Was 96.7 WKLV-FM off the air, today?

[WPHA]

I heard absolutely NOTHING, today, not even when I was down by the shore, so I suspect either they were off the air, or running drastically reduced power. :'(

 

[R.D.P.]

If the weather was very hot, K-Love may have it shut down to keep it from overheating.

The radio station I once announced on, did that many times, when it would get very hot here in Selma.

Once it got a bit cooler, AFR and their local contact person would return it to the air.

Not too sure about this present moment but AFR and their local contact person may still do it.

We've had some very hot weather, as of late, in these parts.

Just my two cents on the subject at hand.

R.D.P. <><

 

[Barry]

K-Love is still off the air, as of the time this is being posted, Tuesday night.
I have never heard of a station in this area being off the air due to warm weather. If that was the case, wouldn't they need to shut down for much of the summer? ???
Since WKLV seems to be little more than a satellite dish to receive the K-Love network, and a transmitter, I wonder if it is unmanned most of the time. Perhaps that would result in technical problems being unresolved till an engineer can get to the station.

 

[xmusicmatt]

To answer your question, the 'word' from KLove itself

"Thanks for your patience New York! Our Engineers are doing some adjustments to our Transmitter/Antenna in NYC and as a result we are off the air. Anytime you put on a brand new station, there are always adjustments that need to be made as you dial it in. Thanks for being patient, it may be a few days, but we will return as soon as possible"

 

[WPHA]

My word... if warm weather were a problem at the Trump Tower, I'd wonder "what the heck"?! ???

It has to be something else. I am just very saddened to see it ALREADY having significant technical issues. :'( I was looking forward to listening to it in the car, today! (I can't get it here at my house. Sigh.) :'(

 

[xmusicmatt]

If the weather was very hot, K-Love may have it shut down to keep it from overheating.

The radio station I once announced on, did that many times, when it would get very hot here in Selma.

Once it got a bit cooler, AFR and their local contact person would return it to the air.

Not too sure about this present moment but AFR and their local contact person may still do it.

We've had some very hot weather, as of late, in these parts.

Just my two cents on the subject at hand.

R.D.P. <><

That's the silliest thing I have heard and it's NOT the case with KLove. No logical station will sign off due to heat.. Now ofcourse heat could cause techincial issues to cause the station to go off air (AC breaks at transmitter and it shuts down) .. but no station does it purposefully ( at least one who wants to retain listenership).

 

[WPHA]

To answer your question, the 'word' from KLove itself

"Thanks for your patience New York! Our Engineers are doing some adjustments to our Transmitter/Antenna in NYC and as a result we are off the air. Anytime you put on a brand new station, there are always adjustments that need to be made as you dial it in. Thanks for being patient, it may be a few days, but we will return as soon as possible"

A FEW DAYS?!?!?! I'd go down there and help, if they'd have me, just to get it back on the air sooner!!!

 

[R.D.P.]

This station does mostly talk anyway now.  I remember a few years ago, while listening, they did go off.  It was very hot that day and I called Tupelo to report it.  They told me that the station was off due to the extreme heat we was experiencing and it would return once things got a bit cooler.  Later on that day, the station did return and I started back listening again.

I know it may sound silly but that's the way that ball bounced.  Glad I no longer announce on that station and/or help run it. Those people don't even know how to run their own ship. So sad indeed.

R.D.P. <><

 

[xmusicmatt]

This station does mostly talk anyway now. I remember a few years ago, while listening, they did go off. It was very hot that day and I called Tupelo to report it. They told me that the station was off due to the extreme heat we was experiencing and it would return once things got a bit cooler. Later on that day, the station did return and I started back listening again.

I know it may sound silly but that's the way that ball bounced.

R.D.P. <><

Sounds like AFR had "cooling" issues at that site.. Not common but not uncommon if they had AC issues or lack of at the transmitter site. Could be that station was a loss-leader for them and it was cheaper to let it go dark in hot weather than to properly cool the transmitter.

Re: KLove NYC... Sounds like the reason it may take a few days is likely techincial issues. Its' quite possible that they need a part or something and can't get it overnight/within a few hours. Hopefully they are back on soon... Or we could start rumors and maybe they turned it off so the FCC could find those pirates interfering with it quicker lol

 

[R.D.P.]

