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Question: Why can't
I receive KKNT clearly at night? It comes in perfectly during
the day but after dark it is hard to listen to.
| Answer:
First of all, it depends largely on where you live in
the Phoenix metropolitan area. If you live in the East
Valley (Mesa, Gilbert, Chandler, Apache Junction) you
may have difficulty picking up the station at night.
In most other areas, including Phoenix proper, it should
not be a problem. In any case, here's why you may not
pick us up well in your area: AM radio waves travel
much further in the dark. In order to avoid interference
with other, distant stations on the dial at 960, at
sunset we are required by the Federal Communications
Commission to shift our signal away from the east and
beam it to the west and southwest. Come daylight, we
are again allowed to broadcast to our full coverage
area. This becomes more of a problem in the late fall
of the year as the days become shorter. As spring approaches
and into summer, we are again allowed to operate with
full signal coverage for a much longer part of the day.
We have been working with our engineering department
for several years in hopes of relocating our transmitter
site in such a way that we could reach the East Valley
at night without interferring with any other stations
and without compromising the areas we currently reach
at night. The biggest issue is finding available land
and then getting the necessary permits from the various
government agencies. This is not an easy task and it
is very expensive. However, we continue the search and
at such time that we find something we will be sure
to notify our listeners. |
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