[Update] iHeartMedia has signed on its FM transmitters at the 52nd Street Vertical Bridge-owned transmitter site. The 8-bay, 1/2-wave spaced array has been energized with KHTS 93.3 and KGB-FM 101.5, including their HD sidebands that had been turned off while on the lower auxiliary antenna. Crews are working to add KWFN 97.3 and KLNV 106.5, as well as auxiliary use for KMYI 94.1 and KIOZ 105.3.

The same 52nd Street tower will host KLSD 1360 and KSDO 1130 AM.

The old KOGO transmitter site in Emerald Hills is slated for housing development, so the transmitters there need to be moved to the single-tower Vertical Bridge-owned site, originally occupied by KGB-AM 1360, on 52nd Street, about a mile to the northwest.

KLSD is operating on an STA at the historic KOGO tower site, and KSDO is operating at 52nd Street using a vertical drop wire.

KOGO 600 moved to multiplex with KGB-AM 760 near Santee in 2024.

For now, KLNV continues to operate from the old KOGO tower. KWFN has an aux site at Mt. San Miguel.

On July 23, the FCC approved a Minor Modification application for KSDW (FM) 88.9 to move from Palomar Mountain to Pueska Mountain, just south of Temecula.

The station has actually been operating from Mt. Woodson on STAs since 2023 after the Pauma Indian Tribe revoked its permission to broadcast from its reservation site on Palomar.

The station was sold in January 2026 to K-Love by Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, operators of KWVE 107.9 San Clemente. KSDW now runs a “Nueva Vida” Spanish Christian format service from K-Love. That format is served in the San Diego region by KKLJ 100.1 Julian.

The station will operate at 1.4 kW from the northern slope of Pueska Mountain near I-15, facing Temecula and Murrieta to the north.

Family members announced on Facebook that Ronald Eden, former Chief Engineer at KGTV, passed away on July 9, 2026. He worked at KGTV from 1972 until 2007, helping the station through its transitions to a digital newsroom and, later, to digital transmission. He left the station due to crippling health problems, and his family reported that he died of complications of a stroke he suffered earlier this year. He was 74.

I worked in his department for a short time in 1990 under his supervision. We admired his friendly, calm, and confident demeanor. He mentored many of KGTV’s engineers.

Paul Kriegler says there haven’t been radios, in the traditional sense, on the dashboard for well over a decade. New developments like DTS Autostage have changed the game for streaming as well as FM—on the automotive dash. Find out how to best process your FM over-the-air signal and stream to sound their best on today’s new digital dashboards. You’ll also hear from team Omnia on where we are with the OmniaXII.

Join us via Zoom on May 19th at 11:30 AM PT. This meeting organized by SBE Chapter 47, Los Angeles.

About Paul

Paul Kriegler gained experience as OM, GM, and PD in markets large and small. He joined Telos Alliance in 2017 working with Frank Foti and Team Omnia to make AM FM HD and streaming audio sound better, while sharing good engineering practice and advice along the way.

After nearly three years of editing, revisions, and delays, an updated San Diego County EAS Plan has been formally submitted to and signed by the California EAS Committee State (SECC) Chair, Richard Rudman. He will include the plan in the state set to be submitted to the FCC.

San Diego County EAS participants should download, review, and save a copy of the new plan. The SBE Chapter 36 newsletter and EAS newsletter have each issued a link to the new plan. If you are managing one or more EAS participating stations in San Diego County and have not received a newsletter with this link, you should sign up for at least the EAS newsletter here. Request a modified EAS Plan at the bottom of the page here. A public link to the EAS Plan is never published.

Revisions include:

• Deletion of information about the VHF backchannel that hasn’t been in use for years.
• Deletion of information about telephone messaging that is insecure and no longer in use.
• Addition of LP2 stations KPBS-FM and KRAM (FM). KLSD (AM) remains an LP2 station.
• Addition of information about Primary Entry Point (PEP) stations and their sources for national emergencies.
• Improvements to language and clarity.

Participants can change their listening assignments to include the new LP2 stations, but otherwise should not need to make any changes. Specifically, if a station you manage technically is currently receiving KOGO and either KLSD or KPBS successfully, you will not need to make any changes to your system. If you have been receiving a substitute station because you can’t receive KLSD, you should adjust your system to receive and relay KPBS as your LP2 station. In Borrego Springs, KRAM is now your LP2 station. If you can’t receive at least two stations, contact the EAS administrator for assistance. A substitute can be granted with a letter of permission.

While adding an NWS weather station or Primary Entry Point (PEP) station to your EAS system is okay, it is not required (unless you are managing an LP1 and/or LP2 station).