Bruce Jacobs to start Sporting News Radio today

[average joan]

Well, looks like one of the good guys is back on the air today, Bruce starts his new show on the Sporting News Radio Network. He is on from 4-7 Phx. time, I dont think we can hear him locally, but you can catch him online, sportingnewsradio.com and on Sirius 127. Good Luck to you Bruce, so happy you are back and all the best to you!

 

[KeithE4]

Well, looks like one of the good guys is back on the air today, Bruce starts his new show on the Sporting News Radio Network. He is on from 4-7 Phx. time, I dont think we can hear him locally, but you can catch him online, sportingnewsradio.com and on Sirius 127. Good Luck to you Bruce, so happy you are back and all the best to you!

KDUS has Roc & Manuch 3-6, and Golf (Mon) or Russ Bliss (Tue-Fri) 6-7, so Jacobs won't be heard on AM 1060. Their website doesn't mention Jacobs at all, even in the context of SNR.

 

[average joan]

No, he wont be heard he in PHX. too bad. I was told they havent updated the website yet, Sporting News Radio making lots of changes, Bruce to do the afternoon slot M-F, and Steve Zaban on board for the morning drive.

 

[KeithE4]

No, he wont be heard he in PHX. too bad. I was told they havent updated the website yet, Sporting News Radio making lots of changes, Bruce to do the afternoon slot M-F, and Steve Zaban on board for the morning drive.

Czaban will run from 3-6 AM Phoenix time (4-7 AM starting November 8 ) on 1060. Too bad they're inaudible in the Tuke before sunrise due to KNX's IBOC-hash and KDUS's 1 watt ERP in our direction.

 

[catfish]

KDUS is 500 watts 3 tower directional at night. They are also on the HD2 and 3 channel of KUPD 97.9. Buy an HD radio and you will have no issues picking it up. During the day KDUS is 5000 watts non-directional

 

[KeithE4]

KDUS is 500 watts 3 tower directional at night.

I know what they are - I drive by the towers near I-10 & Guadalupe Rd. every day. Their directional pattern is an almost total null to the south. In fact, in the car I begin to lose the signal to KNX's hash at around Elliot Rd., one mile south. It's almost totally gone by the time I get to Ray Rd. (3 miles south of the towers).

The one watt ERP was facetious, but it can't be too much more than that. KDUS does not fully serve its city of license, let alone the entire metro. They should consider moving their transmitter to somewhere south of Maricopa, with a power increase to 10 kW days and 5 kW nights, if it's legally and technically possible. They would still have to null toward the south to protect a Mexican station (XEG 1050 Monterey, I believe it is), but few people live south of Maricopa anyway. But I'd be very surprised if Gumpdusky did that - it would be expensive.

They are also on the HD2 and 3 channel of KUPD 97.9. Buy an HD radio and you will have no issues picking it up.

Buy a what? Of course, I would be their fourth listener on HD if I did. ;D

During the day KDUS is 5000 watts non-directional

Yep, but that doesn't help Czaban's show, which will be almost totally on the night pattern.

 

[asugeorge1]

KDUS is 500 watts 3 tower directional at night.

I know what they are - I drive by the towers near I-10 & Guadalupe Rd. every day. Their directional pattern is an almost total null to the south. In fact, in the car I begin to lose the signal to KNX's hash at around Elliot Rd., one mile south. It's almost totally gone by the time I get to Ray Rd. (3 miles south of the towers).

The one watt ERP was facetious, but it can't be too much more than that. KDUS does not fully serve its city of license, let alone the entire metro. They should consider moving their transmitter to somewhere south of Maricopa, with a power increase to 10 kW days and 5 kW nights, if it's legally and technically possible. They would still have to null toward the south to protect a Mexican station (XEG 1050 Monterey, I believe it is), but few people live south of Maricopa anyway. But I'd be very surprised if Gumpdusky did that - it would be expensive.

They are also on the HD2 and 3 channel of KUPD 97.9. Buy an HD radio and you will have no issues picking it up.

Buy a what? Of course, I would be their fourth listener on HD if I did. ;D

During the day KDUS is 5000 watts non-directional

Yep, but that doesn't help Czaban's show, which will be almost totally on the night pattern.

To be honest, I prefer KDUS being only 500 watts at night because that allows me and many others in the Valley to pick up KNX 1070 with little interference from the 1060 signal. If the night-time signal of KDUS were 5000 watts, that would make KNX 1070 unlistenable in the Valley. In addition, a request by Sandusky to increase the night-time power from 500 to 5000 watts would probably get rejected by the FCC to protect KNX 1070. Sorry! :'(

 

[KeithE4]

To be honest, I prefer KDUS being only 500 watts at night because that allows me and many others in the Valley to pick up KNX 1070 with little interference from the 1060 signal. If the night-time signal of KDUS were 5000 watts, that would make KNX 1070 unlistenable in the Valley. In addition, a request by Sandusky to increase the night-time power from 500 to 5000 watts would probably get rejected by the FCC to protect KNX 1070. Sorry! :'(

It might have to have a slight null to the west, but other than that, I doubt it. XEG is protected by treaty (is NARBA still in effect or has something superseded it?), but I'd be surprised if KNX has the same kind of protection.

