WNCW on 88.7 does ok here in the Gaffney area despite the somewhat stronger adjacent signal on WNSC 88.9. Spindale ain't too far, neither is Rock Hill.
Decent signal on 88.7 down to Greenville,
yet 88.9 starts to get weak going thru Spartanburg.
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WLOS Channel 13 Moves To Pinnacle Mountain
- Thread starter KyleSmith1988
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WNCW on 88.7 does ok here in the Gaffney area despite the somewhat stronger adjacent signal on WNSC 88.9. Spindale ain't too far, neither is Rock Hill.
Decent signal on 88.7 down to Greenville,
yet 88.9 starts to get weak going thru Spartanburg.
I remember WATE being NBC. But I think I remember a change to another network. For WJHL, I don't. It was CBS.
WAIM was ABC and CBS when I was in the area where TV Guide included Greenville.
WJHL is still CBS. ABC is on 11.2.
WLOS can now be received much better in Spartanburg County on RF13. But in many areas you can also pull in ABC on WSOC-TV Channel 9 from Charlotte. Either their main RF19 signal or their Crowder's Mountain translator on RF12. At my location, I receive both WSOC signals. But it requires a bit of strategic work for optimum antenna placement and possible use of an amplifier. The other Charlotte signals are much stronger, blasting in full strength just like a true local channel. Most notably WBTV channel 3, WJZY channel 46, and WCNC channel 36. A bit ironic that WSOC's secondary station WAXN-TV64 is stronger than the main Channel 9 signal. But this is because they share the same strong signal as WBTV, as part of the NextGen TV lighthouse agreement.
There has been a letter to the editor in the Citizen-Times from one person in Weaverville who tried rescanning and moving the antenna, and it didn't work. The person said WLOS made a "monumental mistake" and they will lose viewers. It was the only station after Helene.
That's entirely possible.
By only, that mean the first? If that be the case, I can believe it, on the TV side anyway. Taking it a step further, given that only means first (just guessing that), who was the only/first on the radio side of things?
The letter doesn't make it clear. I'd have to go back and look to see who was the first on radio.
I know 570 had a good rep years ago, unsure if that has continued over the years. Edit, IDK about 99.9's reputation, but personally always thought it strange for them to be licensed to Old Fort. Maybe I'm missing something where that's concerned
IHM? Pardon me, but what does that abbreviation mean?
iHM = iHeartMedia
In the days following Helene, the Asheville iHeart cluster simulcasted, led by WWNC and WKSF, and did an amazing job covering the situation and keeping folks up to date. With how badly iHeartMedia has decimated the company’s personnel now I don’t know if they could manage this again.
www.radioworld.com
WKSF is licensed to Old Fort so that iHeart could move something else with lower power closer in to Asheville. I think it was 104.9, now 105.1. It was originally licensed to Old Fort but with its lower power couldn’t move closer to Asheville and still city-grade Old Fort. WKSF’s massive coverage from Pisgah can easily provide city-grade coverage to Old Fort. They just needed to keep *something* licensed to Old Fort.
Community of license is generally meaningless these days.
In the days following Helene, the Asheville iHeart cluster simulcasted, led by WWNC and WKSF, and did an amazing job covering the situation and keeping folks up to date. With how badly iHeartMedia has decimated the company’s personnel now I don’t know if they could manage this again.
How iHeart's WWNC Has Covered Helene and Its Aftermath - Radio World
Mark Starling of iHeartMedia station WWNC shares his experiences during and after the historic storm swept western North Carolina.
www.radioworld.com
WKSF is licensed to Old Fort so that iHeart could move something else with lower power closer in to Asheville. I think it was 104.9, now 105.1. It was originally licensed to Old Fort but with its lower power couldn’t move closer to Asheville and still city-grade Old Fort. WKSF’s massive coverage from Pisgah can easily provide city-grade coverage to Old Fort. They just needed to keep *something* licensed to Old Fort.
Community of license is generally meaningless these days.
iHM = iHeartMedia
In the days following Helene, the Asheville iHeart cluster simulcasted, led by WWNC and WKSF, and did an amazing job covering the situation and keeping folks up to date. With how badly iHeartMedia has decimated the company’s personnel now I don’t know if they could manage this again.
How iHeart's WWNC Has Covered Helene and Its Aftermath - Radio World
Mark Starling of iHeartMedia station WWNC shares his experiences during and after the historic storm swept western North Carolina.
