Re: [IRCA] AM station causes fire on Catalina Island

[Scott Fybush <scott@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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Patrick Martin wrote:

> Then KBRT would not be blamed for it. I believe Catalina has KBRT and
> also one of the SS UHF TV stations on it too. As others have mentioned
> KCBS does have a huge signal going South to So Cal, so 113 watts (If
> used) by KBRT would probably not get off the island. When I was in
> Rancho Mirage in 2000, KCBS was stronger there at night than KGO or
> KNBR. Here is it the opposite. 

KBRT doesn't use the night power - and if I remember the map I once had 
someone run for me, the night power wouldn't even put an 
interference-free signal over Avalon, the main community on the island.

The SS UHF you're thinking of is KAZA, channel 54, licensed to Avalon, 
but with no other current connection to the island. Its studios are on 
the mainland, and its transmitter is on Mount Wilson, which is something 
like 50 air miles from Catalina. I have a vague recollection that 54 may 
have signed on with low-power from the island to keep its license alive, 
but the only Catalina connection to 54 now is its legal ID once an hour.

s
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