KSKY
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| City of license | Balch Springs, Texas |
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| Broadcast area | Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex |
| Branding | "AM 660 K-Sky" |
| Frequency | 660 kHz 92.9 MHz 95.5 MHz |
| First air date | September 28, 1941 |
| Format | News/Talk |
| Power | 20,000 Watts (Daytime) 700 Watts (Nighttime) 92.9 800 Watts 95.5 140 Watts |
| Class | B |
| Callsign meaning | from the skyroof of the Hotel Stoneleigh |
| Owner | Salem Communications (Bison Media, Inc.) |
| Sister stations | KLTY, KWRD |
| Website | ksky.com |
KSKY is an AM radio station in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex under ownership of Salem Communications with a talk format which generally favors views that are politically, culturally, and economically conservative or libertarian. KSKY broadcasts on 660 kHz in AM Stereo and is currently simulcasting on an FM repeater on 92.9 MHz in Dallas and an FM repeater on 95.5 in Tarrant County.
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[edit] History
KSKY was first established on September 28, 1941 by Chilton Radio Corp. with an Entertainment format and in 1963, Chilton sold KSKY. Prior to the sale, it was flipped to a Christian format, which was longest running up until 2004 when it made its final switch to conservative talk. KSKY was sold to Salem in mid 2000. KSKY was also originally a daytime only station until the recent format change and city of license change from Dallas to Balch Springs. KSKY applied for an FM frequency at 106.9 in 1948, then turned down a chance to buy the 98.7 frequency in 1957, and was awarded 91.3 in the 1960s (but no proof that they ever signed on has ever been found, and since the 91.3 has become a part of the educational band.)
During the "entertainment" era, notables such as Jackie Gleason, Skitch Henderson, Vincent Price, Jane Russell, Jack Webb and Charlton Heston visited the station in person and performed live on KSKY.
[edit] Interference from Mexico and Emergency FM repeaters
KSKY claims that the Nighttime Interference Free (NIF) contour has been "reduced by cochannel interference from illegal operations at Mexican stations XEDTL, San Lorenzo Tezoneo, DF and XEEY, Jalpa, ZA. The Mexican stations are notified to and accepted for nighttime operation with power levels limited to 1.0 kW. However, both stations appear to be operating with a nighttime power level on the order of 50 kW. Mitigation efforts of both the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and KSKY (AM) with the Mexican government and the offending stations have been unsuccessful. Therefore, the applicant herein seeks extraordinary relief from the interference by proposing to re-transmit the KSKY (AM) programming on three low power FM repeaters throughout the KSKY(AM) nighttime loss area to restore lost KSKY(AM) service to the public." - from a document filed with the Federal Communications Commission. The request for FM repeater STAs could be an attempt to gain an FM license for KSKY.
In and near Dallas:
Special Temporary Authorization (STA) in operation
92.9 MHz, Channel 225, has an Effective Radiated Power of 800 Watts
Antenna Location Coordinates (NAD-27) 32-46-43 North at 96-43-51 West
FCC Antenna Structure Registration Number 1221248
Overall Tower Height Above Ground Level 160.9 meters
Height of Radiation Center Above Mean Sea Level 270 meters
Height of Radiation Center Above Ground Level 144 meters
In and near Fort Worth:
Special Temporary Authorization STA
95.5 MHz, Channel 238, has an Effective Radiated Power of 140 Watts
Antenna Location Coordinates (NAD-27) 32-47-33 North at 97-13-47 West
FCC Antenna Structure Registration Number 1211877
Overall Tower Height Above Ground Level 32.9 meters
Height of Radiation Center Above Mean Sea Level 190 meters
Height of Radiation Center Above Ground Level 30 meters
In and near Arlington:
Proposed STA
92.1 MHz, Channel 221, has an Effective Radiated Power of 99 Watts
Antenna Location Coordinates (NAD-27) 32-44-26 North at 97-03-33 West
FCC Antenna Structure Registration Number 1225675
Overall Tower Height Above Ground Level 62.8 meters
Height of Radiation Center Above Mean Sea Level 240 meters
Height of Radiation Center Above Ground Level 59 meters
The proposed station on 92.1 would cause interference to 92.1 KTFW of Glen Rose
(32° 16' 31.00" North Latitude at 98° 01' 22.00" West Longitude (NAD 27)
RadioWorld magazine reports that Mexico plans to move most of its AM stations off the medium wave band within five years.
[edit] External links
- Query the FCC's AM station database for KSKY
- Radio Locator Information on KSKY
- Query Arbitron's AM station database for KSKY
- Coordinates: 33°02′27″N 96°56′51″W / 33.04083°N 96.94750°W
- DFW Radio History - AM Stations
- DFW Radio Archives
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