K-Love in Indianapolis files to change sites

[brian.marchand]

Indianapolis ccm stations and K-Love there have been discussed many times here. So I though some people might be interested that WIKL 90.5 there filed to change sites and power to slightly increase their signal there. They would move about 10 miles southeast from their current location that is west of Indianapolis with 8kw-v @ 423 feet that is directional to the south.

http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_list.pl?Facility_id=93526

[MightyFrenchman]

Indianapolis ccm stations and K-Love there have been discussed many times here. So I though some people might be interested that WIKL 90.5 there filed to change sites and power to slightly increase their signal there. They would move about 10 miles southeast from their current location that is west of Indianapolis with 8kw-v @ 423 feet that is directional to the south.

http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_list.pl?Facility_id=93526

K-Love is the only contemporary Christian music station that reaches portions of Indy.  And in looking at the map that was included in the link included in your post, no additional portions of Greater Indianapolis will be reached.  What Indianapolis needs in a locally controlled commercial CCM station.

[justalurker]

Perhaps you should take another look at the maps.  There is not a great improvement, but the 60dB coverage does move from the county line over to Greenwood, cutting a larger arc through SW Indianapolis.

The best comparison I can show you (before the FCC draws their expected coverage for the application) is this:
Old: http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/FMTV-service-area?x=FM1005424.html
New: http://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getattachment_exh.cgi?exhibit_id=509458

They are basically moving the entire contour east about 10 miles or so.

Better than nothing ...

[Australian Whine]

the 60dB coverage does move from the county line over to Greenwood, cutting a larger arc through SW Indianapolis.

Placing the shadow from the downtown skyscrapers over Geist and Castleton.

[MightyFrenchman]

the 60dB coverage does move from the county line over to Greenwood, cutting a larger arc through SW Indianapolis.

Placing the shadow from the downtown skyscrapers over Geist and Castleton.

That would be the goal and that would basically give them all of Indianapolis.  However, the coverage provided by this station licensed to Greencastle, 50 miles west of Indianapolis, even with the proposed move of the XMTR they've requested of the FCC, does NOT give them that reach.  Will they reach Geist & Castleton?  No.

[Australian Whine]

Will they reach Geist & Castleton?  No.

That's what I said.

[justalurker]

But they WILL reach a portion of Marion county better than they do now.
Perhaps "better than nothing".

[Australian Whine]

But they WILL reach a portion of Marion county better than they do now.
Perhaps "better than nothing".

Decatur Central class of '73. Born and raised in that SW portion of Marion County. Down wind from the stockyards. Under a permanent cloud of industrial exhaust. Sickened by the stench of the swamps near the River. Almost deafened by the roar of the jets taking off from Weir Cook. Poor good ole boy trailer trash, pure and simple. In this case, "better than nothing" is less than nothing. A full blown and absolute waste of money for K-Love.

[War Of Attrition]

What Indianapolis needs in a locally controlled commercial CCM station.

Didn't we just go through this?

Indianapolis is not a viable market for local-commercial CCM. Unless your last name is Irsay or Simon, let it rest. Even if you had a big check ready, there are not even any viable signals for sale.

The current station owners are not interested in this format. It failed on WISG. Why do you think the outcome would be different on a new signal today?

[ChiefEngineer]

Commercial CCM has never worked in the market.  Some point to WXIR as a success however the reason it isn't here is the reason it existed.

CCM was a viable format to sit on the signal until the non Christian owners could get their asking price. Kind of like farming property at 96th street in Fishers with a for sale sign.  Keeps taxes lower in the midst of hotels and shopping centers until the property sells. The cash cow was the AM station as it had the cash infusing programs.

  The purchaser had a multitude of trades which caused the old owners to pay tax on the overpriced trade packages.  Everyone including jocks had BMW's.  IRS expects tax paid on the value of the trade.  Guess? More than buying the cars outright.

  Despite K-Love's detractors it has a better legal signal than WXIR. Disney rolled in his cryogenic stasus when someone noticed the WXIR transmitter was at 3x the licensed output.  Notice how the signal got worse when Disney upgraded facilities?

  Having built the first site we always wanted to mvoe where the new site is. From thsi site you can see Bank One and most of the downtown skyline. Excellent choice to upgrade an already great signal.