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Post by amanuensis on Dec 10, 2015 14:01:32 GMT -6
For the record, it is KKEX that I start hearing in Utah County. Although at times, I can (I think) hear a third signal. Maybe weird atmospherics are bringing in the 96.7 translator of KPCW. And of course I should have used the term booster instead of translator when I was talking about the booster for KQMB.
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Post by amanuensis on Dec 9, 2015 12:58:26 GMT -6
Amanuensis, the classic rock station you mentioned from logan is at 95.9, not 96.7. The next thing you would hear going south on 95.9 is KMGR. I didn't realize KQMB's provo booster was only 15 wats, no wonder it never seemed to sound very good in provo. What i can hear down here now on 96.7 is K244DH which rebroadcasts KPGR to the Salt lake Valley. When I checked 20 or so minutes ago I was able to confirm that both 88.1 and 96.7 were playing "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls. Doh! You are of course right about the Logan station being on 95.9.
But then, what am I hearing on 96.7 when I went south of the Point of the Mountain? K244DH faded out and was (mostly) replaced by something else. Which is why I thought that the KQMB translator was back on the air.
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Post by amanuensis on Dec 9, 2015 10:17:41 GMT -6
KQMB was not on the air for months. I did not know it was back on the air until I checked this morning as I commuted from West Jordan to Provo. It was off the air for so long that I figured it was kaput and quit checking. Its signal does not sound any better. The classic rock station from Logan is still causing tremendous interferance. When it first went on the air, its signal was much better. I was hoping that after being gone so long, that the owner had done some engineering on that issue. I just checked to see what the allowed power was for the KQMB Provo translator -- 15.2 watts!!! Not kilowatts, WATTS. radio-locator.com/info/KQMB-1-FB I wonder if it has just been the translator that has been off the air, and the Levan main was transmitting all along?
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Post by amanuensis on Nov 18, 2015 11:59:34 GMT -6
I saw an electronic billboard this morning for The Gift radio near downtown northbound on I-15. The ad showed a woman dressed as Santa with the words "Commercial Free" on the brim of her hat. So I assume that KAUU is now planning on keeping the format through December 25th -- with it still being an open question as to whether that was the original plan.
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Post by amanuensis on Nov 10, 2015 12:29:06 GMT -6
KSFI switched this morning.
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Post by amanuensis on Nov 4, 2015 10:05:59 GMT -6
Definitely bad news for the Weber community. KWCR has been having problems for several years now. Their licensed facility is gone and they've been running under a series of special temporary authority authorizations. They couldn't get fully licensed due to spacing problems IIRC. There were also complaints filed with the FCC. Maybe they just decided it wasn't worth the effort. This does open up the possibility of a great opportunity for KCPW though. The spacing issue I believe was between KWCR and KCPW. If KWCR gets deleted then KCPW might be able to move to Ensign Peak or somewhere in the Oquirrhs and have 88.3 cover everything it currently does plus what the 105.5 translator covers as well. That would eliminate the need for the translator and they wouldn't need to worry when KDWY completes its move-in. What DOES the 105.5 translator cover that 88.3 does not? At least at the south end of Salt Lake County, it seems like their coverage area is identical.
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Post by amanuensis on Oct 20, 2015 10:57:13 GMT -6
KNRS-FM filed their license to cover for 105.9 on Wednesday so that should mean that K287AE (now K288GY) can start at 105.5. There's nothing I can hear there at the moment. KCPW is broadcasting on 105.5 now. I am not sure exactly when the signal started. I was prompted to check this morning when I heard KCPW include K288GY as part of their top-of-the-hour ID.
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Post by amanuensis on Oct 9, 2015 9:36:27 GMT -6
Now we wait to see who is going to move to 105.5 first. Please remind me what stations are competing for the frequency. I assume one is KCPW's 105.3's frequency. Who else? And once 105.5 is settled, what other frequency moves have been mandated by the FCC?
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Post by amanuensis on Aug 26, 2015 10:45:21 GMT -6
If the booster is active, that could explain why I seem to hear louder static on 99.9 than I do on 99.7 and 100.1.
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Post by amanuensis on Aug 21, 2015 14:33:24 GMT -6
I heard nothing but static today in Provo and Orem as I was driving on 99.9.
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Post by amanuensis on Aug 5, 2015 8:46:56 GMT -6
KDYL (1060 AM) has been off the air yesterday and today. Just technical issues, or is there something else happening? Anyone know?
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Post by amanuensis on Aug 4, 2015 9:15:33 GMT -6
KTCE is not broadcasting a signal at present. Whether they have filed Silent paperwork with the FCC indicating plans to again broadcast at some future date, I don't know.
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Jul 11, 2015 9:37:13 GMT -6
Post by amanuensis on Jul 11, 2015 9:37:13 GMT -6
The Zone's AM and FM signals split quite often. And sometimes the 960 signal also splits.
For example, on the night of the NBA draft, the FM signal was providing commentary on the draft as it happened, while the AM was doing play-by-play of a Bees baseball game.
I guess if KSL can't split (and be counted as one station) that explains why they don't split when there is a live event happening (like a BYU game or a newsmaker press conference) that one signal could cover while the other signal continued with the normal morning or afternoon drive news and traffic format.
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Post by amanuensis on Jul 6, 2015 9:13:50 GMT -6
KWDZ could always put the tape back on with the exercise beat track.
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Post by amanuensis on Jun 25, 2015 7:37:31 GMT -6
My recollection is that when KEGA went on the air circa 2003, they simulcast KXOL for a number of months back when KXOL was doing old oldies.
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