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W280FG/WWNL

xm41 said:
That's what it's supposed to be doing.
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I drove through Oakland, Lawrenceville and Bloomfield today 13 to 25 Miles line of site from W280FG Transmitter the signal was Strong even Between the Buildings. Hard to Believe for 8 Watts.
 
I drove north on McKnight Road Sunday and found the signal wasn't strong from either station. The two switched so frequently, I couldn't listen to either station. Even in Hampton Township, WWNL dropped out.
 
They have not filed with the commission as being on. That means they are probably testing. Power could be anything. When we put ours on people heard it and jumped in and proclaimed that the signal was bad. We were testing. Our real signal was quite different.
 
The signal does not make it to cranberry 13 miles North, but it does to Oakland 13 miles southeast. The CP states Nondirectional.
 
That upgrade involves 3 other stations changing frequency. To make that happen there has to be agreement to move, transmitter changes or replacement, antenna changes or replacement. Forever, a christian outfit, and mountain state radio are involved. Sounds like a pipe dream to me. Very expensive to pay everyone off, and that is, if they agree. Lots of moving parts.
 
gimmus said:
That upgrade involves 3 other stations changing frequency. To make that happen there has to be agreement to move, transmitter changes or replacement, antenna changes or replacement. Forever, a christian outfit, and mountain state radio are involved. Sounds like a pipe dream to me. Very expensive to pay everyone off, and that is, if they agree. Lots of moving parts.
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I'm assuming one of those stations is WALY-FM in Altoona, which currently has an extremely directional antenna pattern aimed away from WKHB. What are the other two, WVIW and WQWV? It also looks like a bunch of other translators would be knocked off the air too if they got the upgrade.
 
Actually given that they are proposing a move of 103.9 from Scottdale to Uniontown (and I guess locating it in the KVE tower) it will be further away from the WWNL translator and potentially allow it more power.
 
Parttimer said:
Actually given that they are proposing a move of 103.9 from Scottdale to Uniontown (and I guess locating it in the KVE tower) it will be further away from the WWNL translator and potentially allow it more power.
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I'm not sure of this because KHB's new class B1 service countour would fully encompass their existing class A service contour. Might not be enough to knock the translator off the air though.
 
192khz said:
I’m just totally pissed off by wkhb they have like 3 different stations playing the same feed.
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That is WKHB (AM) which airs a brokered talk service during the day and classic hits at night. I actually kind of like their classic hits, but wished they transmit in stereo from their FM translators (they don't). This is WKHB-FM which has a different format (adult contemporary). Both are owned by the same company, though. I hope they can get the upgrade and knock the "ten watt waste" that is W280FG off the air.
 
I Emailed the FCC about them and was told Broadcasters need to Complain. I Emailed Wilkinson got no Response. I don't understand why a big Company like that would waste money on an 8 Watt Translator hoping it can attract listeners.the 8 watts does not make it to their studio.
 
Interesting reading. It's particularly interesting to note from the application that KQV would no longer be licensed to Pittsburgh. Of course, as a beautiful-music simulcast with greatly reduced power at night, KQV is not exactly what it once was.

As someone mentioned above, lots of moving parts (including the COL changes), but Bob can be very determined in such matters.

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January 25th issue of DX News is Reporting 103.9 WKHB is also on 103.9 W280FG. As of February 3rd it's still WWNL and no Sale is listed on the FCC website.
 
PHIL Z said:
January 25th issue of DX News is Reporting 103.9 WKHB is also on 103.9 W280FG. As of February 3rd it's still WWNL and no Sale is listed on the FCC website.
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Which means someone who thought they were hearing W280FG was actually hearing WKHB. DX News is just people submitting updates they think they hear, with no confirmation done.

W280FG is permanently tied to WWNL. It cannot legally rebroadcast any other facility.
 
PHIL Z said:
January 25th issue of DX News is Reporting 103.9 WKHB is also on 103.9 W280FG. As of February 3rd it's still WWNL and no Sale is listed on the FCC website.
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Whos DX news/what publicatoon exactly?
 
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