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Post by John77 on Feb 21, 2008 0:58:48 GMT -5
I never understood how the FCC allowed SoCal radio stations to co-exist that close to the dial to each other. When I was in San Diego, I could hear most of the Los Angeles stations coming through, especially the farther north I went. Me neither... where I live and within about a 15 mile radius, there's a TON of problems with KVYB (103.3) and KOST (103.5) bleeding into each other (usually KYVB wins out)... KVYB used to be KRUZ 103.3 and from I've read and understood, possesses the strongest, most far reaching signal of any station in the nation. I remember at my parents home (right on the L.A/Ventura county line) I could pick up the legendary 101 KGB FM a pretty high percentage of the time.
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Post by John77 on Feb 21, 2008 1:04:21 GMT -5
1)---There are several spots on the FM dial where stations routinely collide, 99.9 (KOLA/Riverside & a Rock station in Ventura County---don't know the call letters), FYI, Marv, that rock station would be "the Octopus"... KOCP are the calls.
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Post by threedollafoaholla on Feb 23, 2008 4:06:56 GMT -5
I never understood how the FCC allowed SoCal radio stations to co-exist that close to the dial to each other. When I was in San Diego, I could hear most of the Los Angeles stations coming through, especially the farther north I went. KVYB used to be KRUZ 103.3 and from I've read and understood, possesses the strongest, most far reaching signal of any station in the nation. That's inaccurate. KVYB is only 105KW. WNCI/Columbus is 175KW and you can hear it from just outside the Cincinnati metro area to about 40 miles outside the Akron metro. WBCT/Grand Rapids is 320KW.
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Post by atlantaboy on Feb 23, 2008 10:20:54 GMT -5
^WSTR says it's the "most powerful Top 40 signal in the South" (they could just be sayin that though lol)...it does seem to reach at least 100 miles in every direction of ATL though
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Post by John77 on Feb 23, 2008 12:35:52 GMT -5
KVYB used to be KRUZ 103.3 and from I've read and understood, possesses the strongest, most far reaching signal of any station in the nation. That's inaccurate. KVYB is only 105KW. WNCI/Columbus is 175KW and you can hear it from just outside the Cincinnati metro area to about 40 miles outside the Akron metro. WBCT/Grand Rapids is 320KW. There is more to reach though than the number of KW though... KVYB indeed is only 105 KW, but thanks to where the tower is located (on a 4000 foot high mountain) and our topography in soCal, the signal reaches extremely far - further than any station in the country. When they were KRUZ, they proclaimed themselves the "biggest station in the nation." There was a thread about this on radio-info.com at one time where this was discussed in detail. Check out these sites for more details: tenwatts.blogspot.com/2005/06/fm-super-casters.htmljeff560.tripod.com/fm-max.htmlFrom the latter site: KRUZ. At its website, KRUZ Santa Barbara claims the title "The Biggest Station In The Nation" and states, "No other FM station in America covers more area than KRUZ 103.3 FM. Licensed to Santa Barbara at a high power of 105,000 watts and located on a mountain top facing south which sits over 2,980 feet in the Santa Ynez Mountains. KRUZ 103.3 FM can be heard clearly throughout the Tri-Counties of Santa Barbara, Ventura and San Luis Obispo, California and even reaches parts of Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, Monterey, Kern and San Bernardino Counties." In a message posted on April 21, 1995, Tom King, assistant chief engineer of KRUZ, wrote: "KRUZ-FM is 105kw and on a 4000' mountain above Santa Barbara and has regular listeners 200 miles south of the Mexican border. That is almost 400 miles away. The tropospheric ducting across the 'Salt Water Coax' really helps the Southern California stations propagate a long ways. About 200 miles north of the station there is a Billboard announcing sponsored Traffic reports on the station and It is hearable at that sign."
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Post by John77 on Feb 25, 2008 12:06:11 GMT -5
At least they did add Lifehouse's "First Time" not too long ago. It would be nice though if they "Whatever It Takes" some spins though... Good news on this front: KBIG-FM Los Angeles - 104.3 FM (Mainstream AC) -- 34 LIFEHOUSE Whatever It Takes 12 0 12 0.2134
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Post by atlantaboy on Feb 25, 2008 17:44:06 GMT -5
^WMTX Tampa was recently recategorized as Hot AC, so I'm thinkin KBIG prob. will also as long as they continue this trend towards current music IMO
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Post by John77 on Feb 25, 2008 20:19:11 GMT -5
^WMTX Tampa was recently recategorized as Hot AC, so I'm thinkin KBIG prob. will also as long as they continue this trend towards current music IMO I'm hoping so.... FYI, I'm trying to get some new Matchbox 20 and (of course) Leona Lewis on there... they both should fit in there nicely, I would think, given the variety now in their playlist.
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Post by atlantaboy on Feb 26, 2008 17:58:31 GMT -5
^WMTX Tampa was recently recategorized as Hot AC, so I'm thinkin KBIG prob. will also as long as they continue this trend towards current music IMO I'm hoping so.... FYI, I'm trying to get some new Matchbox 20 and (of course) Leona Lewis on there... they both should fit in there nicely, I would think, given the variety now in their playlist. Yeah I bet a few months from now you guys'll get the full range of CHR (and a bunch of HAC-only tracks) in L. A...only difference is you'll prob. have to flip between KBIG and KIIS to hear "all the hits"...but I think most of the West Coast is like that (and Chicago and Detroit) - so you def. won't be alone The only major markets where you can really hear "all the hits on one CHR station" right now are the Texas markets, Seattle, and Atlanta...so seems like it's pretty common for mainstream CHR listeners to do some "channel flipping" in the really large markets At least you guys already get to hear Say by John Mayer (still waitin on WSTR to add that), and Ingrid Michaelson (although not a big fan of that one lol)...that's prob the big advantage IMO to havin a major CHR/HAC split
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