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KCTI 1450

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jras20

How many and how far out have you tried to recieve KCTI? I know I can only get them about 20 miles out of Gonzales. That can be a good station if they had the power. They use to have KQQT. That didnt last to long, gues they couldnt aford it. But I gues at least they are on the net streaming.
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> How many and how far out have you tried to recieve KCTI?

Back in the 1960's KCTI would make it into north Austin, where it clashed with KCYL out of Lampasas. Somewhat weak but listenable signals on both during the daytime, as I recall. It was impossible to null out one or the other since they were 180 degrees apart in direction. An exception was on Sunday mornings, when KCTI didn't sign on until 10:30am, then KCYL was in the clear.

When KELG 1440 signed on in the early 80's, the signal slopover pretty much wiped out both stations on 1450.
 
> When KELG 1440 signed on in the early 80's, the signal
> slopover pretty much wiped out both stations on 1450.

Not to mention that 1450 has always been a local channel. So, it's only expected to cover the city of license. This means there are a lot more local channels than regional and clear channels. The nighttime interference to listeners outside the primary signal contours of the local channels was always bad and got substantially worse in the early 80's after they were allowed to operate at 1,000 watts 24/7. However, as many of these small towns these stations were licensed to serve got substantially bigger in the 70's and 80's, it was hard to argue that they should have had to remain at 250 watts after sunset.
 
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