102.5 WMYI MOVES TRANSMITTER TO 92.5 WESC TOWER

[KyleSmith1988]

So apparently the WMYI transmitter move to the WESC tower is complete, as quoted from another post below.
Can anyone report a change in signal strength at their location?

Likely a signal loss in the NC mountains closer to Asheville and heading north,
but a signal gain across the Upstate, especially Anderson & Oconee County.

I do kinda notice a slight gain in signal strength inside my Gaffney home.
I'll likely be in Asheville next week so I can find out how the signal is, if any different there.

The cities of Seneca/Walhalla SC have the largest signal gain, a full 10 dBu, according to the Radio-Locator map.
Cities NW to NE of the new site have about a 5-10 dBu loss, Cities east & SE have about a 5 dBu gain,
and those south and SW have up to a 10 dBu gain. Little to no change due westward from the new site.

The new transmitter is about 7 miles SW of the old site.
Here are the radio-locator coverage maps for comparison:

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/3262/wmyiold.gif (Old Transmitter Map)
http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/3788/wmyinew.gif (New Transmitter Map)

Hi! Craig is partially correct. I WAS installing the WMYI equipment at the 92.5 site. Smack in the middle of it, the WESC Hybrid Digital transmitter's tube shorted and the intermediate power amplifier completely failed and had to go back to Dallas, Texas. The 92.5 site required that all electrical power be removed a few times while electricians 98% rewired the place. Thus, the auxiliary tower site. Otherwise, we ran on the original main transmitter at the Caesar's Head tower site. WESC's Hybrid Digital transmitter is back on as of this morning and WMYI FM is transmitting from that location. I'm kinda tired. - Jim Graham

I'm here as Jamesb 'cause I forgot my original login information. Thought I filed it away. Musta thought wrong.

 

[awp69]

Not sure what the net result will be, but I can only hope this gives WMYI another edge with their newer format, which seems to be improving.

 

[eacalhoun1]

I live in Morganton and this should help my reception of "Mix 102.3" WECR from Beech Mountain.

 

[carolinaradio]

I think it was smart for them to try to get as much coverage as they possibly can to the south. That's much more important than to the north, as that's not even in the market and is pretty irrelevant.

Actually, MY did very well and had been #1 in their old format with the old signal, so they were certainly capable of it before.

 

[freqdev]

i made the same post on another thred they were best in the market on the old tower many years ago and have had good books recently. there could have been a signal strength problem in gsp and they are trying to improve that.

 

[KyleSmith1988]

It would've been nice if they upgraded the facility from their old site on the WYCW-TV tower.
a bit stronger of a signal would've likely helped a bit with the signal problems in northern Greenville near Paris Mountain.
It would've also kept a good signal in the NC mountains, where I'm sure alot of listeners were.

Their closest neighbors are WECR (Beech Mountain NC), WGSP (Monroe NC) & WCNG (Murphy NC).
They probably could've upgraded to a full 100kw, with only co-owned 2nd-adjacent WLYT to worry about.

I'm one of the lucky few to now fall in the 60dBu of WMYI & WLYT,
the overlap is east of Cowpens and west of Gaffney.
Both are now static free at my location, midway between the two.

 

[KyleSmith1988]

Their closest neighbors are WECR (Beech Mountain NC), WGSP (Monroe NC) & WCNG (Murphy NC).
They probably could've upgraded to a full 100kw, with only co-owned 2nd-adjacent WLYT to worry about.

Whoops I forgot about WMFX Columbia, they're a little to close for WMYI to upgrade any more than they did.

 

[carolinaradio]

I don't think they are concerned about the signal in North Carolina. Greenville/Spartanburg is their main concern. If it's not part of the market, where the ad $$ they are after are, the rest is just bonus. That's been my understanding.

 

[pccrw]

WMYI has a strong listener base in the Asheville area. I am in south Asheville and have not noticed a big difference. I have noticed that MY 80's on HD2 is off the air. A reliable source has confirmed all new equipment at new transmitting site.

