[IRCA] Opinions requested on documenting station swaps

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

I'm playing with radio station history again and I'm doing battle with
myself about how to document station swaps.  I'll give two examples.

Example #1:  A few years back, KLOC/920/Ceres CA format moved to
KVIN/1390/Turlock CA, and the KVIN format moved over to KLOC.  The call
letters swapped with the format change.  From a listener's perspective, that
is a frequency change and the city change is transparent to the listener.
>From the FCC perspective, its two call letter changes for two separate
facilities and who cares about the formats.

Example #2:  Recently, KERN/1410/Bakersfield CA swapped formats and call
letters with KERI/1180/Wasco CA.  As with example #1, the listener finds
their favorite station on a new frequency, and the city change is
transparent.  The FCC sees it as two call letter changes for two facilities.

I'm on the fence and looking for opinions on how this should be properly
documented.
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