Steven J. Sobol wrote:
A local High Desert radio station guide

http://www.highdesertinsider.com/html/radio.html

lists 105.3 FM Barstow as KIIS Top 40's

KIIS, of course, is 102.7 in Los Angeles.

105.3 Barstow (actually licensed to Yermo) is listed as KRSX, but it is
licensed to Citicasters, so it's possible that it might be a repeater or
translator. The listing is kinda weird (but then again, the
highdesertinsider web page isn't an official list).

I haven't heard any programming on 105.3 that sounds like Kiss FM but I'll
have to listen again and see what I can find. I may be a little too far
from Barstow to get a good signal though.

They're reusing the Kiss logo and format in markets across the country.
Last time I was in Chicago, I saw the exact same Kiss FM logo (only
with 102.7 replaced by 103.5) on billboards across the city. My guess
is the webmaster at this site mistook the similarity in formats/logos
(and possibly simulcast morning show?) to mean the Barstow-area station
is a translator of the real KIIS.

Of course, being a LONG way from California, it's possible the
Barstow-area station actually *is* a high-powered translator of
KIISgrin...

What really struck me as strange is that there seem to be no fewer than
five FCC licenses for stations on 105.3 in California with the calls
KITS-FM.

Do an FM Search on the FCC's website, on 105.3 in California, and you will
see KITS, KITS-FM1, KITS-FM2, KITS-FM3, and KITS-FM4 on 105.3.

KITS is San Francisco, FM1 is Walnut Creek, FM2 is Pleasanton, FM3 is
San Francisco, and FM4 is Antioch. All owned by Infinity...

Can someone explain this? I've never seen it before.

FM Boosters. Same purpose as a translator, but operates on the same
frequency as the primary station. I suppose they're used when open
frequencies for translators are scarce (certainly the case in the Bay
Area!) and when terrain is rough enough that the boosters won't
interfere with the main transmitter, at least not in places where anyone
lives!

There are twelve of them in Pleasanton, relaying different SF-area
stations. A bunch in Walnut Creek too. I count a total of 55 in
various Bay Area sites.

They exist elsewhere too. KPRI has three within the San Diego city
limits alone. Current Engineering Database shows 179 boosters licensed.
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Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com