 

[carolinaradio]

I'm not really saying they don't have a listener base in Asheville, but more stating that I'm sure they don't mind giving up a little of that coverage to improve the signal in the market they serve.

It will be interesting to see if this fixes the terrible hole that the 102.5 signal has had for ages in north Greenville between Pleasantburg, Wade Hampton, and Poinsett. The signal is almost inaudible at times around there. I didn't notice any improvement while in Laurens county today.

 

[KyleSmith1988]

It will be interesting to see if this fixes the terrible hole that the 102.5 signal has had for ages in north Greenville between Pleasantburg, Wade Hampton, and Poinsett. The signal is almost inaudible at times around there. I didn't notice any improvement while in Laurens county today.

Please let us know next time in that area what the signal is like.
Also if anyone in the Anderson/Clemson/Walhalla/Toccoa/Abbeville/Greenwood/Newberry areas
can report if a signal gain was significant. Further away it should've gone from non-existant to somewhat weak.

I've always had perfect signal on 102.5 on Pleasantburg near 385 and south on Pleasantburg from there,
I've never tried them north from 385, or near Travelers Rest, it's been along time since I was there.

 

[carolinaradio]

102.5 is fine on Pleasantburg, but if you start going up N. Pleasantburg past BJU, it gets really bad. I'll check it soon.

In Laurens County it didn't seem much different. I still heard some static in the background.

 

[Scooter Lesley]

Well,(southern prefix)...I said well, I must admit that the decission makers at MY have made two good ones in a row: The Format Flipage, and adding a little more Scream to the stick. However, we are all about 45 days away from (do we dare say it?)
"The Ides of November"!
The Dum, but Festive annual lauch of being The Official Christmas Station. Yes, November the 15th, and it's always done in tan-dum;
both MY, and MAGIC going all Christmas, and sacrificing their respective Fall books to Andy Williams & his closet of Red Sweaters,...
while the Country stations collect both the ratings, and the billing!
A repeat failure of the last five years, and counting!
How stupid can you be?

 

[KyleSmith1988]

Well,(southern prefix)...I said well, I must admit that the decission makers at MY have made two good ones in a row:
The Format Flipage, and adding a little more Scream to the stick. However, we are all about 45 days away from (do we dare say it?) "The Ides of November"!

Well since they're making some good changes like they have, I give them lots of credit.
But it is Clear Channel, I sure hope they know what else they need to do gain lots of ratings and listeners.
Many listeners of MY's NEW format want almost nothing to do with 'all' Christmas music until at least Christmas Eve.

The Dum, but Festive annual lauch of being The Official Christmas Station. Yes, November the 15th, and it's always done in tan-dum;
both MY, and MAGIC going all Christmas, and sacrificing their respective Fall books to Andy Williams & his closet of Red Sweaters,...
while the Country stations collect both the ratings, and the billing! A repeat failure of the last five years, and counting! How stupid can you be?

It'd be a real shame if they let go their format almost 2 months before Christmas, Thanksgiving comes first!
A true AC/Hot AC station shouldn't go all Christmas until, say the winter solstice (Dec 21) at the earliest IMO,
and even then, I'd rather see some Christmas music mixed in rotation with the true format the station normally plays.
It's a shame and to the point where I almost can't listen to the radio in December, lets hope that's not the case this year.

 

[carolinaradio]

Well,(southern prefix)...I said well, I must admit that the decission makers at MY have made two good ones in a row:
The Format Flipage, and adding a little more Scream to the stick. However, we are all about 45 days away from (do we dare say it?) "The Ides of November"!

Well since they're making some good changes like they have, I give them lots of credit.
But it is Clear Channel, I sure hope they know what else they need to do gain lots of ratings and listeners.
Many listeners of MY's NEW format want almost nothing to do with 'all' Christmas music until at least Christmas Eve.

Agree. All-Christmas is fine (even though I don't like it) on the "family friendly" mainstream AC, Magic, but I really wish MY wouldn't do it. Nearby 107.9 The Link in Charlotte has a similar format and doesn't do it. It fit the old MY, but not the "fresh, new sound"

I bet all-Christmas will happen on the 11th.

