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Post by David on Sept 2, 2010 13:11:14 GMT -6
As of this writing, 1490 AM (KOGN) is on the air with the repeating Dial Global activation message, but there's a new twist: I'm hearing bits and pieces of a sports format called "The Fan" in between the repeating Dial Global loop. The station is still using the old "great songs & great memories" ID at the top of the hour, so I'm not sure if the sports format is just filler until the new format is announced. There's nothing on the FCC site yet to indicate a transfer of ownership, but the property at 1506 Gibson Avenue is no longer listed for sale on the web. If "The Fan" is indeed the new format for KOGN, I don't know who in their right mind thinks the SLC/Ogden market can support yet ANOTHER sports station. One to watch . . . .  |
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Post by dxstuboy on Sept 2, 2010 21:27:03 GMT -6
That puzzles me too, but I doubt they'd put sports on 1490, unless they got a deal for the programming. I do think they could use another nostalgia or oldies station in the area as the only "real" oldies station is KDYL. Keep me informed about the format, I might be able to hear it should my local 1490 ever go off the air (doubtful, unless there are T-storms in the area).
At last count, in the greater Salt Lake City area, there are 5 sports stations. Am I missing one?
700, 960, 1230, 1280, 1320?
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Sept 3, 2010 0:17:58 GMT -6
You forgot 1600.
960 and 1280 are the same, so you could count them as one combined. Combing 1230 with 1490 and 1470 I might buy, since there are signal issued with each, particularly at night.
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Post by David on Sept 3, 2010 0:31:53 GMT -6
You forgot 1600. 960 and 1280 are the same, so you could count them as one combined. Combing 1230 with 1490 and 1470 I might buy, since there are signal issued with each, particularly at night. 1600 is a sports station?? Last time I tuned to that frequency (not more than two weeks ago), all I heard was Espanol. |
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Sept 3, 2010 0:59:49 GMT -6
It's ESPN Deportes (sports).
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Post by David on Sept 3, 2010 13:35:32 GMT -6
It's ESPN Deportes (sports). DOH!! That's what I get for dropping out of Spanish class in high school.  Thanks for enlightening me, CA. About 12:45 this afternoon, KOGN was broadcasting part of a Mets game, and the announcer identified as "the WFAN Radio Network." So it's looking more and more like the station will eventually have a sports format. Just great.  That's a total of seven (or six if you count 960 and 1280 as one) all sports stations along the Wasatch Front. No wonder the AM band is dying. |
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Sept 3, 2010 21:19:16 GMT -6
That kind of makes sense, but not for the reason you're thinking. Dial Global and the WFAN (The Fan) feed are both on AMC-8. It sounds like one of the tuners just got knocked off to some random channel that happens to have something on it. that isn't encrypted. It doesn't make sense at all to simulcast WFAN out here in Utah.
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Post by dxstuboy on Sept 3, 2010 22:24:07 GMT -6
I bet that is what happened, that or it is the only thing the sat receiver is getting. Lord knows we don't want dead air!
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Post by David on Sept 4, 2010 2:09:38 GMT -6
That kind of makes sense, but not for the reason you're thinking. Dial Global and the WFAN (The Fan) feed are both on AMC-8. It sounds like one of the tuners just got knocked off to some random channel that happens to have something on it. that isn't encrypted. It doesn't make sense at all to simulcast WFAN out here in Utah. Yeah, I thought it was kind of odd for a radio station in Utah to be running commercials for a car dealership in New Jersey.  I suppose the positive thing here is that someone has possibly bought the station and will put something other than a sports or Spanish language format on KOGN. The SLC/Ogden/Provo market has pretty much reached market saturation with both formats. |
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Post by David on Sept 4, 2010 2:20:59 GMT -6
I bet that is what happened, that or it is the only thing the sat receiver is getting. Lord knows we don't want dead air! I've actually enjoyed the "dead air" on 1490 since KOGN went silent nearly two years ago. Since I live in the shadow of the station's tower, the only time I can hear 1500 KSTP from my home state of Minnesota is when KOGN is off the air. Oh well, guess I'll have to hope that the "slop" from 820 isn't too bad so I'll at least have a chance at hearing WCCO. Maybe a DXpedition is in order over the Labor Day weekend--I'd like to try out my new Grundig Sat 750! |
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Post by dxstuboy on Sept 4, 2010 12:54:18 GMT -6
In that case, yes, you'd want nothing on 1490. I have the same problem, a local on 1490. Luckily its about half a mile behind a hill, and the radios I have can easily get around it at night. I hear KSTP and WCCO often, good stations. I even applied to jobs at both.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Sept 5, 2010 0:40:34 GMT -6
Check KOGN today and yes that seems to be a straight feed from WFAN. Good news for me. I've been listening to WFAN since they signed on at 1050 back in 1987. No chance of hearing it with skywave due to KTNN.
This isn't the first time a New York City station has been simulcast in Utah. There was at least one weekly simulcast of WBBR (Bloomberg Radio) on KIQN 1010 back a number of years ago, complete with traffic/weather/etc.
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Post by David on Sept 5, 2010 6:17:48 GMT -6
The weirdness on 1490 continues! About 9 PM Saturday night, the feed from WFAN abruptly stopped and switched to Spanish language
music. As of 6 AM this morning, the Spanish music is still on. Because I haven't heard a legal ID or any other identification since the switch, I'm not sure if the Spanish music is just another feed from the Dial Global satellite, or if we have yet another Spanish language station on the AM band. If 1490 has "gone Spanish," that's six Spanish language stations on the AM band, meaning that all local stations from 1490 to 1660 (with the exception of KLLB on 1510) have a Spanish language format.
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Post by dxstuboy on Sept 5, 2010 10:51:20 GMT -6
Sounds like they can't make up their mind, or the receiver keeps switching and nobody is paying attention. I bet they are leaving at least something on as to keep the license. No legal IDs though could get them in trouble.
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Post by David on Sept 7, 2010 11:22:46 GMT -6
Sounds like the new format on KOGN is indeed a Spanish language format, at least if the music is any indication. Just heard a top of the hour ID for "KOGN, Ogden/Salt Lake City Utah" (that's stretching the truth a bit considering the range of the 1,000 watt signal). Also heard an advertisement for "Tien Computers" (?) just before the top of the hour ID, so it sounds like the station has been sold. There's still nothing on the FCC site about a transfer of control or change of ownership, but that's not surprising given the FCC's slow rate of database updates. For those who are keeping track, there's now six Spanish language stations on the AM band (730, 1490, 1550, 1600, 1640, and 1660). Can you say market saturation??  |
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Thanks for enlightening me, CA.
That's a total of seven (or six if you count 960 and 1280 as one) all sports stations along the Wasatch Front. No wonder the AM band is dying.
