1490 KBRO in Bremerton...

[w9wi]

Oh..I should add that AM station are measured by 1 m/v per meter, not 60 dbu. Somebody correct me if that's in error as I am not an engineer.....

They are, but if I'm thinking properly (it's way too early this morning) 1mV/m and 60dBu are the same thing.

[swhyde1980]

OK, so i'm wondering if the 103.3 translator can be moved, and modified, to match KBRO's signal contour?  It would be 25 miles from the city of license.

[Dusty Dale Brooks]

Kitsap is underserved by radio and between the cities of Port Orchard, Bremerton, Poulsbo and Silverdale there is a fair amount of business.

The fact that this situation even exists is just a sign of the times.

[Bongwater]

Kitsap is underserved by radio and between the cities of Port Orchard, Bremerton, Poulsbo and Silverdale there is a fair amount of business.

The fact that this situation even exists is just a sign of the times.

SHHHH!!!......How dare you even SUGGEST Kitsap County isn't absolutely filled with Spanish speaking sports fans and gun-toting wingnuts?

[crainbebo]

I'm sure if anyone gets KINK regularly, it would be sad to have 101.9 going to waste. It's one of the only open channels on the FM for DX.

-crainbebo

[Bongwater]

I'm sure if anyone gets KINK regularly, it would be sad to have 101.9 going to waste. It's one of the only open channels on the FM for DX.

-crainbebo

KINK pops up once in a while, but we mostly get CFUV or CITR up here.

I do listen to KINK online and on the air when I drive further south of Seattle (it actually comes in around Federal Way on south....)

[Bill Wolfenbarger]

Kitsap is underserved by radio and between the cities of Port Orchard, Bremerton, Poulsbo and Silverdale there is a fair amount of business.
The fact that this situation even exists is just a sign of the times.

The public is fickle. The average person doesn't know or care what city a station is licensed to.  If it's a strong signal and they like the programming, they'll listen.  Unfortunately that's why they listen to the big FM signals from Tiger and Cougar.

Two other points:
Given that there is not an opportunity to add a translator frequency at this time, and given that there are hundreds of applications still pending from several years ago, it is unlikely in my humble opinion that Entercom would we willing to sell a translator.  Secondly, one of these days, the commission will auction 103.3, which is a Class A  allotment for Oak Harbor.  That'll disrupt nearby translators on that frequency.

[Bongwater]

I heard something about 103.3 being allotted to Mount Vernon, but it was actually Oak Harbor I guess....

They themselves (the lucky folks that get 103.3) have a problem also. CHQM puts out a MONSTER signal in NW Washington......

[swhyde1980]

It's slightly an old topic, but i've been doing some more research, and thought, that maybe if the FM translator (K277AZ) was put up on a water tower by Perry Ave. in East Bremerton, or somewhere on Bainbridge Island (although I don't know if the islanders would be happy about that, even though it would be their station too!) and made it up to 400 watts, toward Bremerton and Downtown Seattle, if that would make it legal?  (Touching an advertising base in Kitsap County as intended, as well as Downtown Seattle).

[w9wi]

It's slightly an old topic, but i've been doing some more research, and thought, that maybe if the FM translator (K277AZ) was put up on a water tower by Perry Ave. in East Bremerton, or somewhere on Bainbridge Island (although I don't know if the islanders would be happy about that, even though it would be their station too!) and made it up to 400 watts, toward Bremerton and Downtown Seattle, if that would make it legal?  (Touching an advertising base in Kitsap County as intended, as well as Downtown Seattle).

The maximum permissible power for a translator is 250 watts. 

Translator coverage may be further limited by the need to protect other stations.

Remember also..  that the translator coverage may not exceed the coverage of the AM station it's relaying.  I don't recall the exact figures offhand.  You can't use a directional antenna to evade that requirement.  (figuring whether the translator coverage exceeds the AM coverage, you must take the translator's directional pattern into account)

City-of-license coverage rules don't apply to translators.