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KRML SOLD

Both the Carmel 1410 and the Lompoc 1410 -- could better serve the public -- by moving over to a new FM band channel -- IF THE FCC was thinking ahead. The 50 KW AM station in Vancouver, BC puts a very strong signal over the California coast at night. Why not let AM stations do what they do best -- cover large areas. Minimum power for any AM station should be 1,000 watts Day or Night. Did anyone see that KNRY - 1240 - Monterey - was sold for $ 400 K - to IHR Educational Radio. Wish every AM station would have the coverage as KNRY.
 
MisterGort said:
Both the Carmel 1410 and the Lompoc 1410 -- could better serve the public -- by moving over to a new FM band channel -- IF THE FCC was thinking ahead. The 50 KW AM station in Vancouver, BC puts a very strong signal over the California coast at night. Why not let AM stations do what they do best -- cover large areas. Minimum power for any AM station should be 1,000 watts Day or Night. Did anyone see that KNRY - 1240 - Monterey - was sold for $ 400 K - to IHR Educational Radio. Wish every AM station would have the coverage as KNRY.
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I brought this up elsewhere, but I'll share it here. I kinda like the idea of an expanded FM band. What I'd like to see would be an additional fifty or sixty channels. Whether it's expanded down toward 82 MHz or up toward 114 MHz is another matter. Allow for no less than ten channels to have maximum transmission at 100-kilowatts no matter where they are in the country. This should give high-powered stations AMs with compromised service patterns an incentive to move to such channels and clear up the AM band as much as possible.

In addition, those stations on clear channels which have severely limited service areas should seriously consider this move, and it might not be a bad idea to impose daytime-only restrictions once again for such stations (Have a move it or lose it policy). If such stations want to keep a daytime AM service but keep nighttime broadcasting on FM, then OK. Keep a handful of local channels (class C or IV) around above 1220 and below 1500). Some of these frequencies could be used for non-comm/educational broadcasters) Also keep regional channels below 640. All else are clear channels with maybe a few exceptions.
 
Very Interesting !!!!! Saul Levine is the winner for 95.9 (A) at Big Sur and is now RE-locating 95.9 FROM Big Sur to Cover Salinas and Monterey. I wonder if 95.9 might end up ALL JAZZ ??????????
 
MisterGort said:
Very Interesting !!!!! Saul Levine is the winner for 95.9 (A) at Big Sur and is now RE-locating 95.9 FROM Big Sur to Cover Salinas and Monterey. I wonder if 95.9 might end up ALL JAZZ ??????????
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Saul will probably do that, plus a bunch of other formats on the frequency too, sooner or later...
 
I did enjoy hearing KRML on AM1410 and FM102.1 in Carmel this past weekend. Sounds really good on FM, even if it's just a local translator in Carmel (subject to interference from San Francisco along the beach). Only heard a little bit of announcing, and a few commercials. Still has to be a viable format and station, considering how little else there is to listen to in English in the Monterey Bay market. Especially for adults. Good luck, whoever is buying KRML. Play "Misty" for me sometime.
 
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