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Washington KDYM Sunnyside

I can only guess this improvement of the AM is for "greater reach". The bigger signal might let them put their FM translator on a higher tower. There will be a rather large increase in the power bill, the cost of acquiring a 10 kw AM transmitter, most likely replacing the feed and the ATU to the tower, possibly upgrading of the power company's "service entrance" and paying someone to do the work. Unless Kelly will do it for free.
 
What good does it do when 99% of the Latino Christian population listens on the 95.3 translator or the 93.7 translator? Seems like a waste in this mid-2020s era.
 
The old rule of thumb 4 times power doubles the coverage. A translator's 60 db can go more than 25 miles if the AM's 2mv goes farther. This might let them impove the translator's coverage.
 
crainbebo said:
What good does it do when 99% of the Latino Christian population listens on the 95.3 translator or the 93.7 translator? Seems like a waste in this mid-2020s era.
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they can move or add translators... thats why WCJW 1140 a daytime AM went from 2.5kw to 8kw years ago.. they gratly expanded the translators they could have and where they could put them
 
In many ways this is a return to the past. Back when KDYM was an English language full service station with letters KREW, it was 10k daytime watts at 1210 AM
 
installLSC said:
In many ways this is a return to the past. Back when KDYM was an English language full service station with letters KREW, it was 10k daytime watts at 1210 AM
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The reference to KREW makes me a little nostalgic. My grandmother had that station on in her kitchen. I recall in the late 80s/early 90s it was a country station. I think she listened for the news updates and the weather.
 
There was also a KREW-FM Sunnyside on 96.7 in the '80s. Later moved to Benton City and went Spanish. Now it's KMMG with La Zeta. The signal is really bad towards the west, barely audible starting around Zillah. Boy, do they make it to the east! I've heard them well past Walla Walla.

Did your grandma live in Sunnyside? My grandparents lived in the Wapato area, and were always on KXDD or 92.9 the Bull whenever they went somewhere. She loved old-school '70s country, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, etc.
 
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