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KKCV Rozel

KyleSmith1988

KyleSmith1988

Was in the Dodge City area recently and heard the TOH ID for station 102.5 in Rozel Kansas (Bott Radio Network affiliate in South West Kansas)

"102.5 KKCV Rozel, Dodge City, Garden City and Hays."

Rozel and Dodge City are within Local Coverage (Dodge City is on their 60 dbu contour).

Hays is in the Very Fringe contour, (about 45 dbu), but Garden City is at about the 35 dbu expected Contour, beyond the fringe outter 40dbu blue contour on coverage maps. I wonder how their signal is in Garden City. I had trouble hearing it beyond Meade Ks.

KKCV 's broadcast tower is located near Kinsley Ks.

I don't think I've ever heard a station ID a very distant city beyond fringe coverage. Kinda unusual...Thoughts or any other weird examples would love to know.
 
For a translator that makes sense, but not really for their internet stream, which Bott Radio doesn't actually announce any station ID on their Internet Feed ...

I'm actually impressed at the Bott Radio Coverage network between their stations, almost continual coverage on some FM or AM channel between / from Western and Central Kansas all the way to Western & Central Tennessee, including much of Missouri Oklahoma and Arkansas too
 
PTBoardOp93 said:
KKCV has a translator in Hays, KS on 103.9 and in Garden City on 107.9. I assume these are being fed by Bott's satellite or internet feeds, rather than direct reception of KKCV, which the FCC's rules allow for in some cases.
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That's only allowed on translators in the reserved band (88.1-91.9). Areas that are unserved can get waivers, but those areas definitely don't fit that profile.

Signals travel pretty well out there, and those translators have 200-350 foot tall antennas. So, they probably have no issue getting 102.5 off-air to feed them. Say what you want about Bott, but one thing is doesn't do is skirt the rules. It's known for following all the rules to the letter, and, while I totally deplore its programming, it's as ethical and competent as a broadcaster can be.
 
KyleSmith1988 said:
Was in the Dodge City area recently and heard the TOH ID for station 102.5 in Rozel Kansas (Bott Radio Network affiliate in South West Kansas)

"102.5 KKCV Rozel, Dodge City, Garden City and Hays."

Rozel and Dodge City are within Local Coverage (Dodge City is on their 60 dbu contour).

Hays is in the Very Fringe contour, (about 45 dbu), but Garden City is at about the 35 dbu expected Contour, beyond the fringe outter 40dbu blue contour on coverage maps. I wonder how their signal is in Garden City. I had trouble hearing it beyond Meade Ks.

KKCV 's broadcast tower is located near Kinsley Ks.

I don't think I've ever heard a station ID a very distant city beyond fringe coverage. Kinda unusual...Thoughts or any other weird examples would love to know.
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Then you havent listened to a KLove station.. heard just the other day.. "90.9 KLWV Chuygwater, Laramie., Cheyenne and 91.1 Denver"

Years ago I heard "KKLC Fall River Mills, Redding, 99.5 Sacramento and 88.3 Chico"
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
Then you havent listened to a KLove station.. heard just the other day.. "90.9 KLWV Chuygwater, Laramie., Cheyenne and 91.1 Denver"

Years ago I heard "KKLC Fall River Mills, Redding, 99.5 Sacramento and 88.3 Chico"
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The purpose of those K-Love IDs isn't to claim those remote areas as coverage for the signal being ID'd. It's to tell listeners where else nearby they can hear K-Love as they travel.

So sitting here in Buffalo right now, you might hear WBKV 102.5 also mention 104.9 in Rochester, and then 104.9 in Rochester might mention 105.9 in Syracuse.
 
fybush said:
The purpose of those K-Love IDs isn't to claim those remote areas as coverage for the signal being ID'd. It's to tell listeners where else nearby they can hear K-Love as they travel.

So sitting here in Buffalo right now, you might hear WBKV 102.5 also mention 104.9 in Rochester, and then 104.9 in Rochester might mention 105.9 in Syracuse.
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I wonder why they don't use the Alternate Frequency function in RDS to bounce listeners to different K-Love stations as they drive?
 


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