They are taking 1440 into "retirement" on January 8th. Programming will remain on FM at 106.7 and 99.3 (Grants Pass) and will also move to KYVL-106.3 on that date. I assume, going dark.
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RIP KMED-AM Medford (1926-2023)
- Thread starter crainbebo
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It's a small market and somewhat over-radioed. Still, the facility would be simple to maintain. 5 KW D, 1 KW N, ND.
Couple daytimers that could move there.
Reported elsewhere the other two stations 730 & 880 that are diplexed on the 1440 tower are already off the air.
More houses!
More houses!
And more DX. I'd love to hear WCBS NYC once in WA...just once, hear the sounds of "WCBS news time" and traffic on the 8s. Too many stations in the way on 880, even KRVN.
I assume 1440 will be the battle of Alberta and The Dalles, maybe a bit of KVON Napa. Topeka KS would be nice, as would be the 'lamptimer' KAZG Scottsdale.
I assume 1440 will be the battle of Alberta and The Dalles, maybe a bit of KVON Napa. Topeka KS would be nice, as would be the 'lamptimer' KAZG Scottsdale.
I caught KWIP 880 ONCE from SE Wy, just a mere 300 miles or so from KRVN.
How?
In the 4 seconds it took KRVN to switch from night to day patterns, KWIP bubbled up and ran a legal ID
Sad for old timers. When I got interested in radio as a career (I know, today that is almost an oxymoron) I had been a medium wave DXer located in NE Ohio. KMED was the Monday morning* bellwether station that indicated an opening to the Pacific Northwest.
Co-channel KPRO in Riverside, CA, was likewise an indication of an opening to the Southwest.
* Before increased equipment reliability made it unnecessary, most stations that were otherwise 24 hour a day operations signed off at midnight on Sunday night, opening up chances to hear stations on channels normally blocked by all-nighters in one's local time zone.
1440 is officially KYVL now. Top of the hour ID is still KMED or ???
KYVL 1440 notified the FCC they were going HD?
I only see the FM KMED notified that they were adding HD.
KYVL 1440 notified the FCC they were going HD?
I only see the FM KMED notified that they were adding HD.
I'm sorry, I made a mistake. You're correct, it's the KMED-FM.
KAZG would be a good catch, indeed. With 52 watts at night, I barely hear them in Mesa, about 20 miles away.
Caught the ID on February 27. It's still on the air.
The transmitter apparently suffered some catastrophic failure and the manufacturer couldnt supply parts and theyre exploring current avenues to repair it, but everyone they spoke to said parts are 6 to 8 weeks out.
almsot 2 months to the day after the STA was filed to be silent, they requested cancellation.
They could have bought a used low power transmitter & gone back on with an STA.
No reason to put any $$ into it.
No reason to put any $$ into it.
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