Re: [IRCA] Low Priority West Coast Question (KCBC-770) - Answered

[Mike Hawkins <michael.d.hawkins@xxxxxxxxx>]

I haven't bothered with AM for a while (thanks to noise and radio electric
stuff that rears its ugly head on AM only), but this change gets KMRQ/96.7
into San Mateo now with an ugly (but DXably discernable) signal.  New
reception!

Mike

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Mike Hardester <DX4EVR@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>    Thank you to those who replied to my inquiry. It makes sense in a
> round-about way. Another West Coast mystery solved. Again, Thanks to y'all.
>    73 de Mike
>
> On 4/13/2010 11:11, Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
>
>> Thanks for clarifying Scott, I didn't think of a COL hopscotch game being
>> the situation here.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Scott Fybush<scott@xxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> 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."
>>>
>>>
>>> s
>>>
>>>
>>
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