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Ticket 25k Power Increase?
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dfaulkner
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I wonder what 1600 is running at now ? As KTNS it was 5KW, but it's stronger than that now, or it seems to be.billyg said:
dfaulkner said:
KRVA is now 25,000w during the day. Still 930w for nights. I was never able to pick up 1600 here in the Kilgore/Longview area until they upgraded.
http://www.radio-locator.com/info/KRVA-AM
BTW I'm also able to pick up KVTT 1110 stronger during the mornings, so I'm also wondering if they upgraded to 50K (non-critical hours) from 20K.
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/finder?sr=Y&s=C&call=KVTT&x=0&y=0
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dfaulkner
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I wouldn't think so. At 5KW day (The transmitter site at that time was near Southfork Ranch.) 1600 basically covered D/FW & a bit to the North/Northwest of D/FW.billyg said:
dfaulkner said:
Back in the 70's when it was KYAL and later KXVI, I recall the signal into western Tarrant County was surprisingly good.
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rr
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The power increase has not happened yet--
To the poster...the towers near Southfork in Parker, TX is KKLF 1700AM Richardson ID night time Collin County transmitter. Night time transmitter power is 1K from Collin County 1700AM towers. Daytime towers are west of US 75 on FM 121 west of Van Alstyne,TX. Daytime transitter power from southern Grayson County on 1700AM in 10K.
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dfaulkner
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In reply to Mediafrog+ just some trivia, in the KYAL days, 1600 "ALL American Country" was the slogan, I believe, would've been from the transmitter site before Southfork. I can't remember which road they were on. As I recall it was two towers on a FM road that ran between Preston Rd & the City of Plano, which seemed rural back then.
You got to be hoping that the reason why 104.1 is hardly listenable any more is because they are having technical difficulties from upgrading the power? Cumulus should just realize the ratings winner they have and switch The Ticket to 93.3, freeing up 104.1 and 1700 AM for other programming.
T4 In Rockwall said:
No way. 104.1 is a much better signal than 93.3. I can get it in Greenville before it fades out, and going north it comes in strong all the way up 35 until you cross the Arbuckles.
93.3 is weak north of Dallas and gets stepped on by adjacent 93.1 out of Denison.
dantheman said:
dan, both the day and night locations for KKLF are non-directional, with a single tower at each place. Also note that the nighttime tower isn't really located that close to Southfork; it's on the north side of Lucas:
http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/map...IES,&off=streets,GRID,shorelin&ht=0.5&wid=0.5
That location is officially listed as being in Lucas, making the tower actually closer to McKinney than Richardson, KKLF's community of license.
T4 In Rockwall said:
I'm confused. Are you saying that KTDK up north of Ray Roberts Lake is sounding bad because the parent station KTCK is in the process of increasing their power?
Triple Fake Jerry said:
In what sense? Granted 93.3 has problems up north and the signal is not spectacular in the western part of the area, but it puts a city-grade signal over virtually all of Dallas County, more than half of Tarrant County, a good part of Denton County and some of Coliin County. On the other hand 104.1 can claim similar coverage in just one city of any size, that being Denton (or most of it, anyway).
I spend most of my time listening in southern Grayson county and eastern Fannin county on 1700 from 8a to 6p or later. The last two weeks it has been dropping the signal anywere from one half to one full second at times. It's enough to make the signal hard to listen to. I can switch over to 1310 or 104.1 and it's not there. I have noticed the same thing on three different vehicle radios so I know it not just my work truck.
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rr
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The station currently is holding a construction permit from the FCC. It entails replacing the transmitter, phasing equipment, tuning units, and feed lines. This must be accomplished while the station is on the air.
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MikeShannon914
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You have highly upset the thriving metropolis of Krum, Texas, with that stereotypical comment. The mayor, police chief, dog catcher, meter reader and city hall receptionist (all the same person) has vowed to enlist the entire city in a boycott of Radio-Info.com. Bandwidth is already running more freely without the drag of those three dial-up customers.jd said:
Sanger is next. Not a town, per se, but the name of the only guy who lives there.
ChipK and others can verify/debunk this, but, back in 1980 or so, wouldn't it have been better for KDNT-FM or KGAF-FM to take on 104.1 instead of 94.5 to try to force it into DFW? I know 104.1 was a Sherman or Denison station back then, but considering the hassle it's been trying to make 94.5 into more than a distant rimshot over the years, would it have worked better with 104.1 instead, **IF** you had the luxury of foresight and were doing the upgrade in the 80s instead of now?
Ultimately, the moron in this equation is (no, not me) the person who traded away 106.1 for 94.5 in the 80s. I bet they did an even swap and had NO clue.
104.1 works best north of 121/75 for me.
The name Galen Gilbert brings to mind the day that his GM, Dennis Grandcolas, put out a memo to those of us who were working on both 94.5 KDNT-FM and 1440 KDNT-AM. I was working Saturday mornings 6A to Noon and Sunday afternoons 12N to 6pm. Loved it. Until...
Grandcolas told us that 94.5 was flipping from country to Z-Rock...and (if memory serves) "we are excited to become their 5th affiliate!!"
I took one look at the DJs on the promotional posters, listened to 'Z-Rock' from their Grand Rapids, Michigan, affiliate, and I knew I was going to be way the hell out of place. I think everybody that stayed turned into babysitters or board ops. What a shame.
Grandcolas told us that 94.5 was flipping from country to Z-Rock...and (if memory serves) "we are excited to become their 5th affiliate!!"
I took one look at the DJs on the promotional posters, listened to 'Z-Rock' from their Grand Rapids, Michigan, affiliate, and I knew I was going to be way the hell out of place. I think everybody that stayed turned into babysitters or board ops. What a shame.
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