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Washington KXLE-FM downgrade
- Thread starter The New Chico
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Oh dang, as a CWU student from '97-'01 I remember those jingles. I was always surprised when I've ventured over the mountains and still heard them years later. They definitely seemed like someone's passion project!
Stations have three years to build out and I've seen it come down to the final day on more than one occasion!
Ironically, there was a filing today regarding an auxiliary antenna on South Mountain. KJET's and KLSY's paperwork was filed today
KJET's paperwork says …
"This antenna system will be shared as an auxiliary facility by stations KLSY 229C0, KDDS-FM
257C, KZTM 275C, and KJET 289C0."
"The proposed auxiliary operation will be on Channel 289C0 (105.7 MHz) with an effective radiated
power of 3.5 kilowatts. Operation is proposed with a 4-element omni-directional dipole antenna
(Dielectric model DCVP4C) which will be mounted on an existing structure on South Mountain, with
FCC Antenna Structure Registration Number 1247912"
KJET-AUX:
KJET's paperwork says …
"This antenna system will be shared as an auxiliary facility by stations KLSY 229C0, KDDS-FM
257C, KZTM 275C, and KJET 289C0."
"The proposed auxiliary operation will be on Channel 289C0 (105.7 MHz) with an effective radiated
power of 3.5 kilowatts. Operation is proposed with a 4-element omni-directional dipole antenna
(Dielectric model DCVP4C) which will be mounted on an existing structure on South Mountain, with
FCC Antenna Structure Registration Number 1247912"
KJET-AUX:
Another piece of the KJET major upgrade puzzle is about to take place. KZGI Sedro-Woolley 105.7 is now announcing the upcoming shift to 96.9 along with more coverage. The announced date is July 21.
If you speak Spanish the announcements can be heard here:
Yes, KZGI will have more wattage but Vancouver's 96.9 seems to have a more consistent signal in Lower Skagit Valley than CBC 105.7 . We'll see...or rather hear.
As subject readers already know, the original title is a misnomer..KXLE actually ended up with a nice upgrade iincluding Yakima in the re-arrangement.
If you speak Spanish the announcements can be heard here:
Yes, KZGI will have more wattage but Vancouver's 96.9 seems to have a more consistent signal in Lower Skagit Valley than CBC 105.7 . We'll see...or rather hear.
As subject readers already know, the original title is a misnomer..KXLE actually ended up with a nice upgrade iincluding Yakima in the re-arrangement.
You are correct. 96.9 is lower powered but more than 100 meters higher HAAT than 105.7 and has powerful processing. It definitely punches into the Skagit Valley more than 105.7. This will be pretty awful sounding.
Ironically, another Skagit Valley radio outlet is featured today in a KING-5 story: KSVR. The Skagit Valley College station has a limited coverage area but broadcasts a good percentage of its content in Spanish from Radio Bilingüe. (Too bad KGRG could not have a similar content shift to address community needs.)
Story:
www.king5.com
Also this story just appeared:
www.cascadiadaily.com
Story:
Trump cuts could silence beloved community radio station in Skagit Valley
Radio station KSVR has served the Skagit Valley for 52 years.
www.king5.com
Also this story just appeared:
One local station could lose nearly all of its funding if federal public broadcasting cuts pass | Cascadia Daily News
Skagit Valley College Community Radio receives grant from Corporation for Public Broadcasting
www.cascadiadaily.com
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As of 8 pm KZGI is on 96.9. As expected, the Sedro-Woolley signal is a real mess with heavy inference from CJAX in Vancouver B.C. Perhaps with an analog receiver you will have better luck where the hills natural shield CJAX. If you're car radio can decode CJAX's HD sidebands then all bets are off.
Michi wrote a nice summary about "HD-Hijack" which one can now experience firsthand with the KZGI-CJAX arrangement.
See: HD Hijack | REC Networks
Despite KZGI's lower power on 105.7 , the fact that CBU-FM operated only with an analog stereo signal made the Bustos station a much easier listen. The only way for KZGI to quickly improve coverage over Burlington-Mt Vernon would be to launch a pricey HD signal. Even switching to mono will not help KZGI.
Of course, readers will understand that KZGI 96.9 is the sacrificial lamb here. The real reason for the shift is to allow KJET 105.7 on South Mountain to make that big coverage increase into the Seattle market.
Michi wrote a nice summary about "HD-Hijack" which one can now experience firsthand with the KZGI-CJAX arrangement.
See: HD Hijack | REC Networks
Despite KZGI's lower power on 105.7 , the fact that CBU-FM operated only with an analog stereo signal made the Bustos station a much easier listen. The only way for KZGI to quickly improve coverage over Burlington-Mt Vernon would be to launch a pricey HD signal. Even switching to mono will not help KZGI.
Of course, readers will understand that KZGI 96.9 is the sacrificial lamb here. The real reason for the shift is to allow KJET 105.7 on South Mountain to make that big coverage increase into the Seattle market.
And prepare to be disappointed as whatever's on 105.7 will likely be of marginal appeal to a Seattle audience.
Get some pretty odd bounces off the Chuckanut range at times. The three B'ham translators broadcast from tower 3 of KPUG's array on Sunset. Not super high nor super powerful, but there ya go. KPUG 97.9 doesn't compete against Seattle Class Cs (with HD) like 96.5 and 98.9- and it shows! They all have the same power but 96.5 and 98.9 are all about Jack and the Bull.
Which Bustos can afford...or perhaps they could get rid of the HD signal they have on KZML 95.9 in my area and put it in KZGI instead.
For some strange reason (knife-edge diffraction off Chuckanut?) 97.9 KPUG xltr makes it into the lower Skagit River Valley, not strong but consistent.
Any way to tell if the KZML-FM-1 booster in Wenatchee also is running HD mode? HD makes sense in KZML's case as Bustos also has a translator in that town.
I was in Wenatchee last week so I can answer that: No, KZML-FM1 isn't in HD. In fact, the RDS is different. KZML (main) has RDS PI FFFF, and the PS reads DB6400. KZML-FM1 has RDS PI 5347 ('KZML'), which is what KZML had before it began transmitting HD.
KZML-HD2 is fed by KZUS Ephrata, which also feeds translator K225AR Wenatchee.
KZML-HD2 is fed by KZUS Ephrata, which also feeds translator K225AR Wenatchee.