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CKEE 101.5 Whistler, B.C. seeks rebroadcaster in North Vancouver

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Dan Sys

Four Senses Entertainment has applied for a rebroadcaster in North Vancouver on 99.9 with 450 watts (average and maximum ERP). Antenna height will be 57 metres (EHAAT) with the radiation pattern being directional. The new station will simulcast CKEE 101.5 in Whistler.
 
I see some good and bad in this. It would be cool to have a real AAA station back in town (that is not that joke, CKPK). However, i'd like to see where the antenna would actually be placed. I assume it's not going on Seymour with KISW on 99.9 in Seattle.
 
From what I can tell by looking at their proposed coverage map the tower will be located in the Upper Lonsdale area of North Vancouver.
 
I can't wait to see how it works. I know KISW was awfully popular around the lower mainland back in the 80's and 90's, I don't think they have much of a following now, though. At any rate, there probably won't be any complaints.
 
I lost KISW back in 2007 when the CBC put a 790 watt Radio 2 repeater in Chilliwack on 99.9. KISW's stream is embargoed in Canada, so I totally lost a station that I had been listening to for decades.
 
Dan Sys said:
I lost KISW back in 2007 when the CBC put a 790 watt Radio 2 repeater in Chilliwack on 99.9. KISW's stream is embargoed in Canada, so I totally lost a station that I had been listening to for decades.
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That's a shame! Was the signal pretty decent out there in the valley? Repeaters and LP's ruin everything. I think CBU 690 works fine out in Chilliwack anyway...
 
KISW had a great signal in the valley, as do the other major Seattle area stations whose signals haven't been lost to a local low power station or repeater on the same frequency. In light of what's been happening lately I'm sure it's just a matter of time before the powerhouse signals of KUBE, KMPS, KUOW, KJR-FM, KJAQ, KIRO, KING, KLCK, KPLZ, KCMS, KBKS, & KRWM are gone too. KNDD's days are now numbered with the recent approval of the new station in Surrey on 107.7.

Yes, the CBC stations in Chilliwack and Abbotsford are totally redundant as the CBC signals from Vancouver blast into those communities.
 
Dan Sys said:
KISW had a great signal in the valley, as do the other major Seattle area stations whose signals haven't been lost to a local low power station or repeater on the same frequency. In light of what's been happening lately I'm sure it's just a matter of time before the powerhouse signals of KUBE, KMPS, KUOW, KJR-FM, KJAQ, KIRO, KING, KLCK, KPLZ, KCMS, KBKS, & KRWM are gone too. KNDD's days are now numbered with the recent approval of the new station in Surrey on 107.7.

Yes, the CBC stations in Chilliwack and Abbotsford are totally redundant as the CBC signals from Vancouver blast into those communities.
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Wow. That is surprising to me. The signals coming from Tiger Mountain in Seattle usually fair well around the fringe areas (so that does not surprise me), but the signals from Cougar Mountain or Queen Ann Hill seem like they would be lost long before hitting the lower mainland.

I don't know what the Mount Seymour coverage is like in Chilliwack, but judging by the fact that CFUN utilizes two frequencies, I can see why repeaters may be needed.
 
CRTC doesn't want you listening to stations from Seattle I suppose. Thank god for Yakima and Ellensburg. Wide open on many frequencies including 96.5, 97.3, 98.1 and 102.5.

-crainbebo
 
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