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92.5 KKSE has a new pattern???

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Even though I put the question marks, this move without a doubt happened the other day. The reason for the inquisitive symbols is that they are officially covering less people with more watts. Checking radio-locator, they are Broadcasting 92kw now instead of 57kw, but it's a tight pattern. How? Also, under their previous pattern they were at least audible, and could draw RDS (even as far as Cheyenne and Denver!); now there's not even a trace of them. So, what was the point again?

On the bright side, KGAB'S translator could move from 99.5 to 92.5 so it doesn't block KQMT, and they could quite possibly put that on a different transmitter location, which is another story.

So what do you all think about all of this?
 
Edit: At least there is 950 KKSE, which does cover the area better than 92.5 KKSE.
 
Looks like it raised power because it went about 225 feet down the same tower. Not sure why it would do that. I know the spectrum repack on the TV side has displaced a handful of FM's around the country, but my understanding was that the TV stations in Denver, or at least the main ones, were west of town where most of the radio stations were.
 
I noticed that cable channel 95 sets at 91.25 Mhz and OTA channel 6 is 82-88 Mhz, but that shouldn't affect KKSE, who is far enough away from the Denver transmitters anyways!
 
Looks like it raised power because it went about 225 feet down the same tower. Not sure why it would do that.
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Perhaps someone was willing to pay more money to rent the higher tower position. That's the only theory I can come up with.

This station has minimal listenership. Too bad it hasn't changed formats! Tied for 30th place in the latest beauty pageant numbers.
 
MarkW said:
Perhaps someone was willing to pay more money to rent the higher tower position. That's the only theory I can come up with.

This station has minimal listenership. Too bad it hasn't changed formats! Tied for 30th place in the latest beauty pageant numbers.
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So? I bet it bills "ok".. nubmers arent everything, especially in this case when the owner of KKSE owns owns the nuggets, the avalanche, the colorado rapids, elitch gardens, ball arena, dicks sporting goods park, paramount theatre, and the 1st bank center. (the theme park and properties also being in denver)
 
I bet its billing is mediocre. More money could be garnered by selling play by play broadcast rights to third party stations whose listenerships are much larger.
 
MarkW said:
I bet its billing is mediocre. More money could be garnered by selling play by play broadcast rights to third party stations whose listenerships are much larger.
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Likely more cost efficient to keep the rights in-house. Y’know...the teams are co-owned, and they keep the billing in house. (And the separately owned Broncos are the more popular team in the market, regardless of record.)
 
MarkW said:
I bet its billing is mediocre. More money could be garnered by selling play by play broadcast rights to third party stations whose listenerships are much larger.
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Hard to say, but sports radio typically bills incredibly well. Sports programming consistently defies the common wisdom of radio sales. It usually gets low numbers, and those numbers are driven by TSL, which almost always leads to lower billing on music formats. Collectively, it only gets about a 3 share in Denver, and KKFN gets the lion's share of that. Sports, however, is one of the only formats you can sell without numbers. KKSE 92.5 could well be making Kronke plenty despite low numbers.

KKFN, last I heard, was making money hand over fist despite having fairly low numbers itself.
 
Sports, it seems, has a very selective audience, but that selective audience is loyal no matter what. I'd bet that's the case with KKFN and KKSE. As a Bronco fan myself, I tuned into KKFN's morning show despite our loss to the Ravens, as I wanted to hear what they said regardless of how we did. They were just that relatable.
 
Likely more cost efficient to keep the rights in-house. Y’know...the teams are co-owned, and they keep the billing in house.
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I disagree. Owning a radio station entails overhead. The teams would have access to much larger audiences elsewhere. If Kroenke were to allow third party stations to air his teams on a mostly barter basis, his organization would receive greater advertising revenue since advertisers would receive greater exposure.

Other teams have tried his model - the Twins and Redskins come to mind. Both have abandoned it.

The Angels still use that model, but that's mostly because the baseball fans that do exist in the L.A. metro area largely favor the Dodgers.

KKFN's ratings are much, much better than those of KKSE.
 
MarkW said:
I disagree. Owning a radio station entails overhead. The teams would have access to much larger audiences elsewhere. If Kroenke were to allow third party stations to air his teams on a mostly barter basis, his organization would receive greater advertising revenue since advertisers would receive greater exposure.

Other teams have tried his model - the Twins and Redskins come to mind. Both have abandoned it.

The Angels still use that model, but that's mostly because the baseball fans that do exist in the L.A. metro area largely favor the Dodgers.

KKFN's ratings are much, much better than those of KKSE.
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but how many who own sports radio stations have as many sports related other businesses as KKSE does?
 
Well, thanfully I can hear KKSE again tonight, and it sounds good and strong.
 
MarkW said:
Still would make more sense to allow other broadcasters to bid for PBP rights to his teams.
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What other stations that arent his competitors have a signal big enough to cover the ground he does that would want the games?

No one.

And maybe money isnt the entire issue. sure he might get more money by letting other stations big, but he can control the brand, teams and promotions alot more under his own umbrella of companies
 
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He should get out of the radio business entirely. Who cares about "controlling the brand" and controlling promotions when his station has almost no listeners! It is one of the worst performing commercial FM stations from an AQH share standpoint in the entire country.

Almost every other major league owner seems to be able to foster positive relationships with outside radio partners.
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What other stations that arent his competitors have a signal big enough to cover the ground he does that would want the games?

No one.

And maybe money isnt the entire issue. sure he might get more money by letting other stations big, but he can control the brand, teams and promotions alot more under his own umbrella of companies
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I'm willing to bet the oddball location of the transmitter has something to do with that, but yes, money talks every day. Apparently America has spoken, and it's still football or baseball, despite big problems and faults lately with those sports.
 
KKSE is back on the air, albeit weaker.
You may need to turn the volume all the way up to hear it. There is a mention of Denver around 8 seconds, "Altitude sports" at 20 seconds, and a legal ID at 27 seconds
 
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