Where I live, there was an old radio station playing music for older listeners that had to move its tower and vacate its studios for a new strip mall. Its last day in the old studio was Christmas Day 1992. It was literally going to move to a space in the enclosed mall across the street. The owner was 78 and it didn't happen. Ironically, the strip mall was torn down several years ago for a road project.
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1110 New Format
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I saw one at 6. Just 15 seconds.
I was texting with the WBT morning show yesterday about what’s going to be on 1110 AM—not that I expected them to actually tell me, but it can’t hurt to ask—and they replied, “We actually don’t know anything about what’s going to be there.”
Like the multitude of streaming options and satellite radio.
Every one of those existed long before WBT moved off 1110 AM.
Well, I was ABOUT to comment that radio station ads on TV (or billboards) seem to be a thing of the past. Well, I stand corrected - at least the “on TV” aspect. Used to be radio ads in newspapers, too — but that is definitely ”used to be”.
Sad to see that newspapers are going away. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution just ended print publication, and the Pittsburgh paper is next. And The Charlotte Observer has cut back to 3 days a week, and is no longer distributed to Asheville or Greenville-Spartanburg. I used to buy both the AJC and the Observer at Publix here in Greenville and Spartanburg, but that has become a thing of the past. I miss my morning paper, and the Greenville and Spartanburg papers look like local versions of USA Today with minimal content.
But the follow up question should be about the time frame regarding the new format, even if they are unaware. Maybe they have a clue regarding the timing of the debut. Or perhpaps business decisions are still kept secret from the talent until something is actually implemented.
Will be interesting to see if the AM side reverts to the FM simulcast this weekend especially if we get the weather that is forecast. It's trending this could be 2003 all over again.
Remind me, engineers in the audience. Regarding the affect on the signal (not the weight of ice on the structure), which is more resilient? An AM signal or FM? Ice buildup causes reflected power feeding back to the transmitter on either, correct? But can one (AM or FM) “tolerate” it better? I’m pretty positive modern transmitters can automatically lower power when it detects reflected power.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
And you know this how?
I'd venture to say, that was good ol' WGTL. Man, I used to love hearing that station, while passing by there, going to and from Shelby as a kid visiting family. I have somewhere, a tape with a couple short clips recorded off of the station, while going back home. Now that I think about it, that was probably the last time I heard that station. Thanks for the memories. Next thing I heard on there, was a station who moved from somewhere way up the dial and from a ways away in GA, to that frequency and Mount Holly. BTW, got a good preacher friend in K-Town, Dr. Tommy Wensil, tremendous Bible preacher.
Romans 11:33-36 KJB
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Simplified response....
On AM, generally the whole tower is the antenna. The tower may ice over, but, unless there is so much ice it coats insulators on the guys or the base, AM works pretty much the same with rain, snow, ice or droughts. (Shunt fed towers are less effected, as they are not insulated from ground.)
On FM, only relatively small antenna elements up on the tower radiate. If they ice over so much as to change their dimensions or proportions, the signal can be affected. And if the ice creates a water path between parts of the antenna and the mount and tower, the signal can also me affected. At some point, high standing wave will shut the transmitter down.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
You want off-topic ... here's your off-topic:
@fybush used a strip mall as an analogy, and you turned it into a trip down a siding that had NOTHING to do with discussing WBT.
I was ignoring that, until ... we went further down the off-topic siding:
As I throw my hands up in despair, I cry out into the darkness: Does no one around here understand what analogies are?
@fybush used a strip mall as an analogy, and you turned it into a trip down a siding that had NOTHING to do with discussing WBT.
I was ignoring that, until ... we went further down the off-topic siding:
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As I throw my hands up in despair, I cry out into the darkness: Does no one around here understand what analogies are?
Yes, this is why the FM antennas have di-icers. At one time WSOC-FM didn't. In times of icy weather the engineers lowered the power to combat the higher SWR (standing wave ratio).
In 40+ years of loitering around transmitter sites, I don't think I've ever seen an AM site where the transmitter shut down because the tower was iced up. That said, most of my experience has been with standard base-insulated towers. I've heard of sites with shunt-fed towers that did not work well when the skirt wires on the tower were coated with ice.
I have seen AM directional sites where the antenna parameters went way out of tolerance as the ice built up on the towers, but the transmitter kept right on playing without any problems. Possibly an issue with the antenna sampling system rather than any real problems with the towers themselves.
At my current job, we have lots of FMs scattered about, some with radomes on the antenna and some not. The ones with radomes usually have no problems staying on the air during ice storms, the other ones not so much. I know exactly which sites will be occupying my attention this weekend.
Our big cash-generating FM is on a tall tower, with a broadband panel antenna that just seems to shrug off any ice detuning issues.
I have seen AM directional sites where the antenna parameters went way out of tolerance as the ice built up on the towers, but the transmitter kept right on playing without any problems. Possibly an issue with the antenna sampling system rather than any real problems with the towers themselves.
At my current job, we have lots of FMs scattered about, some with radomes on the antenna and some not. The ones with radomes usually have no problems staying on the air during ice storms, the other ones not so much. I know exactly which sites will be occupying my attention this weekend.
Our big cash-generating FM is on a tall tower, with a broadband panel antenna that just seems to shrug off any ice detuning issues.
The talent should be unaffected because they went to 107.9. Apparently "management" wants to destroy the audience then they will have an economic reason to turn the license in.
I haven't fooled with EAS for a couple of decades so excuse my ignorance: Is 1110 a significant station in the Charlotte EAS?
IMHO They will not sell, LMA, or donate this station because I believe they are afraid of someone actually programming it correctly and become a competitor for revenue. If it were an FM, Klove would be the answer.
I don't want to live near Charlotte, but I could easily run this station and Net a couple of $K a week.
What would you do with it?
Management not telling talent what's going on in the building, even when no one there will be affected, has always been common. I agree with you, however, that Urban One wants the old audience off of 1110 and moved to 107.9 with WBT. I don't expect that 1110's license will be turned in, though.
1110 won't likely be sold because no one will meet Urban One's price for an AM, even a 50,000 watt one. The unfortunate reality is that you can't do much with an AM signal, especially one that doesn't cover the entire market 24/7 any longer. If this move had been made 10-15 years ago, Salem would probably be interested in 1110, but even it wouldn't seem to have much interest in AM anymore. Plus, it has financial issues of its own, including that paid religion doesn't bring in the dollars it once did. I expect 1110 to be run as cheaply as possible with no local talent of its own. It may turn a small profit for awhile, but it will be because it doesn't cost much to run.
I tend to doubt that, but, if you were to move to Charlotte and run 1110, I would be rooting for you.