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WVCP To Upgrade Coverage

kc4rae

kc4rae

In mid-2023, the licensee of WVCP filed to move to a tower north of Gallatin on Moore Link Road with the same power, but higher up. The coverage will be almost like it was before the tower on the Mountain fell from high winds.
The current home of WVCP's broadcast antenna is slated for demolition. WVCP's antenna and a couple of verticals are the only thing left on the tower. CEMC is building a new tower; WVCP will move to an existing tower on the site. There's a few upgrades planned during the move as well.
 
Wish they'd loosen up their format a little bit...it's like a pared down version of Jack, Bob, Bill and Mike or whatever BS they call themselves across the nation. I totally do not get that all hits format..don't people tire of the same 500 songs? SMH
 
Fatty Matty said:
Wish they'd loosen up their format a little bit...it's like a pared down version of Jack, Bob, Bill and Mike or whatever BS they call themselves across the nation. I totally do not get that all hits format..don't people tire of the same 500 songs? SMH
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The answer, as discussed ad nauseum on this board is no. If they do, they find another station or stream
 
gr8oldies said:
The answer, as discussed ad nauseum on this board is no. If they do, they find another station or stream
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What they do tire of is a playlist that has lots of secondary songs that were never big hits or don't have any staying power.

If there were more "strong songs" stations would play them. There is no reason to have a specific playlist size other than "that's how many songs all of our listeners actually want to hear".
 
Fatty Matty said:
Wish they'd loosen up their format a little bit...it's like a pared down version of Jack, Bob, Bill and Mike or whatever BS they call themselves across the nation. I totally do not get that all hits format..don't people tire of the same 500 songs? SMH
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So now even the NON-COMMS have to adhere to a strict playlist? Sad state of affairs that we have come to. Granted, I haven't really been able to listen to them in recent years, since I now live outside of their coverage area, and usually forget to listen online. But I really enjoyed listening to them back when my commute took me within range of their coverage area, although just barely.
 
Fatty Matty said:
Wish they'd loosen up their format a little bit...it's like a pared down version of Jack, Bob, Bill and Mike or whatever BS they call themselves across the nation. I totally do not get that all hits format..don't people tire of the same 500 songs? SMH
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There's significantly more songs in the playlist than that, but I get what you're saying. Thing is, it works. For a low power, low height station that covers about 110,000 in the 60, it does pretty good and it fills a void on the northern end of the market for classic hits in a market that doesn't have a full market classic hits station.

WVCP is modeled to be like a commercial operation so students who enter the profession will encounter nearly the same things when they arrive as they experienced at WVCP. Radio is a mass medium that plays to the masses. The songs played are what the majority of people as a group would listen to.
 
firepoint525 said:
Realized that I actually have one of their stickers! Not sure if this one is (still) current, though.
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This is what is in stock now. I have a bunch of them to hand out when I'm around town.
 

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firepoint525 said:
So now even the NON-COMMS have to adhere to a strict playlist? Sad state of affairs that we have come to. Granted, I haven't really been able to listen to them in recent years, since I now live outside of their coverage area, and usually forget to listen online. But I really enjoyed listening to them back when my commute took me within range of their coverage area, although just barely.
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I overhauled the stream last year. I can't do anything about the bitrate, but I can try to make it not sound like a 32 kbps HE-AAC stream as much as I can. There's a few other things I'm working on, but it'll take some time. Homework, full time employment and class load is first.
 
Fatty Matty said : Wish they'd loosen up their format a little bit...it's like a pared down version of Jack, Bob, Bill and Mike or whatever BS they call themselves across the nation. I totally do not get that all hits format..don't people tire of the same 500 songs? SMH


What is really interesting, and a bit scary, is that the majority of classic hits/Gold CHR/variety/oldies are half century old and carry the majority of the successful non-country music stations in Nashville and across the nation. So, these "all hits formats" and similar formats have sure carried their weight longer than any of us would probably have expected. That music cycle has to age out like the 50's/60's and some of the 70's have timed out.
 
At least you're not getting the "post tornado Winamp emergency playlist"....I swear Disco Inferno played five times a day until we got our board and automation set up in a VHS closet. I never got to be in the current studio until I toured it during the station's 40th anniversary celebration/reunion.
 
Fatty Matty said:
Wish they'd loosen up their format a little bit...it's like a pared down version of Jack, Bob, Bill and Mike or whatever BS they call themselves across the nation. I totally do not get that all hits format..don't people tire of the same 500 songs? SMH
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firepoint525 said:
So now even the NON-COMMS have to adhere to a strict playlist? Sad state of affairs that we have come to. Granted, I haven't really been able to listen to them in recent years, since I now live outside of their coverage area, and usually forget to listen online. But I really enjoyed listening to them back when my commute took me within range of their coverage area, although just barely.
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Even I dont play a ton of garbage on our station. I mean, we can vary from early classic hits to late rock n roll to ac gold to 90s classic pop in the span of half hour... and i do play a fair amount of lesser known songs of familiar artists but this isnt music discovery radio.. and my listeners want to hear whats familiar.

and i know that based upon what they call to request. Some would be happy if I p[lay the same song twice in 2 hours.
 
kc4rae said:
I overhauled the stream last year. I can't do anything about the bitrate, but I can try to make it not sound like a 32 kbps HE-AAC stream as much as I can. There's a few other things I'm working on, but it'll take some time. Homework, full time employment and class load is first.
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I take it that you are not a student at Vol State. Otherwise, some of your homework and class load might involve working on that station.
 
RFCCRadioAudio said:
At least you're not getting the "post tornado Winamp emergency playlist"....I swear Disco Inferno played five times a day until we got our board and automation set up in a VHS closet. I never got to be in the current studio until I toured it during the station's 40th anniversary celebration/reunion.
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I heard about the troubles after the tornado.
Not much as changed with the station at Ramer. It's pretty much the same. Some new equipment. Audio routing changed, too. No one is permitted inside after hours. That's due to cutbacks from COVID that they are still dealing with.
 
firepoint525 said:
I take it that you are not a student at Vol State. Otherwise, some of your homework and class load might involve working on that station.
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I am, but I'm much more involved at the station for someone not getting a broadcast-related degree. I'm seeking an electrical engineering degree.
 
RFCCRadioAudio said:
At least you're not getting the "post tornado Winamp emergency playlist"....I swear Disco Inferno played five times a day until we got our board and automation set up in a VHS closet. I never got to be in the current studio until I toured it during the station's 40th anniversary celebration/reunion.
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If you listened the way that "they" want you to, you never would have noticed "Disco Inferno" playing multiple times a day.
 
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