 

[KyleSmith1988]

I did some driving today around Western NC, from Fletcher & Hendersonville to Brevard,
and also up Highway 276 into Pisgah National forest near the Blue Ridge Parkway.
There were some places even in Hendersonville (COL) & Fletcher with some static along US-25,
which wasn't the case a few weeks ago. Brevard had a good signal on 102.5,
similar in strength to 92.5 & 93.7 at Caesars Head. I got an ok signal climbing up towards Mt Pisgah
along US-276 north of Brevard. The best signal I found on 102.5 in WNC was in the town of Rosman along US-64.

 

[jself1982]

You know... I actually wish for the following to happen...

Friday November 18th, go all Christmas... and then guess what???

Monday December 26th, go all CHR/Top 40!

Sounds like a good plan for all the peeps to comeback from Christmas vacation only to a nice format flip! Call it, Y-102.5 or I-102.5 or Y102, Q102, 102.5 Radio Now, etc.

Just wishing!

 

[awp69]

You know... I actually wish for the following to happen...

Friday November 18th, go all Christmas... and then guess what???

Monday December 26th, go all CHR/Top 40!

Sounds like a good plan for all the peeps to comeback from Christmas vacation only to a nice format flip!  Call it, Y-102.5 or I-102.5 or Y102, Q102, 102.5 Radio Now, etc.

Just wishing!

Rather just have a true Hot AC with zero seventies music, no Delilah and quicker at the gun on currents. We already have B93.7 for CHR/Top 40 and while I don't like everything they play (too urban leaning for my tastes, but that's also reflective of the Top 40 these days), they do a decent job at what they're supposed to be.

I'd love a station like 99X in Atlanta or Radio 104.5 in Philly, but that will never happen here so Hot AC is the next best thing for Gen Xers like myself. (Although Upstate PDs and their corporate leaders may not think so, I still do think a true modern rock station would at least do better in the ratings than that Planet piece of trash. I still can't understand how the Planet has survived.)

 

[carolinaradio]

Rather just have a true Hot AC with zero seventies music, no Delilah and quicker at the gun on currents. We already have B93.7 for CHR/Top 40 and while I don't like everything they play (too urban leaning for my tastes, but that's also reflective of the Top 40 these days), they do a decent job at what they're supposed to be.

I'd love a station like 99X in Atlanta or Radio 104.5 in Philly, but that will never happen here so Hot AC is the next best thing for Gen Xers like myself. (Although Upstate PDs and their corporate leaders may not think so, I still do think a true modern rock station would at least do better in the ratings than that Planet piece of trash. I still can't understand how the Planet has survived.)

I agree with everything you said. Isn't it sad that Magic 98.9 is faster adding AC currents than My 102.5, who claims to be "fresh?" They've added "Faster", "Good Life", "Just A Kiss", etc....none of which have shown up on MY.

Planet is absolutely terrible and the morning show is an embarrassment to the Greenville/Spartanburg radio market.

 

[jself1982]

You know... I actually wish for the following to happen...

Friday November 18th, go all Christmas... and then guess what???

Monday December 26th, go all CHR/Top 40!

Sounds like a good plan for all the peeps to comeback from Christmas vacation only to a nice format flip! Call it, Y-102.5 or I-102.5 or Y102, Q102, 102.5 Radio Now, etc.

Just wishing!






Good points.... but when is B93.7 gonna start playing Foster The People?

Rather just have a true Hot AC with zero seventies music, no Delilah and quicker at the gun on currents. We already have B93.7 for CHR/Top 40 and while I don't like everything they play (too urban leaning for my tastes, but that's also reflective of the Top 40 these days), they do a decent job at what they're supposed to be.

I'd love a station like 99X in Atlanta or Radio 104.5 in Philly, but that will never happen here so Hot AC is the next best thing for Gen Xers like myself. (Although Upstate PDs and their corporate leaders may not think so, I still do think a true modern rock station would at least do better in the ratings than that Planet piece of trash. I still can't understand how the Planet has survived.)