In the FCC Daily Digest this morning:
ENTERCOM SACRAMENTO LICENSE, LLC. Granted minor change application to
change facilities and change community of license of Station KCTC(AM),
Sacramento, California, to West California. Action by: Chief, Audio
Division, Media Bureau by LETTER. (DA No. 08-160). MB
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-08-160A1.doc>
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-08-160A1.pdf>
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-08-160A1.txt>
The commission denied objections from D. Scott McDonald in the process. (Is this the former KTXL news anchor/reporter Scott McDonald??)
Why the change from Sacramento to West Sacramento?
The four-tower night-time site along the former SP tracks near the Roseville rail yard has been sold and Entercom is losing the use of the site.
It apparently tried to acquire the use of four other sites as replacements (according to a letter cited in the FCC decision) but they were either not available for purchase or lease, zoning regulations prohibited the necessary tower construction or were prohibitively expensive.
FCC rules require an AM station’s nighttime 5 mV/m contour or NIF cover 80% of the station’s community of license.
Without the current night-time site or a suitable replacement, that couldn't be done.
But, by changing the community of license to WEST Sacramento, the nighttime site could be moved to the daytime location just southwest of the 1-5/99 split, and coupled with a night-time power reduction from 5KW to 500 watts would still cover the new community of license without causing interference to stations KCTC has to protect.
I'm curious to know more about the loss of the current night-time site.
Did Entercom (or American Tower) own the site and sell it? If so, why?
Ted.
ENTERCOM SACRAMENTO LICENSE, LLC. Granted minor change application to
change facilities and change community of license of Station KCTC(AM),
Sacramento, California, to West California. Action by: Chief, Audio
Division, Media Bureau by LETTER. (DA No. 08-160). MB
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-08-160A1.doc>
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-08-160A1.pdf>
<http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-08-160A1.txt>
The commission denied objections from D. Scott McDonald in the process. (Is this the former KTXL news anchor/reporter Scott McDonald??)
Why the change from Sacramento to West Sacramento?
The four-tower night-time site along the former SP tracks near the Roseville rail yard has been sold and Entercom is losing the use of the site.
It apparently tried to acquire the use of four other sites as replacements (according to a letter cited in the FCC decision) but they were either not available for purchase or lease, zoning regulations prohibited the necessary tower construction or were prohibitively expensive.
FCC rules require an AM station’s nighttime 5 mV/m contour or NIF cover 80% of the station’s community of license.
Without the current night-time site or a suitable replacement, that couldn't be done.
But, by changing the community of license to WEST Sacramento, the nighttime site could be moved to the daytime location just southwest of the 1-5/99 split, and coupled with a night-time power reduction from 5KW to 500 watts would still cover the new community of license without causing interference to stations KCTC has to protect.
I'm curious to know more about the loss of the current night-time site.
Did Entercom (or American Tower) own the site and sell it? If so, why?
Ted.