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1040 WCHR Flemington to Simulcast 1050 WEPN New York

Considering the signal coverage overlap that has always existed ever since 1040 went on the air, this is a good idea.

Let's just hope they get the audio on both signals exactly in synch. I remember when Roberta Gale's talk show was simulcast on 94.3 and 94.5. If you were in an area where both signals were equally strong and had a less than perfect radio, you could hear an echo as your radio began to pick up both signals simultaneously, because the audio was not in synch on both stations.

Anyway, 1040 WCHR is truly a squeezed-in station which should have never gone on the air in the first place. Just like the old 1510 WRAN, their daytime signal is just too directional to have good coverage where it would count most (Trenton & Allentown), and as a result it is mostly wasted over rural areas. And then at night, the signal changes to a completely different directional pattern, so that most of the daytime listeners lose the signal at night, and most of the nighttime listeners lose the signal during the day.
 
1050 has something 920 does not, and thats Rangers and Knicks games. 1050 has crap coverage in central NJ, and it's one of the reasons I relied on XM to get my hockey fix.
 
... but still with Central Jersey signal problems

1050 ESPN can't be heard in Plainfield or Summit thanks to the daytimer on 1070. The 1050 signal is OK in most of Middlesex County.
 
I wonder how much pattern and coverage improvement WEPN would gain if ABC bought WCHR and took it off the air. They'd still have to protect KYW on 1060.
 
Steve Biro said:
I wonder how much pattern and coverage improvement WEPN would gain if ABC bought WCHR and took it off the air. They'd still have to protect KYW on 1060.
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You answered your own question. The 1040 Flemington facility has only been around 20 years. 1050 New York and 1060 Philly have been around a LOT longer.
 
Plan B: Move 1050 to 1040 alltogether, leaving only 1030 WBZ in boston to protect.
 
Where's Mike Venditti when we need him? God Rest. He'd find a way.

You're correct of course. WHO's on first, WHAT's on second ;)
 
Will ESPN radio on 1040 make it down to Cherry Hill. According to the map on WCHR's website it should come in in parts of South Jersey. 920 barely makes it down to Camden County. What about the mouse putting ESPN Radio on 640 in Mount Holly? Does Radio Disney make money? Would more people listen to Mike & Mike in the morning?
 
Bill_W said:
Will ESPN radio on 1040 make it down to Cherry Hill. According to the map on WCHR's website it should come in in parts of South Jersey. 920 barely makes it down to Camden County. What about the mouse putting ESPN Radio on 640 in Mount Holly? Does Radio Disney make money? Would more people listen to Mike & Mike in the morning?
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Putting EPN (not an ESPN radio affiliate, but EPN) in Cherry Hill makes no sense.

The most attractive thing about EPN is the Rangers, Knicks, and Jets coverage. Not the talkshows, which are readily available on XM anyway.
 
Thanks to new 1050 xmtr site coming soon

The FCC has approved ABC's application to move the 1050 ESPN transmitter closer to Manhattan. Judging from the coverage maps for the CP, 1050 ESPN will have a poor signal in Somerset County during the day and no signal at night.

Adding a simulcast on 1040 via an LMA fills the hole in Somerset County. It won't fill the hole in Plainfield and Summit where WKMB-1070 blots out 1050. If ABC wanted to improve the 1050 coverage ABC should have bought out and closed down WKMB.
 
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chuckydoll said:
If ABC wanted to improve the 1050 coverage ABC should have bought out and closed down WKMB.
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That makes no sense. Why spend the money when you can't improve the signal in that direction anyway because of 1060 KYW?
 
It's all about the antenna pattern

KYW is 50 kw DA-1 with a pattern that runs NW-SE. Plainfield and Summit are well to the NE of Philadelphia.
 
Re: It's all about the antenna pattern

chuckydoll said:
KYW is 50 kw DA-1 with a pattern that runs NW-SE. Plainfield and Summit are well to the NE of Philadelphia.
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And the USA flag is red, white and blue. Both statements are true and have about equal relevance to the conversation. :p

Even if you erase WKMB from the map, WEPN can't loosen the null toward Philly because of KYW, WCHR and maybe a few others.
 
Make that an LMA with an option to buy

For $8 million per this week's NERW.

As a result of the LMA the religion format on 1040 moves back to 920.
 
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