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CSN filed an application to move K238AY to 106.1

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SacDX

The application states that they want to move from 95.5 to 106.1, they will lower their ERP to 10 W and will also move their transmitter to the KSEG tower, I feel like if they do this there will be a lot of interference with KCFA-FM
 
SacDX said:
The application states that they want to move from 95.5 to 106.1, they will lower their ERP to 10 W and will also move their transmitter to the KSEG tower, I feel like if they do this there will be a lot of interference with KCFA-FM
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They’ll be fine 3-5 miles out from North Sac, but I’d imagine you’re absolutely right. KCFA is up outside of Arnold at about 8000’ elevation, so by its nature will have a monster signal…even though it’s signal is a fully conforming B1 (last I remember).

95.5 is not a particularly better option since KCBP in Westley/Modesto signed on…it’s up on a hill giving it better coverage than a class A should normally get.

It’s one of those applications that looks good on paper, but in reality isn’t a particularly good fit. Problem is, given all the nearby signals from other markets and the crowded translator/LPFM all over the metro, there really aren’t any better options!
 
There was previously a LPFM (KQPT-LP) on 106.1 in Sacramento. It is now deleted. The last time I was in Sacramento they were not on the air but I did hear KCFA all over Sacramento.
 
KMEL from San Francisco used to come in here until that LPFM came on. Seems a lot of LP FM and TV stations are coming on the same frequencies as stations from San Francisco that used to at least occasionally come in here.
 
Alan Smithee said:
KMEL from San Francisco used to come in here until that LPFM came on. Seems a lot of LP FM and TV stations are coming on the same frequencies as stations from San Francisco that used to at least occasionally come in here.
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KCFA started blocking KMEL in Sacramento in the mid 1990s. Perhaps in the foothills, you could get KMEL as long as you were terrain blocked from receiving KCFA.
 


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