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Who ownes KISL In avalon?
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Bryan Wellander said:
City of Avalon Community Service Department owns it.
Bryan, www.fcc.gov has very easy to find answers to all these power, ownership and location issues. The AM and FM query start pates are at: http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/ and you put in any calls or frequency or state, etc. and can get the most accurate information possible right from the FCC.
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larrykogu
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Let me suggest another source for radio station info. www.radio-locator.com. Sure, the FCC website can entail errors, and so can radio-locator dot com. But www.radio-locator.com is a privately operated site (as opposed to a government-run website), and, quite frankly, it is often more accurate. - - Larry Kogu
larrykogu said:
Just keep in mind the contours there are not always "real" and are quite generous. The real usable coverage is about 25% less than the innermost red curve.
Bryan Wellander said:
To a radio station, usable coverage is very different. It generally means the signal strength above which people will actually listen and, of course, fill out Arbitron diaries.
For AM, in a city like LA, the necessary signal to get listening and ratings, is between 15 mv/m in mixed commercial /residential neighborhoods, and about 10 to 12 mv/m in residential. Any signal below that level is not listened to. In FM, almost all listening takes place in what is called the 64 dbu contour. It is hard to find a map of the 64, but it is the strength needed to be usable by listeners... very little listening talke place outside that contour.
There is no real source for coverage maps that are correct ont he Internet. The closest are the radio-locator.com maps, but they are vastly exaggerated. Only the inner red circle is close for AM (but way to big) and for FM (about the 64, so not too bad) but none of these maps compensate for terrain variables and conductivity (on AM) so they are of very limited value. But, for a listener, they are a start in determining what you can hear and why!
Radio stations map thier ratings by the ZIP codes where they got listeing in each ratings period. Thus, we can see where the staiton can be heard, and where it can not (aside form the programming itself) if we look beyond the contours I mentioned.... and every time, the ones mentioned are proven over and over.
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