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What would you do if you had the ability to buy a radio cluster in Seattle?

If I had Paul Allen money I would:

First I would convince a certain radio station in the Tri-Cities to give up their call letters.

Recreate KXRX. Throw a ton of money at Crow & West, Robin & Maynard, Scott Vanderpool, Beau Roberts, Steve Slaton, Cathy Faulkner and others. Play AOR, hell play the same playlist as The X did, down to the jingles, etc. Be fun and live.

Go broke in 12 months.
 
fordranger797 said:
Can a powerful signal actually ignite an explosive?
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I don't know, but the last thing I'd want is a spark in an oil refinery next door and blowing up Tacoma for the sake of a radio station no one even listens to.
 
Bongwater said:
I don't know, but the last thing I'd want is a spark in an oil refinery next door and blowing up Tacoma for the sake of a radio station no one even listens to.
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I agree. However, if KKOL suddenly decided to start playing real oldies, and I heard music like "Kansas City" by Wilburt Harrison, or "Come a little bit closer" by Jay and the Americans, my opinion would change. The same goes for AAA (but I'd rather have that on FM). A tiny explosion never hurt anything! ;)

In all seriousness.. if the KKOL tower array is placed near anything that could ignite due to the power output, then I think they need to consider moving. A tower array near the Port of Tacoma may offer more safety than Harbour Island, but why take any risk?

From wikipedia:
The U.S. Coast Guard has said that materials may not be handled with a signal strength of greater than 0.7 volts per square meter (700mV/m²), while the industry recommendation is 0.5V/m². U.S. Oil's request is for the station to introduce a null in the direction of the facility, however this is also the direction of downtown Seattle. For this, the station needs a waiver of the regulation which otherwise requires it to cover its city of license with a grade A "city-grade" signal. Doing so would reduce the audience for the radio station by 700,000 listeners.
 
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The KKOL Wikipedia article was exactly where I was looking when I asked about it yesterday. There doesn't seem to be any new information on the issue, now 6 years. old. I do wonder however, if they've already placed that null at least temporarily? If they haven't, then why is 1300 so noisy?
 
fordranger797 said:
In all seriousness.. if the KKOL tower array is placed near anything that could ignite due to the power output, then I think they need to consider moving. A tower array near the Port of Tacoma may offer more safety than Harbour Island, but why take any risk?
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Harbor Island was not a safety issue; the Port needed the property to accommodate the growth in container shipping.
 
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