104.9

[KirkSherwood]

Scanned the dial yesterday during the EAS test. . .104.9 blew right by it with music.

 

[DaveWilliams]

With the way that EAS test came off yesterday, it looks like they still have ALOT of work to do to get it right!

 

[nd2023]

May not be 104.9's fault, the stations they monitor could have not aired it correctly.

 

[KirkSherwood]

May not be 104.9's fault, the stations they monitor could have not aired it correctly.

What does that mean?

 

[rtetro]

What does that mean?

In each area there are certain primary and seconday stations called LP-1 and LP-2 stations that all other stations in the area monitor. Here in the Philly region, for instance, LP-1 is WHYY-FM and LP-2 is WMGK-FM. If neither LP station transmits the EAS message and data, stations that monitor them will not receive the message, and therefore will not be able to relay it.

Most of the stations in PA I know of also have a satellite receiver with internet backup from PEMA, the state emergency agency. Stations who have this system use it as their primary monitor source; the two LP stations move down the chain and become alternate (second and third) sources. Stations also normally have a Weather Radio connected to their EAS equipment to monitor NWS. (In the case of this week's national test, the PEMA system did not broadcast the test because it was specifically targetted to test broadast relays. I found this out after the test when I called PEMA because I did not receive it on my satellite receiver.)

I've heard several airchecks of the test from around the country that ranged from moderately OK to unlistenable. The relay on WODE, for instance, was almost entirely static. WCBS-AM had about two minutes of dead air. A lot of stations had multple layers of audio repeating the message , tones, and data.

I am not sure, by the way, who 104.9 monitors in their region. Of course, their equipment could also have been bad or misprogrammed.

 

[Bill_W]

It sounds like the test went ok here in Philly. I was listening to Pierre on WMMR and it appeared that it all went well. I also had channel 6 on in my house on 2 tvs, one via FiOS and the other via DirecTv. It went ok there too. Both showed the local test via channel 6. I also had Fox News on via FiOS. I'm not sure I saw it on FNC via Verizon. I had another DiresTv box tuned to NESN, the New England Sports Network. I saw the message on that box via direcTv. I also had an XM radio on listening to the Pulse. The test sounded messed up via Sirius-XM.

 

[Bill_W]

What does that mean?

In each area there are certain primary and seconday stations called LP-1 and LP-2 stations that all other stations in the area monitor. Here in the Philly region, for instance, LP-1 is WHYY-FM and LP-2 is WMGK-FM. If neither LP station transmits the EAS message and data, stations that monitor them will not receive the message, and therefore will not be able to relay it.

Most of the stations in PA I know of also have a satellite receiver with internet backup from PEMA, the state emergency agency. Stations who have this system use it as their primary monitor source; the two LP stations move down the chain and become alternate (second and third) sources. Stations also normally have a Weather Radio connected to their EAS equipment to monitor NWS. (In the case of this week's national test, the PEMA system did not broadcast the test because it was specifically targetted to test broadast relays. I found this out after the test when I called PEMA because I did not receive it on my satellite receiver.)

I've heard several airchecks of the test from around the country that ranged from moderately OK to unlistenable. The relay on WODE, for instance, was almost entirely static. WCBS-AM had about two minutes of dead air. A lot of stations had multple layers of audio repeating the message , tones, and data.

I am not sure, by the way, who 104.9 monitors in their region. Of course, their equipment could also have been bad or misprogrammed.

How does ota TV work in this area? Similar to the radio setup?

 

[deepstblu]

I am not sure, by the way, who 104.9 monitors in their region. Of course, their equipment could also have been bad or misprogrammed.

Assuming that WSJO is the 104.9 in question, I think WFPG is the primary down at the shore. For what it's worth, a poster on the NJ board said the test went smoothly in AC.

 

[Bill_W]

I am not sure, by the way, who 104.9 monitors in their region. Of course, their equipment could also have been bad or misprogrammed.

Assuming that WSJO is the 104.9 in question, I think WFPG is the primary down at the shore. For what it's worth, a poster on the NJ board said the test went smoothly in AC.

How would WSJO monitor a station down the shore? I think the station is in Ewing in the same bldg as NJ 101.5 even though the transmitter is in Egg Harbor City.

 

[KirkSherwood]

I am not sure, by the way, who 104.9 monitors in their region. Of course, their equipment could also have been bad or misprogrammed.

Is it possible that whoever programmed the EAS test did not take into account the time change?

 

[deepstblu]

I am not sure, by the way, who 104.9 monitors in their region. Of course, their equipment could also have been bad or misprogrammed.

Assuming that WSJO is the 104.9 in question, I think WFPG is the primary down at the shore. For what it's worth, a poster on the NJ board said the test went smoothly in AC.

How would WSJO monitor a station down the shore? I think the station is in Ewing in the same bldg as NJ 101.5 even though the transmitter is in Egg Harbor City.

Good question. Maybe that's why they blew off the test!

More seriously, the two stations are under common ownership, so I would imagine that Millennium, er, Townsquare's AC cluster could be WSJO's legal main studio and someone there would have EAS responsibilities for 104.9.

 

[MikeF]

How would WSJO monitor a station down the shore? I think the station is in Ewing in the same bldg as NJ 101.5 even though the transmitter is in Egg Harbor City.

No longer true. WSJO is now in the same building as WFPG, in Northfield, NJ.

 

[pab]

How would WSJO monitor a station down the shore? I think the station is in Ewing in the same bldg as NJ 101.5 even though the transmitter is in Egg Harbor City.

No longer true. WSJO is now in the same building as WFPG, in Northfield, NJ.

And if I remember WFPG is one of the primaries for the Atlantic City area.