Last Wednesday, WMGO went off the air. This is all that’s being broadcast.
Does anyone know what’s going on at that station?
Does anyone know what’s going on at that station?
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WMGO has been off the air since last week
- Thread starter TheTVExplorer
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Radio-Locator does not list a traslator attached to the AM station. I am not sure how a 1000 watt day/28 watt night station at 1370 is even attempting to stay on the air. Also, I could not find a website. @TheTVExplorer, unless you know something special about this station, I would probably bet that it is not going to return.
| Antenna Mode | Non-Directional |
| Daytime Power | 1000 Watts |
| Nighttime Power | 28 Watts |
| Number of Towers | 1 |
Radio-Locator is not the best resource for looking up a station as it is targeted towards general listeners to find stations to listen to in their area and nothing else. I suggest using @Michi 's FCCData.org, where you'd learn that WMGO's owner died last fall and the station was sold TODAY to a new group for $20,000.
I've checked the Facebook page for one of their DJ's, and so far nothing has been said about this.Radio-Locator does not list a traslator attached to the AM station. I am not sure how a 1000 watt day/28 watt night station at 1370 is even attempting to stay on the air. Also, I could not find a website. @TheTVExplorer, unless you know something special about this station, I would probably bet that it is not going to return.
Antenna Mode Non-Directional Daytime Power 1000 Watts Nighttime Power 28 Watts Number of Towers 1
According to “DJ Leprechaun”, WMGO is waiting for a part for their transmitter to arrive, which explains why they’re off the air.
He’s that station’s lucky charm!
*If you look at the WMGO studio location on google maps,. 107 a west peace canton, ms.. it looks to be in downtown. I see several antennas on the roof.. the two lower down ...i think the double stacked is an off air pick up of ajackson FM for EAS ... look at the top of the tower... that is a circularly polarized FM transmit antenna.
They also have an STL ,license for 951 mhz and a marti license for 161mhz.. i think the 161 mhz marti antenna ios the single yagi
BTW, if i was sold for $20,000... the place is a dump. for the personal property included they state:
"All the equipment located at the WMGO studios at 107-A W. Peace St., Canton,Mississippi, and all the equipment located in Canton, Mississippi on land parcels 0930-18A-001and 039D-18B-001 and its contents, including the transmission tower, antennas and building."
*I think the land is included as well
They also have an STL ,license for 951 mhz and a marti license for 161mhz.. i think the 161 mhz marti antenna ios the single yagi
BTW, if i was sold for $20,000... the place is a dump. for the personal property included they state:
"All the equipment located at the WMGO studios at 107-A W. Peace St., Canton,Mississippi, and all the equipment located in Canton, Mississippi on land parcels 0930-18A-001and 039D-18B-001 and its contents, including the transmission tower, antennas and building."
*I think the land is included as well
Hey all -
The FM antenna on top of that building was used for the former WWCV 100.5 LPFM, which requested to have its licensed cancelled in September, 2012, coinciding with the time that co-channel full power station WRTM 100.5 FM made its move to a tower less than seven miles away from that location.
That same FM antenna was later going to be repurposed for a new FM translator for WMGO from the FCC's 2017 AM Revitalization filing window for AM Class C and D facilities, which resulted in the unbuilt W284DI (FCC LMS Application ID 0000116468). The (now deceased) station owner at the time, Jerry Lousteau, had a construction permit for a 250 Watt FM translator on 104.7 FM for three years and then obtained a further six month extension but was never able to build it. The FCC rejected a last-ditch effort to amend the frequency to 100.1 FM filed on literally the final day of the construction permit's validity, as that channel would have had less of a mismatch with the existing antenna (tuned to 100.5 FM from the former LPFM station). WMGO did have a great opportunity to simulcast on a FM translator signal, but it was not enough of a priority, apparently.
That frequency, 104.7 FM, is now heard on iHeart's W284DT in the same general geographic area for the benefit of WJDX 620 AM.
--- Casual Observer
The FM antenna on top of that building was used for the former WWCV 100.5 LPFM, which requested to have its licensed cancelled in September, 2012, coinciding with the time that co-channel full power station WRTM 100.5 FM made its move to a tower less than seven miles away from that location.
That same FM antenna was later going to be repurposed for a new FM translator for WMGO from the FCC's 2017 AM Revitalization filing window for AM Class C and D facilities, which resulted in the unbuilt W284DI (FCC LMS Application ID 0000116468). The (now deceased) station owner at the time, Jerry Lousteau, had a construction permit for a 250 Watt FM translator on 104.7 FM for three years and then obtained a further six month extension but was never able to build it. The FCC rejected a last-ditch effort to amend the frequency to 100.1 FM filed on literally the final day of the construction permit's validity, as that channel would have had less of a mismatch with the existing antenna (tuned to 100.5 FM from the former LPFM station). WMGO did have a great opportunity to simulcast on a FM translator signal, but it was not enough of a priority, apparently.
That frequency, 104.7 FM, is now heard on iHeart's W284DT in the same general geographic area for the benefit of WJDX 620 AM.
--- Casual Observer
Casual Observer addressed the CP FM antenna (it was indeed WWCV-LP), but the double stacked yagi antenna was for the VHF Marti RPU receiver. The single yagi was for EAS reception.
i actually went to look at what licenses WMGO had then went looking at google for yagi antenna pics and tried to find a match
The station is now back on the air.