Re: [IRCA] KDLG-670 now IBOC

["Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>]

KIYU was silent last year as well for another reason, the generator that
feeds pwoer to the transmitter broke down and they didn't have the parts.

On a side note, how come KIYU's own website claims they are a 12.5KW AM
station, when their FCC license only says 5KW? AM I missing something?

Paul



On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 12:01 AM, Bruce Portzer <bportzer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Scott Fybush wrote:
>
>> As I understand it, it's a question of making use of existing resources
>> and keeping the engineering as uncomplicated as possible under the difficult
>> circumstances many of these stations face. Most of the bush AMs (I believe
>> KBRW is a notable exception) operate studios and transmitters at a common
>> site. No studio-transmitter links to go down, no remote transmitter sites to
>> try to get to when something fails, no big networks of low-power repeaters
>> that have to be maintained. Just a tower that's already built and paid for,
>> right there on site. Remember, at a lot of these stations there is no
>> resident engineer - if something breaks, someone has to be flown in at great
>> expense. So there's a huge priority put on simplicity, and it's hard to get
>> much simpler than a non-directional AM that's right there next to the
>> studio.
>>
> There are a few others with separate studio and transmitter sites in the
> Alaskan bush.   Both Nome stations (KNOM and KICY) I believe are that way,
> the latter in part for its DA to beam programs to Russia.  KIYU Galena is
> another one - it was off the air several months last year after the STL
> tower at the studio collapsed (a dump truck backed into one of the guy wires
> or some such thing).  KOTZ also has a remote tx site, per a verie from last
> year.  The CE sent me a couple of jpg's of the station, and I'm now using
> the pic of the tx site as the wallpaper on my laptop.
>
> Not only must the stations deal with remoteness, lack of technical help,and
> shipping challenges, but the weather is usually downright nasty during the
> winter.  KAGV-1110, as I recall, was flooded about a month after it first
> hit the air, and had to remain silent until the owner (a missionary group)
> had the time and money to make the needed repairs.
>
> Bruce
>
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