Are they doing work on 94.7 WMAS's antenna? The last couple of days we've been having trouble picking them up here in Southington. Where we live the reception is normally almost crystal clear. They are my Mom's favorite station. And yes I know they can be streamed through their Audacy App, but my Mom is in her 70s and has no interest in that. She can shop online (tho sometimes she has to call the store's customer service number to help), check her bank balance, read some news headlines, and check her email.
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94.7 WMAS reception issues
- Thread starter MarcB
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Comparing the CP coverage map and regular coverage on RadioLocator, it looks like the null is more North towards the direction of Poughkeepsie/Kingston NY
This is with WMAS coverage vs the CP. WXBK on the other hand, looks like it increased it's coverage area, with no directional.
I bet WMAS was at lower than normal power while they did work to turn on the HD signal that went on today.
and your point? @KML0224
thats a well known fact.
WMAS has more raw power, 50KW but its not even 200 feet up.
WHYN has only 8600 Watts but 5x the height, so great coverage
WMAS was apparently hard to receive ar Marc's location because they were installing HD. I'm guessing in addition to work on the transmitter, they had to make adjustments to the main WMAS antenna or install a new one for HD.. and to do that, requires dropping power while guys are up on the tower./
yes antenna work was completed on Saturday Afternoon 2/12. HD was also turned on HD-1 WMAS AC format and HD-2 WHLL Classic Country Format.
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Bad enough that WHYN-FM and WPAT from N.J. fight each other where I live (93.1) but the FCC allowed a translator for WJMJ on 93.1 in Hamden, Connecticut, I don't even try that frequency anymore, what a mess, something was done about it, they moved the translator to 92.9 which was fine in this area, but there was an uproar from Long Island that had a station at 92.9, so they went back to 93.1, a mess once again.
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Youre outside the 60 or even 50dbu contour for these two full power signals, probably outside or nearly outside the service contour for the translator.... and they are all outside the protected service contour for each other, none of this really matters, @JoeLouis
It does matter because translators have to not cause interference within the 45 dBu of a full power
Rules have changed in the last couple years how complaints are handled and how many are needed and stuff... i think.. @fybush can fill us in
Back as a kid I worked there when it was WHVY, an AoR station. IIrc, the tower was just about outside the station, the same tower as sister Country station WMAS 1450. I only knew I probably wasn't legally able to take 50,000 watt transmitter readings, as I only had a 2nd phone, so I didnt especially care if the tower was outside or in Rangoon.
It seemed, though, that the usable coverage area was north-south, along US 5 and I-91 and the Connecticut River. There weren't too many people west, and to the east it was also scarce and was into Worcestor's market. If the current Radio-Locator map is valid, that Pioneer Valley coverage seemingly does its job, even if it is using the same stick.
It seemed, though, that the usable coverage area was north-south, along US 5 and I-91 and the Connecticut River. There weren't too many people west, and to the east it was also scarce and was into Worcestor's market. If the current Radio-Locator map is valid, that Pioneer Valley coverage seemingly does its job, even if it is using the same stick.
Looking at the rough Radio-Locator maps, I'd say the contours of both stations match my experience during my many years of driving on I-91 and Routes 5 and 15 between Hartford and New Haven. On 94.7, WMAS was gone completely before I got through Wallingford, while WHYN-FM hung in there on 93.1 until running into the signal-conflict mishmash Joe Louis reported, around the North Haven-Hamden line. The WJMJ translator dominated 93.1 for a very short stretch of road (between Exits 12 and 10 on I-91) but by the time I reached New Haven, WHYN-FM, now scratchy, was the only readable signal.
Joe and other North Haven listeners will always have a tough time on those frequencies, but as SomeRadioGuy posted, none of the full-power stations involved have North Haven within their primary contours, nor do they program for (that is, sell advertising based on having an audience in) North Haven. Furthermore, the plain vanilla AC formats of WHYN-FM and WMAS are duplicated or even triplicated on the radio dial in that area with stations from the Hartford and New Haven markets. Unless Joe has a past association with the Springfield area or knows people who work at those stations, there's no obvious reason he would even want to listen to them when he can hear the same songs on WRCH, WTIC-FM, WEZN or WEBE. That makes him more a DXer than a targeted listener and, as such, his ability to pick up WMAS or WHYN-FM is a purely personal annoyance rather than an issue for the stations or the FCC to be concerned with.
However, the FCC is protecting WMAS in southern Connecticut. Audacy doesn’t care about the interference between two of its stations. They would rather move 94.7 the Block to the Empire State Building
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