Re: [IRCA] A minor milestone

[Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>]

The problem is that so few people now listen to AM these days. KSWB, KAST, and KVAS have to struggle.

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager

> From: mikesanburn@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 20:59:00 -0800
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> Subject: Re: [IRCA] A minor milestone
> 
> FM has qualities of its own but nothing will beat the coverage aspects of the AM broadcast band. Sure it takes a little more land for a good tower (or in some cases a Lot of land. I got to visit the 4 inline towers of KTSA 550 in San Antonio a few years back and it was massive with a highway running between tower 2 and tower 3). Local AMers can provide so much information for their communities, weather alerts, school and business closures. Regional news Sports and traffic.....one would think more would be done to support AM radio.  Ms
> 
> Sent from my iPod
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> > On Nov 16, 2014, at 6:50 PM, Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > So many small markets with bad economies and several FMs. 
> > 
> > Patrick Martin
> > Seaside OR
> > KGED QSL Manager
> > 
> >> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 05:31:49 -0700
> >> From: azswdxing@xxxxxxxxx
> >> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: Re: [IRCA] A minor milestone
> >> 
> >> It is sad.  It's certainly not as if Wyoming ever had a huge surplus of
> >> stations in the first place.
> >> 
> >> Brian Rachford - Prescott, AZ
> >> azswdxing@xxxxxxxxx
> >> http://azswdxing.wordpress.com/
> >> 
> >> On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 3:43 AM, Mike Sanburn <mikesanburn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> wrote:
> >> 
> >>> Wow. Even KTHE is gone now. Sad times for AM radio. I'm willing to bet
> >>> that the people in these towns don't know what they had until it's taken
> >>> from them. I'll bet that station ran for decades.  Ms
> >>> 
> >>> Sent from my iPod
> >>> 
> >>>>> On Nov 16, 2014, at 2:39 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr. <
> >>>> walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>> KRAL hasnt been operational in a year or two... KEVA is silent again
> >>>> and KTHE 1240 THermopolis turned in it's license.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Paul
> >>>> 
> >>>>> On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 2:36 AM, Mike Sanburn <mikesanburn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>> I note your graveyard reception of KFBC in Cheyenne on 1240. Stations
> >>> on that frequency really get out from that state. In the past I have logged
> >>> both KRAL Rawlins and KEVA Evanston here in Southern CA. Both on reg ached.
> >>> (Later, the KEVA DX test came in like gangbusters) I'm not sure if either
> >>> station is currently operational but I would sure love to see somebody
> >>> arrange a DX test with KFBC. I'm willing to bet it would make it here. Ms
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> Sent from my iPod
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