and in the case of KVRI, they POUND in central alaska at night... nightly
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and in the case of KVRI, they POUND in central alaska at night... nightly
Well and that's important!
1: Alaska is basically Egypt. That’s where you apparently are.
2: I like the Punjab format and wish them well. That is all. 🔈
A lot of Punjabis in the region, and a lot of them still speak Punjabi at home, and a lot of Punjabi businesses want to be able to reach immigrants by advertising in their native language, over the air. They won't be doing that on KIRO-FM or Movin', will they.
Not sure what the long term viability for the Punjabi format 1250 and 1680 will be. Time will ultimately tell, I suppose. On the other hand, it seems more promising KVRI. The transmitter is located a stones throw away from a major Punjabi-speaking population, which will continue to grow.
Well and that's important!
Never meant to imply it does.
As a totally meaningless side note the music these stations play is pretty neat to this white boy, I kinda like it and will listen for a few minutes if i come across them on the dial and have a good signal
In an even more meaningless sidenote, the higher pitched energetic music is real easy to pick out of the mush of the dial at night.
In an even more meaningless sidenote, the higher pitched energetic music is real easy to pick out of the mush of the dial at night.
And a lot of it seems to be aimed at younger demo South Asians, not the Boomers / older GenX types that would probably be more into the "movie music" (that one used to hear on SW all the time, when conditions were right, coming out of India from Vividh Bharati). The hip-hop/Punjabi rap stuff is obviously aimed at South Asians under age 40-45.
The overnight stuff on a lot of the South Asian stations, the traditional (much of it Sikh) prayer music, is also pretty cool.
Canadian Broadcaster Asks FCC For Clearance To Buy Seattle AM.
The relaxed rules governing foreign investment in U.S. radio are designed to lure an influx of capital to American broadcasters. So far that has mostly meant help from neighboring countries,
"Radio Punjab CEO Sukhdev Dhillon filed a $75,000 deal in August to buy out business partner Mohan Cheema’s 80% stake in KNTS Seattle-Tacoma (1680). Because Dhillon – who already owns a 20% interest in their jointly owned BAAZ Broadcasting – is a Canadian citizen, it will require approval from the Federal Communications Commission go past the 25% foreign ownership limit.
In the request filed Friday, seller BAAZ Broadcasting says the deal should be okayed since it would further the FCC’s stated goals of encouraging foreign investment in U.S. broadcasting as well as help to ensure the continuation of operations of stations. If the sale is approved, BAAZ says that KNTS will “remain a minority-owned broadcaster of Punjabi-language radio programming to the Southeast Asian community in Seattle” and that the infusion of additional capital resulting from the proposed transaction would allow BAAZ to offer more locally produced – and internationally sourced – Punjabi-language programming.
The proposal cleared its first hurdle on Friday, when the FCC said it would forward the proposal to other federal agencies as part of the Team Telecom review for any national security, law enforcement, foreign policy, or trade policy concerns. The Media Bureau also opened a public comment period. The first round of comments are due Nov. 20 with reply comments due by Dec. 5."
Foreign citizens 100 percent owned stations in Alaska and Texas, and i swear Legend in Wyoming wanted to increase foreign ownership but i cant find that info now
There's plenty of others that the FCC gave 100% total foreign ownership approval to including Cumulus, iHeartMedia and most recently Alpha Media. Legend isn't one of them though. You might be misconstruing them being in the news for their co-owner pleading guilty to tax evasion.
FCC Approves 100% Foreign Ownership For Alpha Media
The FCC has approved Alpha Media's petition for up to 100% foreign equity ownership and specific investors to own above
radioinsight.com
No, im not.. i thought id heard that about legend.. maybe its because i know they do have someone in the isle of man,m or did, with a minority stakeThere's plenty of others that the FCC gave 100% total foreign ownership approval to including Cumulus, iHeartMedia and most recently Alpha Media. Legend isn't one of them though. You might be misconstruing them being in the news for their co-owner pleading guilty to tax evasion.
FCC Approves 100% Foreign Ownership For Alpha Media
The FCC has approved Alpha Media's petition for up to 100% foreign equity ownership and specific investors to own above
Some stations do syndicate other stations.
KKDZ 1250 seems to have been absent for a bit but is now on again. It's parallel 1680 running networked Punjabi programming. They're probably still running the STA parameters.
Question. - the STA paperwork mentions a sharetime arrangement with KWSU Pullman. I seem to recall something like that in the 1960s during nighttimes.
Does anyone know the details?
Question. - the STA paperwork mentions a sharetime arrangement with KWSU Pullman. I seem to recall something like that in the 1960s during nighttimes.
Does anyone know the details?
KWSU is allowed 6am - midnight. to transmit 5kw non-directional until sunset and 2.5 kw sunset to misnight. (I assume in the wintertime it's 2.5 kw until local sunrise but I cannot confirm yet.)
KKDZ is omnidirectional midnight to sunset and directional from sunset to midnight. 5kw
At least that was old paperwork basis.
The new site may have different parameters for KKDZ but KWSU's should not change.
KKDZ is omnidirectional midnight to sunset and directional from sunset to midnight. 5kw
At least that was old paperwork basis.
The new site may have different parameters for KKDZ but KWSU's should not change.
The first few pages of this engineering arrangememt outline the sharetime agreement.
Note: One only can infer that during wintertime from 6am to sunrise that both KWSU and KKDZ are running 5 kw ND. That would be somewhat messy.
Note: One only can infer that during wintertime from 6am to sunrise that both KWSU and KKDZ are running 5 kw ND. That would be somewhat messy.
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