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KIYS 101.9 Kiss FM website - Jonesboro

As I understand it, East Arkansas Broadcasters which purchased KFIN, KWHF, KBTM, and KNEA outright from Clear Channel is also operating Kiss FM via LMA
 
KIYS & KFIN are now both saying "an East Ark. Broadcasters station" occasionally on the air.

KIYS is the only one of the cluster that doesn't show as licensed to East Ark Broadcasters at present so I would say that an LMA is surely the situation.

Mr. Caldwell has built quite a group with the stations in Walnut Ridge, Jonesboro, Harrisburg, Brinkley, Wynne, Colt, Stuttgart, Dewitt, Dumas, Gould (if its back up to full power), and the LMA for Earle.
 
KIYS is being operated by East Arkansas Broadcasters under an LMA. East Arkansas has the option of buying the station if Clear Channel can't move it into Memphis. At this point, no application for such an upgrade have been filed, but Clear Channel has quite some time before it has to act.
 
More interesting is that KIYS filed today to move into the Memphis market. It has applied to moved from 101.9C Jonesboro to 101.9C2 Crawfordsville. Although downgrading, it will cover Memphis:

Applied for coverage:
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/FMTV-service-area?x=FM1193840.html

Links to the application, etc. at the bottom of that page.
 
Always wondered if 101.9 could ever be moved closer but never sat down and tried to look at the facts.... doesn't do much for the rest of Desoto County but everything that matters inside the 60dBu except for Collierville.

Is that Chip formerly of 100kw fame?
 
East Ark. Broadcasters does not maintain websites for any of it's radio stations to my knowledge.

dBu is a measurement of signal strength

you will often hear us meantion the following contours when discussing coverage area:
70 dBu City Grade
60 dBu Secondary coverage (usually clock radios and cheaper made radios have issues starting here)
50 dBu weaker but often usable with better radios in interference free situations
 
Thanks for the definitions that most don't understand.. Today's tuners have really helped FM's reach more stable audiences within their 45 to 50 dBU signals... The above is the listing for commercial frequencies.. In non-commerical applications, 60 dBU is the 'city grade' as we consider (nowdays) the 54 dBU as the metro signal and the 45 as our competitive signal.... Terrain is the real factor.. Where the 'hills and valley's lie"... :)
 
By the way, good catch, Chip! That's one of those that came up on the FCC site very suddenly!

One has to wonder what this will mean for the KIYS format. East Arkansas Broadcasters has the option of buying the format and calls from Clear Channel should the station be cleared to move into Memphis. I'd normally expect them to do that, but the rest of that cluster does so well I don't know where they'd put it. I've wondered if moving KTRQ or KWYN-FM into Jonesboro would be an option for replacing KIYS.
 
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