I am posting this more-generic subject header but the real focus is the underlying KAFY translator network.
The "La Nueva Broadcasting, Inc." religious group forms the programming force behind KAFY's on-air content. (The actual KAFY transmission plant is owned by "AOTS Holdings, Inc.", a Nevada-incorporated entity with an Encino mailing address.)
At the top of each hour the faithful listeners will hear (in English) the KAFY main station ID followed by IDs for up to four translators:
1. K262BP 100.3 Conner, California
2 K271DD 102.1 Bakersfield, Califronia
3. K256BS 99.1 Palmdale-Lancaster, California
4. K300CW 107.9 Indio, California
The license holders are (1,2) Manantial de Vida Eterna, Inc. (3) La Nueva Broadcasting (the programmer) (4) Ondas de Vida Network. Depending on the ID audio cut loaded at the ToH, K256BS may be absent in the translator ID callout.
What's wrong with this picture? Translators #3 and #4 are taking programming from an AM station far beyond the permissable contour. KAFY's contour extends out to 78km yet K256BS is 120 kilometers distant. Even worse, the Indio repeater is some 305 kilometers away.
As these distances the repeaters are essentially doing "local origination." Apparently no one at the FCC seems to care.
Even the renowned Mexican-broadcast analyst Raymie Humbert noted the Indio situation in his "En Frecuencia" blog posting for 17 Feb 2021 titled "Pirates on the Waves of Life".
If you want to hear for yourself KAFY "La Nueva" does stream audio at their website: www.lanuevam.com
The "La Nueva Broadcasting, Inc." religious group forms the programming force behind KAFY's on-air content. (The actual KAFY transmission plant is owned by "AOTS Holdings, Inc.", a Nevada-incorporated entity with an Encino mailing address.)
At the top of each hour the faithful listeners will hear (in English) the KAFY main station ID followed by IDs for up to four translators:
1. K262BP 100.3 Conner, California
2 K271DD 102.1 Bakersfield, Califronia
3. K256BS 99.1 Palmdale-Lancaster, California
4. K300CW 107.9 Indio, California
The license holders are (1,2) Manantial de Vida Eterna, Inc. (3) La Nueva Broadcasting (the programmer) (4) Ondas de Vida Network. Depending on the ID audio cut loaded at the ToH, K256BS may be absent in the translator ID callout.
What's wrong with this picture? Translators #3 and #4 are taking programming from an AM station far beyond the permissable contour. KAFY's contour extends out to 78km yet K256BS is 120 kilometers distant. Even worse, the Indio repeater is some 305 kilometers away.
As these distances the repeaters are essentially doing "local origination." Apparently no one at the FCC seems to care.
Even the renowned Mexican-broadcast analyst Raymie Humbert noted the Indio situation in his "En Frecuencia" blog posting for 17 Feb 2021 titled "Pirates on the Waves of Life".
If you want to hear for yourself KAFY "La Nueva" does stream audio at their website: www.lanuevam.com
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