HERE WE GO AGAIN!!

[fmradio]

Here we are one year later and The Cache Valley Radio Group's KKEX KIX 96.7 is AGAIN bleeding on 97.1 ZHT and x96 in Cache County! Why am I not surprised

Its happened multiple times Around Jan/Feb 2008, July 21, 2008 AND NOW as of 7/1/09 it has started up again. I don't know if they think no one is watching them...but people are.

There is no reason why KIX 96.7 should be bleeding three dials down! It bleeds all the way down to 96.1 and up to 97.3! This needs to be stopped! As stated in my post last year about the same topic, each station is allowed legally to bleed one dial up and one dial down, not three. As common courtesy and respect for the public who want to hear X96 and 97.1 ZHT someone at the Cache Valley Radio Group needs to fix this! What can be done to make sure this problem doesn't happen again?

[fmradio]

Hum. I just checked the radio again Today 9:00pm and the bleeding has magically disappeared..

[kvj]

why do you always complain??? Do you not have anything better to do? Like i said before, if you want to hear zht so bad move down there!

[Drake]

fmradio, when you talk about mishaps like this, you should really calm down and see if they last. Stations are always getting screwed up for one reason or another... These issues are usually worked out after a day or so...

But kvj made a great point. If you want to guarantee great reception all the time, you've got to move closer to the signal.

I mean, 48 hours after NOW 979 was born, my bags were packed and I was truckin' along the freeway to my new home, right near NOW's broadcast tower. Things are coming in loud and clear! Life is great... I've come full circle now.

[fmradio]

Well to start off, Im not about to blow a gasket...Just alerting the public so that things like bleeding get stopped. The cache valley radio group already has a monopoly on cache county and they have two signals for many of their stations. (example KBLQ is on 92.9 and 102.9)
So when you want to here stations that are not owned by CVRG and you can't because CVRG is bleeding on them its frustrating. KVJ, Im very surprised that you made the comment you did, I don't think you'd be happy if B98.7 was bleeding on 98.3 in SLC. What if I told VFX listeners in SLC they would have to move to Logan if they wanted to listen?? Its called respect for the publics listening rights. you shouldn't support something that is being done wrongfully.

Drake, I've sat back and said nothing when the bleeding took place last year and it went on for a month until I put something up on this blog. Thats why everytime it happens I write about it and will continue to untill the problem is solved. Don't you love first amendment rights!

KVJ, I don't have to move to listen to a station, just tell your engineer buddies to do the right thing. If you want to pay for my housing and utilities in SLC I'll take you up on your suggestion..
But since thats not going to happen, I think i'll stay put.

[Drake]

fmradio. Your concerns are legitimate. I was just going for a goofy response. The bleeding signals are annoying I'm sure.

And no one is being serious here when they prompt you to move so you can hear a station better... That would be mental hospital type behavior, so watch out for that.

I know I talk about satellite radio a lot and people here probably get sick of it. But really... you've got a hundred times more listening choices with Sirius, and I can assure you there is no bleeding, no matter where you live. It might be worth the $13 per month... Just a thought.

[fmradio]

Ha ha ok drake yeah I was wondering if you were serious or not. But yeah I'm glad you can see what I'm talking about. I'm all about following the FCC regulations and doing what's right it just confuses me when people can support something they know is wrong. I've always been about supporting Utah radio and haven't really got into the xm radio thing, but looking at it probably wouldn't kill.

[kvj]

fmradio, I could care less if 98.7 was bleeding into 98.3. Its a translator, and doesn't come in good in some places anyway. If i was down there and it was static i would change to a different station, even the same with bleeding. But my thing is.. your always complaining about CVRG! There are better things to do than complain about what radio stations are doing. If you want it to change so bad, try putting up your own station or move to where you can get your favorite station. Good luck!

[fmradio]

As of 4 days ago (9/22/09) The Bleeding has started up once again! This time instead of KIX 96.7 bleeding a solid signal onto X96.3 and 97.1 ZHT.... KIX 96.7 is bleeding a pulsing in and out stereo signal onto X96.3 and 97.1 ZHT! I just cannot believe how many times this is going to happen! Does anyone on this forum know if there is someone in the Utah Broadcasters association or FCC who can investigate this?

[nigel]

Oh, poor fmradio.

We've spent many hours trying to isolate this problem. We would make adjustments and dial things in on the spectrum analyzer, and things would be perfect for four or five months, then it would drift again. We found some parts that were failing after tearing apart the filter cavity, the parts will be here next week and hopefully that will be a permanent fix.

