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Call letters been assigned. Should be testing any day now.
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Any idea the format?
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Groove1670
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Gonna say news/talk. Just a guess. Maybe AAA or active rock.
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Whatever happens, they could start out a leg up, provided that their transmitter is *not* the same location as 92.7, 99.5, 102.5, 107.9.....those stations *still* cannot reach out like they could, due to some fault there. They can't be heard much outside of Key West or their intended targets. I'd say even the tiny 107.1 might be benefitting. 93.5 must be the only strong signal there. (According to FCC, 104.9 is 1 kW; 107.1 is 2.5 k or so.)
Living in Broward with outdoor antenna, 93.5 is my only possible catch right now.
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Living in Broward with outdoor antenna, 93.5 is my only possible catch right now.
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Bump....any latest news? Is there anyone living in the lower Keys subscribed here that can help?
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Any idea who owns it, and who is going to put it on the air?
radioaircheck said:
It's owned by Butler Broadcasting of Fayetteville, Arkansas. They also own two AMs and an FM in their home market, one of which is in Spanish so that might be a hint as to possible direction.
It's 60 dbu covers just 30,800 people... of course, it is an A with just 1 kw at 167 feet.
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I don't think there is a minimum, is there? as long as the coverage is not that of a translator or LPFM? I admit I dunno the rules.
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w9wi said:
All commercial class A FM stations are allowed a maximum 6kw at 328 feet while the minimum ERP is 100 watts to remain classified as a primary licensed class A. Anything under 100 watts is either classified as an LPFM or class D FM; i. e., a translator or 10 watt community radio station usually owned and operated by a high school or college.
ai4i said:
That's a very good question. I even asked myself the same thing. As you suggested, there may be spacing issues, or it may also be to conserve power since at full 6kw about 90% of the signal will be over water. Perhaps they just want to serve the COL and nothing more, and they don't need 6kw to accomplish that objective. It may also be the CP was about to expire and they placed it on the air at the lower ERP just to get it on the air and licensed with plans to upgrade to the full A status later. There may be any number of reasons for it being as it is now.
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Wouldn't Key West be a special case?
Seems to me 1kw/51m would be plenty of power to provide a more-than-decent signal across all of Key West. Going to 6kw would be overkill -- would run up the electric bill without serving much additional populated territory. Erecting a higher tower would attract hurricanes.(grin) There isn't *that much* population on the other western Keys, I might theorize that going to higher power from a more easterly site wouldn't serve enough more population to justify the cost.
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There have been some other cases where stations go on at the absolute minimum power. I strongly suspect what happens in these cases is that the permit is about to expire and the permittee has been unable to locate a suitable tower location for a full-power operation. They can get permission to hang a bay or two on a cell phone tower/atop a building/something & get it on the air & licensed before the permit expires -- and then they can take it silent again & have another year to find a proper site.
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Note that WXKW has an application on file to move roughly 25 miles to the east & increase to 100kw. I wonder if the 1kw facility actually falls into the second category -- put it up to get something on the air & now working on the details to get a bigger facility working?
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Hmmmm, that's all this DXer needs, another 100kW down there...! But at Mile Marker 25, that'll certainly serve the bulk of the Keys population, from Marathon to Key West.
At this time, that transmitter, apparently the one near MM 25, has been having issues for months now. 92.7/99.5/102.5/107.9 are only heard with low power, and 93.5 is the only Key West station with any punch at this time. Great for the DXer, bad for the station ownership.
I have another question kinda related, to which I'll start another thread.
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At this time, that transmitter, apparently the one near MM 25, has been having issues for months now. 92.7/99.5/102.5/107.9 are only heard with low power, and 93.5 is the only Key West station with any punch at this time. Great for the DXer, bad for the station ownership.
I have another question kinda related, to which I'll start another thread.
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