An idea for the new 104.5...

[Stephen_TheMCO]

This was an idea that had crossed my mind ealier.  I think Entercom could benefit from purchasing 104.5 from First Broadcasting, even if the station was stuck up on Radio Hill in Enumclaw.  Entercom could purchase the station, and convert the KMTT (103.7 The Mountain) translator on 103.3 in Downtown Seattle (officially known as K277AE), to re-broadcast 104.5 until such time, if ever, they can get the station up to Cougar Mountain.  If they can apply for some kind of increase in power for the 103.3 translator, it could fill some holes in 104.5's target area, wthout harming 103.7 itself or 103.5 in Vancouver or 103.3 in Portland, or 103.1 in Victoria.  I've never even known why Entercom has that translater re-broadcasting 103.7 on there in the first place, other than something that was left over from when they we're broadcasting from 3-Sisters Mountain long ago.  I've picked up that translator station as far as Bremerton, Bellevue, and Redmond, all on my little AM-FM walkman, so that translator station could have some potential.  They have a pretty good signal on that 250 watt translator coming out of Capital Hill.

The only other way for 104.5 to even have any hope at this point, is to have a booster station (or stations), or translators, helping to get their signal around the Seattle market, unless they can sucessfully deal with the CRTC and 104.1 in Vancouver.  That would take alot of money in itself, and probably not as much of an attraction to potential buyers, as would getting 104.5 onto Cougar.  It would be better than having one transmission though, out of Enumclaw.

One good example would be 107.1 KRQT down in Kelso-Longview.  They can't transmit with alot of power thanks to KRWM up here and KVMX in Portland, and because of that, their coverage into the Kelso-Longview area suffers.  They have a separate booster station (on the same frequency), that adds better coverage into Kelso and Longview.  There's also a station I know of, down in San Diego, which has some limitations from adjacent stations, that is able to get their signal out, with about 4-5 different booster stations around San Diego County.

 

[BurntOutRadio]

"One good example would be 107.1 KRQT down in Kelso-Longview. They can't transmit with alot of power thanks to KRWM up here and KVMX in Portland, and because of that, their coverage into the Kelso-Longview area suffers. They have a separate booster station (on the same frequency), that adds better coverage into Kelso and Longview.

KRQT has a C3 but they have a high transmitter site so they only need a small amount of watts to effectively transmit with the equivalent of 25,000 watts. They have plenty of power over Longview/Kelso. The problem is there is a hill that drops off right at the edge of the towns and the signal goes over them a somewhat This was the only reason they put in a booster.