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KTRB (860 kHz) moves to SF, goes to 50 kw, plays hippy music
They're on a 1941 treaty Canadian clear channel so I assume they're
rather directional. Although I'm not sure who uses it west of Toronto. http://www.pappastv.com/pressdetail.php?id=97&prYr=2007 - 73-Year-Old Heritage Radio Station Moves from Modesto to San Francisco - - Station Begins Final Phase of Testing at Alameda County Transmitter Site Thursday, February 1, 2007 - - On-Air Testing Features a Tribute to “The San Francisco Sound” - San Francisco, California - - Something old is new again, as one of Northern California’s pioneer radio stations, KTRB-AM 860, makes its historic Bay Area debut by bringing “The San Francisco Sound” back to the nation’s fourth-largest radio market beginning this Thursday, February 1, 2007. KTRB-AM 860 will sign-on at midnight on February 1, and beginning at 6:00 a.m. that day, the station will play continuous music reprising the late 60s and early 70s heyday of “The San Francisco Sound.” “The San Francisco Sound” refers to rock music performed live and recorded by San Francisco-based artists and groups from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. KTRB-AM 860 will showcase seminal Bay Area bands such as The Beau Brummels, The Syndicate of Sound, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother & The Holding Company, as well as Santana, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Journey. KTRB-AM 860 Vice President & General Manager Jim P. Pappas said, “Our sign-on in the Bay Area is the culmination of three decades of dreaming, planning, and hard work by the best and brightest from inside and outside our company. KTRB-AM 860 represents the genesis of our company’s more than 50-year California-based broadcast tradition. It was KTRB that inspired the three Pappas Brothers to become broadcasters. We are thrilled to own and operate a 50,000 Watt blowtorch that will serve the millions of residents in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and the entire Bay Area, just as KTRB-AM 860 has served generations of Californians since its founding in 1933.” KTRB-AM 860’s permanent format will commence March 1, 2007. While plans have not been disclosed, Pappas said, “KTRB will bring a fresh sound to the Bay Area to add diversity to the choices available to the public. KTRB will entertain and inform with fresh, lively content, the likes of which the public does not now have available.” About KTRB KTRB-AM 860 is one of the oldest radio stations on the West Coast, having served the San Joaquin Valley and surrounding areas since the early days of the medium. Until recently, the station was licensed to Modesto, California. In 2003, the Federal Communications Commission authorized the relocation of KTRB's transmitter site to the Bay Area. On February 1, the station will return to the air licensed to San Francisco and serving the entire San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose radio market. Broadcasting on a Canadian Clear Channel frequency with 50,000 Watts of power day and night - the highest power allowed in the United States - KTRB has been engineered to cover a huge geographic area. San Francisco is the fourth-ranked radio market in the United States and the number-one AM radio market in the nation. KTRB’s storied history began in 1933, when original owners T.R. McTammany and Bill Bates (the “TR” and “B” in KTRB) established the station as the first commercial broadcast outlet in Modesto. Through the years, KTRB has served as the launch pad for the careers of Country music notables such as The Maddox Brothers and Rose, and Chester Smith, and the station was the dominant radio voice in the San Joaquin Valley for decades. In 1973, brothers Pete, Mike, and Harry Pappas led a group of investors in purchasing KTRB from the Bates estate, and the station has remained under Pappas family ownership ever since. KTRB’s studios are located at 1700 Montgomery Street in San Francisco, overlooking The Embarcadero. KTRB is owned by Pappas Radio of California, an affiliated company of Pappas Telecasting Companies, the largest privately-held, commercial television broadcaster in the United States. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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KTRB (860 kHz) moves to SF, goes to 50 kw, plays hippy music
On Feb 1, 3:41 pm, Tester wrote:
