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Beloit college files to cancel 90.3 WBCR

JJSPC said:
Another college who thinks radio is no longer worth it. Too bad...it was actually a local music station instead of the usual NPR or other piped in programming.

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Is it any wonder? Colleges put in radio stations for student training and for students to have fun on the air while doing so. As jobs in broadcasting basically collapse, colleges have to worry about paying additional fees (for Internet streaming, for example), while there is less student interest across the board in broadcasting anyway.
 
ted chittenden said:
Is it any wonder? Colleges put in radio stations for student training and for students to have fun on the air while doing so. As jobs in broadcasting basically collapse, colleges have to worry about paying additional fees (for Internet streaming, for example), while there is less student interest across the board in broadcasting anyway.
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I wondered for years while living in Connecticut how Quinnipiac University's WQAQ survived. With a power of 18 watts and antenna 75 feet below average terrain, WQAQ doesn't even cover all of Hamden. Yet it survives and, if the photo on its homepage is any indication, students are still interested in working there.

WQAQ 98.1 FM

The Soundtrack of Quinnipiac University
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CTListener said:
I wondered for years while living in Connecticut how Quinnipiac University's WQAQ survived. With a power of 18 watts and antenna 75 feet below average terrain, WQAQ doesn't even cover all of Hamden. Yet it survives and, if the photo on its homepage is any indication, students are still interested in working there.

WQAQ 98.1 FM

The Soundtrack of Quinnipiac University
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WQAQ's "tower"
 
TheBigA said:
The application says it's a "full power FM," but it's actually 130 watts. These low power FMs aren't any use to anybody.

It was a great idea in the 1970s. Not anymore. Just like 1000 watt AM stations.
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1000 watt AM stations, well installed, and non directional, are very useful both for smaller markets and for "communities" in large markets where the transmitter is nearby.

And 1000 watts at the low end of the dial is as good or better than 10,000 watts up above 1200 kHz and as good as 50 kw at 1500.
 
CTListener said:
I wondered for years while living in Connecticut how Quinnipiac University's WQAQ survived. With a power of 18 watts and antenna 75 feet below average terrain, WQAQ doesn't even cover all of Hamden. Yet it survives and, if the photo on its homepage is any indication, students are still interested in working there.

WQAQ 98.1 FM

The Soundtrack of Quinnipiac University
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I wonder if the same university's strengths in polling, public opinion and communications makes the station more relevant to the students.
 
CTListener said:
I wondered for years while living in Connecticut how Quinnipiac University's WQAQ survived. With a power of 18 watts and antenna 75 feet below average terrain, WQAQ doesn't even cover all of Hamden. Yet it survives and, if the photo on its homepage is any indication, students are still interested in working there.

WQAQ 98.1 FM

The Soundtrack of Quinnipiac University
wqaq.com wqaq.com
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And I can tell you that the radio station at my old alma matta, KXLU-FM in Los Angeles, is also very much alive.
 
ted chittenden said:
And I can tell you that the radio station at my old alma matta, KXLU-FM in Los Angeles, is also very much alive.
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I heard it once during summer E-Skip in Laramie, WY 850 miles away. Oddly, i had a hot zone to the San Juaqin Valley and San Francisco along with Sandy Eggo/Tijuana... but Los Angeles was rare on eskip
 
SomeRadioGuy said:
I heard it once during summer E-Skip in Laramie, WY 850 miles away. Oddly, i had a hot zone to the San Juaqin Valley and San Francisco along with Sandy Eggo/Tijuana... but Los Angeles was rare on eskip
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Unlike most of the other Los Angeles broadcasters, KXLU-FM's transmitter is on the third (and highest) floor of a building called the Malone Student Center, and that is very close to the Pacific Ocean. I'm wondering if the transmitter's closeness to the Pacific Ocean allowed you to receive it during E-skip when most of the other Los Angeles transmitters were a good, what, 20 to 30 miles away on Mt. Wilson.
 
ted chittenden said:
Unlike most of the other Los Angeles broadcasters, KXLU-FM's transmitter is on the third (and highest) floor of a building called the Malone Student Center, and that is very close to the Pacific Ocean. I'm wondering if the transmitter's closeness to the Pacific Ocean allowed you to receive it during E-skip when most of the other Los Angeles transmitters were a good, what, 20 to 30 miles away on Mt. Wilson.
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If it’s exceptionally close, it certainly played a factor
 
Mediafrog+ said:
Although Amplitude Modulation for voice and music was first demonstrated in 1906.😆

Alexander’s Ragtime Band didn’t come out until 1911.🤣
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Facts. Hmph. Sometimes I hate them. But if fact-checking jokes is a must these days, then I must apologize as deeply as I can and hope I'm not canceled from this forum.
 
TheBigA said:
The application says it's a "full power FM," but it's actually 130 watts. These low power FMs aren't any use to anybody.

It was a great idea in the 1970s. Not anymore. Just like 1000 watt AM stations.
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From a regulatory standpoint, I believe that, if it's at least a class A station (usual minimum 100 watts), it's considered "full power" and has the same status and responsibilities as any other station in that class. No doubt @fybush can clarify if necessary.
 


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