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Flagstaff KAFZ 99.7FM Ash Fork
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With an omni, outdoor FM whip, there is no detectable signal,
here in Prescott.
here in Prescott.
No signal at 99.7 FM in northwest Chino Valley, AZ @ 6 PM on 2/19/2021.
17 March 2021.
Headed to Kingman, AZ from Prescott, AZ. Started to receive KAFZ about 2 miles south of I-40
on Hwy 89 at 8:15 am. Best description of the music would be album rock. At top of the hour, 9 AM
20 miles East of Seligman, signal hard to hear. Station ID, also mentioned another frequency in UTAH but
couldn't make it out. On return home, 1 PM, 20 miles west of Ash Fork, weak signal but no audio at all.
No audio til signal faded out on Hwy 89 about 2 miles south of Interstate 40......
Headed to Kingman, AZ from Prescott, AZ. Started to receive KAFZ about 2 miles south of I-40
on Hwy 89 at 8:15 am. Best description of the music would be album rock. At top of the hour, 9 AM
20 miles East of Seligman, signal hard to hear. Station ID, also mentioned another frequency in UTAH but
couldn't make it out. On return home, 1 PM, 20 miles west of Ash Fork, weak signal but no audio at all.
No audio til signal faded out on Hwy 89 about 2 miles south of Interstate 40......
19 March,
From Prescott, using a high gain directional FM antenna, no detectable signal on 99.7
No problems receiving 89.5, KJZA, cleanly, which supposedly broadcasts from the same location,
with less ERP. 96.7, KWMX, Williams, is also clean as well.
From Prescott, using a high gain directional FM antenna, no detectable signal on 99.7
No problems receiving 89.5, KJZA, cleanly, which supposedly broadcasts from the same location,
with less ERP. 96.7, KWMX, Williams, is also clean as well.
Very much related.... In RadioTVDeals.com is a Provo Commercial Class C2 FM at $290,000. (Code 936). The only facility matching that description would be KPUT, the sister station to KAFZ. Same strategy as KAFZ, start small then the owner increases the facility to C2. Like KAFZ, KPUT is a rimshotter.
KAFZ 99.7 now has serious competition in nw Chino Valley with the nasty splatter from 99.9, the FM translator of KQNA. (over modulate much?)
Perhaps, KAFZ is still the little peanut whistle with 100 watts at -100 feet HAAT.
If 99.7 is operating at their c.p. HAAT +2484 feet with 1000 watts power, they're not very efficient!!
KAFZ-FM 99.7 MHz - Ash Fork, AZ
As Prescott Joe stated, 96.7 & 89.5 are clean as fresh peaches...so to speak.
Perhaps, KAFZ is still the little peanut whistle with 100 watts at -100 feet HAAT.
If 99.7 is operating at their c.p. HAAT +2484 feet with 1000 watts power, they're not very efficient!!
KAFZ-FM 99.7 MHz - Ash Fork, AZ
As Prescott Joe stated, 96.7 & 89.5 are clean as fresh peaches...so to speak.
At home in North Prescott, using a Sony receiver and outdoor FM whip,
KAFZ is not hardly there at all. Between two local translators, the only
way I could tell it was KAFZ is they were playing music, the other two
were not.....
KAFZ is not hardly there at all. Between two local translators, the only
way I could tell it was KAFZ is they were playing music, the other two
were not.....
Doing some web research about the owners, Alex Media, I stumbled across the audio servers for their three active stations:
KAFZ Ash Fork AZ. KPUT Mona UT : http://162.251.160.115:8137/
KBRS Belle Rose, LA : http://s7.voscast.com:10788/index.html?sid=1
KAFZ/KPUT is known as "Sunny Radio"
Alex Media's Lead, South Dakota station, KRCF (FM), is currently silent in some sort of frequency allocation issue.
More fun to follow...
KAFZ Ash Fork AZ. KPUT Mona UT : http://162.251.160.115:8137/
KBRS Belle Rose, LA : http://s7.voscast.com:10788/index.html?sid=1
KAFZ/KPUT is known as "Sunny Radio"
Alex Media's Lead, South Dakota station, KRCF (FM), is currently silent in some sort of frequency allocation issue.
More fun to follow...
And here's the backgrounder of KAFZ..
I did some research about Alex Media, the group behind KAFZ Ash Fork and several other stations. Alex Media is a small LLC with three investors. Alexander Berger (51% share) is the New York-based owner majority stockholder. The second share owner, Virginia-based Darryl Delawder (24.5%) has a proven track record in RF engineering – seen in many FCC filings as an RF specialist. The third shareholder, Evan Carb (24.5%) is a DC-based attorney.
As noted in the listing below, KAFZ was “won” in Auction 93 for $53K (on the 36th round).
Alex Media has seen a mixed bag of successes over the years with the FCC auction process. Here are their winning bids and what eventually happened to each license.
Auction 91 – 7 winning bids:
MM-FM777-C2 Blanca CO $13,650 (KSBK <sold> $55K 2016)
MM-FM783-C3 Cross City FL $9,750 (expired, now in Auction 109)
MM-FM785-C2 Islamorada FL $43,550 (WZFL <sold> $620K 2015)
MM-FM793-C3 McCall ID $11,050 (DKHNO, now in Auction 109)
MM-FM863-A Wardenville, WV $24,050 (WTCF <sold> $620K 2013)
MM-FM796-A Dulac LA $24,050 (KDLC <sold> $440K 2013)
Auction 93 – 8 winning bids:
MM-FM825-A Ashtabula OH $24,000 (WOHK <sold> $10K 2015)
MM-FM878-A Ash Fork AZ $53,000 (KAFZ – on air, for sale)
MM-FM894-A Morgan GA $34,000 (WMRG <sold> $270K 2014)
MM-FM895-A Ty Ty GA $35,000 (WTTY <sold> $57.5K 2015)
MM-FM904-C3 Franklin LA $45,000 (KBRS – on air, for sale?)
