Can anyone located in Las Vegas or Pahrump verify the current status of this station? It used to simulcast KNNR Sparks until that station went silent in February.
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Las Vegas KPKK 101.1 FM Amargosa Valley
- Thread starter LamptimerFan
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They have a construction permit (full class C) that dies April 20th 2026 that should put a 60db into most of Las Vegas. One would think they wouldn't cut it this close.
I can only assume they're not gonna be able to complete that. Do you happen to know what they're currently broadcasting (if anything)?
I couldn't find an STA on the FCC site. A lot of stations "forget" to file one. Someone in Vegas would hear if it is running 100KW the CP shows.
It was not on the CP when I was in the valley last month. Checked in multiple spots in the metro.
I suspect this upgrade is not happening.... at least not anytime soon.
I suspect this upgrade is not happening.... at least not anytime soon.
How is that gonna work with LVXL-LP? That station is currently audible as far east as 215 and Las Vegas Blvd. Currently the coverage map in seeing on the Radioland map shows KPKK presents no signal into the valley but I don't know how accurate or uptodate that is
Guessing that KPKK will probably be a rimshot signal
Considering this is a fairly rural station, I wouldn't be surprised if this was the case
I'll have to check in the car if I remember. Usually at work I get a weak KVXL which fades to almost nothing at home
No sign of KPKK. At least not near the airport. It's all LVXL-LP. Weak but when it fades, KPKK doesn't take over
Welp, that settles this question. Thank you for your time!
Since the CP calls for a 154 actually 160+ foot tower, even if they have to build it, it's s not that expensive. A rim shot in Las Vegas with 60db in most of the market should be attractive to an existing cluster or someone with an AM and a FM translator, especially if they own the AM site that can be sold.
IMHO they should have sold the CP or had funding or credit to build it out before they filed. They might have engineering expenses with nothing on April 20th.
I bet Lance (or his competitors) could have sold the CP last year
IMHO they should have sold the CP or had funding or credit to build it out before they filed. They might have engineering expenses with nothing on April 20th.
I bet Lance (or his competitors) could have sold the CP last year
At the CP site for KPKK there is also another CP for KRZQ and that expires on 06/02/2026. Looking at Google Earth the site does not show any road or tower.
I can't get even a sniff of either from home. Which I'm guessing means they have permission for this but not actually doing it yet?
When I was in downtown last week (jury duty…only reason why I’d leave Laughlin for Vegas…well, that and Costco/Total Wine) KVXL was all I could pick up from Railroad Pass to Fremont St.
It goes a little further but south of the Airport it's pretty much gone. I'm just east of Southpoint and neither the car radio nor my Tecsun PL880 gets a thing.
Y'all are tilting at windmills. This is all just speculation and paper games. No facilities exist besides the 6 bay on the telephone pole in the RV park across the road from the Alien jerky place. They were carrying mexican the last time I drove by there. Vegas is a pipe dream, because there is a big ass rock in the way called Mount Charleston.
Both KPKK and KRZQ show active licenses at Hwy 95 and Hwy 373 in Amargosa Valley. Is this the site near the Alien Jerky place?
No comment about the radio station. But first time hearing about this alien or rather "E-T" jerky. Had to look it up, since I like beef jerky...
Not necessarily a pipe dream…I think the goal would be on-channel boosters in the Las Vegas Valley.
They’re trying to do what several rimshots in the Salt Lake metro did: move to a location where according to the FCC’s contours, a 60 dBu signal can cover the metro. Then put boosters in to actually service the terrain-shielded metro area.
In the case of the Salt Lake stations (on Humpy Peak about 60 miles from SLC), 95% of the listening will be done on the boosters. Hell, half the time the main signal will be off air while the boosters keep on running…not saying that’s going by-the-book on how a booster should be operated, but who’s minding the store these days?
Mind you, I don’t think this is the first time KPKK (but not KRZQ) had a CP for a similar facility. I recall about 15 years ago they had applied for something similar and it never got built. It’s quite possible that this time will be the same result.