New Radio Station At 103.3 FM Coming From the Tijuana Area

[Dr. Sound]

I'm hearing Spanish language music on 103.3 FM south of downtown San Diego. This radio station is causing considerable amount of interference to the K-Brite religious translator aimed south to Chula Vista. The other translator at 103.3 from Mt. Soledad (XTRA Fox Sports) seems to block out the interference pretty good. Add Q103.3 Temecula and KRUZ Santa Barbara results in the most noisy frequency in the San Diego area.

 

[Gregg.]

103.3 in San Diego has got to be the nuttiest spot on a radio dial in the U.S. There are TWO translators licensed to San Diego for the same frequency. K277DG simulcasts 1240 KNSN and K277DH simulcasts KLSD. One is in the northern part of the city, and one to the south, but both have San Diego as their city of license. And it looks like iHeart wants to change K277DH to simulcast 600 KOGO, its most valuable AM station in the market. But apparently that decision has not yet been made.

And as Muzik says, there are also 103.3 stations in Temecula and Santa Barbara that get into San Diego as well, or at least did till the translators signed on. I've never heard of two translators licensed for the same city on the same dial position.

 

[Sammi Brie]

I've never heard of two translators licensed for the same city on the same dial position.

In Phoenix we have K241BQ (different COL, but when you're on South Mountain it doesn't matter and downtown Phoenix is in the heart of the contour) and K241CS. The latter is currently silent because its accompanying AM is bankrupt and has yet to be sold. They have approved contour overlap, too.

 

[K6JHU]

Close here in Albuquerque but not quite the same thing. An LP and a translator on 102.1 (divided N-S). Both on the air.

 

[AnyHuman]

Kansas City has KCPZ-LP (on the air at 95.3), and K237GQ (off the air but licensed for 95.3).