WKSF is licensed to Old Fort so that iHeart could move something else with lower power closer in to Asheville. I think it was 104.9, now 105.1. It was originally licensed to Old Fort but with its lower power couldn’t move closer to Asheville and still city-grade Old Fort. WKSF’s massive coverage from Pisgah can easily provide city-grade coverage to Old Fort. They just needed to keep *something* licensed to Old Fort.
Community of license is generally meaningless these days.
Gotcha, thanks for the clarification and info. I should-a-thought through the abbreviation and context. I thought 'KSF had been licensed to Old Fort for years, got the move-in. You're probably right, re: COL and to be perfectly honest, at least, the way I see it, most stations, especially the ones owned by these big conglomerates, don't serve their COLs, the way they should be served, live, local, etc.
For TV. The letter to the editor didn't mention radio was also an option.
Quoting the letter:
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WQNQ is the station that was licensed to Old Fort. It was soft AC WDLF "Delightful". Then it got paired with WQNS, which was at 104.9 and on Chambers Mountain near Clyde. WQNS was a country station licensed to Waynesville and hard to hear in Asheville with its 100-watt signal which, as high is the tower was, probably was the equivalent of 3000 watts. I remember it was classic rock the last time my father and I shared a motel room, which was 1998. Country had moved to the AM.iHM = iHeartMedia
In the days following Helene, the Asheville iHeart cluster simulcasted, led by WWNC and WKSF, and did an amazing job covering the situation and keeping folks up to date. With how badly iHeartMedia has decimated the company’s personnel now I don’t know if they could manage this again.
How iHeart's WWNC Has Covered Helene and Its Aftermath - Radio World
Mark Starling of iHeartMedia station WWNC shares his experiences during and after the historic storm swept western North Carolina.
WKSF is licensed to Old Fort so that iHeart could move something else with lower power closer in to Asheville. I think it was 104.9, now 105.1. It was originally licensed to Old Fort but with its lower power couldn’t move closer to Asheville and still city-grade Old Fort. WKSF’s massive coverage from Pisgah can easily provide city-grade coverage to Old Fort. They just needed to keep *something* licensed to Old Fort.
Community of license is generally meaningless these days.
WQNS and WQNQ simulcast the classic rock format eventually and became known as Rock 104. But at some point WQNQ went out on its own and became CHR. WQNS took advantage of changes on other frequencies and moved closer to Asheville.
Roger on the history, thanks. Re: the Waynesville FM, was their am WWIT (or whatever the call is now) at 970? I know Canton has (or had, maybe still do) WPTL at 920, just thought of 970, since their ID used to say Canton, Clyde, Waynesville, Maggie Valley.
No, WHCC 1400 was the AM. It was adult contemporary, while 970 WWIT in Canton was Top 40, and is now sports simulcasting WISE.
I can remember climbing up the steps where there was a sign for the radio stations and seeing the studios, if any still existed. I don't even remember what was still there. I remember WMXF (as it was called later) being called "The Peak" and "Your hometown station". They should have taken the sign down because at that point everything was being done from Asheville, I think. It has become syndicated talk. I disliked Glenn Beck not for the obvious reasons but because his presence on the station meant the music I liked was no longer there.
WPTL 920 didn't have much of a signal but it has a translator at 101.7 that covers pretty much the whole county because the transmitter is so high up. The format is "real country" with some religious programming, and some community-oriented talk. The other three Haywood County stations moved to Asheville (WQNS literally did).
Gotcha, thanks again, for the history. Wow, another 1400? I know that's a graveyarder, there's a slew of those in NC, stations on 1400, that is. I remember hearing WPTL while passing through the area via bus and yes, stopping in Waynesville at that little Red Barn Convenience Store, the last frontier where busses were concerned, it's probably Asheville now. Going back down the mountain a little, you know what the local acronym for WBRM was, according to an old friend who used to live in Marion? WWBRM = We Bootleggers Run Marion.
Blessed Independence Day, y'all.
WBRM can be heard in Waynesville, though interference might be too much for some people. 1350 AM has been simulcasting.
Are they still simulcasting? I thought that fell through. Man, 1350 in Black Mountain has been sooooooooooooo many things/calls over the years. Maybe not the calls, but I know the things.
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