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KJDX Upgrade and KOSO Downgrade Approved by the FCC
- Thread starter Michael Rivers Kramer
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MRK...not being up on my FCC ease...
Does this mean CC is one step closer to coming on line (or more accurate on air) with this move in to Sac?
Also, any idea/educated guess as to an actual station broadcast launch date?
Thanks in advance for your knowledge.
Does this mean CC is one step closer to coming on line (or more accurate on air) with this move in to Sac?
Also, any idea/educated guess as to an actual station broadcast launch date?
Thanks in advance for your knowledge.
Interloper said:
What this means, is that CC may begin constructing new facilities for these stations. The new 93.1 in Sacramento cannot sign-on or even conduct tests until KOSO is moved to its new facility.
The Pollock Pines/ Sacramento facility will be easy because they are moving to an existing tower (KCCL0 with 20.5 kw.
I know know if there is an existing tower for the new KOSO facility. If there isn't, then one would have to be built and that may take some time.
To answer your question about a sign-on date, it could be soon to several months based on the above criteria.
Format? Your guess is as good as mine.
Newsperson responds:
Michael is that the tower just south of Placerville on Highway 49?
If so does that really place a line of sight signal over Pollock Pines?
It appears to be shadowed to the North-East (Placerville-Pollock Pines) and has a clear shot of everything to the west including Sacramento!
I will look for your commnets.
Newsperson
Michael is that the tower just south of Placerville on Highway 49?
If so does that really place a line of sight signal over Pollock Pines?
It appears to be shadowed to the North-East (Placerville-Pollock Pines) and has a clear shot of everything to the west including Sacramento!
I will look for your commnets.
Newsperson
newsperson said:
In looking at the map it appears to be about 5-10 south-east of Placerville. I don't know if it shadowed in Pollock Pines from that location.
Your thoughts?
Michael,
I looked at the application and see that it is the 92.1 FM tower. When you said KCCL I first thought of KCCL 101.9 which is on the tower near Diamond Springs and licensed to Shingle Springs.
The application is very sparse and does not address city-grade coverage like I would expect. However since it has approval now it doesn't matter.
I wounder does First Broadcasitng still own that tower? And if so how much are they charging Clear Channel for rent?
Newsperson
I looked at the application and see that it is the 92.1 FM tower. When you said KCCL I first thought of KCCL 101.9 which is on the tower near Diamond Springs and licensed to Shingle Springs.
The application is very sparse and does not address city-grade coverage like I would expect. However since it has approval now it doesn't matter.
I wounder does First Broadcasitng still own that tower? And if so how much are they charging Clear Channel for rent?
Newsperson
newsperson said:
Hi Newsperson--
I'm curious who owns the KCCL tower now as well. Perhaps it was included in the transaction involving Alta and Results.
The KNTY (Formerly KCCL, KRRE, KSSJ, KFIA-FM and KLIQ) transmitter was moved to Mt. Ararat (no jokes about arks please) about 6 miles NE of the KHYL tower in El Dorado County. This happened in 1996 with the B1 to B upgrade happened for the old KSSJ. I don't know what is broadcasting off of the old Diamond Springs site if anything.
Michael
So with the new KJDX and possibly the KMJE move (if it gets approved) will more stations just water down the market or force competition to offer a better quality product?
Michael Rivers Kramer said:
The 500' tower off Hwy 49 hosts KSPX's analog channel 29. This was channel 10's original tower prior to moving to Walnut Grove in the early 60's (to my knowledge)...
The KCCL 92.1 stick is further east of Placerville above 3000'. The new 93.1 FM will get nice coverage at 20k watts with that height, easily reaching Sac and Stockton.
Application grants for both KJDX and KOSO have been rescinded by the FCC for reasons unknown at this time.
Michael Rivers Kramer said:
After doing online research at fcc.gov and Google, but only seeing freezes on
(major) modifications for AM (not FM) stations, I DID find this tidbit from 2005
regards FM stations...
Perhaps this has something to do with the rescinding somehow? I dunno:
http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=1525.0
OR?....
--jay
Newsperson responds:
Was an objection filed on this even an informal one?
The Commission is not supposed to recind anything after 50 days (although they break their own rules). Did 50 days pass on this or were they within the the 50-days?
There must be a way to find out the reason, any ideas?
Newsperson
Was an objection filed on this even an informal one?
The Commission is not supposed to recind anything after 50 days (although they break their own rules). Did 50 days pass on this or were they within the the 50-days?
There must be a way to find out the reason, any ideas?
Newsperson
newsperson said:
There was no objection that I could find. The grant was rescinded less than two weeks after the grant. It could simply be a technical error. Clear Channel may have also asked the commission to rescind it due to some pending modifications.
Interesting!
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