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92.9 FM In Dallas
- Thread starter LibertyNT
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KMKT is one problem, KNIN is Wichita Falls on 92.9 is the biggest problem. It simply won't happen.
Doesnt KNIN's Fringe End Just a little before
Gainesville? I was thinking a little Station with
range like KXEZ's
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KXEZ&service=FM&status=L&hours=U
Gainesville? I was thinking a little Station with
range like KXEZ's
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KXEZ&service=FM&status=L&hours=U
Something else to keep in mind is KLRK in Marlin/Waco. Nearly all Dallas stations reach Waco...
KDBN on the other hand can't reach waco because it would interfere with 93.3 in Cedar Park.
92.9 would be in an even worse situation out of Dallas. We have KNIN up in Wichita Falls and KLRK down in Waco. Cramming another 92.9 between the two would be tough to pull off.
The signal would have to broadcast at a lower power than The Bone!!!
92.9 in Dallas will never happen unless if KNIN & KLRK disappear.
KDBN on the other hand can't reach waco because it would interfere with 93.3 in Cedar Park.
92.9 would be in an even worse situation out of Dallas. We have KNIN up in Wichita Falls and KLRK down in Waco. Cramming another 92.9 between the two would be tough to pull off.
The signal would have to broadcast at a lower power than The Bone!!!
92.9 in Dallas will never happen unless if KNIN & KLRK disappear.
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LibertyNT said:
Well, 92.5 and 93.3 are issues.....92.5 to a C1,C0 or C 92.9 would be 65 mile min.....NOW you are looking at the adj channels from THAT place that 92.9 must be spaced from as well...
Aint gonna happen
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rbrucecarter5
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Of course KNIN or KLRK could move in to the area, but both would cover only part of the metroplex.
I remember years back someone worrying about the AM-ization of FM with all kinds of power levels and directional antennas. He was right. What happened to big sinals for big markets and small signals for small markets and no rim shots.
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Willis1000 said:
As for directional antennas, in the commercial band, they are allowed ONLY in contour protection....NORMALLY you have to make a case for use of a directional...the FCC usually wants to see an omni signal...even though most sidemounted antennas are hardly that...they are directional in the vertical plane than anything.
AM directionals vs FM directionals is a whole different comparison.....You can thank the FCC for allowing rimshots to happen.......and no more main studios in the COL (anywhere in the city grade contour is now allowed!...but there are other rules rimshots must follow..and a lot DONT!..like requiring a LOCAL or TOLL free number to the actual COL...I know Liberman doesnt do that; hasn't ever since they have operated in Texas!)
In theory I suppose you could put up a small class A station on 92.9, but it would probably have to go to the Northeast of Dallas - maybe around Greenville. It just wouldn't be worth it.
tested said:
Not even a small class A could be squeezed onto 92.9 northeast of Dallas -- the problem is that it would be too close to the adjacent channel KMKT/93.1 out of Bells.
In fact, the original Bells, TX allocation that is now occupied by KMKT was for a class A on 92.9; at the time, the transmitter site for KTYL/93.1 in Tyler precluded the use of 93.1 in the Sherman/Denison area. However, when KTYL moved to a new transmitter site, that allowed KMKT to move up to 93.1 and upgrade from a class A to a class C3 facility. It also precludes the use of 92.9 anywhere within 89 km (55 miles) from the KMKT transmitter. Move west from KMKT and you'll short space KNIN in Wichita Falls. Go south and you short space KZPS and KDBN here in the DFW area. Go southeast, and as soon as you move out of the range of short spacing KMKT, you start short spacing KTYL.
There's just not a lot of room left for any new FM commercial allocations in North Texas -- all the move-ins and upgrades have pretty well saturated the FM band around here.
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