The sale of Sports Parking Lot 8~Sixty by TMISU has been approved, and the folks behind KNAI-FM are in control. So What In The Wide, Wide World of Sports is a goin on here? The KMVP calls belong to TMISU. Does 8~Sixty become KNAI and be paired with KNAI 88~Three? The former is commercial, the latter non-com (non-nod, wink-wink). BTW 88~Three is a shared frequency for both KNAI and KPHF. Or do they turn around and sell 8~Sixty for a buck to Family Stations so KPHF can go full-time on 8~Sixty and KNAI does the same on 88~Three? We'll see real soon. So in the meantime, enjoy the waning days (or hours) of Sports Parking Lot 8~Sixty.
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One Less Sports Parking Lot
- Thread starter DrAkbar
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The owners are hardly local. The César Chávez Foundation is based in Bakersfield.
The April all unimportant 6+ has KNAI beating such notables as KDKB, KFYI, KJZZ and KMVP-FM. Not too shabby for a shared frequency station!
860 KMVP-AM has officially flipped to the new format run by the new owners at The César Chávez Foundation. Now for those who are interested, the Regional Mexican format can now be heard 24/7 on 860 AM in glorious HD sound (even though my HD radio still says Gospel 860). No need to listen from 5:00 A.M. to 7:30 P.M. on 88.3 KNAI-FM, you can listen to a commercial "non-commercial" station 24/7 on 860 AM!
My question is this, did Bonneville retain the rights to the KMVP-AM call letters or does The César Chávez Foundation retain the KMVP-AM call sign? Does not make much sense for The César Chávez Foundation to keep it since the new format is not sports.
My question is this, did Bonneville retain the rights to the KMVP-AM call letters or does The César Chávez Foundation retain the KMVP-AM call sign? Does not make much sense for The César Chávez Foundation to keep it since the new format is not sports.
860 is now KNAI, effective Monday 5/15. 88.3 is now KNAI-FM. 98.7 remains KMVP-FM. KMVP is available for assignment. Might be smart for TMISU to put it on 620, and drop the "-FM" from KTAR 92.3.
http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/sta_det.pl?Facility_id=1326
Yup, Los Buckeye Boyz suggested the same months ago when the sale of 8~Sixty was announced. For most listeners, KTAR is associated with 92~Three. 6~Twenty is a Sports Parking Lot and needs different call letters. KMVP is the logical choice.
Speaking of the KNAI simulcast, now they can legally run commercials on commercial frequency 8~Sixty. However, 88~Three is a non-commercial frequency. But you'd never know it by all the commercials they run. Even if no le habla Espanol, it's very clear they're thumbing their narices at FCC regs...and getting away with it!
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