This is a friendly message to my fellow LA board members: Your little station over there in bustling Ontario, KSPA 1510 AM, has, for at least a month now, been running 24/7 on day-time power or something more than their licensed 1,000 watts.
While this might be good for fans of that lounge music sound, it's actually causing problems for us radio listeners here in Phoenix, AZ. We have a local station, KFNN, that broadcasts at 1510 AM out of north Phoenix and is licensed to the city of Mesa. Before KSPA's recent power grab, KFNN already had a hard time covering it's city of license at night with it's limited power of 100 watts. The usual suspect interfering with KFNN was Mile High Sports, KCKK 1510 AM out of Denver, CO (which actually increases power at night from 10,000 watts day to 25,000 watts night). KSPA never used to come in night-time at all here in Phoenix because it was only broadcasting at 1,000 watts. Now, though, with KSPA illegally running at day-time power or something else besides the prescribed 1,000 watts, KSPA is usually on top at night with KCKK underneath fighting it out with KFNN. A lot of times, KSPA is so strong that it sounds like a local. Before, across Phoenix, KFNN would come in at night, albeit weakly, but it was audible and had decent coverage, especially in the west part of town. Now with KSPA running at day-time power, KFNN has a hard time being heard anywhere around town except near the transmitter stick.
Have any of you in LA noticed KSPA's recent illegal power grab? I'd imagine with the increased night-time power to 10,000 watts or whatever KSPA is now running at night, they would have better coverage into LA and Orange County that they never used to have. I know KSPA has filed applications in the past to increase night-time power to 6,000 watts and 45,000 watts during critical hours, but that application has been denied. You can see more on the FCC database here: http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=13899
Also, this topic was originally started on the Phoenix forum and you can read more about it here: http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=206536.0
Any insight our friends in LA can provide would be much appreciated. Thanks! ;D
While this might be good for fans of that lounge music sound, it's actually causing problems for us radio listeners here in Phoenix, AZ. We have a local station, KFNN, that broadcasts at 1510 AM out of north Phoenix and is licensed to the city of Mesa. Before KSPA's recent power grab, KFNN already had a hard time covering it's city of license at night with it's limited power of 100 watts. The usual suspect interfering with KFNN was Mile High Sports, KCKK 1510 AM out of Denver, CO (which actually increases power at night from 10,000 watts day to 25,000 watts night). KSPA never used to come in night-time at all here in Phoenix because it was only broadcasting at 1,000 watts. Now, though, with KSPA illegally running at day-time power or something else besides the prescribed 1,000 watts, KSPA is usually on top at night with KCKK underneath fighting it out with KFNN. A lot of times, KSPA is so strong that it sounds like a local. Before, across Phoenix, KFNN would come in at night, albeit weakly, but it was audible and had decent coverage, especially in the west part of town. Now with KSPA running at day-time power, KFNN has a hard time being heard anywhere around town except near the transmitter stick.
Have any of you in LA noticed KSPA's recent illegal power grab? I'd imagine with the increased night-time power to 10,000 watts or whatever KSPA is now running at night, they would have better coverage into LA and Orange County that they never used to have. I know KSPA has filed applications in the past to increase night-time power to 6,000 watts and 45,000 watts during critical hours, but that application has been denied. You can see more on the FCC database here: http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=13899
Also, this topic was originally started on the Phoenix forum and you can read more about it here: http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=206536.0
Any insight our friends in LA can provide would be much appreciated. Thanks! ;D
