95.5 is down.

[NEOHMediaFan]

was listening to 95.5 WKLV yesterday and the signal went blank all of a sudden. the reception was still good, but nothing was playing.

 

[NYAZSporty]

Interestingly, not from the area, but the K-Love website does have a station finder page where ppl can click on "Report an Outage" & when they acknowledge it, they'd post it underneath the station & the frequency, but nothing on it yet.

 

[Is1751]

Surprisingly, it's been 12 hours (or more depending on when the signal went out), but nothing is still being aired or posted on K-Love's website.

 

[NEOHMediaFan]

the signal abruptly turned back on just now.

 

[VintageMac]

the signal abruptly turned back on just now.

But no title or artist information yet.

 

[xmusicmatt]

Surprisingly, it's been 12 hours (or more depending on when the signal went out), but nothing is still being aired or posted on K-Love's website.

I don't believe they generally post issues on their website. With that said - Likely until the sale closes that the KLove feed is still running through Salem facilities. (Generally, that's how things go down until EMF can take full control and place a satellite dish and rack at tower site).

with that said - once EMF owns a station they are very much on top of the technical aspect - they staff a 24/7 NOC to monitor their signals,

 

[NE Ohio RF Monitor]

So 12 hours of carrier but no top of hour ID?

 

[Towerjunky]

When does Klove Inc. officially take control? Was reading a Dallas discussion the other day and their new K-Love is having many problems but they can't do anything until they officially own it.

 

[Rusty Muck]

When does Klove Inc. officially take control? Was reading a Dallas discussion the other day and their new K-Love is having many problems but they can't do anything until they officially own it.

From Lance:

EMF will take over those stations around February 1 with EMF paying for the stations with a $72 million promissory note due in 2027 at 3-month SOFR + 1.00% starting July 1, 2025.

Salem Media Group Sells Seven Stations To EMF; Repays All Debt With New Investor

Salem Media Group has announced a series of transactions that will pay off all of the company's debt including the sale of seven of their Christian AC stations to Educational Media Foundation.

radioinsight.com

 

[lanceventa]

When does Klove Inc. officially take control? Was reading a Dallas discussion the other day and their new K-Love is having many problems but they can't do anything until they officially own it.

There's nothing stopping K-Love from doing anything now...

This is part of a bigger engineering issue as the stations acquired from Salem are the first stations they are using complete IP delivery on as opposed to satellite distribution. From what I was told there were some driver issues in their Axia system at their Franklin TN HQ causing conflicts with their Zetta automation, which in turn was creating silent gaps in programming. I've been told the cause has been found and should have been fixed.

 

[xmusicmatt]

This is part of a bigger engineering issue as the stations acquired from Salem are the first stations they are using complete IP delivery on as opposed to satellite distribution. From what I was told there were some driver issues in their Axia system at their Franklin TN HQ causing conflicts with their Zetta automation, which in turn was creating silent gaps in programming. I've been told the cause has been found and should have been fixed.

Why wouldn't this impact the rest of the network or are they running 'separate' feed for Salem's sold stations vs. the National K-Love feed that airs everywhere else via Satellite?

I said what I said earlier based on that in the past when K-Love has purchased licenses from others and took them over early via LMA while waiting for the FCC Sale to close - they generally run through the previous owners air chain until the sale closes and they just rack it at the transmitter site. But I also understand not every sale is alike.

Sale of 95.5 still shows "pending" in FCC records

"

From: SALEM MEDIA
To: K-LOVE, INC.
	0000263208		Assign License/CP	Pending 01/17/2025"​

 

[lanceventa]

Why wouldn't this impact the rest of the network or are they running 'separate' feed for Salem's sold stations vs. the National K-Love feed that airs everywhere else via Satellite?

The distribution paths are completely different.

I said what I said earlier based on that in the past when K-Love has purchased licenses from others and took them over early via LMA while waiting for the FCC Sale to close - they generally run through the previous owners air chain until the sale closes and they just rack it at the transmitter site. But I also understand not every sale is alike.

Every EMF station is simply racked at the transmitter site, pending acquisition or not. The difference is the Salem stations are the start of their company-wide transition to IP delivery.

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[Is1751]

Proper RDS Information was finally added this morning!