Shifts in 94.5 translators
Jul 9, 2024 0:53:21 GMT -6
Post by CAwasinNJ on Jul 9, 2024 0:53:21 GMT -6
As we talked about here a few months ago, the 94.5 translator (K233DI) in Provo is now owned by Sanpete County Broadcasting. The easy part about what's happened besides that is that they've applied to move their transmitter location from east of Provo to Lake Mountain, increasing its coverage area.
What's less clear is the plan for K233DI. There was a notice filed in May specifying KIXR 1400 as the primary station, which was approved in June. With the application to move the station mentioned above, they're now specifying KUDD as the primary station in the application itself but mention several times the signal contours of KIXR in the accompanying documentation. (They even call it by its old KSRR name at least once.) The KUDD actually makes sense to me if they were rebroadcasting the HD2 that is simulcasting ESPN 960, but ESPN 960 is owned by the now former owner of K233DI, Broadway Media. Confused yet? Join the club. Maybe someone can let us know what's really going on down there.
As if all that wasn't enough, there's another move underway. Another 94.5 translator (K233DV) licensed to Draper and straddling the southern Salt Lake/northern Utah County line is applying to move to a site near Kearns and sending its signal northeast at the heart of Salt Lake County. That translator retransmits KNIT 1320. There's only a small overlap with its previous signal area, which means it's allowable as a minor application. If it were me, that wouldn't be my final destination. I'd hop it up to Ensign Peak and cover Davis and Salt Lake Counties both. Ensign Peak could cover more or less the same area in Salt lake County plus Davis County up to maybe Layton, possibly limited by the coverage of 1320.
What's less clear is the plan for K233DI. There was a notice filed in May specifying KIXR 1400 as the primary station, which was approved in June. With the application to move the station mentioned above, they're now specifying KUDD as the primary station in the application itself but mention several times the signal contours of KIXR in the accompanying documentation. (They even call it by its old KSRR name at least once.) The KUDD actually makes sense to me if they were rebroadcasting the HD2 that is simulcasting ESPN 960, but ESPN 960 is owned by the now former owner of K233DI, Broadway Media. Confused yet? Join the club. Maybe someone can let us know what's really going on down there.
As if all that wasn't enough, there's another move underway. Another 94.5 translator (K233DV) licensed to Draper and straddling the southern Salt Lake/northern Utah County line is applying to move to a site near Kearns and sending its signal northeast at the heart of Salt Lake County. That translator retransmits KNIT 1320. There's only a small overlap with its previous signal area, which means it's allowable as a minor application. If it were me, that wouldn't be my final destination. I'd hop it up to Ensign Peak and cover Davis and Salt Lake Counties both. Ensign Peak could cover more or less the same area in Salt lake County plus Davis County up to maybe Layton, possibly limited by the coverage of 1320.
