Does anyone know if this is true?

[weather]

Earlier today from Allaccess
Oldies KKLD (THE CLOUD)/PRESCOTT VALLEY, AZ is being sold by CHRIS DEVINE and BRUCE BUZIL's LAKESHORE MEDIA/3 POINT MEDIA to JOHN BORDERS' SUNBURST MEDIA for $26 million. KKLD plans a move-in to the PHOENIX market, although a move-in application is not listed in the FCC database at the moment. DEVINE and BUZIL bought the station from GRANT HAFLEY in 2002
Does anyone know if they are moving this in to the Phoenix market? Isn't that on 98.3? Would they keep the Oldies format?

 

[EricStein]

> Earlier today from Allaccess
> Oldies KKLD (THE CLOUD)/PRESCOTT VALLEY, AZ is being sold by
> CHRIS DEVINE and BRUCE BUZIL's LAKESHORE MEDIA/3 POINT MEDIA
> to JOHN BORDERS' SUNBURST MEDIA for $26 million. KKLD plans
> a move-in to the PHOENIX market, although a move-in
> application is not listed in the FCC database at the moment.
> DEVINE and BUZIL bought the station from GRANT HAFLEY in
> 2002
> Does anyone know if they are moving this in to the Phoenix
> market? Isn't that on 98.3? Would they keep the Oldies
> format?

Confirmed.

I doubt Oldies will stay on 98.3 after moving closer to Phoenix. But, I can't think of any format holes outside of Urban AC and AAA. With 97.5 yet to come back on the air, and the new 99.3 in Payson trying to move down to cover the market, Phoenix might just end up being like Salt Lake City - oversaturated with FM's.

 

[tanim_95]

Re: 99.3 from Payson

> With 97.5 yet to come back on the air, and
> the new 99.3 in Payson trying to move down to cover the
> market, Phoenix might just end up being like Salt Lake City
> - oversaturated with FM's.

If 99.3 from Payson moves down, what happens to the 99.3 (K257CD) that is currently a translator (?) for KAJM? I would imagine that a fairly significant percentage of KAJM's audience listens primarily to 99.3 instead of 104.3.

 

[weather]

Re: 99.3 from Payson

> > With 97.5 yet to come back on the air, and
> > the new 99.3 in Payson trying to move down to cover the
> > market, Phoenix might just end up being like Salt Lake
> City
> > - oversaturated with FM's.
>
> If 99.3 from Payson moves down, what happens to the 99.3
> (K257CD) that is currently a translator (?) for KAJM? I
> would imagine that a fairly significant percentage of KAJM's
> audience listens primarily to 99.3 instead of 104.3.
>
Yes, I had almost forgotten about 97.5. I wonder if they will come back on the air over Labor Day weekend-or if they are still getting things started..

 

[jonbruce]

Re: 99.3 from Payson

Translators are a secondary service, bumpable by a full power station, should one fit.
>
> If 99.3 from Payson moves down, what happens to the 99.3
> (K257CD) that is currently a translator (?) for KAJM? I
> would imagine that a fairly significant percentage of KAJM's
> audience listens primarily to 99.3 instead of 104.3.
>

 

[EricStein]

Re: 99.3 from Payson

> If 99.3 from Payson moves down, what happens to the 99.3
> (K257CD) that is currently a translator (?) for KAJM? I
> would imagine that a fairly significant percentage of KAJM's
> audience listens primarily to 99.3 instead of 104.3.

If KSXX 99.3 Payson moves down to the Phoenix area, the translator will either shut down or move. If KAJM gets the approval to move to Crown King/Towers Mountain with a slight downgrade to Class C0 and Camp Verde town of license, they wouldn't need the translator anymore because the 104.3 signal would be the equivalent of 95.1 during its KCDX simulcast period.

As for KSXX, it's not if it will move down, it's when. Kemp didn't spend so much on the construction permit only for it to be a Payson area station. He's applied for a Class C2 south of Payson along the rim, but with some creative engineering, 99.3 could probably move to the same tower or area as KHOT 105.9 with a change in COL (engineers, fill me in if this is possible).

 

[Outlaw]

Re: 99.3 from Payson

> > If 99.3 from Payson moves down, what happens to the 99.3
> > (K257CD) that is currently a translator (?) for KAJM? I
> > would imagine that a fairly significant percentage of
> KAJM's
> > audience listens primarily to 99.3 instead of 104.3.
>
> If KSXX 99.3 Payson moves down to the Phoenix area, the
> translator will either shut down or move. If KAJM gets the
> approval to move to Crown King/Towers Mountain with a slight
> downgrade to Class C0 and Camp Verde town of license, they
> wouldn't need the translator anymore because the 104.3
> signal would be the equivalent of 95.1 during its KCDX
> simulcast period.
>
> As for KSXX, it's not if it will move down, it's when. Kemp
> didn't spend so much on the construction permit only for it
> to be a Payson area station. He's applied for a Class C2
> south of Payson along the rim, but with some creative
> engineering, 99.3 could probably move to the same tower or
> area as KHOT 105.9 with a change in COL (engineers, fill me
> in if this is possible).
>

Last time I mapped it out, 99.3 Payson can get to a C2 on Mt. Ord (if the Forest Service would allow high power and full time broadcasters) but, would have to be directional pointing almost North due to KIIM 99.5 Tucson. They can't move West because of an allocation at 99.5A Yarnell (McDowell mountains is out). There is a small window on the rim that would allow them to get to C1 but is tight with 99.5C2 Snowflake. So, in my opinion, KSXX is stuck serving Payson and Roosevelt lake area. Payson can't be too bad considering it has strong population growth and there are zero commercial FM's serving the community, 1 commerical AM and 2 LPFM's.
Kemp Communications dropped $4M on a station that might gross $500k to $1M yearly. They should have a listenable signal on your car radio in Mesa too.