This month, we’ll have a social meeting at the home of Tony McDaid, chapter Chair. Join us on the afternoon of Saturday, June 21, starting at 12:00 noon. We’ll provide a taco lunch with all the fixings. Boy, are we going to have fun!
To reserve your spot and receive location information, send a note to rsvp@sbe36.org.
Here’s some additional information about the gathering:
Continue reading June 2025 Meeting, Home Edition[Updated 5/27/2025 to reflect FCC actions] The FCC granted the sale of KZTC-LD channel 7 to Intrigue TV of Stamford CT for $187,500 on May 22, 2025.
Two days before, the FCC granted Intrigue TV a Major Change from VHF channel 7 with 3 kW ERP to UHF channel 25 using 12 kW ERP to achieve approximately the same coverage from Mt. Woodson, continuing to beam southward to protect Los Angeles stations. Intrigue had gained permission from the current owners to file for the channel change.
Continue reading KZTC-LD Sold, Switching to UHFOn May 5, 2025, Southern California Tribal Chairmen’s Association filed with the FCC to cancel its construction permit for KUPA FM 89.9 (Facility ID 766985) atop Hot Springs Mountain with Warner Springs as the community of license.
According to the manager of KPRI and the SCTCA FM Project, John Fox, “Barring interference from co-channel KCRW in LA and a station in Mexicali, the new class B FM would have been heard in parts of the city of San Diego and thanks to shielding from the Santa Ana mountains, through much of the Temecula Valley, plus most places in between, terrain permitting. The plan was at least initially to simulcast KPRI, Pala, turning “Rez Radio” into a multi-channel brand. It would have been totally solar and wind-powered with a propane generator backup.”
Continue reading KUPA NCE Cancels Construction PermitYou may know San Diego distributor Bext for their local repair lab and warehouse full of reliable FM Transmitters, Antennas, RF Filters and Combiners, but did you know they now have a line of transmitters with built-in features like IP remote control, RDS, SNMP, Digital Micro MPX capability, internal audio processor and more? The lower wattage units are now LPFM FCC Certified, too.
Dennis Pieri and his staff engineers will demonstrate their XL FM transmitter line and its audio processor. They plan to bring a compact new FM filter to show off.
Join us on May 21, 2025 at 12:00 noon at iHeartMedia, 9660 Granite Ridge Drive, San Diego. They’re buying pizza, as well.
[This article was corrected to reflect KSDW’s operation on an FCC-approved STA—GS 3/25/25]
On March 14, 2025, the FCC granted the Assignment of Authorization for KSDW (FM) 88.9 Temecula from Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa (“CCCM”) to the Educational Media Foundation (“EMF”). The station broadcasts using a Special Temporary Authority from Mt. Woodson east of Poway with 900 watts ERP, vertical polarization only. As of this writing, the station is broadcasting the Spanish-language “Radio Nueva Vida” stream of EMF programming that can also be heard in San Diego County on KKLJ 100.1 in Julian and K253AD 98.5 in Oceanside. The original license was for a site on Palomar Mountain, though in their STA filing to the FCC last year, CCCM said that their lease with the Pauma Indian Tribe there was revoked.
Also on March 14, the FCC granted the transfer of K245AI 96.9 licensed to San Pasqual, CA (a city east of Pasadena) but actually located atop Mt. Woodson. The station is broadcasting EMF’s “K-Love” contemporary Christian music programming.