Certainly sounds like a great argument, and for the life of me, I can't figure out why they're preferring WVOA instead of Movin' either.
My only guess is that the 105.1 signal just might overlap one of the existing Movin' signals just a bit too much for a simulcast to be kosher with the FCC. I'm too tired to go tracking down the appropriate signal contour maps right now, and I'm a little dusty on remembering just how much overlap IS allowed for two simulcasting stations.
I'm just making that guess based on the fact 105.1 is licensed to DeRuyter and 100.3 is licensed to Sylvan Beach... both to the east of Syracuse. Even though the DeRuyter signal can reach pretty far south, both signals overlap in most of Syracuse and the eastern suburbs pretty nicely. Both stations cover the most populated parts of Madison County (along the route 5 and route 20 corridors), and parts of western Oneida County.
By contrast, the Mexico WVOA is far enough to the north where it likely doesn't overlap very much with 105.1. Still, kind of boring radio in my opinion... we already have plenty of religious-formatted stations around here. Nothing against them, but seriously, how many do we really need? At least some of the programming is local -- unlike the similarly-named and also religious K-Love network, or the Bible Broadcasting Network, which both have plenty of stations in the region -- simply relaying a satellite feed 24/7.
My only guess is that the 105.1 signal just might overlap one of the existing Movin' signals just a bit too much for a simulcast to be kosher with the FCC. I'm too tired to go tracking down the appropriate signal contour maps right now, and I'm a little dusty on remembering just how much overlap IS allowed for two simulcasting stations.
I'm just making that guess based on the fact 105.1 is licensed to DeRuyter and 100.3 is licensed to Sylvan Beach... both to the east of Syracuse. Even though the DeRuyter signal can reach pretty far south, both signals overlap in most of Syracuse and the eastern suburbs pretty nicely. Both stations cover the most populated parts of Madison County (along the route 5 and route 20 corridors), and parts of western Oneida County.
By contrast, the Mexico WVOA is far enough to the north where it likely doesn't overlap very much with 105.1. Still, kind of boring radio in my opinion... we already have plenty of religious-formatted stations around here. Nothing against them, but seriously, how many do we really need? At least some of the programming is local -- unlike the similarly-named and also religious K-Love network, or the Bible Broadcasting Network, which both have plenty of stations in the region -- simply relaying a satellite feed 24/7.