[BC] "New" station in SF

[PeterH5322]

>Pappas Telecasting's KTRB this month began broadcasting a 50,000-watt 
>signal at 860 on the AM dial. It's reportedly the first new AM radio 
>station to broadcast in the Bay Area in 50 years. 

True, but it is largely unusable, as has been reported in ba.broadcast, 
some of which reports include FIM measurements (favorable), but others 
report complete obliteration by S.F.'s Muni system in the COL itself.

Not withstanding those reports (which see), the station's present DA-1 
operation, which was never intended to be anything besides the station's 
_night_ operation, has nothing due north (and towards some North Bay 
cities), due south (towards some South Bay cities, including parts of San 
Jose and all of Monterey Bay) and very little due east of the Livermore 
Tx site.

For a comparison to Monty's "A Bridge Too Far" fiasco, see my post with 
that subject heading in ba.broadcast.