The FCC on May 24, 2022 granted a license that completed moving the KWFN-FM2 97.3 booster to Mt. Woodson. The 36 W ERP system uses a Shively yagi aimed at Romona, its city of license. The original, temporary booster location was on a knoll in a semi-rural residential neighborhood at the base of Mt. Woodson.
KWFN “The Fan” continues to broadcast San Diego Padres games. The Audacy station uses carefully synchronized boosters to fill in coverage shadows and even support the extension of their HD signal. GEO Broadcast Solutions is the booster system contractor.
According to Insideradio.com, Grupo Cadena of Baja California Norte, Mexico has taken four of its stations to online streaming only. Spanish news/talk stations XEBG 1550 and XESPN 800 Tijuana and XEMBC 1190 Mexicali, moved to CadenaNoticias.com. Spanish rock XHMORE 98.9 “More FM” Tijuana moved to “More-FM Online.” We confirmed the stations are off-the-air as of the time this article was written.
The cited article says the move may not be permanent. According to AFN Tijuana, talks between the station and unions that represent some of its employees were unsuccessful in preventing the signals from going dark.
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San Diego Chapter 36 members met for an informal gathering Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at 5:30 at McGregor’s Grill, 10475 San Diego Mission Road, San Diego, near Friar’s Road and I-15. A good time was had by all.
Jeff Schick, a former broadcast engineer, will show you how and where digital signage can add value, both monetary and communicative, to your facility. He’ll identify where it would be the most helpful and reveal best practices. He’ll review digital signage from the most simple to the most complex and demonstrate how to make a basic digital sign for free.
Jeff Schick is the Chief Technology Officer for Sprite Media and a former radio engineer who worked at IHeart Media, Westwood One and Emmis Communications in New York City. Sprite Media launched in January 2015 with the primary focus of introducing digital signage to the world of radio. Sprite Media offers innovative products and technology available at www.Sprite-Media.com.
Cal Fire has started a website, ReadyforWildfire.org, for its new Community Wildfire and Mitigation Division to help increase community readiness. Besides educational material, the site has a tool that will send you a text message in the event of a local wildfire. At this point, the tool is based on your zip code, so not very granular. It could send nuisance notifications regarding fires far away. But you can try it out for this fire season and see if you like being warned of possible fire threats to your home or the broadcast transmission facilities you oversee.