Besides, KNX is available online, and is still weak-to-medium in most parts of the valley, with or without KDUS splatter. KNX and its I-crap causes more interference to KDUS than the other way around.

 

[oldiesfan6479]

KDUS is 500 watts 3 tower directional at night. They are also on the HD2 and 3 channel of KUPD 97.9. Buy an HD radio
and you will have no issues picking it up. During the day KDUS is 5000 watts non-directional

Our buddy catfish (with a "c") is quite knowledgable about things Gumpdusky.
An insider perhaps?

But he still won't spill the beans on why such an "inept" lamptimer is in use at
Lumberyard 1440 and why the station can't do a required legal ID at sign on/off.
Not to mention the 52 watts mystery. ;D

 

[oldiesfan6479]

Besides, KNX is available online, and is still weak-to-medium in most parts of the valley, with or without KDUS splatter.
KNX and its I-crap causes more interference to KDUS than the other way around.

Sorry Keith, but I'd rather be able to listen to KNX 1070 (great frequency, BTW! )
on the radio at night than the KDUS jock talk.

 

[KeithE4]

Sorry Keith, but I'd rather be able to listen to KNX 1070 (great frequency, BTW! )
on the radio at night than the KDUS jock talk.

Don't get me wrong - I like KNX too, but there is no reason whatsoever for them to be heard in Phoenix, or anywhere else outside of SoCal. They run 50 gallons to be able to do that, and even then, I understand that there are dead spots in their coverage. They don't care if they're heard in Phoenix, Portland, Denver, or anywhere else. For the rest of us, there is online.

We're non-entities to LA stations and their advertisers, just like California listeners don't mean a hill of beans to KFYI and KTAR (and both stations are audible there, at least weakly). This is 2010, not 1970, so DX is also irrelevant. It's fun and I've enjoyed it over the years, but it means nothing to the stations. And, they do cause a local station to not be able to serve their home market due to their IBOC garbage, which is far more important.

 

[flashman1]

I always liked Jacobs on sports, particularly local with Mike Golic here a while back. He was totally lost in politics, but that might be due to the dictates of KKKFYI. I've heard him on weekends on SNN over the years as well, but not lately--although I rarely listen to sports talk on Saturday nights anyway. He's a funny guy and I wish him well.

 

[oldiesfan6479]

Don't get me wrong - I like KNX too, but there is no reason whatsoever for them to be heard in Phoenix......They don't care if they're heard in Phoenix, Portland, Denver, or anywhere else......We're non-entities to LA stations and their advertisers, just like California listeners don't mean a hill of beans to KFYI and KTAR (and both stations are audible there, at least weakly)......And, they do cause a local station to not be able to serve their home market due to their IBOC garbage, which is far more important.

Keith, I'd vote with you--even if it meant losing the KNX signal--if it also meant every
AM I-CRAPper would have to shut off its hash 'n' hiss maker!

But geez, some of your post makes you sound just like the Old Gringo. ;D

 

[EricStein]

KDUS has Roc & Manuch 3-6, and Golf (Mon) or Russ Bliss (Tue-Fri) 6-7, so Jacobs won't be heard on AM 1060. Their website doesn't mention Jacobs at all, even in the context of SNR.

Jacobs would be a better listen than the Right Toyota boys, but R&M are paying KDUS for the airtime, and the station probably wants that revenue more than the extra listeners (or they could move R&M to the Lumberyard, where they belong).

 

[KeithE4]

Keith, I'd vote with you--even if it meant losing the KNX signal--if it also meant every
AM I-CRAPper would have to shut off its hash 'n' hiss maker!

But geez, some of your post makes you sound just like the Old Gringo. ;D

Yeah, I know, but in this particular case, he's right. It's just common sense and Business 101: You're in business serve the folks that pay you and make a profit on those efforts, and in the case of local radio stations doing local programming (which both KNX and KDUS do plenty of), they serve local advertisers.

Why would CBS want Phoenix residents to listen to KNX, when they own stations in Phoenix (the lack of a news format here notwithstanding) that CBS wants us to listen to? LA advertisers won't get sales from Phoenix listeners to KNX, but Phoenix advertisers will if they advertise on a Phoenix station, and they won't get them from LA listeners.

I'm surprised that radio stations don't restrict online listening to zip codes in their own local market. MLB does the opposite, blacking out MLB.TV in entire zip-code blocks, depending on the team. The principle is the same, although the bad publicity if anyone tried it could theoretically hurt a station's bottom line.

 

[johndavis]

Yeah, I know, but in this particular case, he's right. It's just common sense and Business 101: You're in business serve the folks that pay you and make a profit on those efforts, and in the case of local radio stations doing local programming (which both KNX and KDUS do plenty of), they serve local advertisers.

The irony is the stations with monster signals care nothing about the people on the fringe who are listening outside of their service area while the rimshots care nothing about the people who live in their service area because they're trying to get people on the fringe.

As for the Sandusky properties, all AM airtime is for sale. If you want an hour or two, they'll happily pre-empt SNR or the Goldmine for the right amount of cash.