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KQV to go off air after Dec 31

No need to file paperwork with the Commission until after the station is shut down - licensees have several days to inform them of being off the air.
 
Everyone is mourning a format that died over 40 years ago. The all-news was a valiant effort, however the owners and management apparently made no effort to get into the digital age. Website design was 90s Geo-Cities era, no Twitter, no Facebook. It's almost surprising it lasted this long
 
Parttimer said:
I guess at this point the facility is dead. If someone wanted to revive the format they might be better off to buy the intellectual property and find another station. For the money it would take to rebuild 1410 you could probably buy 103.5 from Keymarket. I think an all news on FM with a little younger feel could carve out a nice little niche.
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The biggest issues here are market size and facilities.

The "smallest" markets that are successfully sustaining all news stations are Seattle and Detroit, both just barely outside the top 10 markets. Pittsburgh is market 27, and just not big enough to work.

The signal has to be pretty much "full market" to be successful, as much more of the news audience is in cars. The 1410 facility stopped being even slightly viable about 50 years ago.

And all news has been tried in much bigger markets... top 10 markets like Atlanta and Houston, and did not achieve success.
 
I heard it over the air there was no static it was loud and clear. Then they turned it off. Didn't even say KQV Pittsburgh .
 
Not sure how true this is but someone posted on Facebook I Love AM Radio group that KQV was back on air, running Bloomberg--at least on the app.He said he's from OK (i'm not in area either).Hmm. I just tried KQV on TuneIn and got a dead air signal.
"Top of the hour ID was KQV, but I’m not hearing anything on the app right now."
 
KQV isn't dead yet. It is just sleeping. A new owner will hopefully surface soon. There are three companies trying to by it.
 
inorm99 said:
Where do you get your information from?
Or did you pull this out of your ass
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His information is correct. I dare say only one of the potential buyers is likely to program anything an audience might actually want to hear. Still, I hope someone saves the license.

C.
 
The 64 dollar question here is will they be able to get/save the transmitter site or will it be downgraded to a Class D 1kw NDA day ~100 watts night noisemaker.
 
Yup, it's pretty clear they have an offer on the land at the tower site, which spurred Mr. Dickey to make the move at this time. Whoever buys it will have to set-up a new tower location (and it is very unlikely to have five towers, so yes, a signal downgrade seems inevitable).

BCI would seem like a logical buyer, but with the untimely death of Dr. Winer I would suspect their business plan faces a bit of uncertainty at the moment.
 
gr8oldies said:
But none of them participated in the auction?
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The auction was trying to get too much money for the license and mostly junk like old tape machines and tube transmitters. So when plan A fails, you entertain other offers. That is where things are now. The new owner will need to find a tower site. Reducing both day and night power will be an issue. Given how bad the current 5KW array covers, a non-D signal, even at a lower power level, may cover okay. Expect to hear something by the end of next week.
 
sparks said:
I'm either one of the bidders or you guessed it, I pulled it out of my ass.
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I'll have to take your word for it.
I hope KQV goes back on the air again with an all News format, on a better signal, with affordable terms and expenses
 
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