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WFNI Files to "Resume Operations"?

Ryan Williams said:
Somehow I missed this, but 1070 filed a "Resume Operations" notice on March 15th. Is it on the air as a long wire? Or is it mislabeled and just a continuation of the silent notice? The actual application doesn't have any data.

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Its really an STA Extension. Because of the shutdown of the FCC's CDBS filing system and LMS not ready to handle all functions, these are submitted by email for now and the codes do not properly match.
 
gr8oldies said:
And as Radioinsight reported, Brian Walsh, owner of a few stations in the Fort Wayne area, has petitioned Zionsville city council to put up 6 towers to re-create the 50,000/10,000 watt pattern. I'm saying good luck with that. I don't know that any deal has been struck between Walsh and Emmis. https://radioinsight.com/headlines/...oinsight_daily_2022_04_06&utm_term=2022-04-06
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From what I understand, Zionsville is a desirable Indy suburb. The land has to be worth a lot more to a commercial developer (and the City of Zionsville, with the tax revenue) than as an Ancient Modulation station that will effectively be a translator for a Fort Wayne station with next to zero listeners. Besides, the old WIBC/WFNI night pattern didn't even cover the wealthier northern suburbs. I know I never heard it in Bloomington when I was growing up, and it's becoming more upscale as well these days.
 
KeithE4 said:
From what I understand, Zionsville is a desirable Indy suburb. The land has to be worth a lot more to a commercial developer (and the City of Zionsville, with the tax revenue) than as an Ancient Modulation station that will effectively be a translator for a Fort Wayne station with next to zero listeners. Besides, the old WIBC/WFNI night pattern didn't even cover the wealthier northern suburbs. I know I never heard it in Bloomington when I was growing up, and it's becoming more upscale as well these days.
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When I lived in Lafayette, there was one very narrow lobe, our direction, but usually CHOK just buried it. A 65 plus station, with construction and legal costs (the NIMBY's won't give up quickly.) won't even make costs back
 
gr8oldies said:
When I lived in Lafayette, there was one very narrow lobe, our direction, but usually CHOK just buried it. A 65 plus station, with construction and legal costs (the NIMBY's won't give up quickly.) won't even make costs back
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Yeah, I don't want to be a downer but I just don't see this actually happening. The whole thing seems like wishful thinking at best. If a very good operator, who has cluster scale, and deep (relatively) pockets doesn't think it is worth rebuilding 1070, despite a long history with the frequency, this plan seems almost ridiculous.

1070 wasn't a great, 24 hour metro-wide signal to begin with. This will be a stand-alone station running a music format with a new multi-tower array that will likely still be deficient signal-wise and it is AM.

Even if Emmis gave the WFNI license at no consideration, which seems very unlikely, erecting this new facility will be a seven figure project.

While I know they have mostly been license sellers recently, I wonder if Emmis will eventually acquire a full-power signal for The Fan. Maybe something like WNOW. Too bad they didn't go after 98.3 when Disney was selling off everything.
 
Ryan Williams said:
Yeah, I don't want to be a downer but I just don't see this actually happening. The whole thing seems like wishful thinking at best. If a very good operator, who has cluster scale, and deep (relatively) pockets doesn't think it is worth rebuilding 1070, despite a long history with the frequency, this plan seems almost ridiculous.

1070 wasn't a great, 24 hour metro-wide signal to begin with. This will be a stand-alone station running a music format with a new multi-tower array that will likely still be deficient signal-wise and it is AM.

Even if Emmis gave the WFNI license at no consideration, which seems very unlikely, erecting this new facility will be a seven figure project.

While I know they have mostly been license sellers recently, I wonder if Emmis will eventually acquire a full-power signal for The Fan. Maybe something like WNOW. Too bad they didn't go after 98.3 when Disney was selling off everything.
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But they'll be playing oldies.
 
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Lance just posted an update that the city council rejected the zoning petitions to allow the towers to be built at the proposed location. The article also has an absolutely brutal quote by board member calling AM radio a "dinosaur". Ouch.

radioinsight.com

Petition To Construct New Towers For 1070 WFNI Indianapolis Vetoed By Zoning Board – RadioInsight

The Zionsville IN Board of Zoning Appeals unanimously voted 5-0 to reject both of the petitions filed by Blessed Beginnings Broadcasting that would have been required to construct the new six tower array for WFNI. The first petition was a Special Exception to allow the construction of the...
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From Rich Reynolds "
From Tyler Sherck:
Good Evening, I heard from Brain Walsh via email that 1070 AM Indianapolis will return to the air at 250 watts from atop The Emmis building. This will save the station license. The Morning Show Heard on WIOE 1450,101.1 and 104.3 will Eventually be simulcast with oldies.
 
OldTiredEngineer said:
I was a CE for 45 years until retirement several years ago. Several engineers I know referred to the AM band as "The future frequency allocation for garage door openers".
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I would prefer it to be "the future 177-555 meter ham band." :LOL:
 
KeithE4 said:
I would prefer it to be "the future 177-555 meter ham band." :LOL:
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I get that they were somewhat joking when they said that because everybody with any sort of engineering brain knows you can’t use those frequencies for garage door openers at night. I seem to remember hearing a story about a company in Europe that tried to use a similar frequency range for garage door openers only to find people were accidentally opening doors across town in addition to their own because of how those signals propagate.
 
Monday, Emmis announced it was selling its Indianapolis stations to Urban One, which in turn will sell the station it currently owns in Indianapolis. I'd think this makes a full-scale return to 1070 even more unlikely.
 
tvnut said:
Monday, Emmis announced it was selling its Indianapolis stations to Urban One, which in turn will sell the station it currently owns in Indianapolis. I'd think this makes a full-scale return to 1070 even more unlikely.
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Full scale is plain not happening. I'm sure Emmis will still take Brian Walsh's money
 
Is there any possibility that 1070 could be a daytimer with adequate coverage on a single duplexed tower to allow a FM translator go really high on an existing tower? If there is is room in the spectrum it could have a near class A or B1 FM signal. 680 in Atlanta has a 250 watt translator @ 1063 Feet.* Rating wise (6+)** they are really well against a C1 that is doing sports too.

* W229AG-FM 93.7 MHz - Atlanta, GA

**Radio Industry News, Radio Show Prep, Radio Promotions, Radio Station Data, Podcast News
 
secondchoice said:
Is there any possibility that 1070 could be a daytimer with adequate coverage on a single duplexed tower to allow a FM translator go really high on an existing tower? If there is is room in the spectrum it could have a near class A or B1 FM signal. 680 in Atlanta has a 250 watt translator @ 1063 Feet.* Rating wise (6+)** they are really well against a C1 that is doing sports too.

* W229AG-FM 93.7 MHz - Atlanta, GA

**Radio Industry News, Radio Show Prep, Radio Promotions, Radio Station Data, Podcast News
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The translator coverage is not dependent on the AM coverage.

A translator could have its 60 dBu coverage anywhere within a 25-mile radius of the AM site.

But - WIBC would have to find an existing translator to buy. The FCC windows for new translators came and went a few years ago.
 
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