Re: [IRCA] KKOL SYNCHO APPLICATION

[Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

The format change is confirmed.   KKOL was noted with Bloomberg News 
today and yesterday.  And improved coverage is definitely needed in 
areas north and east of Seattle.  I had another station (KAPL, I think) 
wiping them out on the car radio as I left work in downtown Redmond at 
4:30 this afternoon. 

I'm not surprised by the format change.  The old format was at best a 
VERY distant #3 in the battle with the market's other two conservative 
talkers, KVI and KTTH.  In fact, I don't recall ever seeing KKOL listed 
in the quarterly Arbitron listings.  Given the lack of listeners and the 
station's coverage challenges, it only made sense for them to find a 
niche format. 

Bruce

Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
> Apparently, KKOL changed formats too..
>
> http://blatherwatch.blogs.com/talk_radio/2008/11/kkol-flips-to-all-business.html
>
> Paul Walker
> www.onairdj.com
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 8:17 PM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
> walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>   
> > And here's the filing on exactly what's going on:
> >
> >
> > http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=695218
> >
> > Paul Walker
> > www.onairdj.com
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 8:11 PM, Pete Taylor <ptdx@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >     
> > > KKOL-1300 has applied for an STA: 2500w-D on co-channel 1300 in Seattle.
> > > This location (47-47-33n 122-07-26w) is about halfway between Everett and
> > > Bellevue and is NNE of downtown. I don't have a feel for how their basic
> > > signal is up there during the day but did notice some sky/groundwave
> > > cancellation at night on Lakeside Dr. when my son lived up there. No doubt
> > > this application is predicated on their current predicament of having to
> > > operate with 25kw days from their Tacoma tideflats site because of some
> > > problems with cranes at the adjacent Port of Tacoma. I would think that this
> > > would result in some distortion from say the airport into town on I-5.
> > > However, it says it is an STA so perhaps they are looking toward resolving
> > > the crane problem and going back to 50kw. However, if they are going to go
> > > to the trouble to build this, it certainly doesn't look like they are
> > > counting on resolving it short term.
> > >
> > > Pete Taylor
> > > Tacoma, WA
> > >
> > >       

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