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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-04-06 03:35 PM
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Air America Phoenix off the air Feb 1st
Thanks for writing. It appears that the new format will be Christian
broadcasting as of February 1st.

We are scrambling to find another station so Air America programming will
continue to be heard in the Phoenix area. Wish us luck!

-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 8:56 PM
To: comments@1010kxxt.com
Subject: Air America and your new owner

We sincerely hope the change of ownership will not effect the format of
your radio station.

It is the only station we listen to and another religious broadcasting
station is not needed here in Phoenix. Your arbitron ratings have
consistently improved with the new format and will continue to do so in
the upcoming election year.

Yours truly,

xxxxxxx
Glendale, AZ.
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jillan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-04-06 08:30 PM
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1. The ONLY good thing about this..
trying to take a glass half-full approach here...

Is that I was so fed up with them powering down at sunset, esp while listening to M/M on Saturdays.
Never got to listen past dark.

So, here's to hoping that the new AAR will be even more powerful.
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lady lib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 12:24 AM
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2. Yeah, what was the deal with that?
Why did they have to power down at sunset?
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DTinAZ Donating Member (325 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 10:30 AM
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3. FCC and physics (signals bounce off the ionosphere)
Here's the FCC's official answer:

http://www.fcc.gov/mb/audio/bickel/daytime.html

AM waves don't bounce as much off the ionosphere during the day, but at night, that changes, so in order to prevent interference from one radio market to another, there are limits imposed on most AM stations.

DT
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lady lib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 11:11 AM
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4. Thank you for the information!
Edited on Thu Jan-05-06 11:12 AM by lady lib
Of course, I should have realized that as the earth moves from day to night there's a concordant shift from "groundwave" to "skywave" (ionospheric) propagation of the AM waves resulting in massive interference of the long AM signals.

;)
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