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New 91.9 KJPT Colfax

stewie said:
Michael Rivers Kramer said:
https://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/w...ext=25&appn=101563734&formid=1&fac_num=176615

Looks like it will be catholic..

http://www.holyfamilyradio.net/wp-content/uploads/CatholicRadioTravelGuideMay2013.pdf

http://parishbulletin.com/Bulletins/17440/523363Bulletin5-19-13.pdf

Licensed to Colfax, based in Loomis. First adjacent to KMJE 92.1
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You would think that, but I'm sure it's fully spaced. However, the FCC never looks at irregular terrain beyond a short distance from the transmitter site. They overlook the fact that stations like these target areas way beyond the FCC service contours. Longly-Rice takes a much different picture of 92.1's footprint.
I'm amazed at how lenient the FCC is now.
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I heard them on testing the other day. Don't know if it was full power or not, but I was driving down 80 and they were spotty in their city of license (Colfax), mixing with the K-love signal from the coastal range. By the time I got to Auburn it was pretty much gone. It's kind of a weird license, vertically polarized only, directional to the East, and terrain-limited to most of the population areas except for Sacramento and Yuba City / Marysville. But I don't think they have enough power to overcome K-LOVE in those areas. I don't suspect 92.1 will see much, if any, interference at all.

Dave B.
 
DaveBayArea said:
I heard them on testing the other day. Don't know if it was full power or not, but I was driving down 80 and they were spotty in their city of license (Colfax), mixing with the K-love signal from the coastal range. By the time I got to Auburn it was pretty much gone. It's kind of a weird license, vertically polarized only, directional to the East, and terrain-limited to most of the population areas except for Sacramento and Yuba City / Marysville. But I don't think they have enough power to overcome K-LOVE in those areas. I don't suspect 92.1 will see much, if any, interference at all.

Dave B.
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Yeah, that 91.9 signal from Mt. Saint Helena will wreak havoc with this CP, especially in the foothills. This would seem very unlistenable to me, and vertical polarization is iffy anywhere near the fringe unless you have a car radio.

Not too many Catholic formats on FM...
 
Big D said:
DaveBayArea said:
I heard them on testing the other day. Don't know if it was full power or not, but I was driving down 80 and they were spotty in their city of license (Colfax), mixing with the K-love signal from the coastal range. By the time I got to Auburn it was pretty much gone. It's kind of a weird license, vertically polarized only, directional to the East, and terrain-limited to most of the population areas except for Sacramento and Yuba City / Marysville. But I don't think they have enough power to overcome K-LOVE in those areas. I don't suspect 92.1 will see much, if any, interference at all.

Dave B.
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Yeah, that 91.9 signal from Mt. Saint Helena will wreak havoc with this CP, especially in the foothills. This would seem very unlistenable to me, and vertical polarization is iffy anywhere near the fringe unless you have a car radio.

Not too many Catholic formats on FM...
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I heard them testing the other day as well but heard more of KLVR than KJPT.

I was surprised to hear the signal (just barely) in Rocklin but I'm shielded from KLVR. I do agree though, this CP will duke it out with K-LOVE.
 
Were they running a network during testing (ala: EWTN, or Relevant?) Doesn't IHR already own a Catholic station in Sacto? If so, then, I'm not sure this new 91.9 would be able to air EWTN, and would either have to go local, or find another network.
 
theradiokid said:
Were they running a network during testing (ala: EWTN, or Relevant?) Doesn't IHR already own a Catholic station in Sacto? If so, then, I'm not sure this new 91.9 would be able to air EWTN, and would either have to go local, or find another network.
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They were just playing instrumental music when I heard them testing, but I expect it to be a duplicate of 1620 AM when it signs on. The operational cost of this signal is probably quite low, so I suspect all they need is a couple of well-heeled donors to pay for it. Also, IHR has translator licenses scattered throughout the Sierras, and they could use some extraordinary phased-array vertically polarized antennas to feed a translator that otherwise wouldn't be able to get a signal.

Dave B.
 
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