It appears that the current owner, Kona Coast Radio (a/k/a Victor Michael) waited until the very last moment to get the station back on the air. Here is the link to the FCC Special Temporary Authorization for KDEB to operate at 30 watts with a temporary dipole antenna up on Prospect Mountain. Here is the notice of Resumption of Operations for KDEB which took place on September 19, 2013. It went silent (the last time) on September 20, 2012. This was really the last call for Michael and Kona Coast; if they had not gotten the station back on the air on the this date, they would have lost the license permanently. Most likely, it would have been very difficult to apply for a new license for 1470 AM at Estes Park.
What are your thoughts? Are you glad that the license was saved even though the station is essentially providing almost no service to the community because of the weak signal? Can you hear the station where you live? How far away have you been able to pick them up?
It remains to be seen what the intention of Kona Coast is for the station. Is AM radio still viable in a small town? Or do people mainly listen to FM (or something else)? Wouldn't it be great if a group of local businessmen got together to buy the license and bring the station back to full operation? Or do you think this is a "pipe dream"?
What are your thoughts? Are you glad that the license was saved even though the station is essentially providing almost no service to the community because of the weak signal? Can you hear the station where you live? How far away have you been able to pick them up?
It remains to be seen what the intention of Kona Coast is for the station. Is AM radio still viable in a small town? Or do people mainly listen to FM (or something else)? Wouldn't it be great if a group of local businessmen got together to buy the license and bring the station back to full operation? Or do you think this is a "pipe dream"?
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