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WKVL gets translator @ 101.3 FM
- Thread starter knoxbob
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Right behind my house on the water tower apparently. If I'm correct though aren't WKVL and WGAP simulcasting from the same tower? Maybe there's a format change expected on WKVL.
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Right on all three statements. Should be on permanently any day now.
I have always wondered about the 101.3 frequency in Knoxville. It seems to me that there is enough space to run a full power Knoxville station on it. All it would take would be for someone to buy the Wartburg station and move it down. It couldn't be that simple right? There must be something I'm missing.
Last time I checked WECO has a CP to decrease its power. Right now they get decent signal in Maryville so I'm not sure how well this translator will work in fringe areas. I remember when we had WCYQ on 101.5. It picket fenced with WQUT through a lot of Blount County. If they do good though I hope it doesn't remain country. I think that's way over done around here.
The translator is on with dead air. I drove from the tower site to Greenback using 411 South. It started getting interference from WECO at the 129 junction. I also drove all around the city of Maryville and Alcoa and it had a very solid signal. I have not drove in any other directions. So far I'm pretty impressed with it. Has anybody drove other directions like towards Knoxville or Sevierville? I might try that tomorrow.
It's simple. Preserve WECO by moving it to (or applying for) a smaller signal to serve Wartburg. Then upgrade 101.3 to become probably one of the last upgradable signals in the Knoxville market. Someone like Ron Meredith or Momentum would likely buy it up without a second thought.
I drive up and down Pellissippi Parkway daily. By the time I got to Northshore, the dead air signal was mixing so badly with WECO that I gave up and determined it would be a lost cause anywhere north of there.
All it seems to be right now is a Blount County signal and sounds pretty good. Very little static. If WECO downgrades the translator could become a full power like @knoxbob said. That of course means the adjacents 101.1 and 101.5 would have to go somewhere. 101.1 being a low power fm and 101.5 being a low power translator at 5 watts. Still not sure why 101.5 exists
As far as I know, it doesn't work that way. You don't just convert a translator into a full-power license, though some with enough height can become almost de-facto Class As. You'd still have to create or move an allocation to some community with no "service". The Wartburg license becoming an also-ran move-in into the Knoxville market wouldn'e even make sense.
This may or may not be WKVL but there is a station broadcasting on 105.1 and picks up solid all through Blount County. Did they change frequencys. It's also playing Christmas music btw
I drove from Rockford to Greenback and it was coming in strong. If it is a pirate they are way over the limit. Its actually detecting rds too but not displaying anything yet.
The translator is on rebroadcasting WKVL country format. It's on 101.3. Forget what I said about 105.1. That signal was out of Jamestown and was eskiping for at least a week. It was so strong that it was interfering with 105.3 WFIV which made me think it was local. Eskiping can be discussed on another board though.
Other translator news in East Tennessee: I was in downtown Sevierville tuning around at lunch and was wondering why I couldn't get WNML's 99.1 signal....just some distortion. I assumed it was an audio issue on the station's end, but leaving, I turned it on again and there was a religious program. This is WRJZ's new translator. I'm a little surprises Cumulus didn't fight this, there certainly are sports radio listeners in Pigeon Forge and Sevierville. Is 98.7 next to go? I imagine the mileage would work out.
That's maybe 20 miles from WNML. I would take that up with the FCC. 98.3 translator had to move for causing interference with the Sweetwater station. This is getting way outta hand now
I got to listen in to this station in Sevierville yesterday. I contacted WNML and got a response today. They are actually in the process of filling a complaint. I would imagine this will be on a different channel soon.
Definitely bad idea for them to be on 99.1. I did see a Twitter complaint today.
From WNML's Facebook page: Sports Radio WNML
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If you are anywhere in Sevier County and are having trouble listening to us on FM 99.1 please send an email to [email protected] We really appreciate your feedback and apologize for the listening disruptions.
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From WNML's Facebook page: Sports Radio WNML
10 hrs ·
If you are anywhere in Sevier County and are having trouble listening to us on FM 99.1 please send an email to [email protected] We really appreciate your feedback and apologize for the listening disruptions.
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Neither WKVL or WECO is going full power on 101.3 in Knoxville unless you can convince Cumulus to downgrade 101.5 in Johnson City. I don't see that happening any time in the forseeable future.
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