WNYH update

[Joylovepulse967]

Here is my report.

" This is an unofficial reporting on AM 740 WNYH Huntington N.Y. Nassau-Suffolk. Two days ago a new leasee has signed on after Eviction off this frequency of Radio Cantico Nueva a Spanish Religious broadcaster due to " non payment of $500,000 dollars" according to WIN Radio owner Dr. R. Yoon. Radio Cantico disputes that figure. However not that they owe back rent. Papers are available through FCC FOIA.

At exactly 7:00 AM eastern time 740 WNYH POWERED UP to full DAYTIME watts of 25k. Overnight monitoring of the frequency was difficult as it sounded as if 740 was off the air. They are supposed to only transmit at 43 watts nighttime power. That has also been disputed.

However some ghosting of Christian music ( urban christian I am calling it) could be heard as well as Oldies.
" Sundown" by Gordon Lightfoot was heard (barely however) at the time.

The last two songs prior to WNYH's power up was a Gospel song followed by a Smokey Robinson song " You've really got a hold on me." It was ghosting in and out. It was way in the weeds at that point.

At that moment, WNYH now at full power, WIN RADIO's Owner-Operator Dr. R. Sei Un Yoon's voice can be heard speaking first in English then Korean. He said the Legal " AM 740 WNYH HUNTINGTON N.Y." then added. " KCBN...." ( then Spoke Korean adding a few numbers in English.) KCBN is a New York and Seoul South Korea based network.

KCBN's simulcast began with a females voice in Korean. I understood a few call letters. She mentioned WAXQ NEW YORK and WNBC NEW YORK. My guess is these two outlets may have agreed to HD channels as a simulcast. Stations that were assigned by the FCC back in 2006 as new FM HD carriers. Some Ownership groups are now dumping off, donating or selling LPTV channels, HD Channels that never truly caught on, to smaller religious and ethnic community broadcasters. One reason why the FCC is not releasing any LP FM frequencies until later this year.

I will monitor again at 12 Noon when we suspect 740 WNYH flips back to "740 Inspiration" the Urban Christian program again. We believe this as yesterday an announcers voice in English stated
" ....from 12 noon to 7am tomorrow..." During a mid-day liner. The announcers voice sounded like it had been altered using sound effects and EQing to become deeper. Possibly to hide their identity. There is a lawsuit pending regarding the owner and his former leasee Radio Cantico a Spanish religious broadcaster who owns and operates many stations locally and in New Jersey. Inspiration started broadcasting two days ago and replaced a Holiday music program that was in Korean.

There also is a pending investigation into WTHE 1520 here in Mineola N.Y. (the Nassau-Suffolk market) about Dr. Yoons possible "illegal eviction" or sketchy methods of seizure from previous owners then forced licence purchase of that frequency. He had an agreement to lease 1520 to Radio Cantico before their 740 agreement fell through. Radio Cantico is now only on 2 small AM stations in Medford- Patchogue area.
Will monitor at 12 noon to observe
( the somewhat uneven) change-over from KCBN to Inspiration 740.

WNYH is operated with no studios, no employees, no studio or office phones, no advertiser base, etc and is run by phone lines from a doctors office in Forest Hills Queens to the transmitter site. Originally WIN Radio used a computer based automation system tied to the transmitter site. One can assume " Inspiration " is being sent via a remote run broadcast automation system also sent through phone transmission from its site. They say they have a website at wnyhradio.com but the page is not there.

The transmitter site for WNYH does not have broadcast equipment or furniture any longer. That remote studio was removed during one of many ownership changes."

 

[Theater of My Mind]

KCBN's simulcast began with a females voice in Korean. I understood a few call letters. She mentioned WAXQ NEW YORK and WNBC NEW YORK. My guess is these two outlets may have agreed to HD channels as a simulcast. Stations that were assigned by the FCC back in 2006 as new FM HD carriers.

WAXQ is not carrying this programming. Its only HD subchannel is a simulcast of WOR on 104.3 HD2. I doubt the owner of this Long Island station could afford to pay the cost of leasing a NYC HD subchannel.

WNBC is a TV station. There is no radio station with those call letters and thus, no HD channel.

 

[Barry]

Barry

At this time, WNYH is apparently broadcasting Korean programming. It seems different from the Korean religious shows from KCBN; possibly a news program.
It seems odd that the owner of WNYH allowed Radio Cantico to broadcast long enough on his station, evidently without paying their bills, to rack up a large debt.

 

[Joylovepulse967]

At this time, WNYH is apparently broadcasting Korean programming. It seems different from the Korean religious shows from KCBN; possibly a news program.
It seems odd that the owner of WNYH allowed Radio Cantico to broadcast long enough on his station, evidently without paying their bills, to rack up a large debt.

At 12 noon was dear air for 24 min

 

[Yabadabado1]

could be heard as well as Oldies.
" Sundown" by Gordon Lightfoot was heard (barely however) at the time.

The last two songs prior to WNYH's power up was a Gospel song followed by a Smokey Robinson song " You've really got a hold on me." It was ghosting in and out. It was way in the weeds at that point.

Are you sure that wasn't AM 740 [Zoomer radio] from Toronto coming in under the local 740? Ghosting in and out would seem to me like a distant station on the same frequency.

Since I'm not in the NYC area [about 8+ hours to the west. I can pick up AM740 at night but it's usually fighting it out with stions from Oklahoma and Tennessee and usually it ghosts in and out when it does that.

 

[MarcB]

Maybe the poster meant WMBC. There's WMBC Channel 63 that's an ethnic TV station. It's licensed to Newton, New Jersey. Perhaps it carries the audio on one of its HD channels. Some TV stations do run radio stations on their HD channels. The now defunct WFME (later WNYJ) channel 66 used to run the audio of WFME 94.7 on one of its HD channels.

 

[SomeRadioGuy]

A station is no longer required to have a main studio. So that complaint is baseless and will go nowhere

Programming wise, I see nothing wrong with what WNYH is doing.

Who measured the 7am power up?.. was it just an assumption or did a verified broadcast engineer use calibrated equipment? If anything less, that complaint is useless/baseless.

A station could have as much as 500 watts pre sunrise authority allowing them to sign on/go to 500 watts anytime between 6am and local sunrise... which according to the fcc is 715 for WNYH.

I have no idea who dr yoon is ... but this sounds like a lot of stuff that may be true but that no one can absolutely prov

They’re skirting some stuff but overall, if the person who made these observations, (who isn’t the original poster)... turned this into the fcc, it’d likely go nowhere... there’s zero violations here that one can actually PROVE.. and everything else may be slimey but not against the law

further proof the person who made these observations is somewhat clueless... the fcc doesn’t release frequencies.... they open a filing window.

 

[Joylovepulse967]

Here a audio from today https://youtu.be/z7aX4NsO2X0

 

[kenglish]

What is the law on studios and contacts?
The FCC eliminated the requirements for a main studio a while back, but they still will cite you if they think you are operating out of tolerance, and you continue to do so for more than 3 hours...especially if they cannot reach you.
So, should stations have a contact number, or not?