Heard a classic hits on 95.7 ... queried the FM database @ FCC and found reference to Walla Walla, but also a receivership owner based in Yakima. Signal was on I-90 so I assume it is from Yakima ... but not clear with the history as most Yakima property licenses are marked with "SUPERCEDED" or "DECLINED"!
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Where is 95.7?
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I'm confident you are hearing KKSR 95.7 licensed out of Walla Walla.
Their studios are in Kennewick and their transmitter is in the Blue Mts. at an elevation of about 4000' overlooking Walla Walla.
There are a number of stations licensed out of Walla Walla/Hermiston, OR/Pendleton, OR which have their transmitters up in the Blue Mountains. To give some examples - KXRX 97.1, KRLF 88.5, KWHT 103.5 and of course, KKSR 95.7. Their wattages vary, but their prime antenna locations yield superior signal coverage. I personally have received KXRX 200 miles away from its transmitter. KRLF for being 7.4kw, stomps KYVT 88.5 (3kw) out of Yakima a mere 15 miles outside of the Yakima city limits. In Spokane, KXRX would be listenable if not for KEZE (96.9). Hell, even little translator K295AV operating at 106.9 MHz overlooking Walla Walla with 240w puts a static free signal into Kennewick and Pasco at 60 some miles. Only when you head into Richland and lose line of sight does it start breaking up.
If you look at their 60 dbu coverage maps for any of those Blue Mt. sticks, the distance they carry easily surpasses those maps, in some cases many times over. The geography until you bump into the Cascades or the Okanagan to the north, is rolling smaller hills or flat basin.
KKSR is one to watch. They are doing the classic hits format for now. Once they are sold, it'll be interesting to see what the new ownership does. The market currently has two classic hits with mediocre ratings. I can't see that sustaining long term.
Their studios are in Kennewick and their transmitter is in the Blue Mts. at an elevation of about 4000' overlooking Walla Walla.
There are a number of stations licensed out of Walla Walla/Hermiston, OR/Pendleton, OR which have their transmitters up in the Blue Mountains. To give some examples - KXRX 97.1, KRLF 88.5, KWHT 103.5 and of course, KKSR 95.7. Their wattages vary, but their prime antenna locations yield superior signal coverage. I personally have received KXRX 200 miles away from its transmitter. KRLF for being 7.4kw, stomps KYVT 88.5 (3kw) out of Yakima a mere 15 miles outside of the Yakima city limits. In Spokane, KXRX would be listenable if not for KEZE (96.9). Hell, even little translator K295AV operating at 106.9 MHz overlooking Walla Walla with 240w puts a static free signal into Kennewick and Pasco at 60 some miles. Only when you head into Richland and lose line of sight does it start breaking up.
If you look at their 60 dbu coverage maps for any of those Blue Mt. sticks, the distance they carry easily surpasses those maps, in some cases many times over. The geography until you bump into the Cascades or the Okanagan to the north, is rolling smaller hills or flat basin.
KKSR is one to watch. They are doing the classic hits format for now. Once they are sold, it'll be interesting to see what the new ownership does. The market currently has two classic hits with mediocre ratings. I can't see that sustaining long term.
That is 100% KKSR-FM Walla Walla. I can pick it up no problem in Yakima, but a little staticky. KZML 95.9 Quincy at one channel up has no interference, but it is very weak.
Stephanie, I have been a mere 10 miles from KYVT 88.5 and all I hear is KYVT. No sign of KRLF. 88.3 does have Moses Lake however.
I've also heard the little KUJJ xlator on 104.9 (K285FN) at least 60 miles out. Isn't K295AV "K-Hits 106.9"? If so, I heard them in ELLENSBURG once, over 120 miles!!
I've heard Yakima's 107.3 KFFM as far as Olympia and Snoqualmie Pass. KXDD also gets out, but much harder due to KAFE. KDBL I've heard to Easton, fighting with KISM (at 120 miles compared to 58 for KDBL). 104.7 KCMB in La Grande gets out, 150 mi out actually, same with KWLZ 96.5 (News Radio Central OR) and at times KNLX 104.9.
