KSPC 88.7FM, the radio station for the Claremont Colleges is getting a new antenna, according to the Daily Bulletin's Will Bigham:
KSPC, on the dial at 88.7 FM, received permission from the Federal Communications Commission last month to relocate its antenna from the campus to the hills above Claremont.
"We hope in a lot of places (the signal) will simply be good to a greater distance," said Fred Volken, a radio engineer working with KSPC. "The service area will increase.
"And in a lot of places it will become clearer, not subject to the kind of static you get when you drive around hills and things."
KSPC features original programming 24 hours a day, seven days a week - most of it independent and obscure music. Local bands often perform live on the station as well.
Right now, the station broadcasts its signal from a Pomona College antenna, but the station is moving on up the hillsides where it should be able to reach more listeners. The signal is a bit spotty, depending on where you happen to be. We've heard in the past that you can pick it up if you're parked in the Target parking structure on Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena, so there's just no telling where KSPC will pop up.
The article didn't say where the antenna was moving to. There are a several antennas up on Sunset Peak to the west of San Antonio Canyon. You can see these when it's a clear day, or at night blinking redly away.
You don't necessarily need a radio to listen to KSPC. You can always hear the station over the Internet, too.
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