I 've heard rumblings in and around the area that Mappleton, who just close to 2 years ago bought the Chico cluster, is already looking to unload the stations.
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Mappleton out in Chico?
- Thread starter Plays Well With Others
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Plays Well With Others said:
That seems like it would be good news. Word is the morale at Mapleton Chico is very low these days.
Any updated facts or rumors on this situation?
Newsperson responds:
I know they prefer to operate only clusters so they will need to find someone to buy all the Chico stations if they sell.
In San Franciso they are running KPIG-AM on 1510 Khz. Even though they re-broadcast their K-PIG-FM they still have an office and sales staff to support in San Francisco.
Anyone have some millions to spend?
Newsperson
I know they prefer to operate only clusters so they will need to find someone to buy all the Chico stations if they sell.
In San Franciso they are running KPIG-AM on 1510 Khz. Even though they re-broadcast their K-PIG-FM they still have an office and sales staff to support in San Francisco.
Anyone have some millions to spend?
Newsperson
I find it interesting that the 96.7 in Chico and the 1670 in Redding
are rebroadcasting K-PIG's signal...ya think Mapleton is banking
on K-PIG's success to help those markets?
Funny...both stations cover a lot of the same terrian, a good chunk
of I-5 and Highway 99, at least in the daytime...
The Medford Mapleton stations have really felt the blues for some
time. For years, they've had people voice-tracked on one or more
stations in that cluster while they're doing other duties. Could it be
that Chico's stations are doing the same?
I then saw this Wikipedia entry (take it for what it's wotrh):
"On July 15, 2008, KGA reduced its nighttime power to 15,000 Watts
so that its sister station KPIG-AM in San Francisco, California can
increase its nighttime power to 2,400 Watts."
Which explains why KGA doesn't come in well at night where I live.
Prior to this change, K-PIG AM was belting out an incredible 230 watts...
With the exception of the K-PIG personnel, I can possibly see why
morale would be low at some of their station clusters...
--jay
are rebroadcasting K-PIG's signal...ya think Mapleton is banking
on K-PIG's success to help those markets?
Funny...both stations cover a lot of the same terrian, a good chunk
of I-5 and Highway 99, at least in the daytime...
The Medford Mapleton stations have really felt the blues for some
time. For years, they've had people voice-tracked on one or more
stations in that cluster while they're doing other duties. Could it be
that Chico's stations are doing the same?
I then saw this Wikipedia entry (take it for what it's wotrh):
"On July 15, 2008, KGA reduced its nighttime power to 15,000 Watts
so that its sister station KPIG-AM in San Francisco, California can
increase its nighttime power to 2,400 Watts."
Which explains why KGA doesn't come in well at night where I live.
Prior to this change, K-PIG AM was belting out an incredible 230 watts...
With the exception of the K-PIG personnel, I can possibly see why
morale would be low at some of their station clusters...
--jay
djj said:
I think that's still a CP, and not implemented yet. I live in Newark (East Bay) and the nighttime pig is just as weak as ever.
Dave B.
DaveBayArea said:
Michael Rivers Kramer said:
Actually, I think I"m a bit to the East of it, about 143 degrees true. Based on the pattern data, the field strength here at night should be just about double when they make the change. Of course, with the crazy ground system (or lack thereof) at that facility, it might not make a difference here. I'll have to check closely next time I'm over towards San Francisco.
Dave B.
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