New AM in Twin Falls?

16 Comments on “New AM in Twin Falls?”

1. #1 elchupacabras
   on Jul 24th, 2008 at 1:02 am

   A search of the FCC database shows that Juarez paid 15 grand to Scott Powell of Irving, Texas earlier this year, but the transaction appears to be contingent upon changing the city of license. KDIL was only a construction permit issued to Dillon, Montana, located fairly close to the town of Butte.
   http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=634026

2. #2 RadioActive
   on Jul 24th, 2008 at 6:12 pm

   So how does this work…I can see a change close to a city of license but how far is Dillon From Twin…Quite a ways I reckon….Please enlighten oh great one of the mighty glowing electron tube of rays…..

3. #3 The Other Bob
   on Jul 24th, 2008 at 6:51 pm

   The FCC needs to be drawn and quartered if this is allowed to happen. I hear there is a signal available in Buffalo, New York….HMMMMMM maybe I can make the move to???????

4. #4 boiseengineer
   on Jul 24th, 2008 at 8:25 pm

   In that last AM window for major changes there were many stations trying to move cities. One even tried to move from someplace like Georgia to Las Vegas.

5. #5 Oldtimer
   on Jul 25th, 2008 at 5:30 am

   There was a brief period of time when the FCC had a loophole that did allow stations to move great distances but they have since closed that opportunity. The FCC currently requires the contours of the proposed station to overlap with the contours of the existing station or CP. In this case the Dillon CP was at 10kw giving it quite a large contour. The overlap occurs in the far northeastern corner of the proposed Twin Falls contour. You can see the map as part of the attached engineering exhibit:
   http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=656362

6. #6 Peabody
   on Jul 25th, 2008 at 10:50 am

   What a mess. The CP in Montana is for a 10kW station on 940kHz, and it looks as though the proposed signal in Twin could only be a directional 260 watts, because of KNJY 950kHz at 3,500 watts in Nampa, KSEI 930kHz at 5,000 Watts in Pocatello, and a station on the same frequency in Kemmerer WY- KMER 940kHz at 240 watts. Way to cram ‘em in there.

7. #7 Idaho Radio Buff
   on Jul 25th, 2008 at 10:53 am

   Who would want a new AM signal at this point anyway? The only buyers I’ve seen with any “success stories” in this region have been non-profit Religious satellators. (glances at KDJQ Boise, KCPW AM [Tooele] Salt Lake City, KUTR [Taylorsville] Salt Lake City) or maybe the occasional AM Spanish station.

8. #8 elchupacabras
   on Jul 25th, 2008 at 5:23 pm

   Juarez is the owner of KRXR, Gooding. If they plan to simulcast the two, they could be in dutch since the FCC only permits a 30 percent simulcast within the 60mv coverage area.

9. #9 boiseengineer
   on Jul 25th, 2008 at 9:16 pm

   The FCC hands out wavers for that kind of thing like free Big Mac coupons. Just look at the overlap of 88.3 90.9 & 98.7! 88.3 & 90.9 even transmitt from the same site!

10. #10 RadioActive
    on Jul 26th, 2008 at 2:15 am

    Why even bother to have an FCC..Its a joke. We have all seen it de-evolve into a toothless tiger.

11. #11 Peabody
    on Jul 26th, 2008 at 9:13 am

    Oh boy. Don’t even get me started on the Educational Media Foundation’s Air1 stations in this market. There are a ctually four signals broadcasting the same material in the Treasure Valley. Don’t forget the translator on Deer Point at 99.9, Boiseengineer. Even though the other three full-power stations you mentioned have a city-grade signal in the Boise area, I guess they needed that extra translator in case they missed a spot.

    That does easily show the kind of dis-service the FCC is doing the American public. The smaller towns and markets are getting the worst of it. McCall is a great example. KMCL (now KMXM) has been on the air in that area for decades. If the deal is still going down, McCall will lose that local heritage signal, and Parma (Boise) will get yet another 100kW rimshot signal.

12. #12 Idaho Radio Buff
    on Jul 26th, 2008 at 10:09 am

    I’m sure that the E-M-F is waiting eagerly to unload one of those signals or a translator to a high high bidder- KISU finally got a deal worked out with them to acquire 91.3 in Eastern Idaho. But, when you think about it, the FCC should’ve said “Hey, K-Love, we gave you a full-strength signal there. On our last visit to the area to inspect public files… there’s no signal issue. Return or sell the translator ASAP.” Too bad the Treasure Valley is such a growing area. I’m sure they realize that 98.7, translator 99.9 are valuable to commercial broadcasters and maybe one of the other non-comm. licenses would be for a community group or (local :-o) religious institution.

13. #13 Peabody
    on Jul 26th, 2008 at 11:26 am

    98.7 has got to be worth MILLIONS. It has a strong 100kW signal that covers most all of the Treasure Valley. What an asset to have. And, as far as I can tell, translator K260AI, which is the Deer Point located translator at 99.9 MHz I mentioned before, is rebroadcasting KARO’s signal. If KARO were ever sold, I’ll bet that translator would sweeten the deal a little.

14. #14 Peabody
    on Jul 26th, 2008 at 4:26 pm

    But don’t forget, Melba has lots of cows. Think about it! If you gave each one a radio, you could have thousands of potential listeners!

    It’s kind of nasty scraping the cud off the arbitron diaries, though.

15. #15 boiseengineer
    on Jul 27th, 2008 at 1:08 pm

    A REAL CASH COW

16. #16 elchupacabras
    on Jul 28th, 2008 at 1:37 pm

    I don’t see where the coverage of this station really intersects that of the predicted daytome coverage map on radio-locator.com. To me, it’s a stretch. Take a look:
    http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KDIL&service=AM&status=C&hours=D

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