They're on a 1941 treaty Canadian clear channel so I assume they're rather directional. Although I'm not sure who uses it west of Toronto. http://www.pappastv.com/pressdetail.php?id=97&prYr=2007 - 73-Year-Old Heritage Radio Station Moves from Modesto to San Francisco - - Station Begins Final Phase of Testing at Alameda County Transmitter Site Thursday, February 1, 2007 - - On-Air Testing Features a Tribute to "The San Francisco Sound" - San Francisco, California - - Something old is new again, as one of Northern California's pioneer radio stations, KTRB-AM 860, makes its historic Bay Area debut by bringing "The San Francisco Sound" back to the nation's fourth-largest radio market beginning this Thursday, February 1, 2007. KTRB-AM 860 will sign-on at midnight on February 1, and beginning at 6:00 a.m. that day, the station will play continuous music reprising the late 60s and early 70s heyday of "The San Francisco Sound." "The San Francisco Sound" refers to rock music performed live and recorded by San Francisco-based artists and groups from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. KTRB-AM 860 will showcase seminal Bay Area bands such as The Beau Brummels, The Syndicate of Sound, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother & The Holding Company, as well as Santana, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Journey. KTRB-AM 860 Vice President & General Manager Jim P. Pappas said, "Our sign-on in the Bay Area is the culmination of three decades of dreaming, planning, and hard work by the best and brightest from inside and outside our company. KTRB-AM 860 represents the genesis of our company's more than 50-year California-based broadcast tradition. It was KTRB that inspired the three Pappas Brothers to become broadcasters. We are thrilled to own and operate a 50,000 Watt blowtorch that will serve the millions of residents in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and the entire Bay Area, just as KTRB-AM 860 has served generations of Californians since its founding in 1933." KTRB-AM 860's permanent format will commence March 1, 2007. While plans have not been disclosed, Pappas said, "KTRB will bring a fresh sound to the Bay Area to add diversity to the choices available to the public. KTRB will entertain and inform with fresh, lively content, the likes of which the public does not now have available." About KTRB KTRB-AM 860 is one of the oldest radio stations on the West Coast, having served the San Joaquin Valley and surrounding areas since the early days of the medium. Until recently, the station was licensed to Modesto, California. In 2003, the Federal Communications Commission authorized the relocation of KTRB's transmitter site to the Bay Area. On February 1, the station will return to the air licensed to San Francisco and serving the entire San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose radio market. Broadcasting on a Canadian Clear Channel frequency with 50,000 Watts of power day and night - the highest power allowed in the United States - KTRB has been engineered to cover a huge geographic area. San Francisco is the fourth-ranked radio market in the United States and the number-one AM radio market in the nation. KTRB's storied history began in 1933, when original owners T.R. McTammany and Bill Bates (the "TR" and "B" in KTRB) established the station as the first commercial broadcast outlet in Modesto. Through the years, KTRB has served as the launch pad for the careers of Country music notables such as The Maddox Brothers and Rose, and Chester Smith, and the station was the dominant radio voice in the San Joaquin Valley for decades. In 1973, brothers Pete, Mike, and Harry Pappas led a group of investors in purchasing KTRB from the Bates estate, and the station has remained under Pappas family ownership ever since. KTRB's studios are located at 1700 Montgomery Street in San Francisco, overlooking The Embarcadero. KTRB is owned by Pappas Radio of California, an affiliated company of Pappas Telecasting Companies, the largest privately-held, commercial television broadcaster in the United States. -- Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com OK - It's nice to know that they are "On-the-Air" Great News : A New Bay Area Radio Station -by- Brad Kava http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/200...news_a_ne.html But - I can not hear 'them' up here in the Sierra Foothills about 120 Miles-due-East of the SF Bay Area ~ RHF SIERRA NAVADA = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_(US) TWAIN HARTE = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twain_Harte SF BAY AREA = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SF_Bay_Area KTRB PAPPAS = Pappas Telecasting Companies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappas_...ting_Companies http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=66246 http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapg...estar,KTRB_SAN FRANCISCO_CA&on=water,miscell,counties,places,CITI ES,&off=streets,GRID,shorelin&ht=0.5&wid=0.5 |
