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Looks like 740 AM has been sold to "Force Communications" for 1.5 million. Anybody know what the format will be?
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Primary Force owner Hal Gore (worked for him in the late 1970's) has a spanish relig. AM in Bakersfield, two AM's in Fresno, one relig. and the other with programming for immigrants from Laos, and an AM in Daytona Beach that plays standards. He had an AM in Las Vegas he sold a couple of years ago. It was all local english language brokered 24/7.
Radio_Eng said:
Because in all likelihood it'll be brokered, does anyone care? If the dollar amount is right, KMVP's unclosed sale at $3m is overpriced and our estimate of $1m for Lumberyard 14~Forty on the mark. Nurse Jeff tells me the nice thing about 7~Forty is you get to hear two stations (KIDR & K See-BS) at the same time at night. Now that's gotta be worth something!
I wish the new owners of 740 would pull a 1440 KAZG and power off at night so I can listen clearly to all-news 740 KCBS from San Francisco. There's a similar day-time station in Los Angeles that powers off at night so everyone throughout L.A. can listen to KCBS. KCBS is already so strong that it sometimes overpowers the local 740 out here in the East Valley. Resistance is futile KIDR 740! 
asugeorge1 said:
That would be KBRT Avalon. They are licensed for 113 watts-N (10 kw-D, DA-2)
but don't use it, as their night pattern barely makes it to what's left of the "Big W"
in Rancho Palos Verdes.
Nothing like getting blown out of the water by KCBS San Francisco in El Lay.
Kind of like "...Giants 6, Dodgers nothing...let's go to the seventh, and for more
play-by-play, here's Jerry Dugout." ;D
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Oh yes, I forgot about KCBS. In fact just last week I heard KCBS coming in really well while doing some night driving. Except for the interference we get from IBOC, there are still lots of the old "Clears" that roll in here, especially in Winter.
Radio_Eng said:
..doing our best Old Gringo impersonation, K See BS is not a clear! Directional day and night...but that 50kw blowtorch hits el Lay and Phoenix like gangbusters when the sun goes down (similar to KGO 8~Ten). It's too much for KBRT in Avalon, so they don't use their night authorization. KIDR's paltry 292 watts are no match for K See BS' 50,000 either, but they stay on at night. As Nurse Jeff and I've said before, if you're doing a colonblow format the nightime signal and power doesn't matter. There are plenty of time purchasers who'll be happy to own a couple of nightime hours if the price is right.
KBRT, owned by Crawford (religious), does not power off at night because they want Angelenos to be able to hear KCBS; they do it because it's easier than keeping the transmitter on to reach an island of 4,000 people. KIDR's 100-something watts actually eminates from a population center, even if you can barely hear it in front their of studio on Central.
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Dr. Akbar said:
IF Sea Bee Ess was smart.. although I never said that they were... They would sign 740 up as network affiliate.. and simulcast their El-lay signal.
Boy would that do some wonders to the CBS affiliates in Phoenix.. and BTW sell KOOL to a deserving owner who would run it properly (then again is there such as a properly run corporate station?) and not hire one just to dump three.. but just simply hire 3 deserving people.
Not likely, but the idea of using KIDR as an on-channel booster for KCBS would be cool!
For any student of western US radio, KBRT is a great story. The studios are in Costa Mesa, the transmitter and 3-tower array are, "26 miles across the sea," on Catalina Island. The station's engineer lives at the site. You may recall video a year or two ago from a major fire on the island. It was started by crews replacing guy wires on one of the "K-Bright" towers. Crawford Broadcasting Company, one of the country's oldest religious broadcasters, owns the station. The group's engineers have an interesting and publicly-available newsletter called "The Local Oscillator." You can read it at http://www.crawfordbroadcasting.com/engineering.htm
For any student of western US radio, KBRT is a great story. The studios are in Costa Mesa, the transmitter and 3-tower array are, "26 miles across the sea," on Catalina Island. The station's engineer lives at the site. You may recall video a year or two ago from a major fire on the island. It was started by crews replacing guy wires on one of the "K-Bright" towers. Crawford Broadcasting Company, one of the country's oldest religious broadcasters, owns the station. The group's engineers have an interesting and publicly-available newsletter called "The Local Oscillator." You can read it at http://www.crawfordbroadcasting.com/engineering.htm
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The Beave
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Dr. Akbar said:
Another waste of gas on a blowtorch... ???
Nurse Jeff's grandfather sent us a telegram over the weekend. He claims the calls of 7~Forty in Avalon were first KBIG and the FM's were KBRT. Makes sense to us to call the AM big for it's large coverage area and the FM Bright for it's higher frequency response. TMISU eventually flipped the calls to what's out there today. hmmmm...wonder if the Old Gringo recalls this?
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The Beave
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Dr. Akbar said:
Dr.,
Check with the AZ corperation commission files if there is a person with Las Vegas contacts.. They may be using 740's
power to light the laser at the Luxor.
Realistically, I couls actually see a station called "Bright 740" It possibly would be one of the first Lite AC's on AM digital.
Then again... I guess not.
Kind of off topic but not... If we're talking about useless stations that should go to sleep at night, what about 1580? Futile at best against the Hermosillo flame thrower.
That 50 kw directional nighttime signal just bombs into Yuma and San Diego...And I once picked up Tempe's 1580 one night on a motel TV set that had a little AM/FM radio built into the tuner in Bandon, Oregon! You're just in the wrong neighborhood...
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