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Tucson Are there any updates on KWCX, KCDX, KKYZ, KRDX?

RF101 said:
Tucker is at it again. Admittedly, I did not out see this one coming.

Cochise today filed to change KXKR's Community of License to South Tucson, upgrade power to 13.5kw ERP, and change frequency to 101.3 . Same location but different antenna pattern (now with no deep nulls).
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Hasn't happened yet...hmmm...
 
A Ted Tucker move. This one has me scratching my head.... Cochise today cancelled the license of KXZK 104.5 in Vail Arizona (Class A ). This might have been in error as a planned Class C3 upgrade paperwork was subsequently cancelled:

See : https://fccdata.org/?facid=164116 (Main listing)

No attachments, or insight on the main cancellation. On paper it seemed good coverage would have been possible in Southeast Tucson.

Might this be paving the way for another Tucson area signal upgrade or move-in ? Two metro Class A's are 400 kHz away : KFLT 104.1 , KWCX 104.9
 
Here's the KXZK answer. The station is still alive. The previous upgrade permit was cancelled and replaced with a new, improved one for this Class C3. The proposed tower is about 0.3 miles off Sahuarita Road.

Coordinates (NAD83) Latitude 31° 57' 31.0" N+
Longitude 110° 42' 50.0" W-
Structure Type LTOWER-Lattice Tower
Overall Structure Height 18.3 meters
Support Structure Height 18.3 meters
Ground Elevation (AMSL) 1143 meters
Height of Radiation Center Above Ground Level (H/V) : 14.5 M
HAAT : 21 M
RCAMSL : 1157.5 M
ERP : 8.2 kW (H/V)

The proposed 60 dBu contour would reach downtown Tucson.

Engineering: https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/25076ff394e07de4019525686cde3586
Waiver Request : https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/25076ff394e07de4019525617400355b
 
Mr. Tucker continues to work the magic for his Cochise Media LLC. His group just filed the L2C's for the two replacement "donor NCEs" at Lordsburg, New Mexico: KFNM, KDNM. The official licensee is "Cochise Community Radio Corporation". These donors NCE's allowed KPSA-FM to move westward towards Tucson, ending up in Mescal (COL) with a tower site east of Benson along the Interstate. The non-profit has been used in several communities as "backfill donors" in a complex media strategy. Bravo! A master chess player indeed.
 
Interesting...even better tax write off for the non-com properties, I wonder.
 
RF101 said:
Mr. Tucker continues to work the magic for his Cochise Media LLC. His group just filed the L2C's for the two replacement "donor NCEs" at Lordsburg, New Mexico: KFNM, KDNM. The official licensee is "Cochise Community Radio Corporation". These donors NCE's allowed KPSA-FM to move westward towards Tucson, ending up in Mescal (COL) with a tower site east of Benson along the Interstate. The non-profit has been used in several communities as "backfill donors" in a complex media strategy. Bravo! A master chess player indeed.
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Tucker is donating to a non profit he owns.

And these non profit permits dont ever have to actually be built.

I know of a case in Colorado where someone had a permit to move a small FM to Denver, someone had a non comm cp for the same town.... the FM moved, the CP was never built and expired
 
Technically, a commercial CP can change to a new community if the current community has the one non-com CP. The non-com could be allowed to expire and leave the old community without service. The FCC doesn't like this. However, if that commercial station was already licensed before the move, they would need to wait until the non-com is built and license applied for before they apply to change to a new community.
I've done this several times. I still try to maintain the non-com's until I find someone to donate them to.
 
On the KXKR front the recent sale of KXXO Olympia to Bustos Media makes me wonder why KXKR is not under Bustos ownership already. The KXKR tower/antenna is on Bustos Media's KVOI office site anyway.
 
Wasn't the stick there before Bustos bought the place?
 
kwthom said:
Is Ted Jr., running the show these days??

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Useless trivia (and, keeping this thread breathing...ever so slightly...)

I note that the malfunctioning for two-plus-years KCDX.COM web page is up for domain renewal later in 2026.

Does it get renewed?

Does it get renewed *and* repaired?

Tune in to find out, I suppose.
 
kwthom said:
Useless trivia (and, keeping this thread breathing...ever so slightly...)

I note that the malfunctioning for two-plus-years KCDX.COM web page is up for domain renewal later in 2026.

Does it get renewed?

Does it get renewed *and* repaired?

Tune in to find out, I suppose.
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I don't know about "running the show " lately.
I have noticed KZXK Doney Park/Flagstaff has been running like a top. I get its signal in two channels at 98.9Mhz going west on Chino Valley's Outer Loop road. That kicks pa-tootie compared to a couple of years ago. Steady selections of classic rock & oldies keep it interesting.
Great little 560 watts high up HAAT...
Looking out from upper SF Peaks.
 
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RF101 said:
Here's the KXZK answer. The station is still alive. The previous upgrade permit was cancelled and replaced with a new, improved one for this Class C3. The proposed tower is about 0.3 miles off Sahuarita Road.

Coordinates (NAD83) Latitude 31° 57' 31.0" N+
Longitude 110° 42' 50.0" W-
Structure Type LTOWER-Lattice Tower
Overall Structure Height 18.3 meters
Support Structure Height 18.3 meters
Ground Elevation (AMSL) 1143 meters
Height of Radiation Center Above Ground Level (H/V) : 14.5 M
HAAT : 21 M
RCAMSL : 1157.5 M
ERP : 8.2 kW (H/V)

The proposed 60 dBu contour would reach downtown Tucson.

Engineering: https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/25076ff394e07de4019525686cde3586
Waiver Request : https://enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/25076ff394e07de4019525617400355b
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There was one final mod amendment to the KXZK 104.5 application. This one was just approved by the FCC Media Bureau with a 60 dBu contour covering much of eastern Tucson. I wonder if this upgrade will get built out.

31 55' 39.3" N / 110 37' 59.2" W
HAAT 145 M 4.1 kw ERP H/V

It's amazing but legal according to the US-Mexico Agreement - the station has a registered -23.1 dB null towards Nogales (200 degrees). Too bad the US-Canada Working Agreement limits those cross border nulls to just -20 dB. (The Intra-US null figure is limited to -15 dBu.)
 


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