Too bad it isn't the old 610 KFRC, which could be heard up and down the coast, even picked it up in Denver one night. Current KFRC 1550 signal strength? what, 40-50 miles?
Glad the A's have a local radio home now, talk about cutting it close. Reminded me of the (1978?) A's that had no station until Larry Baer and a friend got Finley to agree to have the UC Berkeley station carry the A's, for about a month. Station so weak it couldn't be picked up in the Coliseum.
Totally disappointed. KFRC doesn't come in very well in Sonoma County,if at all. KTRB came in great until they started having tower issues. I don't know if they're still on 1440 out of Napa but even that doesn't come in very well in Santa Rosa. I don't care what station they're on as long as I can get a clear signal. The best play by play man in all of bay area sports (Korach) and you can barely hear him. What a joke. This franchise is starting to become just as inept as the other 2 teams that call that complex home.
KTRB is unintelligible at night in Albany/Berkeley/El Cerrito/Richmond. Sorry about San Jose, but that's Giant's territory ;-). Not surprising given the properties of AM signal propogation. Daytime, KTRB uses a bay-side transmitter (superb ground, which is why the bay is ringed by AM transmitters, and 50,000 watts). At night, KTRB moves to to a peak in the east bay hills and lowers its power. Elevation is good for VHF frequencies (like FM radio and broadcast television), but it doesn't improve the ground wave propagation of AM radio. Worse, the terrain has low conductivity, resulting in a weak ground wave. No wonder the signal sucks at night.
well that sucks....they'll get drowned out by KFBK up here in Sacto....KTRB is in a relatively clear section on the dial for me...
ReplyDeleteToo bad it isn't the old 610 KFRC, which could be heard up and down the coast, even picked it up in Denver one night.
ReplyDeleteCurrent KFRC 1550 signal strength? what, 40-50 miles?
Glad the A's have a local radio home now, talk about cutting it close. Reminded me of the (1978?) A's that had no station until Larry Baer and a friend got Finley to agree to have the UC Berkeley station carry the A's, for about a month. Station so weak it couldn't be picked up in the Coliseum.
This is very sad. A major league baseball club to air it's games on a second rate radio station.
ReplyDeleteLew Wolf needs to sell his share in the team to someone who understands marketing and good branding.
Totally disappointed. KFRC doesn't come in very well in Sonoma County,if at all. KTRB came in great until they started having tower issues. I don't know if they're still on 1440 out of Napa but even that doesn't come in very well in Santa Rosa. I don't care what station they're on as long as I can get a clear signal. The best play by play man in all of bay area sports (Korach) and you can barely hear him. What a joke. This franchise is starting to become just as inept as the other 2 teams that call that complex home.
ReplyDeleteKTRB is unintelligible at night in Albany/Berkeley/El Cerrito/Richmond. Sorry about San Jose, but that's Giant's territory ;-). Not surprising given the properties of AM signal propogation. Daytime, KTRB uses a bay-side transmitter (superb ground, which is why the bay is ringed by AM transmitters, and 50,000 watts). At night, KTRB moves to to a peak in the east bay hills and lowers its power. Elevation is good for VHF frequencies (like FM radio and broadcast television), but it doesn't improve the ground wave propagation of AM radio. Worse, the terrain has low conductivity, resulting in a weak ground wave. No wonder the signal sucks at night.
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