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Breaking news! Savage back on!

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DNezTech

Savage now on Cumulus with KBET 790 kHz AM Talk Now.
Broadcast first show on October 23, 2012 at 6:00 PM Pacific.
The man had some jitters being the first new broadcast with the new phone number.
Plenty of caller response with the first two being Internet listeners. :-\

And... Teddy barked! ;)

Ed pulled it off. ::)
 
I have never listened to this station but I heard that the signal is weak at night (during his show). Is that true? I'm wondering why Cumulus would have put him on a station where listeners won't be able to hear him...
 
The KBET signal is OK at night. I can pick it up better than some AM stations such as 920 KBAD, Still it can't compare to the booming signal of KDWN or KXNT-FM.

As I predicted in another thread my guess is KBET was offered the show simply because they air another Cumulus show...Mike Huckabee.

I'm not sure if Cumulus ever contacted KDWN about this. They should have at least talked to them considering KDWN had been the LV Savage affiliate for 11 years.

My question is even if they were given the chance would either KDWN or KXNT have picked up Savage and aired him live the way KBET is doing instead of tape delayed? If not then I think Cumulus made the right decision despite the somewhat limited signal.
 
He is also back on KKOH in Reno at 6p (PST). I wish they would have left the starting time for
"Red Eye Radio at 11p, instead of running Mark Levin till Midnight.
 
For a long time, Ed was running 1kw all night long and the signal was good. Then it went back down. He must have gotten a letter in the mail from an important government organization.
 
Jay F. Both 790 and 920 are highly directional at night. If you live in one of the nulls you are out of luck. IF you live in one of the peaks you are in great shape. KBET is 300 watts at night, (At least it's supposed to be!) and KBAD 920 is 500 watts (and I keep it there!). Take a look at their directional patterns and see if you live in a null or peak.
KBET 790 http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/1143672-95707.pdf
KBET is located up near Nellis AFB
KBAD 920 http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/402337-67779.pdf
KBAD is located near the North Las Vegas Airport VGT
Of course local interference can be an issue as well and that varies by frequency/location. AM does suffer from that.
Bill C. the CHief E.
 
The station that needs to power down at night is 670. Their inteference splatters all over KTNN, which I'd far sooner listen to.
 
Listening yesterday I noticed Savage was at the top of his game, His show was tight. Sometimes under the old network (maybe because he was unhappy with them) he would get too moody and slow the show down too much.
 
kkoh might come in later in the winter in the evening

the evening slot might not be as good as drive time, kdwn lost Limbaugh, now Savage ...and how much more "we're debt free" can people take from kxnt

your right who knows about 790?
 
Correction...
790 kHz AM KBET is located between the Silver Bowl Park and the old trash dump by Sunrise. Pretty far from Nellis. The 4 tower array between Nellis and I-15 is 1140 kHz AM KYDZ.

Savage does seem on his game, almost like he was being held down at TRN.
 
someone on this website said that TRN was controlled by the Roy Masters family and they have many business interests in So Oregon and they are sort of "control freaks" "Roybots" they are called. I bet Savage hates that kind of control.
 
MC said:
someone on this website said that TRN was controlled by the Roy Masters family and they have many business interests in So Oregon and they are sort of "control freaks" "Roybots" they are called. I bet Savage hates that kind of control.
Click to expand...

Yep, the wacko's out of Oregon...
 
I always thought the "Roybots" were the P1 listeners of Roy Masters, those who buy his materials, attend his seminars etc not the Masters family itself or TRN.

I'm glad Roy is still doing his show. It's one of the only things that hasn't changed in the world from when I was a kid. He pretty much still sounds like he always has too.
 
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