Heftel today filed for an antenna change (to directional) on their 99.7 rimshotter.The whole effort increases the coverage on this FM "Border Blaster" from California.
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Las Vegas KHYZ Mountain Pass CA - Las Vegas Rimshotter
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If they put their Tower on the Nevada side of the Border, then they could legally file and claim Class C status/signal (more preferred / more watts) instead of Class B, I wonder why they're doing it this way instead. Move the tower to the Primm area, maybe that would be more helpful.
Looking at the engineering it appears KRGT and an allotment in Tecopa, CA (as well as a few others) limit KHYZ from moving too much closer to Las Vegas.
The missing piece here is that the audience KHYZ is after is entirely in Las Vegas, not the I-15 corridor it targeted in the old days of the Highway Stations. And it doesn't need to move across the state line to do that, because the Mountain Pass transmitter exists these days only to justify the on-channel booster that is 99.7's "real" Las Vegas signal (and a pretty good one at that)
My guess is that the DA for Mountain Pass is designed to reduce the actual amount of signal that hits Vegas from Mountain Pass so that there's less self-interference to the booster, not that I've ever noticed much anyway.
My guess is that the DA for Mountain Pass is designed to reduce the actual amount of signal that hits Vegas from Mountain Pass so that there's less self-interference to the booster, not that I've ever noticed much anyway.
I remember living in Henderson NV in the late 1990s, before the LV dial was way too full like it is today, 99.7 was mostly static but there were certain places around town where KHYZ can be heard thru the static, but very faintly. Same for, at the time, KNKK 107.1 from the Laughlin area. I wonder if that station can still be heard up to Boulder City, as they used to claim. Also, about that time I remember complete static on frequencies 100.7 to 101.7, a completely empty block of channels in a row, which didn't last too long...lol
Yea other than KHYZ's weak booster signal, this station is still technically a Barstow station, and has evolved from "Highway Stations" to "Highway Vibe," which is awesome but tried to fill the void left over from the old KVBE on 94.5, which is greatly missed, but is still broadcasting online, like TuneIn Radio.
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The booster, given its location and height, is very effective as the market is fairly concentrated. The only purpose today of KHYZ is to permit the booster serving Las Vegas.
It's something how Las Vegas has so many such stations. KXLI, KVGQ, KADD, KHYZ are all rimshots dependent on their boosters for some coverage of Las Vegas. Then you have KAER, KVEG, KRRN, KOAS, KCYE which also have boosters but not nearly signally challenged as the first group. And then pretty soon there will be two more with KRZQ and KPKK possibly being built out.
Only place I noticed any issues with the KHYZ main signal interfering with the booster was north of Searchlight. Oddly enough, the DOT has 99.7 posted on signs as the recommended emergency station in those parts
MesquiteTravele
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KHYZ could be something for the highway and Vegas. They have zero audience. That music is awful.
Not everyone likes dance music. I have always liked EDM. Keeps me entertained for half the drive between Vegas and LA
MesquiteTravele
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I get people have certain taste but what a waste of frequency. It's making zero impact.
Someone is paying money to lease the station and making a little bit back from the few ads they sell. Maybe some people have money and love radio.
It has zero to do with taste or impact...
The station's programming is 100% brokered meaning the licensee is making a nice profit. And isn't that the point of commercial radio? I personally would love to see a AAA/Alt hybrid in Vegas used to promote the artists constantly playing the strip, but there's no money to be made doing that.
MesquiteTravele
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A staff member none the less. He could be making much more if Heftel made the investment. Spend it to make it. Treating nickels like manhole covers.
Las Vegas is a terrible, over-radioed and under-billing market. Richard Heftel has done a smart thing by getting a guaranteed payment each month for his station while not having to "staff up" to do local sales and programming.
99.7 got the “Vibe” name from the former 94.5 The Vibe. When that station got sold over a decade ago, the PD leased time on 99.7 and called it the Highway Vibe. For a while, the dance format ran 24/7 on 99.7. Eventually, 99.7 morphed into a Hot AC, the former 94.5 The Vibe PD quit leasing time, but 99.7 kept the Vibe name, to the dismay of the former PD. Now at least, the current lessee kept the Vibe name and brought back the format that name represented: dance.
I always wanted to see 91.5 do that. It's a niche, but I don't gather their current mix is doing much to build a support base either. I'd venture there would be some associated underwriting, and a donor pool that would appreciate it.
Is KHYZ encoded and metered by Nielsen? If so, how would that work with the different markets?
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