KNX Los Angeles Website Shows "97.1" and not "1070"

[TheBigA]

WSB has a simulcast on WSBB. WSB-FM is on a different format.

The similarity I was pointing out is that WSB doesn't mention the heritage AM frequency anymore.

But yes WSB's simulcast has different call letters, as is the case with KCBS-AM and WBBM-AM. Yet for branding purposes, they simply use the heritage call letters.

 

[davideduardo]

The similarity I was pointing out is that WSB doesn't mention the heritage AM frequency anymore.

But in the case of WSB, one of the reasons for adding the FM is that the AM does not have good, noise-free coverage in some of the outer areas of the MSA; the FM does.

But yes WSB's simulcast has different call letters, as is the case with KCBS-AM and WBBM-AM. Yet for branding purposes, they simply use the heritage call letters.

The FM call letter difference for the News/ talk format is due to there being a WSB_FM in Atlanta, which is a leading AC station.

 

[TheBigA]

But in the case of WSB, one of the reasons for adding the FM is that the AM does not have good, noise-free coverage in some of the outer areas of the MSA; the FM does.

How does that compare to KNX?

 

[gr8oldies]

Where have we seen an all news simulcast on FM, then completely be taken off the original AM frequency? Of the All News that I can think of, they all retain their AM frequency.

Jacksonville, FL. The AM switched to Sports. Indianapolis: The entire WIBC format flipped to FM, the AM flipped to sports, eventually adding translators, and this year, Emmis sold the land under the towers and the format does fine without the AM.

 

[davideduardo]

How does that compare to KNX?

KNX is only marginal in the very fringe areas of the LA MSA... particularly Lancaster / Palmdale. It is kinda' noisy around Moreno Valley in the Riverside / San Berdoo market, too. And KNX is above the middle of the dial, so to have the same coverage as KFI they would need, perhaps, around 150-200 kw.

WSB is susceptable to noise in all the fringe counties of the Atlanta MSA and it is getting worse. The Atlanta area ground conductivity is very, very poor.

 

[davideduardo]

Jacksonville, FL. The AM switched to Sports. Indianapolis: The entire WIBC format flipped to FM, the AM flipped to sports, eventually adding translators, and this year, Emmis sold the land under the towers and the format does fine without the AM.

Again, AMs that did not fully cover the Metro Survey Area day and night.

 

[Ryan Williams]

Again, AMs that did not fully cover the Metro Survey Area day and night.

1070 was a dog at night, especially in the nicest suburban areas of the metro. While it did have a long history, I'm not sure we should be mourning it much at all.

 

[Ryan Williams]

KNX is only marginal in the very fringe areas of the LA MSA... particularly Lancaster / Palmdale. It is kinda' noisy around Moreno Valley in the Riverside / San Berdoo market, too. And KNX is above the middle of the dial, so to have the same coverage as KFI they would need, perhaps, around 150-200 kw.

WSB is susceptable to noise in all the fringe counties of the Atlanta MSA and it is getting worse. The Atlanta area ground conductivity is very, very poor.

It would be hard to overstate how bad AM radio is in Metro Atlanta. So so bad.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

Up here in central alaska, KNX fights with the Victoria/Vancouver, BC station.. if either one was off the air or conditions were interesting, either one would be very very listenable

 

[Syfy]

and the only people complaining the AM isnt getting mentioned anymore are radio geeks... listeners dont care where the signal comes from, just that they can hear what they want

They care when the reception is better on fm.

 

[davideduardo]

1070 was a dog at night, especially in the nicest suburban areas of the metro. While it did have a long history, I'm not sure we should be mourning it much at all.

I can't think of anywhere in the San Gabriel or San Fernando Valley areas or Orange Country where KNX is not decent day and night. Remember, Ventura County and both Riverside and San Bernardino counties are not in the LA metro per Nielsen. Where it is not good is going down the grade and into Lancaster / Palmdale, which are still in the LA radio market.

 

[Ryan Williams]

I can't think of anywhere in the San Gabriel or San Fernando Valley areas or Orange Country where KNX is not decent day and night. Remember, Ventura County and both Riverside and San Bernardino counties are not in the LA metro per Nielsen. Where it is not good is going down the grade and into Lancaster / Palmdale, which are still in the LA radio market.

It wasn't very clear in my reply quote (which is my fault), but I was actually calling WIBC/WFNI a dog, not KNX. I was replying to your reply to gr8oldies in #26.

KNX is very decent in all meaningful parts of the LA market that i have ever listened from.

WFNI was very poor at night in the second most important county in the Indianapolis market... Hamilton (among others).

 

[Signal Geek]

How does that compare to KNX?

KNX-AM's signal has very good coverage of the MSA. And due to its stick location, it's especially strong in the higher-income coastal areas.

 

[davideduardo]

KNX-AM's signal has very good coverage of the MSA.

No, it does not. The entire Lancaster-Palmdale area has a weak daytime signal and a very noisy night signal.

And due to its stick location, it's especially strong in the higher-income coastal areas.

Very few radio buys are based on income levels. Gender, age and ethnicity are the principal metrics used by buyers who use ratings to determine stations worth buying.