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Description
WUKY in Lexington KY, a public broadcasting station licensed to the University of
Kentucky, requests emergency funding for the replacement of its directional antenna,
analog transmitter, and STL. In December 2004 we were informed by Sinclair
Broadcasting (the owner of the tower we occupy) that we must move our antenna to a
new site, because the tower is scheduled to be dismantled in November 2005. WUKY's
signal is directional. Thus a new antenna must be designed and custom-built for the new
site. Our transmitter is 16 years old and has shown signs of serious deterioration owing to
corrosion and age. A recent failure took the station off the air in the middle of our fall
pledge drive, causing disruption'ofservice and loss of membership revenue. Our analog
STL is obsolete and will not be compatible with the digital HD system that we will install
at the new tower site later this year.
Last fall, WUKY Radio applied for--and has since received--a CPB Digital Radio
Conversion Fund grant. Those funds will enable WUKY to purchase a digital transmitter,
HD exciter, combiner, reject load, and digital audio processor. Because WUKY's
transmission plant must migrate to a new site this fall, the digital equipment purchased
under the CPB grant will not be installed until we move to the new site and have acquired
our new analog transmitter and antenna. The equipment proposed in this application has
been selected because of its compatibility with the digital transmission system funded by
CPE.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 4/1/05 → 3/31/07 |
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