] two remaining towers at the Iona site, destroy[ing] the transmitter building and remov[ing] all of the broadcasting equipment...." especially if A) the license was still valid , and B) the site lease was still in effect no matter how close to the expiry date it may have been. Short of having every last detail in front of me, I feel unless there had been a legal declaration of abandonment, that what happened was more or less reckless destruction of somebody else's property which last I checked, is still illegal (even in Idaho!).
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Post by kenglish on Mar 9, 2023 12:56:54 GMT -6
I suspect that the "farmer", was the owner of the "antenna farm", American Towers. Perhaps the writer of the article misunderstood.
Richard Mecham, a former president of KSL, bought the stations several years ago, and has had an ongoing dispute over the prices of the sites.
Not sure what has happened in the meantime, or where his FM stations have their antennas.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Mar 9, 2023 14:04:11 GMT -6
There are a lot of things in that article that don't make any sense to me, but that's OK. The one that gets me is that Mecham said he would have done just about anything to keep the heritage call letters. He owns KIDG 92.1 and KIDJ 106.3, both of which run the KID format and either of which would have made a natural home for the call letters. Was it the $170 fee? I don't get it.
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Post by seattlefollower on Mar 9, 2023 19:38:16 GMT -6
Was it the $170 fee? I don't get it. Maybe. My employer recently split an AM/FM simulcast. They hadn't changed either property's call letters (it's a PPM market so it's not that important in terms of ratings) and it caused a lot of time and energy to work with a vendor because of needing to re-create the AM in our billing system. I was surprised the company didn't just file the FCC paperwork to change the AM to some sort of new call letters so we could build from scratch.  |
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Post by seattlefollower on Mar 10, 2023 15:12:31 GMT -6
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Post by David on Mar 10, 2023 15:51:31 GMT -6
Good grief, the situation with KID/Rich Broadcasting sounds like an even bigger soap opera than the KMRI debacle! I would think that if the FCC & FAA recognize Rich Broadcasting as the owner of the towers, then a federal judge or court could overrule the district court judge's decision. But I'm not a lawyer, and I'm sure that the courts will sort it all out eventually.
I still can't understand why the property owner would demolish the towers when he was receiving a monthly lease payment from Rich Broadcasting. Maybe he's one of those people who believe that RF energy causes cancer and all sorts of other health problems, no matter how far away you're located from the radio tower(s). I know the article that seattlefollower linked to mentions something about the towers being "unsafe", but isn't that usually up to the FAA and/or the FCC to determine? All in all, it's a sad story that demonstrates how difficult it is owning an AM radio station in 2023.
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