A day in the life of a lamptimer

[oldiesfan6479]

At 6:04 Monday morning (November 1), Lumberyard 1440 was already on with its
flea-power PSRA or night wattage...which is it, catfish (with a "c")? Power up to
5 kw occurred at 6:31:29 AM, so the lamptimer was still insisting it was October. :

During the day however, someone adjusted said lamptimer to try and compensate
for its daily drift, yet failed to reset it for the new month, as the carrier dump was
at 5:58:48 PM.


Meanwhile over at "Moe Money 1510"...not sure when this morning's power up was.
Still on 100 watts as of 6:34 AM, but running 22 gallons by 7:00. This evening's
power down was about 30 minutes late, at 5:57:30 PM.


(November daytime = 7:00 AM to 5:30 PM.)

 

[boiseengineer]

Federal Communications Commission

San Diego District Office

4542 Ruffner Street, Suite 370

San Diego, CA 92111



NOTICE OF VIOLATION

Released: October 7, 2010

By the District Director, San Diego Office, Western Region, Enforcement
Bureau:

1. This is a Notice of Violation ("Notice") issued pursuant to Section
1.89 of the Commission's Rules, to Premier Radio Stations, LLC, c/o
LPC Investments, LLC ("Premier Radio") licensee of AM Broadcast radio
station KFNX(AM) in Cave Creek, Arizona.. This Notice may be
combined with a further action, if further action is warranted.

2. On July 21, 2010, an agent of the Enforcement Bureau's San Diego
Office inspected KFNX located at 2001 N. 3rd Street, Suite 102,
Phoenix, California and observed the following violations:

a. 47 C.F.R. S: 11.35(a): "EAS Participants must determine the cause of
any failure to receive the required tests or activations specified in
Sections 11.61(a)(1) and (a)(2). Appropriate entries indicating reasons
why any tests were not received or sent must be made in the broadcast
station log as specified in Sections 73.1820 and 73.1840 of this chapter
for all broadcast streams . . . . " At the time of the inspection, the
agent found that there were no entries in the station log indicating why
tests had not been periodically received or sent during various weeks
during three months prior to the inspection.

b. 47 C.F.R. S: 11.61(a): "EAS Participants shall conduct tests at regular
intervals, as specified in paragraphs (a)(1) and (a)(2) of this section.
Additional tests may be performed anytime. EAS activations and special
tests may be performed in lieu of required tests as specified in paragraph
(a)(4) of this section. All tests will conform with the procedures in the
EAS Operating Handbook." At the time of the inspection, the licensee
failed to ensure that, over the three months prior to the inspection,
multiple tests of the EAS system were conducted

c. 47 C.F.R. S: 73.3526(e)(7): "Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) file.
Such information as is required by S: 73.2080 is to be kept in the public
inspection file." At the time of the inspection, the required EEO
information was not in KFNX's public inspection file.

 

[DrAkbar]

Federal Communications Commission

San Diego District Office

4542 Ruffner Street, Suite 370

San Diego, CA 92111



NOTICE OF VIOLATION

YIKES!

Sure hope the gummint agents don't pay a visit to the Goldmine, let alone the KFuNNsters! Those fudged power settings and times could be worth some dough to the taxpayers!

 

[asugeorge1]

YIKES!

Sure hope the gummint agents don't pay a visit to the Goldmine, let alone the KFuNNsters! Those fudged power settings and times could be worth some dough to the taxpayers!

Looks like our friends at the Goldmine have indeed skated by with their violations. The only violations I remember seeing for KAZG were from a couple years ago when they got in trouble for not playing the required monthly test from the Emergency Broadcast system. Beyond that, they have a pretty clean record. The FCC San Diego office must be "Kookie" fans! ;D

 

[oldiesfan6479]

A day late and a dollar short--as usual--for the Gumpduskers to adjust to the new month's
sign-on/off times. Power up this morning at 7:01:40, carrier dump this afternoon 5:31:45.

I think Monday's night's sign-off was an anomaly, as if someone was actually out at the
Lumberyard and dumped the carrier manually (late, but out of lamptimer drift sequence).
The times today have again followed the current "eleven seconds later every 24 hours"
pattern by the lamptimer.


Meanwhile, the KayFuNNsters still appear to be disregarding the monthly time specs, as
it would trash the last half of the oh-so-important "Moe Money Extravaganza." : The
apparent 1510 power drop was at 5:57:30 PM, almost half an hour late and conveniently
right after Moe kissed off today's show. The KayFuNN folks are of course invited to rebut
this by proving they really did drop power at 5:30...but some of us ain't buyin' it! The
signal strength (and the four bars on the Sangean 909 meter) was the same before 5:30
and up until the power drop was finally made.

 

[LibertyNT]

no thread this old should be allowed to fall back to 2nd page status.
Now KAZG should up their power to 50kW so maybe when they dont sign off right I can get them in DFW

 

[DrAkbar]

no thread this old should be allowed to fall back to 2nd page status.
Now KAZG should up their power to 50kW so maybe when they dont sign off right I can get them in DFW

A few years back Nurse Jeff and I suggested a significant power increase for Lumberyard 14~Forty was long overdue. While 50k day wasn't on our radar screen, at least 5k night was. However in order to pull it off, Gumpdusky needed to top what Gordon McLendon did years ago with 11~Nintety in Dallas. We're talkin' more than 12 towers and a pattern that would shoot the signal all the way over to DFW without getting more than six feet up in the air. Talk about the ultimate groundwave! Unfortunately Gumpdusky couldn't pull it off due to limited space at the lumberyard and a shortage of steel. But the plans are safely locked away at the Buckeye Media Hut in hopes some day we'll be hearing worn out oldies 24/7 from the Gold Mine!