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Stephanie, I have been a mere 10 miles from KYVT 88.5 and all I hear is KYVT. No sign of KRLF. 88.3 does have Moses Lake however.
I've also heard the little KUJJ xlator on 104.9 (K285FN) at least 60 miles out. Isn't K295AV "K-Hits 106.9"? If so, I heard them in ELLENSBURG once, over 120 miles!!
I've heard Yakima's 107.3 KFFM as far as Olympia and Snoqualmie Pass. KXDD also gets out, but much harder due to KAFE. KDBL I've heard to Easton, fighting with KISM (at 120 miles compared to 58 for KDBL). 104.7 KCMB in La Grande gets out, 150 mi out actually, same with KWLZ 96.5 (News Radio Central OR) and at times KNLX 104.9.
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Perhaps it was the road I was on. Instead of taking I-82, I was on the Moxee Valley highway that eventually spits you out at the junction of 240 and 243 in Benton County. By the time I was 12-16 miles east of Moxee, KYVT was shredded and KRLF was obliterating them.
My original estimate was probably more accurately pegged at 18 miles from Yakima KRLF destroys KYVT on the Moxee Valley Highway.
K295AV is indeed KHITS 106.9. What's more interesting in particular about that signal is that is ORIGINATING programing. Did the rules for translators get amended? Did I miss something? It sure is a testament to using the Blue Mt. as your transmitting site. Even with 240w, you really boom.
My original estimate was probably more accurately pegged at 18 miles from Yakima KRLF destroys KYVT on the Moxee Valley Highway.
K295AV is indeed KHITS 106.9. What's more interesting in particular about that signal is that is ORIGINATING programing. Did the rules for translators get amended? Did I miss something? It sure is a testament to using the Blue Mt. as your transmitting site. Even with 240w, you really boom.
crainbebo said:Stephanie, I have been a mere 10 miles from KYVT 88.5 and all I hear is KYVT. No sign of KRLF. 88.3 does have Moses Lake however.
I've also heard the little KUJJ xlator on 104.9 (K285FN) at least 60 miles out. Isn't K295AV "K-Hits 106.9"? If so, I heard them in ELLENSBURG once, over 120 miles!!
Stephanie Sandlin said:
The only K-HITS on 106.9 I know of is in Tulsa, OK. http://www.khits.com/
How they get a translator all the way out there is pretty interesting......
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I know one of the newer things in the translator world is taking a HD radio stream from another primary and rebroadcasting it via analog translator.
Don't HD Radio streams still have to ID their callsign similar to their analog counterparts? If that's the case, K295AV would be identifying a primary HD or analog. It still would be retransmitting an existing signal. Every time I have caught them ID'ing at the top of the hour it has always been "K295AV Walla Walla is 106.9 KHITS.' No mention in any form of any other call sign.
The owner of the translator has been asked about originating programming. His response it that is a full blown station now.
Interesting little situation!
Don't HD Radio streams still have to ID their callsign similar to their analog counterparts? If that's the case, K295AV would be identifying a primary HD or analog. It still would be retransmitting an existing signal. Every time I have caught them ID'ing at the top of the hour it has always been "K295AV Walla Walla is 106.9 KHITS.' No mention in any form of any other call sign.
The owner of the translator has been asked about originating programming. His response it that is a full blown station now.
Interesting little situation!
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Correction: I juxtaposed letters on KLRF 88.5's callsign. KLRF is correct for the Hermiston, OR license. KRLF, another hand is a class A 88.5 licensed to Pullman, WA.
Sorry for the incorrect calls. Throughout this thread I have been referencing KLRF/Hermiston exclusively.
Sorry for the incorrect calls. Throughout this thread I have been referencing KLRF/Hermiston exclusively.
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Last I checked, K295AV was a translator for KUJJ Weston OR which is programming a smooth Jazz format. You cannot legally originate programming on a translator, correct. It has to be from a an originating FM, HD or AM signal. If the operator IS translating, then the legal TOH ID is incorrect...which is bad but not horrible. IF he ISN'T translating, then he is operating outside the parameters of his license by a long shot.
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