No need to wait any longer. Both stations are now under Silent STAs as of today
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Remaining CRC stations going to liquidating agent
- Thread starter Sammi Brie
- Start date
An update on the CRC bankruptcy:
The licences for the two Palm Springs AM's (KPSP/KXPS), have been deleted by the FCC for being off the air for over a year.
The licences for the two Palm Springs AM's (KPSP/KXPS), have been deleted by the FCC for being off the air for over a year.
RIP. At least KFNN and KQFN still have a fighting change for the time being
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
KQFN has gotten approval for their silent STA and have stopped the clock until December 10 of next year:
Draft Copy « Licensing and Management System « FCC
Licensing and Management System
KFNN's STA request is still pending at the Commission, despite being filed at the same time:
Draft Copy « Licensing and Management System « FCC
Licensing and Management System
DXing last night, KBLA 1580 from Santa Monica now shows up in the Valley, so the eerily silent sports parking lot can take credit for that.
With STAs pending for 1510 and complete for 1580, what is the timeline now? Are we going to have to wait till midyear or end of 2026 to learn the fate of these stations?
With STAs pending for 1510 and complete for 1580, what is the timeline now? Are we going to have to wait till midyear or end of 2026 to learn the fate of these stations?
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Your guess is probably as good as anyone's at this point.
A fighting chance, yes. But a very slim one.
If KXEG's story has anything to say, it's that both stations can definitely be saved if the right person buys them
KXEG runs at 2,500 watts daytime. KFNN and KQFN are 22kW and 24kW daytime, respectively. The power bills alone will make it hard for any new owner to turn a profit.
That's fair, I didn't consider the difference in power output. I was just thinking of how KXEG was (I think) 1 day away from losing its license until it went into receivership.
Out of Money Radio, KFNN is a Class D and can easily reduce power to save $$. Kwiffen is Class B. All it has to do is downgrade to Class D and do the same. 5kw or less daytime could easily cover both broke station's COLs, while relying on their translators to do the heavy lifting.
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Those co-owned translators can barely cover the area in which they're licensed to. Could you imagine how much more pathetic the signals for those two stations would be if they did downgrade to low power?
Reaches Buckeye (if the wind is out of the east). Just slap on some of the Old Gringo's favorite 45s, and the Nurse and I will be listening.
There is no city of license coverage requirement for translators. I've seen translators licensed to areas they don't remotely cover with even a weaksauce 40dbu signal
While I agree with you about KQFN, KFNN is a different story. Its transmitter is some 30 miles northwest of the city of Mesa, and it barely gets city grade coverage there now. I'm thinking the only legal ways that the station could keep its license and reduce its power would be to 1) relocate the transmitter much closer to Mesa (pretty expensive, especially for a band that few are interested in anymore); or b) have the COL changed to, say, Paradise Valley where the transmitter is actually located. If an application for the latter was actually made, I think the FCC would be inclined to approve it--Mesa still has one AM (1310) and two FM (93.3 and 104.7) stations licensed to it.
If 5kw aint enough to cover their COL, then a diplex with Mother Hubber's 10~Sixty in Guadalupe should suffice. It'd be a threefer:: 10-Sixty, 13~Ten and 15~Ten... they all should be able to coexist. Kwiffen is currently diplexed with KSUN: 14~hundred, 14~Eighty and 15~Eightly.
K257CD is NOT owned by CRC (or I should say the Trustee of CRC), but by an affiliated company of Sierra H Broadcasting. Mr. Brentlinger could easily lease it out to another AM, or create a new format fed by one of his full-power stations if he activated an HD2. It is not guaranteed to be sold with KFNN or KQFN. Neither of the CRC-owned translators have the kind of reach as 99.3 does, and if it doesn't come with a station, it decreases the value of the silent AMs.
Reaches Buckeye (if the wind is out of the east). Just slap on some of the Old Gringo's favorite 45s, and the Nurse and I will be listening.
Speaking of K257CD, no one has filed a silent STA for that translator as of this moment. It's been off the air for more than a month.
Who's on the KOY tower these days? There might be some wriggle room for one more if KNUV is a tenant already.
Pretty sure KNUV is on the KXEG tower. Right off I'm not aware of anyone sharing the KOY tower