107.9 near Santa Rosa?

[Hole in your radio]

I've been picking up a station on 107.9 while in Santa Rosa. No ID heard, just a string of Star Date and related programs. Any ideas about whose signal it may be?

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

I've been picking up a station on 107.9 while in Santa Rosa. No ID heard, just a string of Star Date and related programs. Any ideas about whose signal it may be?

Probably this:

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Owned by a Bryan Henry in Napa

 

[Mediafrog+]

It’s not K300AO which is licensed to Santa Rosa?

https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=K300AO&ccode=1&city=&state=&country=US&zip=&arn=&party=&lmspf=&lmspl=&party_type=ELMFA&latd=&lond=&lang=en

 

[Mark Roberts]

From RadioInsight in March of last year (tl;dr: K300AO was displaced by a KBVE, a new sign-on to the northwest in Boonville, clearly intended for Ukiah):

Oldies 107.9 Santa Rosa To Sign Off Tonight

Amaturo Sonoma Broadcasting's "Oldies 107.9" K300AO/KHTH-HD2 Santa Rosa CA will cease operations at midnight tonight. Launched in August 2022 as

radioinsight.com

KBVE's predicted fringe coverage gets to Windsor, so you may either have enhanced conditions in Santa Rosa proper or a pretty good radio (or both!).

 

[KilowattKat]

The whole thing smells like a "pirate" operation.

No ID, and airing episodes of StarDate...

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[lanceventa]

K300AO later modified and received last month a CP to remain on 107.9 with a more hemmed in contour: https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=K3...=&lmspl=&party_type=ELMFA&latd=&lond=&lang=en

 

[snratio]

KBVE is plausible. It simulcasts KGUA 88.3 (see kgua.org/#about), which is a StarDate affiliate -- Affiliates Archive — StarDate Online

I can occasionally receive KGUA. I have never heard them ID in any useful way except at the top of the hour.

 

[Hole in your radio]

From RadioInsight in March of last year (tl;dr: K300AO was displaced by a KBVE, a new sign-on to the northwest in Boonville, clearly intended for Ukiah):

Oldies 107.9 Santa Rosa To Sign Off Tonight

Amaturo Sonoma Broadcasting's "Oldies 107.9" K300AO/KHTH-HD2 Santa Rosa CA will cease operations at midnight tonight. Launched in August 2022 as

radioinsight.com

KBVE's predicted fringe coverage gets to Windsor, so you may either have enhanced conditions in Santa Rosa proper or a pretty good radio (or both!).

Thank you, Mark!

 

[Hole in your radio]

K300AO later modified and received last month a CP to remain on 107.9 with a more hemmed in contour: https://fccdata.org/?facid=&call=K3...=&lmspl=&party_type=ELMFA&latd=&lond=&lang=en

Thanks for that update, Lance.