Mike, would this be on the same frequency - 93.3 - or would it be on a different frequency? Why hasn't Cumulclueless applied to do something like this with 97.5?
Not to speak out of turn, but let me field that question: yes, it would be on the same frequency, unlike a "translator," which rebroadcasts a station on another frequency. But a booster's coverage area must lie entirely within the coverage area of the main station (simplistically speaking). The advantage to a booster is that it fills in a gap in coverage in the case of obstructions like mountainous terrain, which of course is not the case here. What it does here in Flatland USA, in theory, is to fight the effects of skip. That's about it. Remember that a booster doesn't
extend a station's coverage; it augments the signal within its normal coverage area.
One minor point about the booster application: while it calls for Cloverleaf to be the COL ("community of license," a basically meaningless term) the actual transmitter location would be in Houston on one the towers at KLAT 1010's daytime site up off the Eastex Freeway.
I'm not convinced that the KQBU booster would make much of a difference, and yes, KFNC 97.5 could do the same thing. Although I haven't seen anything from KFNC regarding a booster, they
are installing a new antenna, but it's a mere four feet above the existing one on the same tower. In checking the current and proposed coverage, I can't see any difference at all.
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