Now about you're conspiracy theories - hogwash. You have mentioned details of conversations that make it rather evident that you are a certain disgruntled ex-employee who was "let go" (for good reason) a couple of years back.

[dolt]

Keep up the good fight fmradio. When corporate entities cry . "oh poor us", it makes me want to puke.

[Deleted]

Was there ever an idea passed around about some environmental issues? like tropo or things like this that may be happening on occasion?

[nigel]

I don't think it has to do with tropo, except for the fact that KLCE is at 97.3 in Blackfoot, and I have heard that interfere with 97.1 on several occasions. Lighting up our new HD channels, with HD2's and 3's, does add more products to the mix.

Cache Valley is surrounded by mountains and receiving any out-of-town station will be difficult at best. Anyone who passes by my house will notice a 17 foot APS-13 fm antenna on my roof, so to suggest that I have anything against dx-ers is ludicrous. Even with that and a great tuner I still have trouble getting a lot of Salt Lake and other distant stations.

The "poor" comment has to do with the fact that fmradio is clearly not just the average "joe off the street" listener. He suggests that we are intentionally trying to jam weak signals with some weird, intermittent harmonic spur. You'll notice he really doesn't post about much else here, clearly there is an agenda. If he was a little more friendly and civil about things, then we might have replied in kind.

[fmradio]

Ok Nigel, Im not sure who you think I am. But If you want to speculate I guess you can keep doing so.
Now what your saying is that you've known that Kix 96.7 has been bleeding on other stations(off and on for 2 years), and yet it was never fixed back when it started in 2008? It seems like the only time you guys would "fix" the problem was after I posted something on this forum.. usually a day or so after i posted. I wonder if the problem would ever be looked into if someone didn't step up and say anything. I've sat back a few days after the bleeding started to see if anything would be done, and it never was until something was posted. Knowing that one of your stations is bleeding, and not fixing it is the same as doing it on purpose.

Secondly, Im not sure why me pointing out a problem (that according to you, you obviously knew about) is something you are taking personal. You talked about me being more friendly and civil to you, But I've never spoken to you on this blog before and haven't said anything rude. As for me having an "agengda"? Thats pretty funny! Maybe a better word would be "concern". I thought the whole point of this Forum was to discuss Utah radio and issues and concerns within our listening area?? Which is exactly what I've been doing. I haven't written anything about any other Utah radio stations bleeding (or anything like that) because they aren't. If they were I'd be right here writing about it. I gurantee that. I like to folow FCC Rules and will point out the Station not doing so until the problem is looked into.

Like I said before, I did not write what I did to attack you Nigel or anyone, for that matter, just to get a problem solved. Im just looking out for the listening rights of the people in Cache County because the people at CVRG don't seem to.

So here's a solution... You said that you are going to fix the problem when the parts come in next week, Well I guess as soon as you fix it That will be an end to my so called "agenda"

End of Kix 96.7 Bleeding = end of talking about Kix 96.7 bleeding on this Forum. That simple.

[fmradio]

Thanks for your support Dolt, If no one stands up for whats right, the corporate folks really will walk all over the listening public!

To answer Timmy, It doesn't have anything to do with tropo and Blackfoot, Idaho station 97.3 KLCE is not interfering with 97.1 ZHT. You don't even hear KLCE's music bleeding on 97.1 ZHT like you do from Kix 96.7 a Logan station broadcasting at 100,000 watts. The bleeding makes it sound like Reba Mcentire and Eminem are trying to preform on stage at the same time. Not to mention KLCE is located 117 miles away and their signal is not strong enough to bleed on ZHT, KLCE barely reaches Logan. ZHT is 82 miles away from Logan. It comes in strong most of the time, with stereo. You can here it all the way up to Downey,ID about 55 miles away from Logan.

I also don't see how an HD signal could affect an Analog radio?? X96.3 Is also a station I love listening to but can't at times because Kix 96.7 has bleed on it too.

Im not sure how Nigel is having "hard" time getting Salt lake stations with a huge antenna. I, along with others i've spoken to in Logan can hear almost every SLC station In our car. I could even listen to ZHT in my house with the long antenna cord that came with my stereo.

My chalenge is for anyone in this forum to cruise around Logan in their car and see if they find otherwise. Cause I don't have a problem.

I've also noticed that on Tuesday (9/29/09) the same day Nigel wrote his first responce, that the pulsing stereo bleeding had stopped, but by wednesday the bleeding had started up again.