ION TV has asked the FCC to change the city of license from Rome to Alpharetta. While the request stipulates their transmitter site will remain on Bear Mountain between Rydal and Waleska, there is a reference to the difficulty accessing the site and the Alpharetta designation would provide the station more options for a new tower site.
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Could they continue to "hop scotch" to one of the small cities inside the perimeter after this move?
Why would you move a TV station from Marietta to Rome? Channel 9 figured it out and moved to Chattanooga a long time ago.
Why would you move a TV station from Marietta to Rome? Channel 9 figured it out and moved to Chattanooga a long time ago.
Marietta is just where the studios and offices are, it has always been licensed to Rome. They did try being a independent for Rome with local news at its launch but after 2.5 years they opened offices in Marietta. This proposed change just be changing the city of licence to an Atlanta suburb. Obviously if approved they going to move the transmitter closer to Atlanta.
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He also did an afternoon talk show on channel 11 with Ron Sailor former WSB anchor.
My mistake I thought there was a TV station with a COL of Marietta. The old Channel 14 used to have studios near the Big Chicken and pretended to be an Atlanta station. I use to drive past it daily. That explains the crappy signal they had in East Cobb. I thought they were low power. I didn't think you could be that far from your COL back then. I can only assume they had a "token" Rome office / studio.
When I was at KIUL / KWKR, KWKR actually had an office in Leoti. They were still dealing with the cross ownership with newspaper.
Maybe I should have said how many times can you "hop scotch" a TV station? They aren't FM translators. Is there a "wait time" before you file again with the FCC?
WFLI had an the working oldest transmitter I ever saw. It was water cooled. The station site is just barely in Tennessee saving employees who lived in Tennessee Georgia State income tax. There was a "back road" way to get there to avoid I24 that went into GA.
I bet it 980 Rossville TN. Now WDYN they are 500 watts day 2 tower directional daytime, w tower 113 watts nights. I don't remember the nighttime service but it's been over 50 years.
BTW they have a CP for ditch the directional and go 2500 watts daytime 45 watts nighttime on one tower. I question the AM up grade power wise but it is owned by Tenn. Temple University so they most likely have another agenda. WDYN also two translators 94.7 and 94.9.
Yes, it was WFLI-TV on then UHF analog 53. The original transmitter site was near Cohutta, Georgia.
What about WCLP in Chatsworth?
WNGH-TV (GPB) is the former WCLP-TV. It is up on Cohutta Mountain (Fort Mountain). The RF channel is unfortunately VHF-4 , not the former UHF-18. The transmitter site also hosts an NWS unit. It's a neat mountain site with an ancient rock wall of unknown origin near by. "WNGH" must stand for "North Georgia Hills...."
The transmitter building is huge. I think there must be living quarters and possibly a studio.
I have been inside. Yes, there is a nice emergency living quarters and kitchen facility for storm situations. I don't recall any big studio but if there is one it probably would need a tech refresh.
It comes in better than channel 8 North of Canton GA., up the 575 / 515 corridor. It did come in much better on channel 18 in the analog days. How did an anolog UHF end up a digital 4?
I think that building is old enough to have been in the era when the transmitter had to have an engineer on sight. If I remember correctly, TV did not get approval for remote until after radio. Fuzzy memory, but I seem to remember as a teen I was talking to a TV engineer and he said they did 24 or 48 hour shifts.
I remember GPTV signing off late night before the turn of the century. IMHO: it was one of the best sign-offs of all time. Ray Charles singing "Georgia On My Mine".
And at that time could you pickup WTVC in Chattanooga. On heavier tropo nights, you could get other distant stations as well.