Moving up the dial; FCC approves permits for two expanded-band AM stations. (KQXI, Arvada, Colorado, and KKSL, Lake Oswego, Oregon)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, October, 1997 by McConnell, Chris

FCC approves permits for two expanded-band AM stations After six years of trying to open new radio channels to AM broadcasters, the FCC is giving two stations a green light to put up expanded AM band transmitters. Commission officials last week gave construction permits for the new radio frequencies to KQXI Arvada, Colo., and KKSL Lake Oswego, Ore.

KQXI won a permit to build a station to operate at 1690 khz, while KKSL received an assignment at 1640 khz. "We're going to give it a whirl," says Burr Kaufman, managing partner of KQXI licenseholder Radio Property Ventures. "Our plant is pretty well ready for it." "We need the signal boost," adds Dave Harper, operations manager of KKSL. "It will allow us more programming options." Harper cites...

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