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Owner of KQSS-FM, Miami buys KJAA-AM

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Outlaw

Since the communities staple, KIKO-AM is moving out of town, buying KJAA-AM in Globe puts a new AM-FM combo in town that could eventually replace what Willard Shoecraft once had. Good move Mr. Taylor.
 
Bill plans to put non music elements on 1240 like the trading post and high school sports so the hits can freely flow on the FM.
 
KJAA is now "Jukebox 1240" playing oldies from the 60's mostly. Heard a sweeper that boasted "Locally owned and programmed". They played some great 60's oldies that are forgotten by the the homogenised oldies stations. I'll be listening again on future drives through Globe.
 
Outlaw said:
Directional too (away from Phoenix)
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KIKO will still be on 1340 after they move to AJ. IIRC, directional antennas are not allowed on "graveyard" frequencies, and according to Radio Locator, they'll be "non-directional, 2 patterns" - whatever that means.
 
KIKO has a CP for 2 patterns, both non-directional. However, DAYTIME power is 1kw and NIGHTIME power is .93kw or 930 watts. The FCC considers that a pattern change instead of a power change.
 
KeithE4 said:
Outlaw said:
Directional too (away from Phoenix)
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KIKO will still be on 1340 after they move to AJ. IIRC, directional antennas are not allowed on "graveyard" frequencies, and according to Radio Locator, they'll be "non-directional, 2 patterns" - whatever that means.
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The current version of the FCC database requires engineering entries for both daytime and nighttime facilities, even if they're precisely the same parameters. While older licenses are grandfathered in the system, any station filing for any sort of engineering change (even something so minor as correcting the coordinates of the transmitter site) thus ends up with separate day and night entries in the database. This seems to cause no end of confusion for databases and listing sites that date back to the days when you could get a "DA-1" or "ND-U" license.
 
RadioBill said:
KJAA still off the air this week as I drove through Globe. It would appear that they have gone "silent".
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I noticed that KJAA is back on the air. Still "Jukebox 1240" with a great selection of oldies.
 
I know this sounds like a blast from the past, but I read somewhere that KJAA broadcasts in AM Stereo. Is there any truth to this? I recently got a Sparc portable HD radio that actually has AM HD and it supposedly can also decode the C-QUAM AM Stereo signal. No stations in Phoenix run AM Stereo as far as I can tell, but if KJAA does, it might be worth a question CJ drive out to Globe to see how AM Stereo actually sounds (and if it's any better than AM HD like some enthusiasts claim). I remember listening to WLS in Chicago as a kid with AM Stereo and it actually sounded really good, all without causing that annoying adjacent channel hiss that AM HD radio has.
 
No, they used to (maybe still do) talk about being in stereo on their web stream. However, even that is in mono now.
I think 1580 was in stereo back when it was Real Country, not sure about now.
 
Talk show host Rollye (James) Cornell co-owns KJAA (and KQSS) with her husband Jon. She programs the AM to her own tastes, admitting that she doesn't intend to monetize the AM format.
 
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