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c'mon josh you know this. we've talked about it before. maybe "little" confused you. it's actually a big gaffney station. but it used to run gaffney indians football every friday night.
now it's #1 in the Charlotte market 6+. imagine what the numbers must be in their target demo.
DC has always been weak on AM where I live, as is Philly. Baltimore can be decent, though. Generally I'm too far away for line-of-sight and not far enough away for the bounce. I'm guessing I'm in the sweet spot for both WBT and WBZ.
) Amos, I hate to break it to ya, but they ain't big no more. Besides, isn't 105.3 licensed to Charlotte now?
Nope. It's still licensed to Gaffney. Might've moved its tower, but it has the same COL it always had.
well they did have to downgrade to move the xmitter to gaston county (wbt's tower). but they have a signal that's pretty close to other charlotte high power fm stations. their footprint is huge, beaming out from 1391 feet. they're certainly bigger than anything else in cherokee county, sc. and no, they're not licensed to charlotte. still gaffney.
Technically, 105.3 could not be licensed to Charlotte. Charlotte has a 104.7 station, WKQC.
FM stations in the same city have to be separated by .8 MHz. 105.3 and 104.7 are only .6 MHz apart.
Really! I didn't know that! Of course, I do remember when they were Big Waggy. Used to hear them all over the Mountains and even a time or two in the Piedmont. Back when I worked in radio, I called them from time to time, looking for program leads, don't think any of their's ever panned out though.
Roger on that. Big Waggy's programming went weak, I mean WEAC, after a while. It never was the same from there on out.
Why is that?
Gotcha. I thought I heard/read some time ago, that they moved the COL, when the station was sold and there was a big row about it all, the sale, the move, etc.
you kinda lost me. WAGI's programming went -- AWAY. GHS football went to 103.3 WOLT for a while, but that's certainly over since they're an EMF station
Sorry, didn't mean to lose you. What I meant was, am 1500, WEAC, picked up some of WAGI's programming, back in the early 2000s, definitely a signal downgrade, hence the weak, WEAC pun. There, clear as mud now?
Yep. I had forgotten that WAGI's AM sister was WEAC. So, I didn't get the pun. oops.
) That's quite alright. A lotta folk don't get my humor, or lack thereof, I'm used to it.
K.M. Richards
Program Director, The Eighties Channel™
Quick, snarky answer: It has always been that way.
More detailed answer (warning, you will get a headache): The minimum mileage separations between FM station classes on the same frequency doesn't work otherwise ...
47 CFR § 73.207 - Minimum distance separation between stations.
To quote The Voting Song, written by the late Evangelist Harold Leake;
Well I don't know why, but that's the way we do it. Furthermore, that's the way we've always done it. That's our custom and traditional policy.
Well I don't know why, but that's the way we do it. Furthermore, that's the way we've always done it. That's our custom and traditional policy.
Moving an FM station into an already well-served area is next to impossible in most any situation regardless of spacing.
Yes and no. There is no FCC rule, far as I know, that specifically says that with regard to city of license. The rule is that stations less than .8 apart must be separated by certain distances. WKQC is a Class C0 FM, which means WOSF, a Class C1 that's a third-adjacent channel, must be at least 58 miles away. Two stations almost can't fully cover the same city maintaining separation like that.
See my explanation above. It's a case of "right conclusion, wrong information." I'm not entirely sure that WOSF doesn't put the required signal over Charlotte to be able to be licensed there, but it's a moot point. It would not likely ever be allowed a move to Charlotte.
Thanks, is it the same rule for LPFMs or not?Quick, snarky answer: It has always been that way.
More detailed answer (warning, you will get a headache): The minimum mileage separations between FM station classes on the same frequency doesn't work otherwise ...
47 CFR § 73.207 - Minimum distance separation between stations.
www.law.cornell.edu
Although it is still technically licensed to Gaffney, a business decision was made for it to serve the Charlotte market rather than Greenville-Spartanburg. So the transmitting antenna was moved to the WBTV tower in Gaston County, also the home of 107.9-WBT. However it does still provide a strong signal into Spartanburg and Greenville counties, but unfortunately now they have allowed a religious translator to interfere from Greer. If their tower was still closer to Gaffney, this translator may not have been allowed. I get a reliable signal on my home radio in Spartanburg, and the HD will lock on. However in the car, in the Upstate, if you are seeking an adult urban format with more stable reception, you may be more likely to tune to V-101.9.