Join us for a special meeting with Drew Bennett from WideOrbit. Drew will share his presentation on moving on prem automation systems to the cloud.

Bio
Drew Bennett is 38-year radio veteran working with station groups to maximize their operational efficiency. Drew built certification programs for some today’s most-used broadcast tools and he can still be heard on the air at KLBJ-FM in Austin, Texas.

Time: Tuesday, August 11, 11:30 AM
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[Update] iHeartMedia has signed on its FM transmitters at the 52nd Street Vertical Bridge-owned transmitter site. The 8-bay, 1/2-wave spaced array has been energized with KHTS 93.3 and KGB-FM 101.5, including their HD sidebands that had been turned off while on the lower auxiliary antenna. Crews are working to add KWFN 97.3 and KLNV 106.5, as well as auxiliary use for KMYI 94.1 and KIOZ 105.3.

The same 52nd Street tower will host KLSD 1360 and KSDO 1130 AM.

The old KOGO transmitter site in Emerald Hills is slated for housing development, so the transmitters there need to be moved to the single-tower Vertical Bridge-owned site, originally occupied by KGB-AM 1360, on 52nd Street, about a mile to the northwest.

KLSD is operating on an STA at the historic KOGO tower site, and KSDO is operating at 52nd Street using a vertical drop wire.

KOGO 600 moved to multiplex with KGB-AM 760 near Santee in 2024.

For now, KLNV continues to operate from the old KOGO tower. KWFN has an aux site at Mt. San Miguel.

On July 23, the FCC approved a Minor Modification application for KSDW (FM) 88.9 to move from Palomar Mountain to Pueska Mountain, just south of Temecula.

The station has actually been operating from Mt. Woodson on STAs since 2023 after the Pauma Indian Tribe revoked its permission to broadcast from its reservation site on Palomar.

The station was sold in January 2026 to K-Love by Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, operators of KWVE 107.9 San Clemente. KSDW now runs a “Nueva Vida” Spanish Christian format service from K-Love. That format is served in the San Diego region by KKLJ 100.1 Julian.

The station will operate at 1.4 kW from the northern slope of Pueska Mountain near I-15, facing Temecula and Murrieta to the north.

Family members announced on Facebook that Ronald Eden, former Chief Engineer at KGTV, passed away on July 9, 2026. He worked at KGTV from 1972 until 2007, helping the station through its transitions to a digital newsroom and, later, to digital transmission. He left the station due to crippling health problems, and his family reported that he died of complications of a stroke he suffered earlier this year. He was 74.

I worked in his department for a short time in 1990 under his supervision. We admired his friendly, calm, and confident demeanor. He mentored many of KGTV’s engineers.