MM-FM941-C Lead SD $45,000 (KRCF – silent)
MM-FM963-A Mona UT $84,000 (KPUT – on air, for sale)
Auction 94 – 1 winning bid:
MM-FM974-C2 Leupp AZ $ 3,100 (DKLFZ)
Probably Alex’s best success was with 103.3A WTCF in Wardensville, West Virginia. For just a $37K final bid, the property later sold to Timber Ridge Ministries in 2013 for $650K. EMF subsequently took ownership in 2014 for $425K. Not bad for a 350-watt station that reaches into the Winchester, Virginia market. (Station prices since have collapsed there with Metro Radio just buying two nearby Class A’s (WINC, WZFC) for $225K - I suspect WTCF today is probably worth no more $75K.)
If you want a good read, check out the associated partners’ KMMI Loleta, California history. The poor CP has been in a “tolling status” for quite some time driven by regional frequency plans. The CP is for sale at $300,000 per radiotvdeals.com. KMLS, a San Angelo rimshotter, also merits a look with a FCC-dismissed move out of the area.
I did some research about Alex Media, the group behind KAFZ Ash Fork and several other stations. Alex Media is a small LLC with three investors. Alexander Berger (51% share) is the New York-based owner majority stockholder. The second share owner, Virginia-based Darryl Delawder (24.5%) has a proven track record in RF engineering – seen in many FCC filings as an RF specialist. The third shareholder, Evan Carb (24.5%) is a DC-based attorney.
As noted in the listing below, KAFZ was “won” in Auction 93 for $53K (on the 36th round).
Alex Media has seen a mixed bag of successes over the years with the FCC auction process. Here are their winning bids and what eventually happened to each license.
Auction 91 – 7 winning bids:
MM-FM777-C2 Blanca CO $13,650 (KSBK <sold> $55K 2016)
MM-FM783-C3 Cross City FL $9,750 (expired, now in Auction 109)
MM-FM785-C2 Islamorada FL $43,550 (WZFL <sold> $620K 2015)
MM-FM793-C3 McCall ID $11,050 (DKHNO, now in Auction 109)
MM-FM863-A Wardenville, WV $24,050 (WTCF <sold> $620K 2013)
MM-FM796-A Dulac LA $24,050 (KDLC <sold> $440K 2013)
Auction 93 – 8 winning bids:
MM-FM825-A Ashtabula OH $24,000 (WOHK <sold> $10K 2015)
MM-FM878-A Ash Fork AZ $53,000 (KAFZ – on air, for sale)
MM-FM894-A Morgan GA $34,000 (WMRG <sold> $270K 2014)
MM-FM895-A Ty Ty GA $35,000 (WTTY <sold> $57.5K 2015)
MM-FM904-C3 Franklin LA $45,000 (KBRS – on air, for sale?)
MM-FM941-C Lead SD $45,000 (KRCF – silent)
MM-FM963-A Mona UT $84,000 (KPUT – on air, for sale)
Auction 94 – 1 winning bid:
MM-FM974-C2 Leupp AZ $ 3,100 (DKLFZ)
Probably Alex’s best success was with 103.3A WTCF in Wardensville, West Virginia. For just a $37K final bid, the property later sold to Timber Ridge Ministries in 2013 for $650K. EMF subsequently took ownership in 2014 for $425K. Not bad for a 350-watt station that reaches into the Winchester, Virginia market. (Station prices since have collapsed there with Metro Radio just buying two nearby Class A’s (WINC, WZFC) for $225K - I suspect WTCF today is probably worth no more $75K.)
If you want a good read, check out the associated partners’ KMMI Loleta, California history. The poor CP has been in a “tolling status” for quite some time driven by regional frequency plans. The CP is for sale at $300,000 per radiotvdeals.com. KMLS, a San Angelo rimshotter, also merits a look with a FCC-dismissed move out of the area.
As I write this it is September 5, 2021. KAFZ's construction permit to upgrade from A to C2 status (at 1kw ERP, 757M HAAT) expired yesterday, No indications that it was built. KAFZ's sister station, KPUT in Mona, Utah also faces a deadline. A CP upgrades that facility from an A to a C2, likewise expiring soon but on 9/27.
$300K for an unbuilt CP in saturated Humboldt County is wishful thinking.
KAFZ has a list price of $220K and sister KPUT $290K. Several years on the market and so far no takers. Mind you, I do enjoy their "Sunny" format available at : http://162.251.160.115:8137/
KAFZ and KPUT sound like they're running an older version of the format from these people:
The voice guy is the same, last i knew but.. I heard reference to the 70s, 80s and more.. when Sunny's website says 80s and 90s.
and at 915am AK Time (1015am pacific) i heard a "your locked into (XXX didnt catch the name) overnight".. um ok?
Do we know these FM's acre actually on the air.. and that radio locator didnt get these URL's from the last station associated with these calls? It can easily get data mixed up.
Able to receive KAFZ today much better than previously. Still not listenable
in my opinion but stereo reception now possible.
in my opinion but stereo reception now possible.
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