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95.7 in Bakersfield?
- Thread starter beej65
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As of right now, in NW Bakersfield, nope...
Nothing but static between 95.3 and 96.1
I also noticed KAFY 1100 AM has a CP for 95.7 K239BB (Class D Translator) in Rosedale. Would that be considered a secondary service to KKCA? Is there enough distance between the two stations for both to be licensed? (co-channel interference be damned).
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Lets see how quick they file to go silent?
KKCA has been on the air for about a week, with a country oldies + rock format.
So far, I've enjoyed their music... many songs I haven't heard in years, plus many that are new to me.
In the northwest side of Bakersfield, the signal is generally fine with occasional static in the stereo. I'll listen to it next time I head north on the 99.
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Just heard it the other day love the music
They claimed in an STA filing on 6-28-20 they needed to replace the audio processor that failed.
They filed to sell it to AGM in early November 2019 but that deal was never consumated, they filed to that effect.
Wonder if it has anything to do with Colt comm getting a new entrant bidding credit but AGM wouldnt qualify for that and they attempted to sell it before the 5 year mar? ( if a new entrant sells before the 5 year mark and sells to someone whos not a new entrant, the seller has to pay back the new entrang bidding credit)
wonder if its on to keep the license alive and it will go back off and in mid to late november this year, we'll see them sell it again?
KKCA and Colt Comm - new entrant credit
Yes, the FCC has an unjust enrichment clause which prevents a new entrant from selling a station to a major- or long-term ownership group without the government treasury being compensated. It is some pro-rata formula over five years and adjusts to whether the buyer is a major or minor holder of other licenses. Remember, the new entrant credit is 35%, but there is also a 25% for under 6 stations current ownership.
Colt Comm, like many other groups, was going to participate in the aborted FCC Auction 106. Their discount would have been 35% (not 25%) had KKCA been off their books.
While the difference between 25% and 35% may not seem much for a $750 wiinnng bid for "Stagnant Waters, Wyoming" imagine the difference on a $5 million dollar winning bid for Sacramento 107.9 FM!
Yes, the FCC has an unjust enrichment clause which prevents a new entrant from selling a station to a major- or long-term ownership group without the government treasury being compensated. It is some pro-rata formula over five years and adjusts to whether the buyer is a major or minor holder of other licenses. Remember, the new entrant credit is 35%, but there is also a 25% for under 6 stations current ownership.
Colt Comm, like many other groups, was going to participate in the aborted FCC Auction 106. Their discount would have been 35% (not 25%) had KKCA been off their books.
While the difference between 25% and 35% may not seem much for a $750 wiinnng bid for "Stagnant Waters, Wyoming" imagine the difference on a $5 million dollar winning bid for Sacramento 107.9 FM!
Don't forget, you have 95.5 KLOS in there too, which is a bit stronger when you go south of Bakersfield.
I know, I often listen to KLOS while on the east side of town. If I didn't, I would have a missed a great E Skip event this past June.
I was listening to KLOS, the usual fair signal quality, when all of a sudden the radio cut over to crystal clear stereo, with RDS for song/station info...and it displayed KAIQ.
Imagine my shock when I looked up those calls and saw it was a station by Lubbock Texas! For the next several hours on the lower part of the band, I was getting stations from all over Texas Nebraska and Oklahoma.
KKCA, the Arvin Class A, has been sold to SheMogul Media of Glendale, CA. for $315,000. That's about $50K more than the aborted sales price earlier offered to AGM. The listed broker, Guest Technology, is part of Colt-Comm which is the owner so we have a self-brokered transaction. Original market prices were as high as $650,000 for this Bakersfield rimshotter. Ms. Precious Mayes, a hospital administrator in the Glendale area is the buyer.
So ... .here's the funny part . Ms. Mayes holds the trademark "Defund The Media" . See here:
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What a hypocrite! The existing call letters now make total sense.
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What a hypocrite! The existing call letters now make total sense.
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The sale is yet to be approved by the FCC and then it has to consummated. No date known yet.
The KKCA sale from ColtComm to SheMogulMedia was approved by the FCC on 5/28/2021. Noted is the FCC clause "Grant of this application is subject to the condition that the transaction proposed herein be consummated by August 1, 2021."
(I agree with previous comments - KJFX Fresno 95.7 really dominates that frequency in the Central Valley.)
(I agree with previous comments - KJFX Fresno 95.7 really dominates that frequency in the Central Valley.)
Reports say that the station is on the air running country music with no ID as of yesterday.
\Isnt that what ColtComm did before when they turned it on periodically?
Call sign change alert. KKCA is now KVPM with a callsign change on 6/21. This is from FCCDATA.org and Radio-Locator but did not yet find the change in the FCC Daily Digest or the FCC's own record system.
Any guesses as to format? I bet it will be LMA'd for ethnic programming, the only growing market segment in radio.
Any guesses as to format? I bet it will be LMA'd for ethnic programming, the only growing market segment in radio.
A couple days ago, KVPM flipped to "Precious 95.7".
Here a recent playlist:
Gloria Gaynor - To Be Real
Toni Braxton - Another Sad Love Song
The Chi-Lites - have you seen her
Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
Alicia Keys - Fallin
Dermont Kennedy - What Have I Done
Babyface - Winter Wonderland
Tower of Power - So Very Hard to Go
H E R - Hard Place
Billy Ocean - Caribbean Queen
Brandy - Have You Ever
SOS Band - take your time
Maroon 5 - This Love
Christina Aguilera - Genie In A Bottle
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