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Wasted 50KW Stations

ALRocker said:
Did ERC ever run 500kw?
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WBRC-FM were the calls way back then, of course, and actually it was a little more than 500kW. But you're right about the 200-mile coverage, or so they claimed. Scroll to the last item on this page from Jeff Miller's great site, "History Of American Broadcasting": http://jeff560.tripod.com/fm-max.html

Considering the number of FM radios 60 years ago, that was Wasted 500+kW! (We now return to the discussion about 50kW AM's, already in progress...)
 
Any 50 kW station playing sports or talk. BOR-RING!!!! Put on a real news stations.
 
i'm going to say 540 wfla here in orlando. hell, i'm like 10 miles away from it and it gets static. what's with that? prob bad grounding or something. plus there in pine hills witch is the ghetto of orlando...
 
I can't stand those religious stations that "milk" their listeners out of their hard earned money all in the name of J.C. I listened to KCRA Corpus Christi on many occasions before I managed to ID it in Englewood FL (as I was trying for daytime over the Gulf receception. But I had to listen to a long time to get an ID; by then I needed a barf bag and a cold beer.
Reminds me of the Stones song "Far Away Eyes."
 
vibe said:
I can't stand those religious stations that "milk" their listeners out of their hard earned money all in the name of J.C. I listened to KCRA Corpus Christi on many occasions before I managed to ID it in Englewood FL (as I was trying for daytime over the Gulf receception. But I had to listen to a long time to get an ID; by then I needed a barf bag and a cold beer.
Reminds me of the Stones song "Far Away Eyes."
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Hopefully this thread isn't decending into anti-Christian bigotry. I agree, though, that many of the "preachers" on the air are phonies who are in it for money. In the early 90's they were much better, a listenable mix of Christian music. Probably they have descended into a mix of brokered preachers who are probably the only ones listening to the station so they can hear themselves. I seem to recall that Indiana Jesus got out his whip and drove a flock of them right out of the temple one time! He won't be fooled, a fact they better remember as they face their eternal destiny.

As far as KCTA (I think that is what you meant) 1030 daytime reception in Florida, I believe it is very possible. It is a monster signal - I have personally gotten them daytime in Midland, TX, and along I-10 as far as Baton Rouge daytime. It is entirely possible they could skip right across the gulf in the daytime.

A couple of times they have forgotten to power down at night and given WBZ some fits --- it must be good ground conductivity at their transmitter site. I'd love to get hold of that station and program something useful on it. Daytime they are like a local in Houston - and the proper programming might show up in the ratings there.
 
KTRH is the only Houston AM that consistantly makes it in the Houston top 20, so I wouldn't get my hopes up that a change in format for a daytime only AM station from Corpus Christi could ever even make it into the top 30 in the Houston metro.

If brokered religious programs deliver a profit level acceptable to ownership, more power to them. Besides, there are a lot worse things on your radio than profit motivated preachers. Try listenting to your local FM "rap & rock" stations some time.

My DX'ing is infrequent these days, but it is nice to occasionally log KCTA on the pre-dusk skip. I would hate to see them leave the air.

Vibe, these days FLA is so loaded with super power AM's aiming their signals every which way but north, KCTA is quite a catch.
 
rbrucecarter5 said:
As far as KCTA (I think that is what you meant) 1030 daytime reception in Florida, I believe it is very possible. It is a monster signal - I have personally gotten them daytime in Midland, TX, and along I-10 as far as Baton Rouge daytime. It is entirely possible they could skip right across the gulf in the daytime.

A couple of times they have forgotten to power down at night and given WBZ some fits --- it must be good ground conductivity at their transmitter site. I'd love to get hold of that station and program something useful on it. Daytime they are like a local in Houston - and the proper programming might show up in the ratings there.
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KCTA does have a powerful signal.
I once received them on a clock radio northwest of Oklahoma City at sunset.
The other night, their daytime-only signal was booming here (just north of Austin) just around sunset, and longer.
 
Dondd said:
KCTA does have a powerful signal.
I once received them on a clock radio northwest of Oklahoma City at sunset.
The other night, their daytime-only signal was booming here (just north of Austin) just around sunset, and longer.
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I have heard them in the Chicago area around sunrise. This was years ago before the local 1030 came on during the day.
 
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