What is this all about?  What is a NCE Window?  Watch this great 15 minute video produced by Brown Broadcasting Services I just received and posted to jrshaw.blip.tv for information about everything from budget to license transferring information.  It is slightly out of date on some minor points, but worth watching:

• Power Point Video by Brown Broadcasting Services

KDRT paid for a preliminary study from Mike Brown to see what (if any) frequencies might be available for serving Davis.  This study shows the closest channel is transmitting from atop Mt. Vaca, outside of Winters.  The study shows the best community of license would be Winters, as it is completely covered by a protected coverage contour.  Read the short study here:

• Preliminary Study for Mt. Vaca
  

The problem with this frequency is the liklihood of co-channel interference from 89.5 from Nevada City, and the possibility of 1st adjacent interference from a translator KQEI.  The same engineer produced interference studies for Mt. Vaca.  Read them here:

• Mt. Vaca 89.5 vs. KVMR, and
  
• Mt. Vaca 89.5 vs. KQEI.

Here is a discounted quote from Mike Brown for completing this application

• Brown Broadcasting Quote
• Brown Broadcasting payment terms

Should a lawyer be retained, here is a quote from Michael Couzens for a special rate only good through August 31, though he said he'd extend it this week.

• Michael Couzens Quote
• Legal "Engagement" Letter for application work
  

In analyzing this information, here is a list of pros and cons I came up with:

• Pros and Cons

Here are questions I've compiled from the emails and my answers:

• Q & A regarding this window

UPDATE

As the engineer made clear to us, this opportunity was "sniped" by a huge religious broadcasting group (Educational Media Foundation- owns all the K-LOVE stations) who deftly applied for and was granted an upgrade right before this upcoming new station window. 

The engineers found this out after they uploaded the most recent FCC database, and ran their software.  They called us just this past Wednesday.

Basically, the contour they shoehorned in to reach Winters, Vacaville, and Napa was cut in half by this upgrade in power from the Lodi station, leaving only Napa as a possibility for a new station.    This effectively eliminates any chance of  a Davis or Winters organization to apply for this frequency.

Click the map below which shows our proposed contour against the new upgrade and see why it would no longer work:

• KLRS snipes half of possible contour before anyone can even apply for it

And so ends our somewhat short-lived, but great effort to go full power.  Back to Save KDRT and further investigations into translators to repeat or boost the signal.