Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
I could be so way off.. maybe Scott Fybush wil lread this and correct me?
He will, and he is :)
KCBC's move was actually a side effect of a move on the FM band. The 96.7
station that had been licensed to Manteca (KMRQ, if memory serves) figured
out that it could significantly improve its signal over Modesto if it moved
its transmitter site. But moving its transmitter site meant it would no
longer put a city-grade signal over Manteca, so it needed a new city of
license. But 96.7 was also the only station licensed to Manteca, so it
couldn't move without replacing that "first local service" in Manteca.
That's where KCBC came in. With a bit of a power tweak, it could change
city of license from Riverbank to Manteca, and Riverbank was a city of
license that worked for 96.7's new transmitter site, so the swap was made,
KCBC became "Manteca" and 96.7 became "Riverbank."
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