KOY - The New Coyote

[Kelly Watts]

I must say I was quite surprised at KOY's coverage.  I was in "The Valley" recently and listened from Goodyear, all the way up Rt 87 to nearly Sunflower.  A DARN decent signal for a Class IV.  Not a bad music mix (oldies) I did notice that there seemed to be some issues with skips in songs, at least for a while.  Then it seemed to clear up, wonder if someone started to monitor the station. 

One area of interferrance seems to be in the Sky Harbor cell phone lot, everytime the board changes KOY's signal drops. 

[Dr. Akbar]

That being said, 1230 has one of the best coverage areas of any station in its class.  I can hear it all the way to Anthem at night which isn't too shabby for 1kw.....

KSUN 14~Hundred has a tall stick as well that gets out pretty good in spite of their higher frequency. Of course we're all anxious to hear what 52 watts sounds like on the new Nautel that's on its way to Lumberyard 14~Forty. While catfish (small C) carps  about a non-existent ground system, there are plenty of metal sheds and junk cars around the base of 14~Forty to compensate for a lack of copper in the ground!

[Bill Drake]

KSUN doesn't impress me as much as KRIZ; err  KO-WHY.  I'm up near 7th & U Hills and KSUN is barely a flicker at night. Where is their tower in relation to 1230?  There's also a 1400 in Tucson which makes for interesting listening if you travel in that direction.

[Dr. Akbar]

KSUN doesn't impress me as much as KRIZ; err  KO-WHY.  I'm up near 7th & U Hills and KSUN is barely a flicker at night. Where is their tower in relation to 1230? 

Why, the KSUN stick is just about four blocks from the original KayOhWhy 50~Five Phoenix site: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=33.38972,+-111.99778+(KSUN-AM)&om=1  Size matters...when you're a Class IV C 

[Bill Drake]

guess there's a lot involved in getting out a decent signal. good ground, tower, location, location, location. of course 1230 was a competitive station for years .............. 1400 is a puppy fart in the breeze..... never been anything.   I seem to recall when KRIZ was sold by Doubleday to the Amerikan Taliban, it was listed as the highest grossing class iv in the nation.  how times have changed.....

[landtuna]

I seem to recall when KRIZ was sold by Doubleday to the Amerikan Taliban, it was listed as the highest grossing class iv in the nation.

Could have had much more to do with the station's content than the signal strength/quality.

[Dr. Akbar]

.....1400 is a puppy fart in the breeze..... never been anything. 

but it was co-owned by Dick Van Dyke. And Ppppreston Westmoreland was one of the Boss jocks there, Mr. Yarbrough! 

[Dr. Akbar]

Could have had much more to do with the station's content than the signal strength/quality.

We'd have to call in the Old Gringo for some color commentary on the sale of KRIZ to Family Life Radio. The Buckeye Boyz find it hard to believe FLR purchased 12~Thirty for big bucks in hopes of keeping the Top 40 audience. There are quite a few instances of Ancient Modulation stations selling at ridiculous prices in the Seventies, only to see their values go down faster than a streetwalker on EVB 

[Bill Drake]

I seem to recall when KRIZ was sold by Doubleday to the Amerikan Taliban, it was listed as the highest grossing class iv in the nation.

Could have had much more to do with the station's content than the signal strength/quality.

Duh! Ya think maybe?   

[Bill Drake]

Could have had much more to do with the station's content than the signal strength/quality.

We'd have to call in the Old Gringo for some color commentary on the sale of KRIZ to Family Life Radio. The Buckeye Boyz find it hard to believe FLR purchased 12~Thirty for big bucks in hopes of keeping the Top 40 audience. There are quite a few instances of Ancient Modulation stations selling at ridiculous prices in the Seventies, only to see their values go down faster than a streetwalker on EVB 

As I seem to recall.... Doubleday wanted to buy a station somewhere else - and that being the good ol' days when the ownership limit was capped at SEVEN  -  gawd that seems but a faint memory  -  as does having real people in real studios with time checks and local weather and... Oh, excuse me.... Anyway, Doubleday dumped the smallest <coverage area> station they had. Which was KRIZ.

Now Eddddddduardo can come in and rewrite history with his unique South of the Border flavor.