LPFM's in San Diego

New applications or CP's... only a few are to non-religious groups. The FM band will be as crowded as your legroom on a Southwest flight.
88.1 Alpine, residential location.Calvary Chapel, Idaho. (reported previously)
93.7, using KGB tower. Catholic Radio S.D.(KPFK's translator freq.)
94.3, Spring Valley. EMF.
96.1 805 & N. of Friars. Penfold. Same freq. as Campo 96.1
96.1 Oceanside. KWVE fill in.
96.9 Mt.Miguel. Previous San Pasqual(Woodson) @10 w. Now 250w.To rebroadcast KQLV HD sub-channel.
98.5 Oceanside. EMF (upgrade). 99.3 San Marcos. KWVE. Both from same mountain facility.
101.1 S.D., Positive Hope. TX on Kettner; City disallowed antenna for 2100 Park Blvd. **
101.1 El Cajon. Medical Clinic. On RattleSnake Mtn. Old K-Best 95 Xlator site. **
103.3 S.D. Community Radio. Same site as Penfold 96.1

**Expect reduced coverage due to stout KRTH signal.

Does anyone know what is going on with KNSJ?

Seeing all of these San Diego licenses and CPs, it is obvious that whoever they hired as an consulting eneineer really didn't do them "justice" by having them place their transmitter/antenna in Descanso.

Perhaps there was a combination of factors that shot down an HD-2 option for KNSJ similar to what I ran into several years ago.

There was a translator available here in Cañon City, owned by one of the big groups in Colorado Springs. Local management was eager to let it go, but corporate wouldn't budge. At first I thought about leasing an HD2 from one of the stations in the Springs. The Ibiquity fees were doable (I think it's either 3% of revenues or $1000/yr for each HD2 signal) but if I remember right the owners of the Cheyenne Mountain tower site wanted $2000 a month for each HD2 signal an existing FM fired up.

Needless to say, that trial balloon sailed like a concrete kite.

If that was the case with KNSJ, then it isn't as hard to imagine why the built a signal in the sticks.