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Groucho Marx allegedly once said something to the effect of, “I’m sorry I haven’t written back sooner but I’ve been very busy not answering letters, and I just got around to not answering yours.”
Re: HD and 2nd adjacents, in the case of receiving KWAX interference on 90.7, the 90.7 translator is located a few miles north of Eugene, almost to the Linn County line. I live 11 miles south of the translator and about 3 miles from KWAX. Without KWAX HD, 90.7 is very listenable stereo, although not quite full quieting. With KWAX HD on, 90.7 is barely receivable but unlistenable on my Yamaha T-85 in the narrowest mode, and on my Sony HD tuner. Driving around in my Honda, when KWAX HD is off, 90.7 is a little spotty in S. Eugene, but decent everywhere else in Eugene, but my auto-gradual-high-blend is fully mono everywhere as well. With KWAX HD on, 90.7 is hammered to the northern-most areas of Eugene, and even spotty inside its 60 dBu. (90.7 is very weak in most of Springfield due to shading from Coburg Ridge.)
Re: 98.5, I have no info about KHAC.
Cumulus has filed to modify the CP of the 98.5 translator, but I don’t see changes in location, power, etc. According to the original application it is to rebroadcast KZEL, but the assumption was it would relay a future KZEL-HD2. There was speculation KNRQ’s “intellectual property” would go there after 97.9 moves out of market, but with Cumulus buying 103.7, the latter is the likely spot for the KNRQ call letters and format. (I think we’ve already established a near-zero chance 97.9 will retain the present calls or format when it moves.)
It would seem like Cumulus would be interested in simulcasting KUGN (newstalk) on 98.5 FM.
I guess if pirate radio 98.5 was shut down it’ll show up here eventually: http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/
There has to be some sort of widespread poor engineering down there! I can hear second adjacent translators all over town on various analog radios and don’t hear any interference at all, in some cases, between second adjacents!
KWAX shares a tower with a few other signals, but the FCC shows them at a different height, AMSL than the others, so I will assume no combiner/master antenna.
A better question would be “When will 103.7 move into Eugene, so KNRQ’s current format can move there, assuming that’s what they plan to do?”.
Looks like 98.5 was busted. http://transition.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/2003/DOC-322037A1.html
If you’re just looking for history, here’s an old site. I don’t think it’s been updated in years. http://www.angelfire.com/or/erg/
Apparently the operator(s) of 98.5 were previously busted in 2012 and 2001. Always on 98.5. I predict they’ll come back, on 98.5 again, and right about that time Cumulus will light up their new translator on 98.5.
EDIT: Apparently one of the recent incarnations of “KHAC” started out on 87.5. http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2011/12/08/news.html#s3
Why can’t they admit they just want to do it for the thrill of giving the evil FCC the finger? 😉
KRVM: “Streaming is temporarily unavailable as we seek an acceptable agreement with music rights management. Sorry for the inconvenience.” 🙁
On a happier note, their live music coverage of the Oregon Country Fair was excellent this year. The audio was in high-quality stereo. Mixing etc. were well-done.
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