Since they moved from Selma, that station no longer has the listener base they did.  Most of those folks, myself included, now listen to the Moody Radio Network.  AFR may as well shut down that station.  It's just a waste of space anyway. The sound quality stinks, no one talks great about them now, the current presentation is very dull and they've had many issues of going off the air, even when the weather was pleasantly mild and/or cold. (Satellite Related)

To the K-Love fans, I hope your new station will soon resume broadcasting. 

Wish I had something like that here.  If we did, I would help run the ship and advertise heavy for it. 

R.D.P. <><

 

[WPHA]

Some years ago, the A/C unit at WFIF's transmitter conked out. I got the call from the automation system, that the room temp was above 90, so I knew "This is NOT good" and called my boss to open up the TX building, and get a fan in there, as I high-tailed myself to the site.

We kept the station on the air at full power with a big, powerful fan he ran and bought that same afternoon. It looked funny, but we stayed on the air! The A/C unit was replaced and operational within 2 days, but we didn't lose any airtime... despite very warm temps! Worst-case scenario, we would simply have reduced power, but stayed on the air.

It's all a matter of how dedicated (and available) the Engineer and staff are. I loved my station very much, and would do anything to keep it going, no matter what. I miss it like crazy! :'(

 

[mz41966]

Well it was fun while it lasted. No seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if KLOVE has their OWN engineers that DON'T live anywhere close to New Rochelle. They probably had an issue w/AC and have to get one guy (probably that's all they have) to go out to the site and fix it. And that guy probably has another full time job and a family and can't just hop a plane to NYC at the drop of a hat to fix a problem that most radio stations would fix in hours or days like WFIF.

Just my take.

-Mike

 

[mz41966]

Remember KLOVE is listener supported and probably very low budgeted for technical things.

 

[nd2023]

K-Love was on the air when it was 95 degrees last week. If the problem was an overheated transmitter due to a broken AC, at least the station could be on the air after sunset and sign off at noon, until the AC is replaced. I wouldn't think a brand new AC would break so soon.

 

[xmusicmatt]

Well it was fun while it lasted. No seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if KLOVE has their OWN engineers that DON'T live anywhere close to New Rochelle. They probably had an issue w/AC and have to get one guy (probably that's all they have) to go out to the site and fix it. And that guy probably has another full time job and a family and can't just hop a plane to NYC at the drop of a hat to fix a problem that most radio stations would fix in hours or days like WFIF.

Just my take.

-Mike

KLove does have it's own in house engineering staff.. They also contractor out a lot of their engineering work depending on the area. None of us know exactly what is happening at this point except that the station is off air due to some techincial issue. They are fairly proactive about issues.. They have monitoring equipment in place at each site (even the translators) that alert their 24/7 NOC in Rocklin of issues so they can respond to them as quick as possible.

 

[WPHA]

I have obtained more information, but cannot share it, unfortunately. Suffice it to say, it *IS* a technical issue. (TOTALLY unrelated to HVAC, BTW!)

Be assured that they are working on resolving it, and we just have to be patient. That's all I can say.

All we can do at this point is, "Stay Tuned".

Perhaps the down time WILL be useful for tracking those pirates! THAT would be a GOOD thing!

 

[WPHA]

Remember KLOVE is listener supported and probably very low budgeted for technical things.

RAZZZZ!!!! Sorry, Mike... that is incorrect! You lose the round.

 

[nd2023]

WPHA, you seem to have more enthusiasm for K-Love than I had for Pulse 87! That's a good thing.

 

[VeteranPD]

Let's not be silly here. It probably is what they said it is....antenna work. I remember back when WNJU -TV signed on the air..they had to cancel the station's debut broadcast because of a problem with antenna tuning. The following day, they ran a newspaper ad proclaiming, "The Channel 47 Baby Is Late" explaining the problem in layman's terms.
It's not the heat that has taken down WKLV. Today's solid state transmitters generate much less heat and the penthouse atop Trump Plaza in certainly air conditioned.

 

[RadioMan203]

If what I just picked up was them they have a very distorted audio signal. It's either that or a pirate, but I was just in the Darien area so I wouldn't think there was any pirate there.