Clear Channel to Buy New Sacramento Rimshot Move-in

[Michael Rivers Kramer]

An application was filed with the FCC for the transfer of control of KJDX to Clear Channel for Sierra Broadcasting for $2,750,000.
The asset purchase agreement indicates specifically that the stations CP move from Susanville to Pollock Pines will put a 54 dbu signal over Sacramento. They must be using a Longly-Rice propagation map to get that, because the radio-locator map shows a weaker signal:

http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KJDX&service=FM&status=C&hours=U

Here is the FCC map:

http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws...xt=25&appn=101224535&formid=314&fac_num=60300

Gee...Why would Clear Channel do this?

1. A KFBK FM simulcast to get younger listeners to tune in?

2. La Preciosa?

This is interesting.

 

[RadioStarOne]

With all the changes Clear Channel has made in the last eight months, what is one more crazy move more or less?

 

[Oldjock56]

Hablas tu espanol ? Bueno, Bueno !

 

[LatinoPride]

The Hispanic community needs more than a rimshot station? Are there any full market signals in the market that are Spanish language stations?

 

[bradrollinondubz]

The Hispanic community needs more than a rimshot station? Are there any full market signals in the market that are Spanish language stations?

Go to So Cal. There's nothing but spanish all over the AM dial - brutal.

 

[Hunter]

The Hispanic community needs more than a rimshot station? Are there any full market signals in the market that are Spanish language stations?

Go to So Cal. There's nothing but spanish all over the AM dial - brutal.

You must be primarily thinking of San Diego where about 14 of the 29 local AM stations speak spanish and about 14 speak english...17 of the market's AMs broadcast from Mexico.

In L.A. there are only about 6 spanish speaking stations out of 26 that call the market home. About 12 of the 26 are english speaking. 5 are various Asian formats. One is Iranian, another is various programming and one other is not on the air due to COL and facility changes.

In Riverside/San Bernardino of the 13 AM stations located there, there are only about 4 spanish speaking stations. Most of the rest are english.

 

[bbutler]

Any truth to the rumor that CC is going to add a second additional station to their Sacramento group?

 

[RadioStarOne]

You must be talking about Clear Channels soon to be announced purchase of KCCL 92.1 FM Placerville from First Broadcasting. I will now turn off my crystal ball.

 

[TedL]

Interesting to see what's happening on the Susanville end of the deal:

After moving KJDX, 93.3 from Susanville to Pollack Pines, KJDX's owner Sierra Broadcasting has applied to move its current C2 station, KHJQ, 92.3, Susanville from 92.3 to 93.3 and drop the power a tad from what appears to be the same transmitter site as KJDX.

Sierra kept the KJDX call sign in the deal to sell the Pollack Pines station to a Kentucky company, Spectrum Scan-Susanville, LLC, that assigned its interests to Clear Channel.

What's interesting about the sale agreement with Spectrum Scan is that is specifically mentions the move to Pollack Pines, "which will permit the placement of a 54 dBu signal over Sacramento, California..." so the intent to serve Sacramento is quite clear, even though the station is licensed to serve Pollack Pines.

Sierra also owns KSUE, 1240, Susanville, a 1KW Non-directional full time station, the only AM on the air there.

Chris Kidd's Eastern Sierra Broadcasting has had a couple of applications pending for a new AM on 1490... which would be a non-directional station with 1KW days and 970 watts at night to protect a co-channel station in Eureka.

The shift of KJDX to Pollack Pines leaves Susanville with only one commercial FM, a 1.5kw Class A, KLZN, 96.3 owned by Gary Katz and his wife. Katz was a principal in Result Radio's Chico stations, which he sold in the late 1990's.

Educational Media (K-Love) out of Rocklin has 30 watt Class A non-commercial KJAR on 88.1.

Just yesterday (1/22/08) a CP was granted for a 6KW Class A on 90.1, licensed to "California Association for Research and Education, Inc.," equally owned by a couple from Camirillo, CA.

Wonder what the programming will be like. They state in their app for the CP:

"The California Association for Research and Education, Inc. was founded to improve the
eye care and health care of medically underserved communities through medical
education, research, and humanitarian outreach.

The proposed station will further our educational objectives by providing radio programming to address health issues of importance to medically underserved communities.

Radio programming will be overseen by professionals who are competent, and certified or accredited by their respective regional and/or national accrediting organizations, such as the American Dietetic Association, the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, the American Optometric Association, the American Podiatric Medical Association, the American Psychological Association, the American Medical Association, and others."

Several new non-commercial band FM applications are pending, including a class C 12KW on 90.9 Lassen Community College filed for in December, 2007.

A gospel group proposes building a 200 watt Class A on 88.9.

There are several translators on the air in Susanville, and a number of others applied for.

Lots of fun doing TX work up there... especially in the winter time. I heard from a long-time engineer about what happened the last time he was there, working on a mountaintop when it was windy!

Ted.

 

[ContactLenz]

It is probably still too early in the process to know what format CC intends tiwht the new FM signal..but is there any more news with this as of now?