KLMM moves to oceano

[dbdigital]

The FCC just granted a move of Lazar's KLMM 94.1 from Morro Bay/SLO to Oceano. The new transmitter site is the Dolcini Casmalia Hills Ranch in Guadalupe which is quite a bit south of Oceano.

What is interesting is that, using the FCC's calculation methods, the new signal doesn't show a 70dBu coverage of the COL so the engineers used the less stringent Longley/Rice method which shows that KLMM just barely offers 70dBu coverage of Oceano.

I'll have to remember that next time I want to move a radio station's COL. Of course, first I'll have to get a radio station.

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[XRQKFM]

That's three stations out of Morro Bay, 5000 watt KBAI 1150 was bought and shut down by Clear Channel; to make room for the power increase of 1150 AM L.A.
97.1 moved to Lost Hills and changed to 96.9, and now 94.1. the Santa Maria market is loosing the 10,000 watt blow tourch 660AM to Bakersfield (Oildale).
Don't for get; the rules are different for the mega broadcasters, 100.1 & 103.1 don't have anything near a city grade signal in Tehachapi, 97.7 does not in Mojave. I am told its all on how you fill out the paper work, and fudge the maps and numbers. A large face tower has a way of making a non directional antenna very directional, but only in reality not on paper. Good thing candor is no longer considered by the FCC.

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[davideduardo]

That's three stations out of Morro Bay, 5000 watt KBAI 1150 was bought and shut down by Clear Channel; to make room for the power increase of 1150 AM L.A.

That station was pretty much dead, anyway. Could not move site, and had environmental issues and flooding.

the Santa Maria market is loosing the 10,000 watt blow tourch 660AM to Bakersfield (Oildale).

The Orcutt 660 never provided much service, being a pay-for-preach religious station. How is this one considered a loss?

[/quote] Don't for get; the rules are different for the mega broadcasters, 100.1 & 103.1 don't have anything near a city grade signal in Tehachapi, 97.7 does not in Mojave. I am told its all on how you fill out the paper work, and fudge the maps and numbers. A large face tower has a way of making a non directional antenna very directional, but only in reality not on paper. Good thing candor is no longer considered by the FCC.
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If you think that is so, then rent an FM FSM and do readings and file with the FCC. I really doubt you will find anything amiss in the technical applications and the rules. I'm amazed that respect for the rules is touted by someone who has links to Ramsey "Pirate in a Box" gear on their "website."
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[XRQKFM]

That's three stations out of Morro Bay, 5000 watt KBAI 1150 was bought and shut down by Clear Channel; to make room for the power increase of 1150 AM L.A.

That station was pretty much dead, anyway. Could not move site, and had environmental issues and flooding.

It does not change the fact: Clear Channel purchased it to shut it down to clear the way for 1150AM LA power upgrade.

If you think that is so, then rent an FM FSM and do readings and file with the FCC. I really doubt you will find anything amiss in the technical applications and the rules

It has already been done by two area engineers, and nothing is going to be done about it. Like my engineer said " Its easy to make it look good on paper, even though in reality its not. an FCC field engineer has been made aware of the findings.
Belive me our operation "Radio Tehachapi" benifits from things being just the way they are; there are no city grade signals in most of Tehachpi and no FMsignals at all in the surrounding areas.
Have your engineer Tom who lives in the Antelope Valley, come up to Tehachapi and take readings at Brite Lake, Alpine, or Bear Valley Springs, Stallion Springs. I'm sure he will agree with our findings too.

being a pay-for-preach religious station. How is this one considered a loss?

As a known anti-Christian biggot David; you would see it that way.

I'm amazed that respect for the rules is touted by someone who has links to Ramsey "Pirate in a Box" gear on their "website."

David as a sell described snitch; you should know I’m not touting the rules; I’m just illustrating the hypocrisy in the way enforcement is carried out by the FCC when it comes to Mega Broadcasters.

David you failed to realize Radio Brandy is an international operation; we have people from all over the globe viewing our sites and using our services. What Ramsey sells is not illegal in most countries, in fact it is legal to use in many countries like New Zealand and Norway among others.

Steve
www.radiobrandy.net

 

[davideduardo]

Have your engineer Tom who lives in the Antelope Valley, come up to Tehachapi and take readings at Brite Lake, Alpine, or Bear Valley Springs, Stallion Springs. I'm sure he will agree with our findings too.

Very few local stations, due to the cost, have an FM FSM. And the one we can get is not going to be used to check a couple of dbu difference between theoretical and measured due to terrain and such

As a known anti-Christian biggot David; you would see it that way.

Cheap shot, offensive and a lie. I have contributed efforts to a variety of religious stations that did good; selling time by the minute to me is not a calling. In Perú I worked on a pastoral station that used commercial radio formatics to bring the Word to those who might never tune a conventional religous teaching and preaching station. We ran pastoral content the way other stations do stopsets! This was a personal project of Msgr. Rickets Landázuri who I took to various commercial operations in Miami and was enormously rewarding to me, as was working with WEUC, the Catholic University station in Ponce, PR, among others.

David as a sell described snitch; you should know I’m not touting the rules; I’m just illustrating the hypocrisy in the way enforcement is carried out by the FCC when it comes to Mega Broadcasters.

I have a very low tolerance for scofflaws of any kind. By your attitude, you sound like you encourage them.

David you failed to realize Radio Brandy is an international operation; we have people from all over the globe viewing our sites and using our services. What Ramsey sells is not illegal in most countries, in fact it is legal to use in many countries like New Zealand and Norway among others.

Nearly every webcaster is international. Just because you can be listened to in Ecuador or Burma does not mean you are. What is your average number of streams being listened to at any given time?

 

[dbdigital]

That's three stations out of Morro Bay, 5000 watt KBAI 1150 was bought and shut down by Clear Channel; to make room for the power increase of 1150 AM L.A.
97.1 moved to Lost Hills and changed to 96.9, and now 94.1. the Santa Maria market is loosing the 10,000 watt blow tourch 660AM to Bakersfield (Oildale).
Don't for get; the rules are different for the mega broadcasters, 100.1 & 103.1 don't have anything near a city grade signal in Tehachapi, 97.7 does not in Mojave. I am told its all on how you fill out the paper work, and fudge the maps and numbers. A large face tower has a way of making a non directional antenna very directional, but only in reality not on paper. Good thing candor is no longer considered by the FCC.

Help Save Greedy Broadcasters Now!
http://www.radiobrandy.com/HelpSaveGreedyBroadcasters.html

Steve
www.KNJOradio.com

Obviously, there are reasons why Lazar didn't make Guadalupe the COL or find a transmitter site closer to Oceano (and frankly I'm not that interested in knowing why).

I just find it amusing how engineers can "fudge" these exhibits to justify a change like this.

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