I noticed KBME 790 was completely off the air last night after midnight. I just checked (8:45pm 4/17) and they're running open carrier. Anyone know what's up?
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KBME off the air
- Thread starter wildthangjim
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Or.. in this day and age of digital, send them a facebook message
But but Kelly, that would get an actual answer and stop the fun of speculating
Isnt a station or two going to be combining/diplexing with KBME or are they moving? I forget which without looking.. and weekend evenings is the perfect low revenue time to do that
KPRC 950 and KXYZ 1320 are being combined at the KBME 790 site. Supposedly work is nearing completion so that might explain any down time.
What many posters do not realize is that there are a number of things that can take a station off the air, even if studios, audio gear, the STL and the transmitters are redundantly backed up. Tower work is one of them.
In this case, the work to triplex those signals requires each station have tuning elements attached to each tower that they use, and each station must have rejection networks on each tower to keep the other stations' signals from feeding back into their transmitter. None of that can be done with the stations on the air.
While computer calculations can fairly precisely determine the build of each tuning and rejection network, there is considerable manual fine tuning and mechanical work attaching to the towers. That requires all signals being off.
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It's an AM. Probably not high priority.
Because I'm just curious and it's not worth bothering someone at work.
Got facebook? Seriously.. thats how ive made contact with stations these days.. just a quick "hey, im curious.. could you tell me why..."
Just saying you would get a more timely answer by reaching out to the source, rather than assuming someone here would be associated with the station and respond back.
"Only old people use Facebook" - my kids
Seriously, I've sent messages/posted on FB when trying to ID a station while DXing, but have never heard back from anyone. I assume that's because monitoring FB is a side job for someone that is busy doing something else.
Seriously, I've sent messages/posted on FB when trying to ID a station while DXing, but have never heard back from anyone. I assume that's because monitoring FB is a side job for someone that is busy doing something else.
That may be true, but it's still not worth bothering someone at work.
I wonder though, if I actually called KBME, would anyone answer? On Easter Sunday? Honest question.
At any rate, we've wasted enough time on this. KBME is currently on the air...
It is definitely a priority -- KBME is the flagship station of Astros baseball play by play.
They're right. But it's easy to assume someone associated with radio would be also on Farsebook because.....they're old.
That's because DXer's haven't yet transitioned from Compuserve via acoustic modems, to Farsebook via the Internet.
Facebook can be real hit or miss. I've had way better responses from stations then i expected in some cases. Messaged a Colorado Springs FM I heard from Pennsylvania and had to convince them i wasnt kidding but they eventually got it and the reply came within hours.
Usually when you click the message button on FB and it loads messenger, itll tell you how soon they typically reply.
You're alot more likely to get a solid bonafide fact based answer on facebook in a few hours to a day or two vs getting days of speculation here.
Meanwhile it appears that Audacy is still awaiting a CP for its transmitter move to diplex KILT 610 at the KNTH 1070 site. Anyone heard anything more?
All the youngins these days are on that Ticker Tocker making those Vines.
I've gotten some good responses on Facebook. Some stations must not check their messenger though.
Someone could do a TikTok of dead air from KBME. Maybe they’re monitoring that platform.
Youd laugh at a listener asking why the station was off and hang up the phone on them?
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