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KTRB (860 kHz) moves to SF, goes to 50 kw, plays hippy music
On Feb 1, 8:28 pm, "RHF" wrote:
On Feb 1, 3:41 pm, Tester wrote: They're on a 1941 treaty Canadian clear channel so I assume they're rather directional. Although I'm not sure who uses it west of Toronto. http://www.pappastv.com/pressdetail.php?id=97&prYr=2007 - 73-Year-Old Heritage Radio Station Moves from Modesto to San Francisco - - Station Begins Final Phase of Testing at Alameda County Transmitter Site Thursday, February 1, 2007 - - On-Air Testing Features a Tribute to "The San Francisco Sound" - San Francisco, California - - Something old is new again, as one of Northern California's pioneer radio stations, KTRB-AM 860, makes its historic Bay Area debut by bringing "The San Francisco Sound" back to the nation's fourth-largest radio market beginning this Thursday, February 1, 2007. KTRB-AM 860 will sign-on at midnight on February 1, and beginning at 6:00 a.m. that day, the station will play continuous music reprising the late 60s and early 70s heyday of "The San Francisco Sound." "The San Francisco Sound" refers to rock music performed live and recorded by San Francisco-based artists and groups from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. KTRB-AM 860 will showcase seminal Bay Area bands such as The Beau Brummels, The Syndicate of Sound, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother & The Holding Company, as well as Santana, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Journey. KTRB-AM 860 Vice President & General Manager Jim P. Pappas said, "Our sign-on in the Bay Area is the culmination of three decades of dreaming, planning, and hard work by the best and brightest from inside and outside our company. KTRB-AM 860 represents the genesis of our company's more than 50-year California-based broadcast tradition. It was KTRB that inspired the three Pappas Brothers to become broadcasters. We are thrilled to own and operate a 50,000 Watt blowtorch that will serve the millions of residents in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and the entire Bay Area, just as KTRB-AM 860 has served generations of Californians since its founding in 1933." KTRB-AM 860's permanent format will commence March 1, 2007. While plans have not been disclosed, Pappas said, "KTRB will bring a fresh sound to the Bay Area to add diversity to the choices available to the public. KTRB will entertain and inform with fresh, lively content, the likes of which the public does not now have available." About KTRB KTRB-AM 860 is one of the oldest radio stations on the West Coast, having served the San Joaquin Valley and surrounding areas since the early days of the medium. Until recently, the station was licensed to Modesto, California. In 2003, the Federal Communications Commission authorized the relocation of KTRB's transmitter site to the Bay Area. On February 1, the station will return to the air licensed to San Francisco and serving the entire San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose radio market. Broadcasting on a Canadian Clear Channel frequency with 50,000 Watts of power day and night - the highest power allowed in the United States - KTRB has been engineered to cover a huge geographic area. San Francisco is the fourth-ranked radio market in the United States and the number-one AM radio market in the nation. KTRB's storied history began in 1933, when original owners T.R. McTammany and Bill Bates (the "TR" and "B" in KTRB) established the station as the first commercial broadcast outlet in Modesto. Through the years, KTRB has served as the launch pad for the careers of Country music notables such as The Maddox Brothers and Rose, and Chester Smith, and the station was the dominant radio voice in the San Joaquin Valley for decades. In 1973, brothers Pete, Mike, and Harry Pappas led a group of investors in purchasing KTRB from the Bates estate, and the station has remained under Pappas family ownership ever since. KTRB's studios are located at 1700 Montgomery Street in San Francisco, overlooking The Embarcadero. KTRB is owned by Pappas Radio of California, an affiliated company of Pappas Telecasting Companies, the largest privately-held, commercial television broadcaster in the United States. -- Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com OK - It's nice to know that they are "On-the-Air" Great News : A New Bay Area Radio Station -by- Brad Kavahttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2007/02/great_news_a_ne.html But - I can not hear 'them' up here in the Sierra Foothills about 120 Miles-due-East of the SF Bay Area ~ RHF SIERRA NAVADA =http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_(US) TWAIN HARTE =http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twain_Harte SF BAY AREA =http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SF_Bay_Area KTRB PAPPAS = Pappas Telecasting Companieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappas_Telecasting_Companieshttp://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/amq?list=0&facid=66246http://tiger.