KNBQ 102.9 Country (?)

[seattlex19]

How long has this been on the air?

I don't listen to country at all, so I'm not surprised this one got by me, but I just was driving through south Seattle yesterday and spotted a billboard for "Q Country 102.9 KNBQ" and thought to myself "WTF?"

I thought KMPS was Seattle's "one" country station, according to what people always seem to say on this board...

I also can't help but recall KNBQ as meaning something quite different (!) back in the '80s

So what's the story here?
http://www.qcountry1029.com

 

[seattlex19]

OK, just answered my own question....

http://www.billboardradiomonitor.co...display.jsp?schema=&vnu_content_id=1000847673

'Q Country' Aims At Seattle
March 22, 2005
By Ken Tucker

Clear Channel country KMNT Centralia, Wash., which recently changed its call letters to KNBQ, is now calling itself “Q Country” and is adding focus on the Seattle market. Station operations are being shared between Centralia and Seattle for the time being, according to PD Debbie Dunlap-Lemmon.

Infinity's KMPS has been the longtime format and market leader in Seattle. The KNBQ calls once belonged to a popular top 40 station in Seattle.

 

[DangerousDan]

How does this work?

I see KNBQ broadcasts at 70KW from an overall height of 305 feet from a site in Littlerock, WA which is 73 miles from Seattle.

How can they realistically expect any kind of citygrade coverage in Seattle? Wouldn't it make more sense to buy boards in Tacoma?

 

[eastsidah]

> How does this work?
>
> I see KNBQ broadcasts at 70KW from an overall height of 305
> feet from a site in Littlerock, WA which is 73 miles from
> Seattle.
>
> How can they realistically expect any kind of citygrade
> coverage in Seattle? Wouldn't it make more sense to buy
> boards in Tacoma?
>
Capitol Peak is quite the little hill. And their HAAT (height above average terrain) is 668 Meters (2191 Feet). Their height above sea level is 867 meters (2843 Feet)...

Their overall height above ground IS 305 feet, that means they are 305 feet above the top of capitol peak, not above sea level....make sense? 70 KW can really MOVE from that kind of perch...hope that explains that for ya

 

[japerry]

>
> Their overall height above ground IS 305 feet, that means
> they are 305 feet above the top of capitol peak, not above
> sea level....make sense? 70 KW can really MOVE from that
> kind of perch...hope that explains that for ya
>
It MOVES so well that I recieved it crystal clear, RDS and everything, from my home in Bellingham this afternoon. For a second there I thought the Canadians had a new country station on 102.9, but nope.. KNBQ.

Really odd since KNBQ is at least 150 miles from where I'm at.

 

[eastsidah]

> >
> > Their overall height above ground IS 305 feet, that means
> > they are 305 feet above the top of capitol peak, not above
>
> > sea level....make sense? 70 KW can really MOVE from that
> > kind of perch...hope that explains that for ya
> >
> It MOVES so well that I recieved it crystal clear, RDS and
> everything, from my home in Bellingham this afternoon. For a
> second there I thought the Canadians had a new country
> station on 102.9, but nope.. KNBQ.
>
> Really odd since KNBQ is at least 150 miles from where I'm
> at.
>
I'm sure some travel time over water has some effect on that kind of distance

 

[Rodman97]

> > >
> > > Their overall height above ground IS 305 feet, that
> means
> > > they are 305 feet above the top of capitol peak, not
> above
> >
> > > sea level....make sense? 70 KW can really MOVE from
> that
> > > kind of perch...hope that explains that for ya
> > >
> > It MOVES so well that I recieved it crystal clear, RDS and
>
> > everything, from my home in Bellingham this afternoon. For
> a
> > second there I thought the Canadians had a new country
> > station on 102.9, but nope.. KNBQ.
> >
> > Really odd since KNBQ is at least 150 miles from where I'm
>
> > at.
> >
> I'm sure some travel time over water has some effect on that
> kind of distance
>

More likely, it's "FM skip," in which the signal bounces off the atmosphere, also called tropospheric ducting, according to our engineers here at Infinity. June is the month when it happens the most. 150 miles is pushing it for any FM signal...