KSIQ Silent Again?

[Radio3787]

It seems the last time I heard anything on 96.1 was Wednesday (after a few days of intermittent broadcasting). Did Cherry Creek give up on trying to make the booster cover SD? ???

 

[quanhth]

I, too, notice the broadcast being on & off until Wednesday. On Saturday afternoon though, it appears that they've rebroadcasted again as I tuned in south of the 94FWY but it sounded very weak and the broadcast disappeared before hitting the 8 traveling North.

 

[Radio3787]

Perhaps what you heard was from the main Campo site. It seems like the Sweetwater booster site has been completely off since Wednesday...

Please someone correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[SDRadio]

Cherry Creek should be ashamed of their "engineering". The main transmitter and the Sweetwater booster were not playing the same music midweek. While I understand it is a CP; but no original programming is allowed. Add in the nearly year long sham they have been pulling on listeners about a faulty T-1 line at Mount San Miguel; this is worse than any backwoods station group has pulled in a long time.

On the 67 before the grade into Lakeside, I could receive both the main transmitter (sounding muddy and the booster -- not in sync. Suggest separate programming.)

If they do not have their act together by October, it's all moot. I am surprised that a company that owns good stations east of here is doing a crap job of moving, installing and then delivering nothing to the San Diego airwaves except a lot of chatter here. There are more posters here than listeners.

 

[Radio3787]

Chris, correct me if I'm wrong... But 5,000 Watts from a location like Sweetwater should be plenty of power to reach all of the 619 and 858 parts of San Diego, no? Or is it the height (lack there of) of the tower that is the problem?

Last Tues I could get 96.1 clearly (other than the mono sound) going north on the 805 passing through North Park & Normal Heights but as soon as I dipped into Mission Valley it was all static. I then got on the 8 east and it was all static through the SDSU area. But that is on the opposite side of terrain from the KSIQ booster...

 

[SDRadio]

The station in Hemet is or should be protected. KSIQ is a move in from Brawley. They are not a San Diego station no matter how they spin it. A southern station below the 8-freeway.

 

[RadeoEngineer]

It's a directional booster that is incredibly poorly engineered. The only interest they have in having any coverage in San Diego is to find a buyer.

 

[Big 121]

The booster will "fill in" the areas that are shadowed, or blocked from the Morena antenna, when and if it ever goes to legal power.See Radio Locater for their coverage area. They are a limited signal to the north under any circumstance.
The booster was on/off many times from Wednesday, and had music on at night. The main site power was reduced during this time, but is back up to its underwhelming level. Daytime RF testing IS frowned upon by the FCC.
I'm not sure WHY the County of S.D. would allow this commercial operation to be located in Summit Park,temporarily, or at all.

 

[SDRadio]

I'm not sure WHY the County of S.D. would allow this commercial operation to be located in Summit Park,temporarily, or at all.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[600kogo]

Cherry Creek is going to end up loosing money on this thing, because they messed it up so bad. They arent going to get a fraction of what they could have got 5 years ago.

 

[mj]

very few sellers of radio assets will be getting what they could have five years ago. Very few if any "experts" could have predicted the drastic decrease of advertising revenues between the downturn of the economy and the shift of dollars from traditional media to digital/ online.

 

[SDRadio]

Cherry Creek is going to end up loosing money on this thing, because they messed it up so bad. They arent going to get a fraction of what they could have got 5 years ago.

The coverage suggest a Hispanic flavored station. Serving South Bay and the northern part of Baja California.

The main reason KSIQ "moved" in from Brawley was ad revenue wasn't enough. The main reason KSIQ won't survive in its present form: ad revenue. Gots to haves de station on de air to generate cash flow.

 

[quanhth]

Is there any chance to get information from employees regarding the current status of the station? Other than upper management from the Cherry Creek website, the closest local connection to the station appears to be John Monte per his LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmonte . I would hear his voice from time to time doing metro traffic on the airwaves.

 

[Frequency1]

Has anyone gone to the studio to ask them? They are required to have at least staff there during business hours.

 

[Radio3787]

I'm sure every employee related to KSIQ has signed a confidentiality agreement or something. CCR seems to want to keep all this under tight wraps.

 

[radio-darn]

the nearly year long sham they have been pulling on listeners..... There are more posters here than listeners.

Yep, I think the only people who even know this station exists are the ones who read this thread.

 

[Big 121]

Need details about KSIQ's progress? Contact Travis Cronen (Dir. of Ops.) he's been personally overseeing the translator install. Of course, Jamul probably won't help you. But there's great Pizza next door...

 

[RadeoEngineer]

And if you're going out that way, I highly recommend the Jacumba Hot Springs Hotel (check first to see if it's still open).

 

[BecTero]

The booster is on at the Sweetwater site, as of Monday night, June 27. And the music quality sounds sharp, but it might be because I live less than two miles away from the Sweetwater tower site!!

 

[SDRadio]

The booster is on at the Sweetwater site, as of Monday night, June 27. And the music quality sounds sharp, but it might be because I live less than two miles away from the Sweetwater tower site!!

The main signal from el Campo and Sweetwater were different programming. #fail