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New Gulfport translator W270CS 101.9. WWOZ?

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Poledo

This new app/cp showed up recently. The new 38 watt translator listed world famous New Orleans radio station WWOZ as it's primary. It is very unusual now-a-days for translators to be used to extend the coverage area of non-religious FMs in the south-east. It is at all likely W270CS 101.9 will broadcast WWOZ to Biloxi when it signs on, or is this just another case of a translator speculator using a random non-comm on the early paperwork?
 
You've done more research on Biloxi area radio history than any other poster. 10-20-30 years ago, did any New Orleans stations have translators in Biloxi/Gulfport? Similar to the Birmingham translators in Montgomery and Atlanta translators in Columbus, GA?
Knowhatimsayin'?
 
seedless said:
You've done more research on Biloxi area radio history than any other poster. 10-20-30 years ago, did any New Orleans stations have translators in Biloxi/Gulfport? Similar to the Birmingham translators in Montgomery and Atlanta translators in Columbus, GA?
Knowhatimsayin'?
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I gotcha, but I don't think there were any. None that I'm aware of, anyway. Frankly, the only translator that I'm even aware of along the coast is one licensed to Gulfport and carrying the Freedom Radio religious programming from a station in Pennsylvania. And I'm not sure it's all that old.

In addition to the 101.9 application, there is one for WGCM that is asking for 100.9, a move-in from upstate. And WROA apparently applied for one and the application was dismissed, but I'm not sure why. It would have come in from Macon if I remember correctly.

golden eagles97 said:
If the translator broadcasts on 101.9, would it get overrun by WLMG New Orleans?
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I would think so, considering how bad tropo can get around here. I actually have Magic listed in small type on my Mobile page because it's such a regular catch along the Gulf Shores beach area I figure it must be even better over in Biloxi and Gulfport. Seems like I remember hearing it pretty easy along the beach highway last time I was there.
 
WROA's was dismissed because they tried to use a Matoon waiver. WGCM AM 1240 got theirs from upstate. The WROA Translator was coming from their old translator in Poplarville on WRPM. It has had 4 or more moves and is ineligible for a matoon waiver. They can't use the AM revitalization window yet for WROA because it is a Class B Station..............The Family Radio Group (the guy who swore that the Lord was coming back on May 21, 2011) had a translator on 88.9 in Pascagoula from the very early 90's until 2006 or 2007 ish. That's when they were forced to shut it off because of the new WPAS. There was also a long time translator in Latimer (Ocean Springs/St. Martin/Biloxi fringe) at 88.1. It was on the air in the 90's and until the middle 2000's when they were forced to move because of the brand new class A WOLM that was signing on. There is also a translator for Calvary Chapel at 90.9 that has been on for 12 years.
 
seedless said:
This new app/cp showed up recently. The new 38 watt translator listed world famous New Orleans radio station WWOZ as it's primary. It is very unusual now-a-days for translators to be used to extend the coverage area of non-religious FMs in the south-east. It is at all likely W270CS 101.9 will broadcast WWOZ to Biloxi when it signs on, or is this just another case of a translator speculator using a random non-comm on the early paperwork?
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I am the engineer who will be building that CP.....I'll ask the new owner (who contacted me last week about building it)....but I think it will carry WWOZ at the beginning.
 
I'd listen!

I don't do a lot of streaming. It never seems to sound as good as it should due to the low bandwidths. WWOZ, as far as I can remember, has a 128 kbps mp3 stream which is a very high bitrate for a typical radio stream. It sounds OK but buffers so much on DSL it isn't worth the hassle. I could never get it to play reliably on Verizon 4G LTE, even, and that clocks in at around 70 Mbps around here.
 
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