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KDDS Boosters License Cancelled

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speer360

Bustos has cancelled the Boosters that they installed with MaxxCasting Technology

"Bustos Media Holdings, LLC is turning in for cancellation today the licenses
for a total of four FM booster stations. The booster stations are KDDS-FM1, Seattle,
WA. FIN 198901; KDDS-FM3, Tukwila, WA, FIN 198903; KDDS-FM4, Kent,
WA, FIN 198904; and KDDS-FM5, Riverton, WA, FIN 203635.
Each of these boosters formerly retransmitted the signal of the primary station,
KDDS-FM, Elma, Washington, FIN 33622. These booster station license
cancellations do not affect KDDS-FM, licensed to Bustos Media Holdings, LLC,
which remains on the air and operating at its licensed parameters"

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Background:
www.radioworld.com

KDDS(FM) in Seattle Amplifies Coverage, PPM Reach and Audience Share with MaxxCasting™ System - Radio World

CHICAGO, July 27, 2018 — KDDS(FM), a Bustos Media-owned station licensed to Elma, Washington and serving the Seattle region, has become the latest licensee of the patented MaxxCasting technology to increase its coverage-to-contour ratio immediately after going on air with the system. The KDDS...
www.radioworld.com www.radioworld.com
 
I’m not sure I understand the motivation here, as this appeared to be a rare instance in which booster stations did serve their intended purpose and provide better coverage.
 
One shouldn't be shocked to find out that Maxxcasting could only work if one was standing still and not moving from one zone to another. Since most FM listening is in automobiles, there is no way for it to work. It isn't surprising that a key player in this illusion is the legendary Chris Devine.
 
bossbill said:
One shouldn't be shocked to find out that Maxxcasting could only work if one was standing still and not moving from one zone to another. Since most FM listening is in automobiles, there is no way for it to work. It isn't surprising that a key player in this illusion is the legendary Chris Devine.
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The marketing very much seems to lead one to believe automobile coverage is indeed.
 
I was always under the impression that boosters worked so well in San Francisco because there are parts of the metropolitan area that are entirely blocked by terrain. In the case of KDDS, the terrain is problematic, but I wouldn't say that the entire signal is gone.
 
bossbill said:
Since most FM listening is in automobiles, there is no way for it to work.
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Actually, in PPM markets it's about 51% of listening that is in vehicles (cars, trucks, etc,) overall. A higher percentage of AM listening is in cars, leaving about 48% of FM listening in vehicles.
 
speer360 said:
The marketing very much seems to lead one to believe automobile coverage is indeed.
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Not sure what indeed means, but that has proven to be one of many Achilles heals with boosters; mobile use. Even as one passes through the booster coverage, the main signal still might be bouncing off manmade or natural surfaces like hills, buildings, etc.. It becomes either multipath to the receiver, or depending on the receiver type and speed of the vehicle can create characteristics from a form of doppler shift. As seasons and physical elements around the booster change with time, the interference zone between the main signal and booster can and will shift locations also, creating an unlistenable or appearing intermittent bad signal in certain geographic areas that wasn't there prior. In other words: Boosters are a PITA.
 
I haven't had a chance to hear the Seattle or San Francisco boosters. I have, however, spent quite a bit of time listening to the Boston ones, and while I was skeptical going in, I was pleasantly surprised. WXRV is the one I have listened to the most, and it's seamless in the areas where I would have most expected self-interference.

For those who know Boston at all, the areas in question are 128 south through Waltham approaching the Bear Hill booster and on the Pike eastbound from Newton into Back Bay. These are relatively flat areas without any terrain blocking the main WXRV signal from Andover, but the transition from the main to the boosters is unnoticeable unless you're looking at the RDS.

That's only one data point, of course, but I was pleasantly surprised at how well it worked.
 
fordranger797 said:
I’m not sure I understand the motivation here, as this appeared to be a rare instance in which booster stations did serve their intended purpose and provide better coverage.
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The article stated that the system was still in the approval process. Perhaps, it was never approved!
 
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