 

[asugeorge1]

I was looking over the FCC AM Query page for our beloved Lumberyard and noticed some recent filings with the FCC by Cactus Radio under the application search results. I couldn't find out exactly what the filings were for, except that it is form 302-AM and it is for Direct Measurement. I looked up form 302-AM and it is an "Application for AM Broadcast Station License." This form was accepted for filing on October 28th, 2010. Just yesterday on November 9th, 2010, there was an amendment to the form that was received. The only thing I could find out about the amendment is that it was an Engineering Amendment.

So what does this all mean? KAZG hasn't filed anything on their license since September 26th, 2005, when they renewed their license to broadcast. In addition, the application is current through October 1st, 2013 so it does not need to be renewed. What are these filings for? What's coming down the pipeline from the Goldmine? Inquisitive Lumberyards fans want to know! ???

 

[KeithE4]

I was looking over the FCC AM Query page for our beloved Lumberyard and noticed some recent filings with the FCC by Cactus Radio under the application search results. I couldn't find out exactly what the filings were for, except that it is form 302-AM and it is for Direct Measurement. I looked up form 302-AM and it is an "Application for AM Broadcast Station License." This form was accepted for filing on October 28th, 2010. Just yesterday on November 9th, 2010, there was an amendment to the form that was received. The only thing I could find out about the amendment is that it was an Engineering Amendment.

So what does this all mean? KAZG hasn't filed anything on their license since September 26th, 2005, when they renewed their license to broadcast. In addition, the application is current through October 1st, 2013 so it does not need to be renewed. What are these filings for? What's coming down the pipeline from the Goldmine? Inquisitive Lumberyards fans want to know! ???

Maybe they bought a new lamptimer and they want to use it for direct measurement of sign-on and sign-off times. ;D

 

[justthenumbers]

no thread this old should be allowed to fall back to 2nd page status.

Can't believe I missed this thread turning 2 years old (on Monday)!

 

[fybush]

There's only one appropriate response to that.

All together, now!

"Happy birthday to you,
happy birthday to you,
happy birthday, interminable thread about KAZG Sc - "

(carrier dump)

 

[DrAkbar]

A tip of the fez from the Buckeye Boyz on the second anniversary of this lame topic. What in the Wide, Wide World of Sports was a goin' on in Nurse Jeff and my head when all this began? Go ahead Kookie, lend us your comb!

 

[Sammi Brie]

Not only in the Wide, Wide World of Sports, but actually it's the largest thread by replies in all of the top 20 radio boards combined (the next largest is a 165-post thread in the Boston forum!).

 

[asugeorge1]

Not only in the Wide, Wide World of Sports, but actually it's the largest thread by replies in all of the top 20 radio boards combined (the next largest is a 165-post thread in the Boston forum!).

Remember when this record was in danger earlier this year? "A Day in the Life of a Lamptimer" actually got "locked" for about a week due to some people turning this thread into a religious debate about 1310 AM. I was truly worried that the reign of "A Day in the Life of a Lamptimer" was at an end, but luckily the board moderators came to their senses and reopened this wonderful thread. Thank you Radio-Info Board Moderators!

 

[DrAkbar]

Skip Rimza, Chef Eddie and Hugh Downs all send their best wishes to Lumberyard 14~Forty on this special occasion!

 

[oldiesfan6479]

Attend the behind the stage cast party for just $14.40 per person!

You forgot to mention the inter-corporate party favors--each attendee gets a free
commemorative non-working lamptimer.

Come to think of it, that's almost as good (bad?) as the one at the Lumberyard!

 

[oldiesfan6479]

Yo catfish (with a "c"), since you seem to have the ear of the Gumpduskers, could you ask
why they've failed to do a legal ID at sign-on and sign-off most days for at least five years?
And BTW, the lamptimer has now drifted to over four minutes late.

Yo Oldiesfan...shouldn't all of this be over at the infamous Day In The Life of a Lamptimer post?
After all this thread got started with Gumpdusky moving KDKB to a new site on South Mtn.

10-4, transferring from the South Mountain Tower Sites thread, so my Media Hut credentials
don't get revoked...so what is the deal with KAZG and its seeming inability to comply with FCC
part 73.1201, section A, subsection 1:

73.1201 Station identification.
(a) When regularly required. Broadcast station identification
announcements shall be made:
1) At the beginning and ending of each time of operation...

 

[DrAkbar]

10-4, transferring from the South Mountain Tower Sites thread, so my Media Hut credentials
don't get revoked...so what is the deal with KAZG and its seeming inability to comply with FCC
part 73.1201, section A, subsection 1:

73.1201 Station identification.
(a) When regularly required. Broadcast station identification
announcements shall be made:
1) At the beginning and ending of each time of operation...

This oversight won't get on the FCC's radar screen. However the illegal power grabbers over at 15~Ten are gonna get caught one of these days. There's no excuse for running full power after local sunset for up to 45 minutes. tsk. tsk. tsk.

 

[oldiesfan6479]

I don't know, Doc. You may have to move some of your last post to the
"Illegal Power Alien Returns?" thread. All this cross-threadization here...

 

[DrAkbar]

I don't know, Doc. You may have to move some of your last post to the
"Illegal Power Alien Returns?" thread. All this cross-threadization here...

Perhaps so. But we suspect KFuNN will cite a defective lamptimer as the culprit behind their illegal power grab. Ergo, the posting

But back to Lumberyard 14~Forty. catfish (with no capital C) sez the goldminers need a new ground system. The Buckeye Boyz say there aint room enough around the tower base to bury any strand of copper over 50 ft. in length. What to do? And what will TMISU do if they have to replace the ground system at Sports Parking Lot 6~Twenty? Digging up the parking lot in front of Wal Mart will inconvenience a lot of illegals undocument workers seeking shovel ready jobs. YIKES!