What's up with these new call letters?

[Poledo]

How do I thumbs up tomservo's post? How could I not notice these changes in my backyard?

Thanks for the ownership info thegulfcoast. I thought I was wrong on that.

 

[Mario500]

I had no idea the station formerly known as WDXZ-AM had become WJNZ-AM back in July and that their programming format has changed since then until I read about the changes at the Alabama Broadcast Media Page today since I rarely ever heard their programming due to their previous format lacking programs of interest to me and my reception of their signal being very weak due to my location (I was able to hear some of their programming today, by the way).

 

[tomservo]

I had no idea the station formerly known as WDXZ-AM had become WJNZ-AM back in July and that their programming format has changed since then until I read about the changes at the Alabama Broadcast Media Page today since I rarely ever heard their programming due to their previous format lacking programs of interest to me and my reception of their signal being very weak due to my location (I was able to hear some of their programming today, by the way).

I'm pretty close to Robertsdale, so I've been listening for a website or Facebook page or even any local advertising... Nothing yet. So far all I've heard is third-tier conservative talk shows.

 

[thegulfcoast]

??? When did that happen?

Last time I ran through the AM band during the day was probably a week or two ago and it seemed like there was a sports talk show on.

I've heard sports past sunset - they've not been signing of at night - more recently than that...

They do have pre/post sunrise authority. They can be on 2 hours after the sun goes down with 100 watts

 

[thegulfcoast]

I'm pretty close to Robertsdale, so I've been listening for a website or Facebook page or even any local advertising... Nothing yet. So far all I've heard is third-tier conservative talk shows.

I guess you have to do what you can with what you have

 

[tomservo]

They do have pre/post sunrise authority. They can be on 2 hours after the sun goes down with 100 watts

Yeah, somehow I doubt they're strictly adhering to that. I've heard them on after 10 pm, with a signal that would peel the paint off the walls. My CountyComm radio has shown them ~60 dBu after dark, and I'm just over 6 miles from the TX site. It barely registers that from WHEP on low power after dark and I'm close enough to see their tower.

 

[thegulfcoast]

Yeah, somehow I doubt they're strictly adhering to that. I've heard them on after 10 pm, with a signal that would peel the paint off the walls. My CountyComm radio has shown them ~60 dBu after dark, and I'm just over 6 miles from the TX site. It barely registers that from WHEP on low power after dark and I'm close enough to see their tower.

I'll pass the word to them. Do you know what day that was?

 

[tomservo]

I'll pass the word to them. Do you know what day that was?

No idea. I only check AM after dark once in a blue moon these days. It's been at least once since late July or early August.

 

[Groove1670]

Back in 2000 we programmed the controller for each month for Sunrise/Sunset times. It worked fine. I'm sure many changes since then.

 

[tomservo]

Back in 2000 we programmed the controller for each month for Sunrise/Sunset times. It worked fine. I'm sure many changes since then.

Yeah, I guess there's been a few ownership changes since then.

I don't actually hear 1000 much anymore; the AM radio in my car is shot (amplified antenna quit about 6 years ago), and the vast majority of my listening these days is with an SDR that has an AM broadcast band filter on it since I'm so close to WHEP. When it's on, I don't hear anything other than WHEP on the AM band. Not even 660. 'Bout the only time I flip it off is after dark when 1310 is on low power, otherwise, I get a mess of images and noise all up and down the SW bands.