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KANY move in
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That's a cool idea! As pointless as it may be, I have had my radio on 93.7 in the background to see if anything happens when its convenient to do so. Does anyone have a guess as to when we will see a change?
The tower in question came down in the late 80's...can't give you a specific year. The building on the lot where the tower stood I think still houses the Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute (I haven't driven by there in quite a long time.)
Last time Bill did this, it lasted for three weeks! So, who knows? I want 'K-Rock 93 dot 7', rock-hits all the time! ( Like the old KXRX 96 dot 5!)
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And here I thought you had a 'Can everybody say AM clip!" (KXA), Larry. BTW, How's your old Ford running these days?
Ahh I know which building you are referring to. That would explain why I never saw it! What an interesting location for a tower...
Three weeks? Well i'm probably just annoying myself by having "The Birds" on right now
You can hope for K-rock, I will hope for Album Alternative!I got to thinking the other day about how many radio stations are actually in Aberdeen. That region is a very interesting location for radio, as there really is no choice but to sustain itself with local service. It seems like most of the Seattle signals are garbage by the time you hit Montesano, reduced to white noise by the time you reach the "bowl" of the twin harbours. I have had luck picking up Seattle stations (barely) as soon as I hit highway 101 north out near ocean shores though.
I thought that KSWW had a better tower location on that hill near satsop (operating at 21kw) as opposed to their new location on Cosmopolis Hill (operating at 14kw). I wonder what the reasoning for that move was.
I've wondered why they put the XMTR there as well. KTNT-FM, and later KNBQ, must have had a lower power class. That tower was maybe 200' tall. Maybe they were a class A at the time, before moving to the Browns Point tower, and then going to Class C at West Tiger.
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Three weeks? Well i'm probably just annoying myself by having "The Birds" on right now
I got to thinking the other day about how many radio stations are actually in Aberdeen. That region is a very interesting location for radio, as there really is no choice but to sustain itself with local service. It seems like most of the Seattle signals are garbage by the time you hit Montesano, reduced to white noise by the time you reach the "bowl" of the twin harbours. I have had luck picking up Seattle stations (barely) as soon as I hit highway 101 north out near ocean shores though.
I thought that KSWW had a better tower location on that hill near satsop (operating at 21kw) as opposed to their new location on Cosmopolis Hill (operating at 14kw). I wonder what the reasoning for that move was.
I've only known KSWW to be on the tower south of Cosmopolis. KSWW, and KANY swapped their COL, when KANY come on at South Mountain. The hill you're thinking of has only to my knowledge been the XMTR site for the old KFMY (97.7) which in a previous life time was KSWW Raymond.
I think I am referring to the hill that houses the Satsop Nuclear Centre, but I am not sure. I think KSWW moved around the same time KANY signed on. Perhaps Bill was trying to centralize all of his FM outlets in one locations. I think the only advantage of the Satsop KSWW tower was that it could hit Olympia easier. Now, the signal fades out before you reach Olympia. By the way, does anyone know what FM translators are operating in Aberdeen? I think KCMS has one..
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Thanks for clearing that up! I take it 107.3 Ocean Shores has been abolished. According to radio locator, KANY has a translator in Hoqiuam on 102.5... That must be some sort of mistake. I don't know why KJET needs to be on 93.1 in Montesano. The 105.7 signal seems like it would be fine, and I don't think that many people would think to look for the signal down in the 93's anyway.
Even with the tower at Satsop (Minot Peak), Capitol peak would block the signal from reaching Olympia. When KFMY was up there above Satsop, (COL was Raymond at the time, so they still had to cover their COL) they had to utilize an on channel booster in Olympia, that I think was on the hill SW of Tumwater.
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I would really like to see more on-channel boosters. KJET seems to work just fine, so I imagine that it could work for other stations as well. I need to head back out to the coast one of these days and see what is up with the Grays Harbour radio dial. I think KSWW and KDUX are pretty iron clad out there with their strong signals. However, I doubt that the new KANY 107.3, KXXK 95.3, KGHO, and all of the community stations have the same results.
There used to be only four classes of FM license: Class D, usually used to cover college campuses, Class A, the FM equivalent of an AM graveyard frequency, Class B, roughly equal to a C2 and Class C, which exists everywhere that B doesn't and vice-a-versa. A Class A station was only authorized on a Class A frequency and limited to 3000 watts @ 300 feet. Any Class C station was protected as if it were 100Kw @ 2000 feet, even if it was 3100 watts @ -500 feet. What is now on 103.7 used to be 103.9, as a Class A. I believe that 97.3 was running 10KW at the time.
I've never worked in radio...I didn't realize that a station could be 10kW, be 200' HAAT, and still be a class B or C. Thanks for the info. I was aware of the class and frequency change to KBRD (now KHTP). What year did that happen? Somewhere I think I saw it happened in 1978, but I'm not sure.
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Do you guys know if the tower next to the KBTC building ever functioned as anything? (since I have brought it up twice already now )
When I was a kid, I used to think that the tower was for KBTC 91.7 (as I said earlier), and I thought that the satellite array behind the building emitted the signal for KBTC television.
) When I was a kid, I used to think that the tower was for KBTC 91.7 (as I said earlier), and I thought that the satellite array behind the building emitted the signal for KBTC television.
Do you guys know if the tower next to the KBTC building ever functioned as anything? (since I have brought it up twice already now
When I was a kid, I used to think that the tower was for KBTC 91.7 (as I said earlier), and I thought that the satellite array behind the building emitted the signal for KBTC television.
The only thing I remember about the tower at the Bates Technical College's main building, was what appeared to be the microwave studio transmitter link. (They may have indeed transmitted from there at one time in the early days when 91.7 was KTOY.)
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This was what was left of the old KTPS-TV tower on top of Bates Technical College in 1981, after a wind storm knocked it town and destroyed some of the building...
http://www.seatacmedia.com/?p=3162
http://www.seatacmedia.com/?p=3162
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Anyways, back to the main topic... KANY is still playing the greatest hits from the birds (not the band). I hope JOSH broadcasting has a unique format planned for 93.7 for this area! I still would like a jammin' oldies format similar to Magic 92.5 in the San Diego area. (or the old "95.7 The Beat" that was here). They already advertised that Bigfoot Country has moved to 107.3 there in Aberdeen.
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