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Post by CAwasinNJ on Feb 1, 2021 2:44:06 GMT -6
I haven't sent an email yet, but that's not a bad idea.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Feb 1, 2021 2:40:31 GMT -6
I'm 99% sure that you moving your antenna around doesn't have anything to do with whether the audio comes through, it's just a coincidence. Frank has talked about STL problems in the past and I'm pretty sure that's what's happening. The audio feed to KKUT is dropping out so there's nothing for it to rebroadcast on the HD4 when that happens. Hopefully he'll be by shortly and can give us an update.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Jan 30, 2021 2:28:10 GMT -6
Um, no it's not locally owned unless they're talking about stockholders who live locally. I don't buy that for a minute. Both are owned by iHeart who is the largest radio operator in the US. It was also KJMY HD2 that was discussed giving the wrong community of license almost a year ago. ( talkingutahradio.proboards.com/thread/1915/easy-99-1-missing ) Maybe whoever is in charge just doesn't know what they're doing?
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Jan 30, 2021 2:09:53 GMT -6
I'm trying to think of how HD1, 2 and 3 could be stronger than an HD4. Unless KKUT is doing one of those experimental things where the digital carrier is only on one side of the analog signal then all of the HD channels would be on the same physical carrier. You don't mean that the level is lower do you Terry?
I don't know if the station has officially launched yet, but since you didn't mention the branding I'll assume it hasn't. Hopefully Frank will be here soon to let us know what he can.
KQMB's licensed contour hasn't gone anywhere near Provo for quite a while.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Jan 29, 2021 6:05:17 GMT -6
I really don't understand this so maybe somebody can explain it to me. 2 News at 7 (airing on KJZZ and KMYU) has used the phrase "Utah's only 7PM newscast" for a long time. How do they figure that when KUCW has also been airing a 7PM newscast since September? This doesn't help their credibility as journalists in my book.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Jan 29, 2021 4:35:10 GMT -6
You might want to reread the second sentence of the first paragraph of my original post.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Jan 29, 2021 1:14:47 GMT -6
Before we even get to the ratings themselves I need to point out that this Holiday period is different from the typical Holiday period, and not just because of That Virus. Due to a quirk of the calendar it actually ran 5 weeks (Dec 3 - Jan 6) instead of the usual 4. That comes out to 23 days in the "Christmas season" including Christmas Day, plus 12 days after Christmas. That's going to skew the results. That being said.....
I'm sure nobody's surprised that FM100.3 came out on top. The ratings weren't as high as in previous years, but see above. I'm sure Bonneville is still very happy.
KSL and KNRS had their numbers return to the general area where they more typically are. I'm honestly not sure where they might go for January. It was yet another crazy month in Washington and that might have driven listeners back to the news/talk stations. KUER meanwhile has maintained their higher than normal ratings which is also very interesting.
The dip for Now 97.9 I mentioned in last month's review reversed a little, though it's still down from where it normally is. That still bears watching as does K-Bear who's been sliding over the past few months, and K-Bull who took a hit. (See what I did there?)
To follow up on the question from another thread about The Wave, they've remained pretty consistent for the last 4 months. If the Weber State games are hurting them it isn't showing here.
No ratings yet for Kool-FM. They might still be lumped in with The Eagle. We'll have to see.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Jan 29, 2021 0:30:04 GMT -6
You just beat me to the posting. The direct link to the explanation for the filing is at: licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS_Attachment/getattachment.jsp?appn=101824546&qnum=5010©num=1&exhcnum=2Playing a little devil's advocate, we should keep in mind that the filing is from the point of view of the Receiver. I'm sure the other side has a very different view. The technical side of the filing is also very interesting. The original silent authorization expired back on October 6 so this filing is quite late. The bigger deadline is midnight on this coming March 19. If the station is still silent then it will expire by law. It might be possible (though I'm far from sure) to petition to Commission to set aside that expiration due to extenuating circumstances but I wouldn't count on it. The deadline is only about a month and a half away and STA applications and construction take time. This depresses me.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Jan 28, 2021 19:46:40 GMT -6
USU's Chief Engineer is Friend Weller, aka friendlee, a longtime contributor here.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Jan 28, 2021 19:38:32 GMT -6
Taken by itself it wasn't too bad, but it was hugely lower than they got for the same period in 2019. They also didn't improve in the Holiday period.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Jan 28, 2021 19:34:46 GMT -6
I think the Bonneville/LDS Church connection is a very different thing from HBO/CNN/AT&T, at least in Utah. The LDS Church is deeply woven into the fabric of Utah culture and society (not to mention politics) where networks like HBO and CNN and companies like AT&T aren't, so I'd bet that a lot of Utahns know. In Denver or Phoenix or most non-Utah places the listeners probably don't know. Whether they would care or not I wouldn't even guess.
The side channels are a completely different issue. Those that don't have an analog translator are pretty much irrelevant no matter who's programming it.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Jan 27, 2021 0:03:49 GMT -6
There's a big difference between knowing a station is off the air and being able to do something about it. As much as engineers would love to wave a magic wand to fix any and all problems, they obviously can't.
You know the Chief Engineer and I'll leave it to him to give us any details he can about what's happening.
P.S. 89.5 is KUSR. KUSU is 91.5
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Jan 26, 2021 23:36:53 GMT -6
Years ago Bob Morey told me the reason he abandoned the LDS format wasn't due to lack of listeners but lack of advertisers. He said his numbers were great but business owners were afraid of being labeled as "LDS businesses" (which still kind of blows my mind considering where we live). And yet it doesn't seem like Bonneville has any problems selling advertising and they are part of the LDS Church. Go figure.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Jan 25, 2021 7:16:50 GMT -6
Something nobody mentioned yet is the politics of a publicly traded company running an LDS format. Are iHeart or Cumulus going to risk their shareholders revolting? I doubt it. Bonneville would make total sense if they get another station. The future of Broadway was up in the air last I heard so something might end up happening there.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Jan 25, 2021 7:01:31 GMT -6
107.9 never had the KLZX call letters. I think you're confusing 107.9 and 106.9. It was 106.9 that had the calls KLZX-FM from 1995 to 1998.
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