dmcjeff wrote:

I've noticed lately that some days I cannot even get 102.5fm in the GTA anymore (driving from Vaughan to Don Mills/Finch and downtown).

Is something locally interfering with 102.5 now?
They wouldn't have reduced their power I think..

 

I'm in Toronto and they have a good signal right now.  I think there might be slight propagation enhancement over the lake this evening.

Last edited by Evuguy (June 2, 2025 8:13 pm)

I've always marvelled at how few connected the call sign cfNY with that of the Buffalo station home state. The Allen Brothers - owners of the original CFNY often commented how they used those 2 letters just for fun....as in New York as they got the 102.1 frequency. They got the licence as a way to have a Toronto station overtake the Buffalo station on a nearby frequency. 

In fact one day in a store room I remember finding thousands of these bumper sticker hidden away in a closet....boxes and boxes of them. 

Last edited by Marsden (June 2, 2025 10:46 pm)

Buffalo Radio Discussions says that K-Love is off the air a lot.  The Buffalo station at 102.5 doesn't do any local production, but the satellite feed from Nashville goes down more than it should.  Also I had no idea that Buffalo and area has 8 religious oriented radio stations, and some of these have repeaters.  The Queen City is ready for the judgement day!  https://radiodiscussions.com/threads/k-love-s-dead-air.776594/

Solar flares have been doing a number on XDS for the last month.  Skyview - the guys who distribute CBS and ABC,  have been using an internet backup because of it.   But there's still been dead air at the top of the hour.  

paterson1 wrote:

Buffalo Radio Discussions says that K-Love is off the air a lot.  The Buffalo station at 102.5 doesn't do any local production, but the satellite feed from Nashville goes down more than it should.  Also I had no idea that Buffalo and area has 8 religious oriented radio stations, and some of these have repeaters.  The Queen City is ready for the judgement day!  https://radiodiscussions.com/threads/k-love-s-dead-air.776594/

Last edited by Mavridis (June 5, 2025 8:33 pm)

rk12 wrote:

K love 102.5 has been off the air for 3 days.They have a licensed back up transmitter .WIVB has been working fine so the site has power.

Off the air @ 102.5, but the station is still up and running online:  
https://www.klove.com/music/station-finder/stations/WBKV

Last edited by Radiowiz (July 3, 2025 12:59 pm)

I wish they gave proper IDs with call letters more often than just on the hourtop. I think our friend, the late Bruce Elving, would agree given his extensive campaign to get the CBC to ID with individual call letters on the hourtop.

Nice to hear that frequency clear.  Thought I might have now heard CBC R1 in Shelbourne, but nope.

I should add, too, that in the Buffalo market 102.5 K-Love has a couple of billboards advertising the station. It ONLY took them about 2 years to do this.... SMH....

WBKV has applied for STA for low power because of transmitter failure.
Does low power equal no power and wheres is the licensed back up transmitter of 8KW.

Evuguy wrote:

Hard to believe a station this size has been off the air for so many days. Maybe they can no longer get parts for that old Continental boat anchor :-)



Their absence has made for some interesting DX, including the Friday morning E-skip event that allowed reception of several stations, including this one in Texarkana:



Have also heard Rome, NY and Ottawa in the last couple of days. Wonder if any pirates might seize the opportunity and jump on this frequency?

I seem to remember the Rock 102 days when they were running RCA transmitters.
 

darcyh: Yeah, I thought I saw a picture on the web some time ago of the Rock 102 Tx, taken in the later 70's. Should have kept it as I haven't been able to find it since. I suspect K-Love is running somthing much more modern that that Continental, since Star 102.5 had HD and I would assume the EMF deal included the Tx.

Saul: Yes!  Both Sangean and Radio Shack had this model on the market at the same time - maybe 1996?  The DX398 was the 909 rebranded. Good analog radio and this one's got a lot of miles on it.  The RDS decode is a bit deaf by today's standards but otherwise, I've been very happy with it.
 

Evuguy wrote:

Tuned 102.5 just gone midnight and K-Love was back.  Oh well, nice while it lasted.

Hallelujah!! Prise the Lord!!! they're back!! Good for them! 
Unlike the 1970's they were still able to say they're not on the air when they're not on the air thanks to still being on the air through that modern day thing called streaming.