1210 AM

[Kelly A]

Well, not just one off. But one-staffed. GM/PD/Announcer/Sales/Engineering/Receptionist. The only thing dude wasn't doing it on was a unicycle. The last thing he was running on it was some Fox News audio thing

Costs are not just employees. You have state and local taxes, land or office space leases, utilities, FCC lawyer, ASCAP/BMI royalties, FCC Reglatory Fee, software licenses, Contract Engineer (except for Jim himself), repair/maintenance plus capital equipment replacement expenses, cell phone(s), landlines, maybe some promotional expenses, and whatever debt service on loans. Even with Jim D. as 'one man band' the company is probably paying some form of medial/dental, Social Security, FICA, and other benefits

 

[fordranger797]

I'd swap 1050 for 630 in your list, but otherwise I completely agree. The 1050 signal is fine during the day, but can be difficult to pick up at night. I also think 1250 could be viable, but for all of my life I feel like it's been a "we don't know what to do with this signal so here's programming that can keep it on the air" kind of signal.

630 and 1050 are both pretty bad at night. 1250 wasn’t too bad from their west Seattle transmitter site, but it the site in auburn isn’t going to do them any favors. I don’t think I’d want to be the owner of any station that drastically reduces nighttime power output, especially when you consider that most stations that drop below 5,000 at night on a crowded frequency can’t be heard.

 

[RF101]

Concerning AM 1210 it's leased out to a Spanish Christian group although there's not formal LMA filed with the FCC. I called them the other day not knowing I would be put on live air.. Oh well... While the station has a Facebook presence they have yet to launch streaming on the Internet. (I wonder why Bustos, the license holder, does not set up the AM folks with a streaming service..

 

[bobdavcav]

I would assume the station can be streamed from the same link that 93.7 or I think it's 1490 can, as it's the same people. If I were them, I'd have one stream if I were running the same programming on all my stations, and I think that's what's happening here.

 

[Andrew Skotdal]

At this point, I think the only AM signals that are truly “viable” in the Seattle market are 570, 710, 770, 820, 880, 950, 1000, 1050, 1090, 1360 (for south sound focused coverage), and 1590.

Most of the other stations in between are pretty hard to pick up, even on a good quality car radio today. Common themes here are are clear channel signals, signals with a prime dial position, or a strong daytime power output that is enough to provide a reliable signal distant from the transmitter site.

Ouch! @fordranger797 1380 and now 1520, with the gift of KQRR’s demotion, are both better qualified than 1360, but I am biased, of course! Side note, KRKO and KKXA were #99 and #100 on the list of full time 50kW signals in the US when we did a search in 2011 with BIA. Not many 24/7 50kW signals (and I know the snarky comments are coming about power bills and coverage)!