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K225DC 92.9 (KGTK?) contact help appreciated.

ssndradio said:
Yeah right now they have just been simulcasting KITI-AM 1420 for the last few weeks on 92.9. The move from C3 to A happened fairly quickly — I wasn’t sure if it was a case of them just being able to throw up a low power transmitter and cheap antenna on short notice to get it on the air — or if they were just saving money in general and matching the power of KITI-FM which they’ve been successful with for years at 95.1 which I believe is basically stuck forever as a Class A due to KUOW-FM in Seattle as a C1 at 100kw on 94.9 — pretty sure anything more than a Class A for KITI short spaces them…

What I do know is a 300-500 watt transmitter and a 2 bay Nicom antenna (supposedly what they are using from their app) is considerably less expensive than what it would take to get a C3 at 4kw on — so wasn’t sure if that was possibly a conscious choice considering their other station is an A.

I also wonder if this is a way to free themselves from their AM, and KITI may just stay on 92.9 with Classic Hits or wherever they end up taking it… as it is, KITI-AM 1420 is a 5kw 3 tower array with a translator on 100.5 that broadcasts from one of the cell towers above Chehalis. If that format goes to 92.9, maybe they unload the AM — not sure if the 100.5 translator is bound to the AM or if they could then do the whole HD translator thing with either 95.1 or 92.9 if they did end up buying HD gear that isn’t turned on yet if they actually wanted 3 formats.
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Is the land their tower site for 1420 is on worth anything? I think 1420 is all automated/voicetracked, so if the land is not worth much and theyre making money, I could see them keeping it.. it seems like 1420 and 100.5 cover most of what counts.

95.1 would seem to be younger and female heavy... 1420 is probably older and leans more female (based on what i heard, its not alot of ROCK)

I would wager based on what little I know/cant figure they'd put a seperate format on.

Either a "Real" country format like 90s and early 2000s or talk/sports? I cant imagine they'd have gone through the expense of a new station to throw on a talk or but KELA Talk has no local competition, there is no local sports station nd KMNT 104.3 is all new country.
 
fordranger797 said:
It’s not a terrible site land wise. It looks like there are some nice farms in the area. A very peaceful spot for sure. And shockingly enough, it gets out pretty well too. But I’m not really sure KITI AM really services any more of the population than the FM translator does.
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Its quite common and quite well heard up here
 
A DXer in NW Oregon on the now-recovered pdxradio.com board has posted hearing KVNW with a much stronger signal. Perhaps it's now at 4 kw ERP in C3 status.
 
Back to the Northwest Rock N' Roll Preservation Society's K293DE Olympia discussion - the former 92.9 KGTK relay. The FCC approved the change of status of K293DE to a Fill-In translator for KGTK, as it the translator once was in a former life. The 106.5 pattern now will cover much of Olympia.


So, perhaps the future scenario will be Rock N' Roll Society programs KGTK while AM 680 KBRD stays as a "deep-nostalgia" station? Any guesses?
 
RF101 said:
So, perhaps the future scenario will be Rock N' Roll Society programs KGTK while AM 680 KBRD stays as a "deep-nostalgia" station? Any guesses?
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Thats playing semantics since one of the owners of KGTK is one of the people behind the NW PReservation rock n roll society thing
 
The sale of KGTK to BJ & Skip's' For the Music Foundation has been approved by the FCC. The buyer is behind the KBRD operation. The sale consummation paperwork also has been filed.

Let's see how fast KGTK returns to the air and what will happens to KBRD.
 
RF101 said:
The sale of KGTK to BJ & Skip's' For the Music Foundation has been approved by the FCC. The buyer is behind the KBRD operation. The sale consummation paperwork also has been filed.

Let's see how fast KGTK returns to the air and what will happens to KBRD.
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I'm with you...I cant wait to see what they do with AM 920. And what will be the future of AM 680. My feeling is that even though most KBRD listeners are online and not in Thurston County, I can see KBRD moving over to the better signal of 920. Especially, they will now finally no longer be a daytimer.
 
RF101 said:
The idea of pushing the KBRD format to 920 has legs... bird legs. Indeed, today FCC paperwork was filed to swap the 680 and 920 callsigns, Soon we'll need to think of KBRD 920. So what will become of 680?

Draft Copy « Licensing and Management System « FCC

Licensing and Management System
enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov
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It's more or less confirmed... On KBRD.org.
WE ARE MOVING up the dial
Come July - date to be announced - KBRD moves to 920 AM and 106.5 FM. For a cleaner and stronger signal.
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Could 680 go to the NWRRPS and somehow make their translators that are .. questionably operated .....more legal?
 
I can't imagine a world where 680 does anything else but shut down. It's not a day daytime signal (and it worked well for KBRD for a long time), but it's also pretty limited.
 
fordranger797 said:
I can't imagine a world where 680 does anything else but shut down. It's not a day daytime signal (and it worked well for KBRD for a long time), but it's also pretty limited.
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it can feed translators and doesnt need to be on at night to do that.. i cant see any use outside of that
 
Get that little 680 signal outta here. It is no longer useful in 2025. Turn in the license and let KBRD's non-profit enjoy the stronger signal on 920 kHz. KNBR would chomp on it 1-2 hours before sunset in the winter anyway.
 


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