The recent purchase of a couple of Des Moines rimshotters, KZHZ and KZHC for $1.75 million, coupled with IPR's failure to preserve a Mason City construction permit should confirm the above subject line.
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IPR: Intelligence Probably Removed
- Thread starter joebtsflk1
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During the same meeting that the Board of Regents approved spending $1.75 million on two signals that would seem to be unnecessary, they gave the University presidents... who already make well over $400K... four percent raises. These are the same Regents who have been screaming about a lack of funds, threatening massive cuts, demanding more money.
It's not just IPR showing a lack of intelligence.
It's not just IPR showing a lack of intelligence.
The salary arms race isn't just with university presidents...it seems endemic throughout our society. Granted market forces are at work, but since the markets are basically just an averaging of opinions by people, that means that markets are imperfect. At least it's the least harmful mechanism we humans have come up with to control the economy.
We need regents, stockholders, ticketholders etc. to grow a pair and say Enough!
OK back to radio...How IPR might redeem themselves...
It would appear that IPR is getting ready to move FM Talk/Studio One programming in central Iowa from KDMR Mitchellville and the 101.7 translator in Des Moines to the much more robust WOI-FM signal.
So what becomes of the Classical service?
First, the 101.7 translator in DM has a CP to move to 97.7. The 97.7 signal could be greatly improved by having it become an HD-2 translator of WOI-FM, which would carry the Classical service. 97.7 would then become a fill-in translator for WOI-FM, which means up to 250 watts and whatever height you want without exceeding the WOI-FM service contour. For practical purposes, that would mean about 1700' on the WOI-KDIN-WHO tower. Probably won't be able to do the full 250 watts in order to protect 97.7s at Grundy Center and Ottumwa. Still, there could be an oval shaped pattern stretching north and south that would go north of Ames to about downtown Des Moines.
105.9 KZHZ picks up the classical service, which gets up to 35-80 and encompasses the rest of the Des Moines metro. If they want to get aggressive, IPR could put on a highly directional on-channel booster that would throw a beam towards WDM/Clive/Urbandale and another towards downtown DM and practically nothing towards the southwest, to keep the self-interference zone down.
91.7 KDWT at Perry, currently unbuilt, would also pick up the Classical service. Again, if IPR wants to get aggressive, 91.7 at Perry could upgrade from a C2 to a directional C1, with the 100 kW signal pointing mostly to the northwest. It could stretch out towards Adair, Audubon, Carroll, Fort Dodge, maybe Webster City and Booone.
96.3 KZHC at Pleasantville might (emphasis on might) be able to upgrade to C3 25 kW somewhere close to Knoxville and picks up Classical. It could go north to Newton, also hitting Pella, Oskaloosa, Albia and Chariton.
88.9 KDMR at Mitchellville would pick up Classical, but it appears to be hemmed in on all sides. It would cover eastern Polk Co. and western Jasper Co.
Still, it leaves the northeastern part of the WOI-FM area without analog Classical, to the northeast of a line from Webster City down towards Montezuma. Time to start buying those HD radios around Marshalltown and surrounding counties.
We need regents, stockholders, ticketholders etc. to grow a pair and say Enough!
OK back to radio...How IPR might redeem themselves...
It would appear that IPR is getting ready to move FM Talk/Studio One programming in central Iowa from KDMR Mitchellville and the 101.7 translator in Des Moines to the much more robust WOI-FM signal.
So what becomes of the Classical service?
First, the 101.7 translator in DM has a CP to move to 97.7. The 97.7 signal could be greatly improved by having it become an HD-2 translator of WOI-FM, which would carry the Classical service. 97.7 would then become a fill-in translator for WOI-FM, which means up to 250 watts and whatever height you want without exceeding the WOI-FM service contour. For practical purposes, that would mean about 1700' on the WOI-KDIN-WHO tower. Probably won't be able to do the full 250 watts in order to protect 97.7s at Grundy Center and Ottumwa. Still, there could be an oval shaped pattern stretching north and south that would go north of Ames to about downtown Des Moines.
105.9 KZHZ picks up the classical service, which gets up to 35-80 and encompasses the rest of the Des Moines metro. If they want to get aggressive, IPR could put on a highly directional on-channel booster that would throw a beam towards WDM/Clive/Urbandale and another towards downtown DM and practically nothing towards the southwest, to keep the self-interference zone down.
91.7 KDWT at Perry, currently unbuilt, would also pick up the Classical service. Again, if IPR wants to get aggressive, 91.7 at Perry could upgrade from a C2 to a directional C1, with the 100 kW signal pointing mostly to the northwest. It could stretch out towards Adair, Audubon, Carroll, Fort Dodge, maybe Webster City and Booone.
