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New NCEs in Arizona

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RF101

I did not see an Arizona-specific thread for the new NCEs appearing as a result of the recent NCE Window.... So here (and "hear") it goes goes...

Apache Leap Media , the licensee for KZAO in Ajo, has a website and is streaming. It's "ajoradio.org" and includes signal plots. "Z89.3" website looks like they'll try a pseudo-commercial format with lots of underwriting announcements. 820 watts at 257M HAAT but no L2C yet.
 
Very ambitious start up, being that they will be serving a small, dying, former mining town that's basically a pit stop on the way to Rocky Point in Mexico. The slogan is "small town BIG radio." with hit music, Tino Cochino in the morning, locally hosted during the day, and part of the evening, news every hour, and a professional sound. This would not work if it was commercial, with less than 5,000 people still living in Ajo and few businesses. As a live, local non-comm with community support they might make it. I wish them the best of luck, more small towns need this.
 
This is a good example of what a Low Power FM can do in a small town. While this station isn't huge, it's much bigger than a LPFM but smartly built to keep operating expenses low. Such a station can work in this instance because of isolation and few radio choices. It is possible they can reach 30-35% of local radio listening and universally known. Marketing options are very limited as well. Except for the local paper, there are not many options for local businesses to involve themselves with the community. And that is what businesses want to do in small towns where everybody knows everybody. Businesses are very competitive and typically don't have sales in such towns but advertise to show they are part of the community, a contributor to the quality of life, meaning underwriting is perfect for them.

I can say the AM drive and 6-10pm shifts are syndicated. Likely Shon and Rebeca are as well. FSN News is $15 a month to get the service. They use a weather service, it seems.

This is a very well done station that seems to be custom designed for the area. I'm happy to see such broadcasters give it a shot. They won't get rich but if they keep things to a minimum they should do fine.
 
Although licensed to St Goerge, Utah, this new NCE just submitted paperwork to jump from a Class A to a Class C1 with a transmitter site in Northwest Arizone. It's Advance Ministries 89.9MHz proposing 16.5kw ERP at 566M HAAT. Apparently there is a tower site out there as the ASR number is 1032820.

 
This must be for a relay of Arizona Public Media east of Tucson....

On Friday the FCC granted a new NCE for Safford at 91.7 with 120 watts ERP. At an incredible 1309 meters HAAT it rates a C2 classification. Not many folks out there, mainly Safford and a rimshot of Willcox.

 
RF101 said:
<...> Not many folks out there, mainly Safford and a rimshot of Willcox.
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Eighty miles of Interstate 10 and US-70 to cover in both AZ & NM, easily.
 
kwthom said:
Eighty miles of Interstate 10 and US-70 to cover in both AZ & NM, easily.
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If the FCC map is any indication, it will barely hit the state line. It'll serve more Mt. Graham campers, I-10 traffic, and rattlesnakes than folks in Safford or the other tiny towns in that area.
 
RF101 said:
Although licensed to St Goerge, Utah, this new NCE just submitted paperwork to jump from a Class A to a Class C1 with a transmitter site in Northwest Arizone. It's Advance Ministries 89.9MHz proposing 16.5kw ERP at 566M HAAT. Apparently there is a tower site out there as the ASR number is 1032820.

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Someone trying to convert the Warren Jeffs 'more wives the merrier' folks in Colorado City/Hilldale?
 
On June 3, the FCC granted a C2 station 90.1 for Arizona Western College, the regional community college. The community of license will be Quartzite, Arizona. With an HAAT of 673 meters, the station will be broadcast with 450 watts ERP, with a northernly-nulled directional antenna. The only major community in the coverage zone is Blythe, California..I imagine it will be a relay of KAWC but perhaps even KOFA "Border Radio"

 
Besides Blythe, most of the human population in the coverage area is I-10 traffic. How many listeners do they expect?
 
Correct me if I’m wrong, but Quartzite is a fairly popular wintertime RV spot. So for 4-6 months of the year, there are more folks than the population count may suggest.
 
seattlesarchiebunker said:
Correct me if I’m wrong, but Quartzite is a fairly popular wintertime RV spot. So for 4-6 months of the year, there are more folks than the population count may suggest.
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Somehow, I doubt that seniors in RVs are part of the NPR demographic.
 
KeithE4 said:
Somehow, I doubt that seniors in RVs are part of the NPR demographic.
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Depends. A couple of miles from me there is an RV resort that only accepts those huge $200,000 and over models. Quartzite is the opposite. It is where you can escape freezing temperatures on a Social Security only income.
 
DavidEduardo said:
Depends. A couple of miles from me there is an RV resort that only accepts those huge $200,000 and over models. Quartzite is the opposite. It is where you can escape freezing temperatures on a Social Security only income.
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Prior to the pandemic, a LOT of residents originally from north of the 49th parallel we out there.

A fair percentage of those who stay out there are parked on federal lands, mostly south of town along US-95. If there was ever a place to do 'license plate BINGO' with only Canadian plates, that would be it. :cool:
 
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