1060/1200

[Dan.Strassberg@worldnet.att.net]

There is some reason to believe that 1060 just might be 
building its CP for high-power directional daytime 
operation. I could not locate WKOX on the air overnight. 
Since 1060's current 500W ND-D operation, as well as its 
proposed high-power DA-D operation, use WKOX's towers, 
WKOX would have to be off the air for some period so 
that the equipment could be installed.

Great Commission Broadcasting, which currently leases 
1060, has been leasing WKOX overnight. It could be, of 
course, that the lease on 1200 was simply not renewed. 
Or it could be that, with an infusion of money--perhaps 
from Jerry Williams and friends--the 1060 construction 
is finally underway.

If, indeed, the 1060 upgrade is actually being built, it 
might mean the end of WKOX's proposed 50-kW DA-N 
operation. It's impossible to tell from the FCC site, 
but it appears that the WKOX upgrade would necessitate 
the removal of the two existing tall towers at the Mt 
Wayte Ave site. 1060 will use those towers if its 
upgrade is built. WKOX would use three shorter ones 
whose location is so close to the two existing towers 
that it appears unlikely that they could be constructed 
without first removing at least one of the tall towers.

Of course, WKOX might apply for a modification of its CP 
to specify 50 kW DA-D, 10 kW ND-CH, 1 kW DA-N, using its 
current day facilities during critical hours and making 
no change in its night operation, but increasing to 50 
kW during non-critical daytime hours. This would involve 
the construction of no new towers and would give WKOX 
greatly improved daytime coverage, albeit only for five 
hours a day during December.