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Disney Sells 1110 KRDC to KWVE Owner Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa
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The sports will stay on KSPN.
KSPN 710 is significantly weaker in San Diego after they moved transmitter sites.
KSPN 710 has been ESPN for a while. It's owned by Good Karma Brands.
I expect for KSPN to add an HD-subchannel any day now. Maybe on KKGO or KLOS? A lot of electric cars in Southern California to not at least have a token presence on FM.
Also, while a Wilson signal is likely way beyond reach, I wouldn't be surprised if they made a play for KDLD if it ever was available or if Stevie Wonder decided to exit the radio business.
I wonder the same thing about what, if anything, kspn is brewing behind the scenes. They spent a lot of money to re-up with the Lakers. I can’t imagine any side being happy with the station not being in the top 10 in money demos or the ratings at all
We won't know for sure unless they pre-announce their plans. However, I would expect a simulcast with 107.9.
107.9 does have a decent signal in most of Orange Country and a good portion of the IE because of the incredible height and line of site, it is at the end of the day only 530 watts and has a very strong null to the north because of KUZZ-FM in Bakersfield. They attempted to let the directional pattern out a while back but it was denied.
With 1110, KWVE would have expand their availability across most of Los Angeles County which they don't have now. They can likely improve the translator that is coming with it at least a little and this would also open the door to feed additional translators down the road should they become available (which they can't do now with KWVE-FM).
In Chicago, Good Karma was able to simulcast it on one of Hubbard's HD sub-channels. Hubbard doesn't do any sports in Chicago.
I think it is going to be really hard to be the flagship of any pro team anywhere going forward and not have any presence on FM, especially in a market like LA.
Can you imagine a staff member in the front office of the Lakers not being able to hear their team in their Tesla or BMW or even their flagship station? It's not going to go well and the situation is only getting worse, the recent, and probably temporary, walk back from Ford notwithstanding.
The way iHeart has been handling it is building a very rich streaming presence for the teams. Lots of edited highlights from games. Real time play by play isn't as useful for younger audiences as the edited highlights.
Is their transmitter still on a hill in San Clemente (it was when I was on-air there in 1993) or has it been moved since? I know the studios moved many years ago from El Camino Real in San Clemente to CCCM.
It's up on Santiago Peak. The aux is still in San Clemente.
Very true about iHeart, which stopped mentioning listening to games on AM 570 some time ago. When cross promoting on KFI, it's always "hear it on LA Sports on the iHeart radio app". Obviously, a very smart move as this drives a lot more traffic and downloading to their app. The app is really more important to iHeart than than the broadcasting division of the company.
Rightfully so. Translators cost a lot of money
I’m curious to know what Good Karma has planned, if anything. From what I see on the ESPN LA app, it’s just podcasts and an option to listen live. Not implying sports is a major need on fm in LA.
All that said, when Family Radio took over KFRC (now KEAR, 610) in San Francisco in 2005, they agreed to continue Oakland A's broadcasts for the rest of the 2005 season. This also caused KEAR to delay conversion to noncommercial status.
Keep in mind that 1110 KRDC has only been simulcasting 710 KSPN since 4/14/2021.
KSPN was a standalone outlet on 710 from 1/1/2003 to 4/14/2021.
(Previously, KSPN was a standalone on 1110 from 12/1/2000 until 1/1/2003.)
710 goes back to what it has been for most of its existence as the simulcast/overflow on 1110 was a nice bonus for 2+ years.
(Though, even before the simulcast started, 1110 was used for conflicts.)
They'll have to look for a different outlet for conflicts, particularly Rams + Lakers (830? 1090?)
They *have* used 93.1 to simulcast Rams games.
KSPN was a standalone outlet on 710 from 1/1/2003 to 4/14/2021.
(Previously, KSPN was a standalone on 1110 from 12/1/2000 until 1/1/2003.)
710 goes back to what it has been for most of its existence as the simulcast/overflow on 1110 was a nice bonus for 2+ years.
(Though, even before the simulcast started, 1110 was used for conflicts.)
They'll have to look for a different outlet for conflicts, particularly Rams + Lakers (830? 1090?)
They *have* used 93.1 to simulcast Rams games.
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Buy high, sell low...the legacy of Radio Disney.
Disney Sells Its Final Radio Station, L.A.’s KRDC.
The Walt Disney Company, whose ABC Radio was an industry powerhouse for decades, is leaving the business as quiet as a mouse. Disney has struck a $5 million deal towww.insideradio.com
Congrats to Disney selling it's last radio station KDRC Los Angeles to Calvary Chapel.
For years, 1260 was everyone’s overflow station. By the way, does anyone here know how which stations get selected for overflow conflicts?
It's negotiated between teams and stations. If a station has two games from different teams in the same time period, they work with the teams under their contract and find a second station to carry one of the games.
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