AM transmitter moves that turned out to be the station's downfall

[LA_Guy]

I don't know how eminent domain could come into play with a radio station being a federal licensee..if someone were going to try to evict WLW for another strip center.

The problem isn't the Feds, it's the locals who want to take the land for another use that will fetch higher property taxes for them. The license doesn't convey any special rights against the property being taken.

It would come into play if a local government operating under the present interpretation of eminent domain decided that the presence of a radio transmitter, especially a multi-tower array was keeping them from using the land for a more revenue generating activity. Not saying it has been done but it could be.

In Los Angeles KFI jumped across a lot of legal and NIMBY challenges to keep their tower in the same location even though it is now sandwiched into a commercial industrial complex.

I don't think many people realize just how hemmed in KFI has become. Big problem is from KIRN on 670; just about rules out a move to the north. A diplex with KNX has all sorts of problems. For example, KFI broadcasting from the KNX site could not meet Class A AM minimum efficiency requirements because a tower designed for 1070 is too short for 640. Still, if CCU had the $$$ to spend and wanted to spend them on a KFI project and if CBS were willing, a KFI aux at the KNX site using a diplex into KNX's main stick would make a heck of a lot more sense than the short stick that KFI has for an aux. It can barely handle 25 kW, let alone 50. And it is WAY less efficient than the 1070 stick would be at 640. Now, the existing 640 aux would work better at 1070 than it works at 640. Even at 1070, it would be really short, however, and I don't know if it could handle more than 25 kW, but what, if anything, does KNX currently have for an aux stick?

They already own the now vacant site in Montecito Heights which they used as an alternate site while rebuilding the main tower on Trojan Way. So doing a diplex off the KNX site wouldn't be needed. The former 1150 towers they did use are shorter yet but apparently they could still protect KIRN. That could be why they didn't use the 570 site for the time they needed to not have RF at the main site to protect the tower crews.

Their lease at the Montecido site ends on March 10th, and Clear Channel is in the process of stripping the site. Anyone want a Power Rock 5 KW AM transmitter on 1150? Apparently the Foursquare Church (owner of the site) plans to sell the land to a developer.

 

[Koredump]

WKIX 850 Raleigh, NC.10 kW. NDA/D, 5 kW daN. Daytime signal could be heard from Greensboro to New Bern, and VA to SC border., Nighttime sig frequently got QSL's from the caribbean.

A mercenary owner got a fat offer for the property (that bordered the new route of I-40 and the Raleigh beltline), and moved the transmitter 15 miles SW, into a pasture with god-awful ground conductivity, adjacent to a railroad track, and added an additional tower to protect a 1 kw. Daytimer 50 miles away, which has since gone dark.

Totally ruined one of the best AM signals in North Carolina.