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[bobdavcav]

The only thing I check as far as the FCC is the reports available to Radio Insight premium subscribers. The changes mentioned above were in that report today, still no sign of the KUBE calls.

 

[KilowattKat]

The only thing I check as far as the FCC is the reports available to Radio Insight premium subscribers. The changes mentioned above were in that report today, still no sign of the KUBE calls.

If iHeart wanted to use the KUBE calls elsewhere, they would have applied for that at the same time with the other changes. Now they are up for grabs for anyone to take them. Still will be interesting to see where they end up

 

[dxsphere]

If iHeart wanted to use the KUBE calls elsewhere, they would have applied for that at the same time with the other changes. Now they are up for grabs for anyone to take them. Still will be interesting to see where they end up

Not so fast; iHeart reserved KUBE calls on April 21 right after the Seattle swap took effect.

 

[KilowattKat]

Not so fast; iHeart reserved KUBE calls on April 21 right after the Seattle swap took effect.

They have a station in Tulsa, OK called "The Jet" 93.5, maybe there? Also, they have 4 other FM's and 2 AM's

 

[Andy Travis]

The Tulsa signal is a translator, fed by an HD channel. So the calls won't be going there.

 

[dxsphere]

They have a station in Tulsa, OK called "The Jet" 93.5, maybe there? Also, they have 4 other FM's and 2 AM's

Tulsa is the address of the licensee (i.e. IHM Licenses LLC), it appears on many if not all iHeart stations. Where the KUBE calls will go is still up in the air.

 

[bobdavcav]

The two destinations that make the most sense are 107.9 in Sacramento and I believe it's 1290 in Riverside, where the calls were for about six months before they returned to 93.3. The current calls on that are KPWK, which was on 93.3 for a little over two years.

 

[The New Chico]

Any time you are talking about an AM station in Riverside, that just screams "Call Sign Storage Locker"

 

[seattlesarchiebunker]

Doubtful it will be 107.9 in Sacramento…

Call sign issued last week is KSTE-FM. They have a second-tier talk station on AM in the market with the same calls.

 

[bobdavcav]

Any time you are talking about an AM station in Riverside, that just screams "Call Sign Storage Locker"

True that. It's a practice I disagree with in a lot of cases, but iHeart did it when KUBE moved off of 104.9, so there's no reason to believe they won't do it again.

 

[bobdavcav]

Doubtful it will be 107.9 in Sacramento…

Call sign issued last week is KSTE-FM. They have a second-tier talk station on AM in the market with the same calls.

It has happened before where a station will pick a callsign but never actually broadcast with it. The most recent example I can think of was several years ago in Reno, when all of the Shamrock stations changed calls prior to launching.

 

[semoochie]

True that. It's a practice I disagree with in a lot of cases, but iHeart did it when KUBE moved off of 104.9, so there's no reason to believe they won't do it again.

Portland has KMTT neatly stored away on 910.

 

[fordranger797]

Portland has KMTT neatly stored away on 910.

Ironic that Audacy has KMTT parked there when there is about a 0.0001% chance of them ever needing these calls again for a station branded as “The Mountain.” They parked the call letters down there many years ago, and now the calls are about as useful as some of the other infamous call signs we’ve seen over the years (KBUP comes to mind).

 

[Kelly A]

Ironic that Audacy has KMTT parked there when there is about a 0.0001% chance of them ever needing these calls again for a station branded as “The Mountain.” They parked the call letters down there many years ago, and now the calls are about as useful as some of the other infamous call signs we’ve seen over the years (KBUP comes to mind).

My favorite was Pat's old 96.5FM/KKMI (Kick Me).

 

[KilowattKat]

A question:. Are there certain situations when the FCC will assign call letters to just the "company" itself, as iHeart seems to have done, without a set destination for them, an AM/FM facility built or not, that's owned by the company?

 

[KilowattKat]

Doubtful it will be 107.9 in Sacramento…

Call sign issued last week is KSTE-FM. They have a second-tier talk station on AM in the market with the same calls.

Believe me, they did not pay 6 million to win the bid for the 107.9 license, add to that the cost of building out the facility, just to simulcast a second rate, mostly syndicated AM talk station on a full market signal. The KSTE calls are in place till either the real ones are assigned, which could reveal too early or give insight to the new format. If they do stay, it's probably because the new station will only be referred to by the brand name.

 

[Kelly A]

A question:. Are there certain situations when the FCC will assign call letters to just the "company" itself, as iHeart seems to have done, without a set destination for them, an AM/FM facility built or not, that's owned by the company?

Answer is no. Call letters are used to identify a transmission within that region, and are issued based on availability. Groups may shuffle the calls around between their stations to keep a potential competitor from using them.

 

[ZantennaG1]

Answer is no. Call letters are used to identify a transmission within that region, and are issued based on availability. Groups may shuffle the calls around between their stations to keep a potential competitor from using them.

Use it or lose it, basically? Like, you can temporarily reserve a callsign, but if you can't find a station to put it on, then it goes back into the public?

 

[Kelly A]

Use it or lose it, basically? Like, you can temporarily reserve a callsign, but if you can't find a station to put it on, then it goes back into the public?

If you aren't a licensee of a radio station, you can't be assigned a call sign. Sometimes call signs are abandoned after being changed to a different one, another station may pick it up once available. As mentioned, many times a station will send a call sign to another one of it's stations within a group, just to keep it away from competition. Think of it like professional football: Most player trades are sent to a team outside the original team' division, NFC to AFC, or vise versa.

 

[KilowattKat]

If you aren't a licensee of a radio station, you can't be assigned a call sign. Sometimes call signs are abandoned after being changed to a different one, another station may pick it up once available. As mentioned, many times a station will send a call sign to another one of it's stations within a group, just to keep it away from competition. Think of it like professional football: Most player trades are sent to a team outside the original team' division, NFC to AFC, or vise versa.

So, if a broadcaster requests a call sign, but doesn't place it one of their properties, how long can they keep it until the FCC takes it back? Or do they even keep track of it to make sure that's been done.