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KNSJ question - David Eduardo type question

sdwulfdawg

sdwulfdawg

Does KNSJ -- licensed to Descanso -- get picked up by Arbitron in their SD ratings? Or do they have a PPM device in their signal for it to be counted?

Or do they get counted at all since they are technically not in the San Diego market?
 
According to Radio-Locator.com, KNSJ at 89.1, running 330 watts from Descanso, 35 miles east of San Diego, is off the air. Maybe they're back on but nobody told Radio-Locator.

Do you know if they're on the air? They're owned by an organization called "Activist San Diego" but I have no idea what that is. Radio Locator has no website for the station and lists the format as "Unknown."
 
sdwulfdawg said:
Does KNSJ -- licensed to Descanso -- get picked up by Arbitron in their SD ratings? Or do they have a PPM device in their signal for it to be counted?

Or do they get counted at all since they are technically not in the San Diego market?
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In reverse order:

Any encoded station that meets minimum reporting standards in a market gets reported. (MRS levels are around a 0.1 share of audience.)

All of San Diego County is in the San Diego market; Arbitron markets are based on counties (and occasionally parts of counties), not towns and cities.

Stations that are "home" to a market are provided with encoders by Arbitron. It is up to the station to coordinate this and install and monitor the gear.
 
Gregg. said:
According to Radio-Locator.com, KNSJ at 89.1, running 330 watts from Descanso, 35 miles east of San Diego, is off the air. Maybe they're back on but nobody told Radio-Locator.

Do you know if they're on the air? They're owned by an organization called "Activist San Diego" but I have no idea what that is. Radio Locator has no website for the station and lists the format as "Unknown."
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Check the Activist San Diego website. That is where all the station activity is reported.

http://www.activistsandiego.org/

A blog-like station site is at http://knsj.org/
 
I would suspect that Radio-Locator.com still shows KNSJ-FM as off air since the FCC has not yet granted the license to cover the filing of the license. The FCC still shows it as CP off Air.
 
I just checked out the Activist San Diego website, provided by David Eduardo. Wow, they really are "activists." No war in Syria, save the whales, etc. I'm sure Pacifica would love to provide them with programming if Pacifica doesn't go bankrupt.

Well, congrats to them for finding an FM frequency in what may be the most crowded radio market anywhere, San Diego, Market #17, just south of Market #2 and on the border with one of Mexico's top 10 markets. I just wonder if any of the "activists" who live in San Diego will be able to hear the station, especially folks who live near the coast, La Jolla, University District, Del Mar, etc. The transmitter, according to Radio-Locator, is on a tower nearly 2400 feet above average terrain. But with only 360 watts, I wonder if it will be heard by its target audience from 35 miles away.
 
Gregg. said:
But with only 360 watts, I wonder if it will be heard by its target audience from 35 miles away.
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The 60 dbu signal covers less than 11 thousand people.
 
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