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KLJT to move to the St. Louis master antenna site

Mark Roberts

Mark Roberts

Christian broadcaster KLJT, the former KDHX(FM), has received approval to move its transmitter site from Arnold to the site near Affton that most other St. Louis FM stations use. The move will require a power decrease from 41 to 15.5 kw. In coordination with WSIE, Edwardsville, Illinois, both stations are requesting a so-called Raleigh waiver to allow what otherwise would be short-spacing between stations 600 kHz apart. The engineering report for the KLJT application says that, "The grant of this waiver request will allow KLJT to move closer to St. Louis (its community of license) and closer to the center of the St. Louis metro market, which will increase the station’s signal density in the core of the market. Gateway [Creative Broadcasting] believes that this represents a significant improvement in the station’s service to the public when compared to operation from the current transmitter site which is 20 kilometers farther southwest".

KLJT also owns KLJY (formerly KFUO-FM) at 99.1 MHz, which transmits from the St. Louis master-antenna site that KLJT proposes to use. KLJT is at 88.1 MHz. Both the KLJT application and the WSIE request for a waiver were granted today (June 15). WSIE's application doesn't propose any changes to its coverage area. WSIE uses a directional antenna that reduces coverage to the southwest of its site in Edwardsville.

Creative outbid K-Love for what was then KDHX last year, which was up for auction after the bankruptcy of station owner Double Helix.

(edited to correct status of WSIE application)
 


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