96.3 KZHC at Pleasantville might (emphasis on might) be able to upgrade to C3 25 kW somewhere close to Knoxville and picks up Classical. It could go north to Newton, also hitting Pella, Oskaloosa, Albia and Chariton.
88.9 KDMR at Mitchellville would pick up Classical, but it appears to be hemmed in on all sides. It would cover eastern Polk Co. and western Jasper Co.
Still, it leaves the northeastern part of the WOI-FM area without analog Classical, to the northeast of a line from Webster City down towards Montezuma. Time to start buying those HD radios around Marshalltown and surrounding counties.
joebtsflk1 said:The salary arms race isn't just with university presidents...it seems endemic throughout our society. Granted market forces are at work, but since the markets are basically just an averaging of opinions by people, that means that markets are imperfect. At least it's the least harmful mechanism we humans have come up with to control the economy.
We need regents, stockholders, ticketholders etc. to grow a pair and say Enough!
OK back to radio...How IPR might redeem themselves...
It would appear that IPR is getting ready to move FM Talk/Studio One programming in central Iowa from KDMR Mitchellville and the 101.7 translator in Des Moines to the much more robust WOI-FM signal.
So what becomes of the Classical service?
First, the 101.7 translator in DM has a CP to move to 97.7. The 97.7 signal could be greatly improved by having it become an HD-2 translator of WOI-FM, which would carry the Classical service. 97.7 would then become a fill-in translator for WOI-FM, which means up to 250 watts and whatever height you want without exceeding the WOI-FM service contour. For practical purposes, that would mean about 1700' on the WOI-KDIN-WHO tower. Probably won't be able to do the full 250 watts in order to protect 97.7s at Grundy Center and Ottumwa. Still, there could be an oval shaped pattern stretching north and south that would go north of Ames to about downtown Des Moines.
105.9 KZHZ picks up the classical service, which gets up to 35-80 and encompasses the rest of the Des Moines metro. If they want to get aggressive, IPR could put on a highly directional on-channel booster that would throw a beam towards WDM/Clive/Urbandale and another towards downtown DM and practically nothing towards the southwest, to keep the self-interference zone down.
91.7 KDWT at Perry, currently unbuilt, would also pick up the Classical service. Again, if IPR wants to get aggressive, 91.7 at Perry could upgrade from a C2 to a directional C1, with the 100 kW signal pointing mostly to the northwest. It could stretch out towards Adair, Audubon, Carroll, Fort Dodge, maybe Webster City and Booone.
96.3 KZHC at Pleasantville might (emphasis on might) be able to upgrade to C3 25 kW somewhere close to Knoxville and picks up Classical. It could go north to Newton, also hitting Pella, Oskaloosa, Albia and Chariton.
88.9 KDMR at Mitchellville would pick up Classical, but it appears to be hemmed in on all sides. It would cover eastern Polk Co. and western Jasper Co.
Still, it leaves the northeastern part of the WOI-FM area without analog Classical, to the northeast of a line from Webster City down towards Montezuma. Time to start buying those HD radios around Marshalltown and surrounding counties.
I take from all this rearranging that classical doesn't have the following it once had thus IPR is moving the more contemporary format for the big signal thereby targeting classical at smaller key areas.
radiorobert said:I take from all this rearranging that classical doesn't have the following it once had thus IPR is moving the more contemporary format for the big signal thereby targeting classical at smaller key areas.
The last numbers I saw for WOI (maybe last fall?) the AM and the FM in Des Moines were both in the two-share range. In Cedar Rapids, KUNI (talk/studio one) had a three-something, KSUI (classical) was in the twos, and WSUI-AM (news-talk) had a 0.5.
So they all have poor ratings, but the KUNI format would seem to have the most growth potential. I wonder how an FM simulcast of WOI-AM would do?
jh said:radiorobert said:I take from all this rearranging that classical doesn't have the following it once had thus IPR is moving the more contemporary format for the big signal thereby targeting classical at smaller key areas.
The last numbers I saw for WOI (maybe last fall?) the AM and the FM in Des Moines were both in the two-share range. In Cedar Rapids, KUNI (talk/studio one) had a three-something, KSUI (classical) was in the twos, and WSUI-AM (news-talk) had a 0.5.
So they all have poor ratings, but the KUNI format would seem to have the most growth potential. I wonder how an FM simulcast of WOI-AM would do?
Agreed.
Ratings in the public radio sense don't make near the difference in terms of pure dollars that commercial does. (though corporate sponsors do consider it). It is more of a trending issue. Especially with Iowa's older population going more by the wayside and the younger more contemporary oriented listeners making up a larger share of their supporters.
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