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What's up with KLSD's 50,000 WATTS request?

mteran5 said:
The 640 in Juarez goes off the air at night to protect the Parral station, in San Diego it is interesting to listen to KFI and the Parral, Juarez station at the same time but that might change when KFI goes back to 50kw rather that the temporary 25kw.
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When I was in El Paso last month, Radio Recuerdo 640 was on at night hours a day. They very apparently cut power at 7 PM (Mexico considers 6 AM to 7 PM to be daytime, all year long) while the Hidalog del Parral station does not cut power. Per the licensee, the data on XEJUA is "Radio Recuerdo 640 XEJUA-AM / Cd. Juarez Chih..
640 Khz. 6:00 A 24:00, Música Grupera."

Arbitron also lists them as 6 AM to Midnight, per data submitted by the station.
 
Around the mid 1960's some businessmen wanted to start dumping fill on the Cortez Banks and start their own country. Of course, it was going to have a pirate station. Obviously, nothing ever happened, although the Cortez Banks has become world famous for some of the hugest, most stupyfyingly gigantic waves ever ridden...google it, you will be amazed. The idea of building an island that could withstand 70 ft. waves is lets say Daunting. And it seems at least one of the Mexico border blasters transmitted from one of the Coronado Islands back in the 1930's when there was evidently a casino there. Any info on what station (s) it might have been?
 
anyone thinking that 1360 at fifty thousands whats ... errr .... watts is going to increase listenership has not seen the new map. It's pretty much the same as the five thousand. Of course, never under estimate the fish and dolphin ratings. Most of the signal dumps into the Pacific. (Frankly, the dolphins are an underserved market)

Also: ... Air America has a buyer, should be announced next week.
 
Maybe it will be useful to penetrate buildings and people can listen inside their offices on an old fashion transistor radio?
 
not really, it offers the same coverage. KOGO is at 5,000 watts and has better coverage. KPOP/KLSD has a weak pattern. It is a 5,000 watt weak pattern and it'll be a 50,000 watt weak pattern. Same with KCBQ. Yawn.
 
Just out of curiosity, why don't more stations make use of salt water conductivity by locating their transmitters as close to the ocean as possible. Like XETRA, or whatever the call is now, and XEPRS. WCBS used to transmit from Little Pea Island (I think that was the name, anyway) in NYC, and WEAF prominently advertised its signal as The Salt Water Way way back when. In other words, when they had the chance, why didn't KOGO-KFSD or KGB or KNX or KFI, etc, set up shop as close to the ocean as possible?

And just as a more general question, what would make for a strong 50kw signal? Is it just the weaker carrying power of the 1170 kc or 1360 kc frequency? Considering how well KFBK or KGA or KOMA (whatever it is now) do, frequency can't be the only issue...
 
Antenna pattern. KFI has (err .. had until the plane crash) one stick in a good location. 50,000 watts and three markets (LA, Inland Empire, and Sandy Eggo). It's now 25,000 watts from the aux antenna. Not bad for an AM station that is the most listened to station in the U.S.

KOGO has the advantage of low AM frequency and two sticks that throws the signal along the coast.

1360 is up there in the band and 5kw at that spot vs. 5kw at 600 is different.

Plus, the size of the antenna matters.
 
Here we are three months later, does anybody know how things stand now regarding upgrades for these stations? How's KCBQ doing, and KLSD? Any info will be appreciated.

Also, I have to ask--seeing KCBQ rated absolute dead last, I can't help but wonder who is bankrolling Salem? Do all their stations program this kind of right wing quasi Christian tripe? Who owns Salem, and who is financing it. Perhaps more to the point, why?
 
Lopaka said:
Here we are three months later, does anybody know how things stand now regarding upgrades for these stations? How's KCBQ doing, and KLSD? Any info will be appreciated.

Also, I have to ask--seeing KCBQ rated absolute dead last, I can't help but wonder who is bankrolling Salem? Do all their stations program this kind of right wing quasi Christian tripe? Who owns Salem, and who is financing it. Perhaps more to the point, why?
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Salem is a public corporation, financed by the IPO and its profits... the model is very profitable, very stable and an excellent way to make money with a group of generally defective radio stations.
 
I think the Salem Church is more interested in free advertising to spread "their word," rather than selling that air time to someone else. Salem's News Talk stations all have one perspective: Conservative. The day that News Talk becomes to be a balance of views left and right will be the day that Salem gets out of the News Talk business.
 
Thank you so much for that link. It is much easier to use than the FCC site, very informative. I definitely appreciate the information, thanks again!
 
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