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WKVF/Byhalia gets CP to move to Germantown

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DeadElvis

WKVF, the K-Love facility in Byhalia, got its CP to move its COL to Germantown, and a move in transmitter location. It looks like this was granted on Thursday.

WKVF will remain a Class A, but its antenna will now be on the same tower as WHBQ-FM, and will have a similar signal. No word, yet, on how this will impact the translator of WKVF on the same tower.

This will also bring a paper change of license for WMSB-FM/Senatobia to Byhalia, MS.

Wow. That's the third FM licensed to Germantown.

DE
 
I can't imagine why it would, especially since the 94.7 transmitter is moving, too. It'll be up near Tyronza, just SE of the City.

DE
 
No, they'll still keep both.

94.7 is directional toward the Southeast, toward Memphis. 94.9 is omnidirectional but doesn't have a great signal. They bought 94.7 with the intent of getting complete saturation in Memphis.

...what were the last share-a-thon numbers again? How far below budget did they land?
 
Gentlemen: It is a mathmatical truism that there are only 360 degrees in a circle,
READ: Pie. Hence, when one removes a certain portion thereof, there remains less for those who share the "Pie". I.E. More stations mean more saturation which usually leads to more competition for the available dollars. My Point...WHY? Would you want to be an investor, considering the market? JBI
 
> 94.7 is directional toward the Southeast, toward Memphis.

Actually, it's the opposite. Under the new scheme, KKLV is 9.9 km short-spaced to 94.9/Germantown. There is a notch in the proposed coverage to protect WKVF. That's roughly SE. It's pretty subtle, though.

The current KKLV site is non-directional.

DE
 
I hope the translator in Germantown will be changed to Air 1. Their station on 93.7 in Marked Tree is just barely receivable in some Northwestern parts of Memphis, and a translator for it would be a definite improvement.

Another part of this deal is that WKVZ 94.9 in Ripley, TN will move to Hayti, MO. I hope that it could also become Air 1 since K-LOVE is already on 90.7 in Dyersburg, although it's listed as K-LOVE for now.
 
I talked with the K-LOVE regional manager the other day. He said although it is the number one question he receives, there are no plans to carry the AIR1 signal in Memphis.

That reminds me of the time I worked for a small Flinn AM Christian station in the late 80's. We got at least one call every day for a two year time period asking "When will you be going FM?" As if we could flip a switch and start broadcasting on the FM band. We started getting letters from people saying it was God's will for us to "Go FM." When people would come out to the station to pick up prizes they would ask that question, at concerts, remotes, etc.

We finally got so tired of answering them, that one afternoon we did "Go FM." At 5 pm, we pressed the big green "Go FM" button on the board and announced that we were now 1210 AM & FM. Our tag line was "Just Try and Find Us Now!" At the moment we switched over, we turned up the reverb on the microphone. We also cut some promos with our new tag line.

The phone lines were flooded for the next two days. We took calls on the air and explained that some areas may have a difficult time picking up the new FM signal. For those listeners they might want to try running a cable from the radio antenna to their toaster. A few said that they didn't have a 1210 on their FM radio. We said that it must be an older model. They should upgrade. One person actually claimed that they were picking up the new FM signal.

We thought that we had been clever and solved the problem of answering that silly question, but for months and months after that stunt people were asking "how do I pick up your new FM signal - I can't get it where I live." You should have seen the shock in their faces when we told them it was all a joke. It took about 6 months before everyone finally figured out the intent of the stunt.
 
DeadElvis said:
> 94.7 is directional toward the Southeast, toward Memphis.

Actually, it's the opposite. Under the new scheme, KKLV is 9.9 km short-spaced to 94.9/Germantown. There is a notch in the proposed coverage to protect WKVF. That's roughly SE. It's pretty subtle, though.

The current KKLV site is non-directional.

DE
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Hmmm...I have no reason to doubt you, but if that's the case, it's changed since I worked there. What I mentioned above is exactly what my GM (who is now the regional manager for KLove) told me when I asked why they were keeping both.
 
RoyBoy said:
That reminds me of the time I worked for a small Flinn AM Christian station in the late 80's. We got at least one call every day for a two year time period asking "When will you be going FM?" As if we could flip a switch and start broadcasting on the FM band. We started getting letters from people saying it was God's will for us to "Go FM." When people would come out to the station to pick up prizes they would ask that question, at concerts, remotes, etc.

We finally got so tired of answering them, that one afternoon we did "Go FM." At 5 pm, we pressed the big green "Go FM" button on the board and announced that we were now 1210 AM & FM. Our tag line was "Just Try and Find Us Now!" At the moment we switched over, we turned up the reverb on the microphone. We also cut some promos with our new tag line.

The phone lines were flooded for the next two days. We took calls on the air and explained that some areas may have a difficult time picking up the new FM signal. For those listeners they might want to try running a cable from the radio antenna to their toaster. A few said that they didn't have a 1210 on their FM radio. We said that it must be an older model. They should upgrade. One person actually claimed that they were picking up the new FM signal.

We thought that we had been clever and solved the problem of answering that silly question, but for months and months after that stunt people were asking "how do I pick up your new FM signal - I can't get it where I live." You should have seen the shock in their faces when we told them it was all a joke. It took about 6 months before everyone finally figured out the intent of the stunt.
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1210 was definately great radio under both the Oldies and CCM formats.
 
Michael said:
RoyBoy said:
That reminds me of the time I worked for a small Flinn AM Christian station in the late 80's. We got at least one call every day for a two year time period asking "When will you be going FM?" As if we could flip a switch and start broadcasting on the FM band. We started getting letters from people saying it was God's will for us to "Go FM." When people would come out to the station to pick up prizes they would ask that question, at concerts, remotes, etc.

We finally got so tired of answering them, that one afternoon we did "Go FM." At 5 pm, we pressed the big green "Go FM" button on the board and announced that we were now 1210 AM & FM. Our tag line was "Just Try and Find Us Now!" At the moment we switched over, we turned up the reverb on the microphone. We also cut some promos with our new tag line.

The phone lines were flooded for the next two days. We took calls on the air and explained that some areas may have a difficult time picking up the new FM signal. For those listeners they might want to try running a cable from the radio antenna to their toaster. A few said that they didn't have a 1210 on their FM radio. We said that it must be an older model. They should upgrade. One person actually claimed that they were picking up the new FM signal.

We thought that we had been clever and solved the problem of answering that silly question, but for months and months after that stunt people were asking "how do I pick up your new FM signal - I can't get it where I live." You should have seen the shock in their faces when we told them it was all a joke. It took about 6 months before everyone finally figured out the intent of the stunt.
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1210 was definately great radio under both the Oldies and CCM formats.
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I definitely agree with that, especially the CCM format. I've always thought that 1210 was the best local CCM station (The music, not necessarily all the programs during the day.)that Memphis had, even with having to put up with the weak signal to the North. I'm one of the listeners who wanted them to go FM, but I knew enough about radio to know it couldn't have happened overnight. But with Doc Flinn being the owner, you could never know when it would change.
 
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