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Las Vegas 94.7 Hank FM debuts in Las Vegas

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Lou Schneider

Lotus has launched the syndicated 94.7 Hank FM in Las Vegas on FM translator K234BS, fed from KXPT-HD2. K234BS broadcasts from South Mountain with a 250 watt vertical only cardioid pattern aimed west so the 60 dbu only covers the south side of the metro. Other 250 watt translators like Kool 102 (K272EE 102.3) are more centrally located on the Strat so they pretty much cover the entire market.

KXPT is on Mt. Potosi which means it has a HD signal is solid in Pahrump, so I now have a third option for country music when I'm driving around town. KHWG Classic Country, KACP Ace Country 103.1 and now KXPT-HD2 Hank FM.

Although the branding is "94.7 Hank FM" the top of the hour ID is "KXPT-HD2 Las Vegas, also broadcasting on 94.7 FM."

94.7 HANK FM
 
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Probably terrible interference on the LV Strip & Northwards, With 94.5 (KXLI) and their NLV Booster(s), a little too close for comfort. Been discussed before. Line of Sight to Black Mountain & Arden is helpful tho. Also I wonder why KJUL hasn't added a booster yet.
 
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Probably terrible interference on the LV Strip & Northwards, With 94.5 (KXLI) and their NLV Booster(s), a little too close for comfort. Been discussed before. Line of Sight to Black Mountain & Arden is helpful tho. Also I wonder why KJUL hasn't added a booster yet.
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94.7 delivers much more signal to the LV Strip than 94.5, even with it's boosters so they are the ones receiving interference in the Strip. 94.5's 60 dbu contour runs just east of, and parallel to Boulder Highway and the 60 dbu of any boosters cannot extend beyond that. The 94.7 60 dbu contour stops just west of Boulder Highway so there's no overlap with 94.5's 60 dbu and 94.7's northern 60 dbu crosses I-15 between Desert Inn and Sahara Ave and covers everything from there on south.

To this untrained eye it looks like 94.7 could move to the Strat with a directional antenna to the west improving coverage to the entire west side of the metro area, not just the southwest it's reaching now.
 
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Lou Schneider said:
94.7 delivers much more signal to the LV Strip than 94.5, even with it's boosters so they are the ones receiving interference in the Strip.
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When i was out there a few years ago, 94.5 was solid in NW valley (nothing on 94.7) and only got weak down 515 (now I-11) into Henderson probably from interference under the Black Mountain towers (Same with 99.7 which broadcasts from that area too). I guess 94.7 was recently upgraded, from what I thought used be a weak translator only heard near the strip. That Vegas dial is extremely crowded now and they must be desperate trying to cram even more onto it, engineering must be fun.
 
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