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Kjoi-lp 104.3

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ExKynoJox

Now on-air....

Very much reminds me of the original KJWL format. Signal leaves much to be desired, but then, with an on-line feed, doesn't really matter.

Music for retired raisin growers.
 
I can't pick it up at all in Clovis, all I get is KFRR bleed over with a little bit of KAAT-LP near Coarsegold.
 
Was driving from Five Points to Madera on 145 yesterday and it comes in pretty decent maybe 5 miles south of Kerman to about Ripperden, then fades quick - I'd say, 10 mile radius or so based upon the Harmon Kardon in my Mercedes. Heading East on Avenue 9, dies as you approach Valley Children's. Station is worth a listen to. The owner invested to make the station sound anything but LP. I give the guy credit.
 
Too bad it wasn't built a few miles East of it's location say at Shaw and 99 to serve a more populated area, and it would still serve it's COL Biola.
 
KJOI-LP can be heard on Cocola Broadcasting LP-TV KHSC 16.1 and is streaming at kjoi.org.
 
This is the only way Gary Cocola could get a radio station. Gary has been trying to get into the radio ownership side for the last 25 years but has always come up a bit short on the money side. Maybe a partnership with Vern White is in the future for Gary Cocola.
 
DanielBoone said:
I replied this to a different topic.

What area is 104.3 signal supposed to serve? It does not hit Fresno. Real weak, even in west-central Fresno. According to this map, the signal would best serve Biola. But, I don't believe the market in Biola would listen to this type of music, if you know what I mean.

http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KJOI&service=FL&status=L&hours=U
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I hear ya. I don't get the point of a lot of these lpfms. They cant even sell ads. Sometimes I think they plan on building five more in a local and having a real station.
 
I wouldn't call it a waste of his money simply because it's LP. I've known all too many owners in my life that wasted their dollars on full power stations and happily did so out of ego or their need for a tax write-off or due their simply being bad operators. And, for those without the big pockets but with reasonable funds, an LP is an opportunity to play out the dream of creating that station you'd always wanted to create. Who hasn't wanted to play that out?

Frankly, Fresno radio is pretty much garbage for a metro area of this size - no thanks to the death star, etc. Given that many are listening to radio via apps, geographic considerations will become less of a factor going forward. LPs will blur the lines with full power at some point, and yes, some LPs will flip to full-power frequencies that open up. Likely not in Fresno, given the lack of creative programming in this market...
 
Zoom, KLOI-LP is not Cocola's station. He does run it on one of his TV sub-channels- but it's not HIS station.
MrZoom said:
This is the only way Gary Cocola could get a radio station. Gary has been trying to get into the radio ownership side for the last 25 years but has always come up a bit short on the money side. Maybe a partnership with Vern White is in the future for Gary Cocola.
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Back the train up !!! I was asking ExKynoJox about what he wrote.

" LP's will flip to full power frequencies that open up " ???????????

What is ExKynoJox talking about ??

As for KJOI=LP Verne White CLAIMS that he and Gary own KJOI-LP and are partners.
This is according to Verne White. Not me.
 
MrZoom said:
I was asking ExKynoJox about what he wrote.

" LP's will flip to full power frequencies that open up " ???????????

What is ExKynoJox talking about ??
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Obviously, nothing more than a personal opinion which has no factual basis for foundation. In fact, he's showing a distinct lack of knowledge about LPFM and the FCC process for same.

LPFMs have to be owned by non-profit organizations. Not full-power broadcasters, not individuals, actual organizations incorporated as non-profits. This is the law.

LPFMs are not eligible to apply for full-power FM allocations under any circumstances. They are required to apply for, and operate on, vacant frequencies that are at least two channels removed from full-power allocations. If a full-power frequency was to "open up" -- either by a station going silent or an addition to the allocations table -- it would go into the auction process, not opened to LPFM "flips".

ExKynoJox needs to find a good consulting engineer and have this explained to him ... or at least talk with Michi Bradley at REC Networks.
 
K.M. Richards said:
Obviously, nothing more than a personal opinion which has no factual basis for foundation. In fact, he's showing a distinct lack of knowledge about LPFM and the FCC process for same.

LPFMs have to be owned by non-profit organizations. Not full-power broadcasters, not individuals, actual organizations incorporated as non-profits. This is the law.

LPFMs are not eligible to apply for full-power FM allocations under any circumstances. They are required to apply for, and operate on, vacant frequencies that are at least two channels removed from full-power allocations. If a full-power frequency was to "open up" -- either by a station going silent or an addition to the allocations table -- it would go into the auction process, not opened to LPFM "flips".

ExKynoJox needs to find a good consulting engineer and have this explained to him ... or at least talk with Michi Bradley at REC Networks.
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There's nothing that prohibits a LP from divesting in their frequency and moving to full power if they've the dollars and can navigate the usual process. There are examples - WOOL-LP for one.

Never said that they'd be able to push the power up on 104.3.
 
ExKynoJox said:
There's nothing that prohibits a LP from divesting in their frequency and moving to full power if they've the dollars and can navigate the usual process. There are examples - WOOL-LP for one.
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I think the odds are greatly against that happening in 99.99999% of the cases. If you choose to hold out hope that it is going to be possible in the SJV, you have every right to hold that opinion.

But phrasing it as a statement of fact, as you did? I'll question that every time.
 
mofocat said:
Zoom, KLOI-LP is not Cocola's station. He does run it on one of his TV sub-channels- but it's not HIS station.
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Gary Cocola does run a LP FM on 100.7 during the holiday season in the area of Christmas Tree Lane, don't know what kind of license it has if any, But how about putting it on the tower at Radio Park on Clinton and repeat the programming of KJOI during the rest of the year.

Another idea is to have very low power repeaters say from 1-5 watts, in Clovis and South-East Fresno and at Radio Park, just a thought, if there are any open Frequencies, maybe 104.5, 92.5, 92.7, 94.7 and 95.1, since 104.3 is allowed to be adjacent to an Esom Point station, what about the rest up there.
 
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