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Update on 1470 AM, Estes Park - Fall 2013

12/28/2013

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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"?
1 Comment
Neal
12/29/2013 04:08:51 am

WIll good for Victor, I am glad he thought about it and rushed to get the station back on the air. Btw, why would it be hard for him to get the frequency back on 1470 if he didn't make the dead line?
I do hope he replaces that antenna and go back to full strength soon. It is weak, very weak, no one in Estes Park can even pick it up because it's so weak!

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    Edgar Reihl is the author of the KSIR1470.reihl.org web site and a former consulting engineer at the station. Comments are welcome but will be reviewed before being published.

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