Re: [IRCA] [Amdx] Michigan radio question (WDOW-WKPR 1440)

[Chernos Saul <sauldx@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Various people pointed out that WKPR applied for permission to move from 1420 to 
1440 and that it was a frequency change rather than a call change for WDOW, 
which went silent, albeit as part of a financial transaction making WKPR's move 
possible.

So this one will go in as new. Interestingly, WKPR is (or rather, was) in my target 
list.

Thank you for your comments - the many of you who did so.

Re 530, I might add that the Fort Erie one moved to 101.1, where it is now. I've 
logged both and as two stations.

Saul

> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2013 09:29:56 -0600
> From: dougw9wi@xxxxxxxxxxx
> To: sauldx@xxxxxxxxxxxx; irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; am@xxxxxxxxxxx; amfmtvdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; amdx@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Amdx] Michigan radio question (WDOW-WKPR 1440)
> 
> On 11/12/2013 08:02 AM, Chernos Saul wrote:
> > I heard WKPR Kalamazoo on 1440 this morning. I've previously logged
> > WDOW in nearby Dowagiac but had never yet logged WKPR till now.
> >
> > I don't count call changes. But I'm not sure what this situation
> > represents. This info from Wikipedia is the best summary I've found
> > thus far to describe the situation. Curious for any opinions...with
> > thanks.
> >
> > WDOW (1440 AM) was a radio station licensed to Dowagiac, Michigan,
> > broadcasting a sports radio format. According to Michguide.com,
> > Kalamazoo Broadcasting (aka Kuiper Broadcasting), owner of WKPR AM
> > 1420 Kalamazoo, is paying $80,000 to Langford Broadcasting as part of
> > an agreement that would take WDOW off the air permanently and have
> > WKPR move to AM 1440 and increase power in November 2010. On March
> > 24, 2011, the Federal Communications Commission cancelled WDOW's
> > license and deleted the call sign from its database.
> 
> According to FCC-CDBS, WKPR applied for permission to move from 1420 to 
> 1440 on 27 October 2010.  The application was granted on 4 February, 
> 2011, and they filed a license-to-cover for the 1440 operation on 9 
> December 2011.
> 
> So I would count it.
> 
> What you heard was NOT a call change for WDOW.  It was a frequency 
> change for WKPR.  As you say, WDOW no longer exists.
> 
> FWIW, the WKPR frequency change was made possible when WKLZ-1470, 
> Kalamazoo asked the FCC to dismiss their application for license renewal 
> in February 2006.  If WKLZ were still around, 1440 would not be 
> available at Kalamazoo.
> 
> ==
> Doug Smith W9WI
> Pleasant View, TN  EM66
 		 	   		  
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