What was on 1010 before it became Sports?
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I remember WINQ Seffner (wink radio) A mix of news and local talk circa 1970. They were a daytime-only station.
http://www.radioyears.com/other/details.cfm?id=428 I found this info on radioyears.com
Wasn't there a couple of eras of country and hot talk or something?
1971 due to the station’s inability to attract a consistently large listening audience. [size=1[color=blue][/color]0pt]The two-way phone conversation programming was dropped and the station switched to a country music and news format.[/size] However, CBS news, Arthur Godfrey, and other network services were retained. It also closed its offices and studios in the Hillsboro Hotel and moved to the tower site on Highway 574 in Seffner which became its new city of license.
This was included in my prior post!
This was included in my prior post!
By the way KS, how do you enjoy paing those personal property taxes? We lived in Topeka for a number of years! ($760 for my VW Jetta's licence plates!)
I have always questioned that "50kw" signal. Where is it? Are they including the light bulbs for the security lighting in the Parking Lot?rfrus said:
It must have the strangest pattern that touches all of the farms and lakes and none of the roads.
It isn't even good in St. Pete for an East-West pattern.
This is designed to be humorous, but I'd really like to know what was the intention of the signal and did it accomplish it?
Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!
Dr. Frank Berry....paging Dr. Berry....
badjef said:
It's so the sales staff could tell potential advertisers that the station is 50,000 watts strong and hope they don't ask 50,000 watts strong, but how.
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=WQYK&service=AM&status=L&hours=D
There are many AM stations which the FCC should never have licensed. 1010AM is one of them.
Back in 1960 when the station was originally licensed, Rex Rand knew that Tampa was expanding to the north and to the south.
He should have known that the station's signal could not cover the developing areas.
WQYK-AM does a good job of covering the Lakeland/Winter Haven market. They put a nice signal into Cocoa and Melbourne on the east coast.
At power-change in the morning, they also put a nice signal into south Texas.
Sadly, they can't cover the entire Tampa Bay market. They never will.
Back in 1960 when the station was originally licensed, Rex Rand knew that Tampa was expanding to the north and to the south.
He should have known that the station's signal could not cover the developing areas.
WQYK-AM does a good job of covering the Lakeland/Winter Haven market. They put a nice signal into Cocoa and Melbourne on the east coast.
At power-change in the morning, they also put a nice signal into south Texas.
Sadly, they can't cover the entire Tampa Bay market. They never will.
Correct. That is one of the original protections.
The existing pattern puts out nearly 250kw in the main lobes. In the deepest (NE and NW) nulls ... 158 watts.
Nothing they can do will permit them to cover the entire Tampa Bay market.
The existing pattern puts out nearly 250kw in the main lobes. In the deepest (NE and NW) nulls ... 158 watts.
Nothing they can do will permit them to cover the entire Tampa Bay market.
Haha I don't pay those. I'm 18 and still living at home. I think the taxes are outrageous!WDAE-FM101 said:
Here's another directional AM that has out-lived it's time...
Gordon McLendon's MIGHTY 1190 in Dallas:
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KFXR&service=AM&status=L&hours=N
It takes 12 towers to make that pattern!
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=32.89917,+-96.41306+(KFXR-AM)&om=1
A very expensive site and station to operate.
The Metroplex has outgrown the city grade contour, the station has had many owners and dozens of failed formats since the glory Top-40 days of the 50s and 60s. Now, I see it is country and owned by Clear Channel...?
Gordon McLendon's MIGHTY 1190 in Dallas:
http://www.radio-locator.com/cgi-bin/pat?call=KFXR&service=AM&status=L&hours=N
It takes 12 towers to make that pattern!
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=32.89917,+-96.41306+(KFXR-AM)&om=1
A very expensive site and station to operate.
The Metroplex has outgrown the city grade contour, the station has had many owners and dozens of failed formats since the glory Top-40 days of the 50s and 60s. Now, I see it is country and owned by Clear Channel...?
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