I wonder what the rate of return on the investment these stations are? Land can get expensive unless it's wetland and unbuildable.
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KSPA-AM 1510 files to change transmitter sites
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There are a bunch of site changes or modifications in Miami, with WAQI 710 being the most significant, but there are a variety of others including 1040 and 990 that have built new sites or moved.
Don't forget KFIA 710 In Carmichael, CA. Signed on January 11, 1979 its transmitter located in Rocklin, CA. Olympic Broadcasters owned it until it was bought by New Inspiration Broadcasting a subsidiary of Salem Media Group in 1995. Same format since then.
KFNX (KCCF at sign on) 1100 Cave Creek/Phoenix,AZ was a brand new AM facility that was built and signed on the air June 27, 1997. It has a 3 tower array with 50kw day and 1kw night. Still on the air...
The best I can tell they don't have a FM translator either. So AM is not as dead as most folks on the board think. If your daytime signal coverers the market* well and you have a spoken word format that is sellable you stand a chance.
*I guess the soil conductivity really helps in some of the urban spraw markets. WSB 750 class A 50kw Omni directional really struggles to cover the market. IMHO it is nowhere close reception wise in real life as it looks on paper
Here's 2 more new AM's that were built with both signing on in 2012:
890 KCEG Fountain/Colorado Springs, CO Classic Country
780 KRNX Fountain/Colorado Springs, CO Religious
890 KCEG Fountain/Colorado Springs, CO Classic Country
780 KRNX Fountain/Colorado Springs, CO Religious
I guess this wouldn’t completely qualify, but KSAC Olivehurst(Sacramento) signed on after 2010, but it’s diplexed on an existing AM Site.
And of course we can’t forget the ill conceived move of KTRB from Modesto to San Francisco and its new Modesto replacement KMPH 840.
KRNX has a CP to go 500 watts on one tower daytime and 15 watts at night. Only 13 years to recover expenses. Of course they have two translators so IMHO: they are just on the air with the AM to legally "feed" FM translators.
Oh my! I may have found the newest AM that was built that signed on in 2015:
1060 KFOY Sparks/Reno, NV Talk
Just 10 years ago...
1060 KFOY Sparks/Reno, NV Talk
Just 10 years ago...
I would say that it counts as a new AM sign on.
KRNX FM is owned by EMF and im pretty sure i read KRBX-FM was going to be sold or leased to EMF. EMF typically doesnt buy am's unless it has to to get an fm signal it wasnt.. then it divests itself of the am, if it can
Is that a translator that is permanently tied to the AM? If so I totally get cutting expenses on the AM. There is also some land that could be sold but by whom and what price would be someone with local knowledge.
I believe a Class B AM is a little more valuable than a Class D if sold as a "stand alone". So I guess until K love secures a better FM signal they are in the AM business whether they like it or not.
KFOY doesn't have a translator. They are half of an AM duo that signed on at the same time in 2015. The 1180 AM facility was deleted a few years back. I believe they were on the same tower.
I think a lot of people still listen to KNX 1070 in other parts of Southern California. Here in San Diego County, KNX comes in like a local -- whereas 97.1 cannot be received in most areas. KNX is a good source during earthquakes and other huge stories, because San Diego doesn't have a 24/7 local news station. 600 KOGO and 89.5 KPBS are only local a few hours a day, with some cut-ins at the top and bottom of the hours.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
A translator never has traditional calls. That's the first clue in saying "no". KRNX-FM is a C3:
If it were a translator, it (a) wouldn't have a ERP higher than 250 watts, and (b) would have a call sign in the format K285ZZ.
The
KRNX 780 has two translators:
K243AM 96.5 & K286CO 105.1. I wasn't talking about the "real" KRNX FM that bearly covers Colorado Springs.
This 780 AM IMHO only exists to legally "feed" the translators.
There are two trains of thought on the same tread both of which have derailed. Could be confusing
San Diego County is its own market and any KNX listening in SD is completely irrelevant.
Also in Baja California, Nevada and Arizona during the night received KNX 1070
Robert Douglas
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I really hate to admit this, because I've loved radio so much all my life. But it's over. All this talk about AM or FM is completely irrelevant. It's all coming from the cell towers now as just a streaming list of numbers, like any sound, video, movie. AM and FM sound exactly the same and all stations in the country (even the world) are available anywhere in the country anytime on that thing called your phone, which can easily drive any kind of huge audio system if you want.
But, it's all about the apps on the phone, isn't it? Some are so horrible as to not be useful. I get commercials from Colorado and Kansas City when I live nowhere near those places.
What are your favorite radio apps? For me, it's RadioApp first and SimpleRadio second. RadioApp just presents a dial, like a radio and it has changed my life.
But, it's all about the apps on the phone, isn't it? Some are so horrible as to not be useful. I get commercials from Colorado and Kansas City when I live nowhere near those places.
What are your favorite radio apps? For me, it's RadioApp first and SimpleRadio second. RadioApp just presents a dial, like a radio and it has changed my life.
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