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapgen/gif?lon=-121.774167&lat=37.592... FRANCISCO_CA&on=water,miscell,counties,places,CITI ES,&off=streets,GRID,shor*elin&ht=0.5&wid=0.5 . . . . .- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I was the Alameda County staff planner for this new radio station, whose transmitter is located south of Livermore in the rural area. 50 kW, tightly aimed west toward the central Bay Area - it is not surprising that the signal is weak on any compass points from N through E through S - especially during the day. The array is designed to use skip in a limited way to get the signal to the central Bay Area *at night*. The daytime transmitter, which is still being politically haggled over in Sonoma County, is not yet functional, so this one is serving double duty at this time. Eventually it will be the nighttime outlet. Having a decidedly slightly S of W - facing beam, it should be gloriously easy in Hawaii at night and not too hard all the way out in Japan and Australia. The 60's/70's music is a temporary filler until they settle on their primary format this coming spring. As it is, right now we have no station at all in the Bay Area that plays this music, so this may be a worthwhile niche. You may be interested to know that the chief engineer, John Burger, has told me that he is not keen on the new forms of AM transmitting - being very close to this strong signal, I am VERY happy about that. Bruce Jensen |
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KTRB (860 kHz) moves to SF, goes to 50 kw, plays hippy music
On Feb 2, 10:08 am, "bpnjensen" wrote:
On Feb 1, 8:28 pm, "RHF" wrote: On Feb 1, 3:41 pm, Tester wrote: They're on a 1941 treaty Canadian clear channel so I assume they're rather directional. Although I'm not sure who uses it west of Toronto. http://www.pappastv.com/pressdetail.php?id=97&prYr=2007 - 73-Year-Old Heritage Radio Station Moves from Modesto to San Francisco - - Station Begins Final Phase of Testing at Alameda County Transmitter Site Thursday, February 1, 2007 - - On-Air Testing Features a Tribute to "The San Francisco Sound" - San Francisco, California - - Something old is new again, as one of Northern California's pioneer radio stations, KTRB-AM 860, makes its historic Bay Area debut by bringing "The San Francisco Sound" back to the nation's fourth-largest radio market beginning this Thursday, February 1, 2007. KTRB-AM 860 will sign-on at midnight on February 1, and beginning at 6:00 a.m. that day, the station will play continuous music reprising the late 60s and early 70s heyday of "The San Francisco Sound." "The San Francisco Sound" refers to rock music performed live and recorded by San Francisco-based artists and groups from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. KTRB-AM 860 will showcase seminal Bay Area bands such as The Beau Brummels, The Syndicate of Sound, The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother & The Holding Company, as well as Santana, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Journey. KTRB-AM 860 Vice President & General Manager Jim P. Pappas said, "Our sign-on in the Bay Area is the culmination of three decades of dreaming, planning, and hard work by the best and brightest from inside and outside our company. KTRB-AM 860 represents the genesis of our company's more than 50-year California-based broadcast tradition. It was KTRB that inspired the three Pappas Brothers to become broadcasters. We are thrilled to own and operate a 50,000 Watt blowtorch that will serve the millions of residents in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and the entire Bay Area, just as KTRB-AM 860 has served generations of Californians since its founding in 1933." KTRB-AM 860's permanent format will commence March 1, 2007. While plans have not been disclosed, Pappas said, "KTRB will bring a fresh sound to the Bay Area to add diversity to the choices available to the public. KTRB will entertain and inform with fresh, lively content, the likes of which the public does not now have available." About KTRB KTRB-AM 860 is one of the oldest radio stations on the West Coast, having served the San Joaquin Valley and surrounding areas since the early days of the medium. Until recently, the station was licensed to Modesto, California. In 2003, the Federal Communications Commission authorized the relocation of KTRB's transmitter