[BC] Re:Foreign Ownership

[Peter]

On Apr 12, 2008, at 5:28 AM, RokprtMike at aol.com wrote:

>> And a bunch of Saudis could buy up stations and have Holy Koran  
>> programming
>> 24/7...
>
> They can do that now without owning the stations.

Lotus owns KIRN (K-Iran) in a Los Angeles suburb, and it holds, or it  
held a C.P. for 35 kW DA-2 from a high-desert site near Lancaster,  
with the major lobe directed right at downtown L.A.

Lotus reportedly paid KBOI to dramatically change its night pattern  
(remove the existing four towers, install six new towers and their  
associated phasor), which thereby would enable a very good NIF over  
the entire L.A. basin.

Before, KBOI's major lobe was directed at L.A., with an equal lobe  
towards Canada, a consequence of KBOI having to protect WMAQ, a co- 
channel Class I-N in Alaska, and a first-adjacent Class I-B in San  
Francisco.

The last time I drove through the Lancaster area, there had been no  
work done on that C.P.