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KKOB proposes downgrade

Mark Roberts said:
I don't remember much about its 1960s days, though I do remember the slogan: "K-Q-E-O, Channel 92". Already the literalist even in elementary school, I found that objectionable. "Radio stations don't have channel numbers!" I only knew about TV channel numbers at the time.
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The “channel” thing sprung from Chuck Blore’s KFWB “Color Channel 98” innovative Top 40 format in then later 60’s in LA. Ma ny stations adopted it, one of the stations in the group I interned at in Mexico City in 1963 was “canal 79” so when I built my first station in ‘64 I used the same jingle package as Radio Musical Canal 57.
 
Now that 770 KAAM Dallas-Garland is off the air, KKOB came in tonight here in Austin, Texas, area.
It's somewhat weak though, nulled by a Spanish-language station that I cannot immediately identify.

In the past, I could, on some occasions, null KAAM to hear KKOB, which was always weak. (KAAM was also weak at night, stronger here during the day).

The signal isn't as strong as I remember hearing KKOB nights in central Kansas in the late 70s.
 
Dondd said:
Now that 770 KAAM Dallas-Garland is off the air, KKOB came in tonight here in Austin, Texas, area.
It's somewhat weak though, nulled by a Spanish-language station that I cannot immediately identify.

In the past, I could, on some occasions, null KAAM to hear KKOB, which was always weak. (KAAM was also weak at night, stronger here during the day).

The signal isn't as strong as I remember hearing KKOB nights in central Kansas in the late 70s.
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KKOB is currently 12.5 kw non-directional at night, operating under an STA with 25% of the licensed nighttime power due to the loss of the taller tower.
 


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