site to the Bay Area. On February 1, the station will return to the air licensed to San Francisco and serving the entire San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose radio market. Broadcasting on a Canadian Clear Channel frequency with 50,000 Watts of power day and night - the highest power allowed in the United States - KTRB has been engineered to cover a huge geographic area. San Francisco is the fourth-ranked radio market in the United States and the number-one AM radio market in the nation. KTRB's storied history began in 1933, when original owners T.R. McTammany and Bill Bates (the "TR" and "B" in KTRB) established the station as the first commercial broadcast outlet in Modesto. Through the years, KTRB has served as the launch pad for the careers of Country music notables such as The Maddox Brothers and Rose, and Chester Smith, and the station was the dominant radio voice in the San Joaquin Valley for decades. In 1973, brothers Pete, Mike, and Harry Pappas led a group of investors in purchasing KTRB from the Bates estate, and the station has remained under Pappas family ownership ever since. KTRB's studios are located at 1700 Montgomery Street in San Francisco, overlooking The Embarcadero. KTRB is owned by Pappas Radio of California, an affiliated company of Pappas Telecasting Companies, the largest privately-held, commercial television broadcaster in the United States. -- Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com OK - It's nice to know that they are "On-the-Air" Great News : A New Bay Area Radio Station -by- Brad Kavahttp://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2007/02/great_news_a_ne.html But - I can not hear 'them' up here in the Sierra Foothills about 120 Miles-due-East of the SF Bay Area ~ RHF SIERRA NAVADA =http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Nevada_(US) TWAIN HARTE =http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twain_Harte SF BAY AREA =http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SF_Bay_Area KTRB PAPPAS = Pappas Telecasting Companieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappas_Telecasting_Companieshttp://www.f...... FRANCISCO_CA&on=water,miscell,counties,places,CITI ES,&off=streets,GRID,shor**elin&ht=0.5&wid=0.5 . . . . .- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I was the Alameda County staff planner for this new radio station, whose transmitter is located south of Livermore in the rural area. 50 kW, tightly aimed west toward the central Bay Area - it is not surprising that the signal is weak on any compass points from N through E through S - especially during the day. The array is designed to use skip in a limited way to get the signal to the central Bay Area *at night*. The daytime transmitter, which is still being politically haggled over in Sonoma County, is not yet functional, so this one is serving double duty at this time. Eventually it will be the nighttime outlet. Having a decidedly slightly S of W - facing beam, it should be gloriously easy in Hawaii at night and not too hard all the way out in Japan and Australia. The 60's/70's music is a temporary filler until they settle on their primary format this coming spring. As it is, right now we have no station at all in the Bay Area that plays this music, so this may be a worthwhile niche. You may be interested to know that the chief engineer, John Burger, has told me that he is not keen on the new forms of AM transmitting - being very close to this strong signal, I am VERY happy about that. Bruce Jensen- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Last night @ 2 AM local time, I could hear KTRB 860 kHz with the 60's/70's Music on the Grundig Satellit 800-M using a Quantum QX AM/MW Loop Antenna the signal was OK. However on a short 50 Foot Random Wire Antenna the signal was week. This morning at about 10 AM local time, I tried KTRB again on a BA Receptor Radio with just the built-in AM/MW Loop Antenna and the signal was very poor; while KMPH at 840 kHz was solid. Added the TG35 Indoor AM/MW Active Antenna using the Ferrite Rod 'Coupler' and KTRB's signal on 860 kHz was good. so ktrb is 'out there' for those who want to listen ~ RHF It should be interesting to compare the KTRB 860 kHz Radio Signals between Days and Nights when they have their new Daytime Transmitter-Antenna System operating in the North Bay Salt Flats {Marshes} -vice- the Transmitter Antenna System used at Night from Up-in-the-Hills. Read "JPappas" http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index....,48280.20.html Read "HHalland" comments about the Large Secret "OS1-GV" Site. http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index....,48280.30.html . .. . |
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