Save Independent Radio: What's Wrong with San Diego Radio?

Hot Topic...92/5 is Gone

Let me prove my point that Jacor has too big a share of the local advertising pie.

First off, let's count all the locally licensed English-language stations in the San Diego area, plus all the English-language Mexican stations originating from very nearby Tijuana in Baja California.

It should be noted that the frequencies of 102.9 and 106.5 in San Diego are now in Spanish, owned by Heftel Broadcasting, therefore, I am not counting the Spanish language stations in the English-language share of the radio audience. Also San Diego's AM 1040 in Spanish does not count either.

It's also understood that many frequencies from outside the San Diego area can be heard clearly, such as KFI 640, KNX 1070, and KBRT 740 to name a few, do not count towards the advertising pie of local radio either, since they serve their own markets.

So, with a count of 25 English-language stations serving San Diego and 11 of them are Jacor controlled/owned, then if you divide 25 into 11, you get 44% of the advertising revenue.

Isn't this high share illegal. Bring this to the attention of the Justice Department.

What follows is a list of all 25 of the major radio stations in San Diego broadcasting in the English language.

Let's see...
What does Jacor own or control in San Diego?
540 = no
570 = not counted--Los Angeles County station
600 = yes
640 = not counted--Los Angeles County station
690 = yes
710 = not counted--Los Angeles County station
740 = not counted--Orange County station
760 = no
790 = not counted--Los Angeles County station
910 = not counted--commercial free
1000 = not counted--weak at night, limited at day
1040 = not counted--San Diego station in Spanish
1070 = not counted--Los Angeles County station
1130 = yes
1170 = no
1210 = no
1240 = no
1320 = not counted--college operated
1360 = yes
1450 = not counted--limited at day, weak at night
1620 = not counted--college operated
88.3 = not counted--public
89.5 = not counted--public
90.3 = no
91.1 = yes
92.1 = no, but is counted since it reaches most of San Diego
92.5 = yes
93.3 = yes
94.1 = yes
94.9 = no
95.7 = yes
96.5 = no
97.3 = no
98.1 = no
100.1 = not counted--commercial free
100.7 = no
101.5 = yes
102.1 = no, but is counted since it reaches most of San Diego
102.9 = not counted--San Diego station in Spanish
103.7 = no
105.3 = yes
106.5 = not counted--San Diego station in Spanish
107.1 = not counted--limited range to North County, also 107.3 blocks the signal
107.9 = not counted--Orange County station

So out of 25 stations, we have
11 yes
14 no

That's an awfully high percentage of stations they have a share of. Scary, do you think?