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106.3 translator up and running. Iheart country road on for now

OK, I was reading that imported FCC letter wrong.

WNIR's listeners writing about potential interference had to within the TRANSLATOR'S 60 dbU contour, not WNIR's.

As I recall, the station solicited for listeners in the immediate area of the proposed translator site, places like North Ridgeville, etc.
 
The site Northeast Radio Watch, by Scott Fybush lists a few options for the translator, if the owners cannot work out the interference complaints from WKMK on 106.3 FM. Each has serious issues.
They could possibly return to their original allocation of 107.1 in Brooklyn, NY. Naturally there could be interference problems with WXPK and WWZY.
It could stay on Times Square and change frequencies to 95.9, considered a minor change from the original 106.5. But there could be interference complaints from listeners of WRAT, on the Jersey shore. WFOX is also on 95.9
NERW asserts that perhaps the most open frequency in midtown New York is 104.7. But the F.C.C. may not want to grant that, since a switch to that frequency would not be considered a "minor change."
 
Barry said:
The site Northeast Radio Watch, by Scott Fybush lists a few options for the translator, if the owners cannot work out the interference complaints from WKMK on 106.3 FM. Each has serious issues.
They could possibly return to their original allocation of 107.1 in Brooklyn, NY. Naturally there could be interference problems with WXPK and WWZY.
It could stay on Times Square and change frequencies to 95.9, considered a minor change from the original 106.5. But there could be interference complaints from listeners of WRAT, on the Jersey shore. WFOX is also on 95.9
NERW asserts that perhaps the most open frequency in midtown New York is 104.7. But the F.C.C. may not want to grant that, since a switch to that frequency would not be considered a "minor change."
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104.7 would block out WSPK though... 99.1 is bad because of WAWZ, 107.9 due to WEBE, etc. 95.9 should be fine though if you ask me ;)
 
Barry said:
The site Northeast Radio Watch, by Scott Fybush lists a few options for the translator, if the owners cannot work out the interference complaints from WKMK on 106.3 FM. Each has serious issues.
They could possibly return to their original allocation of 107.1 in Brooklyn, NY. Naturally there could be interference problems with WXPK and WWZY.
It could stay on Times Square and change frequencies to 95.9, considered a minor change from the original 106.5. But there could be interference complaints from listeners of WRAT, on the Jersey shore. WFOX is also on 95.9
NERW asserts that perhaps the most open frequency in midtown New York is 104.7. But the F.C.C. may not want to grant that, since a switch to that frequency would not be considered a "minor change."
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Moving to 95.9 would not be considered a "minor change" either. But my guess is that the FCC would grant an exception to this rule considering there is reported interference on the current frequency.
 
ansky212 said:
Moving to 95.9 would not be considered a "minor change" either.
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In fact, it would. A "minor change" is defined as a change to a frequency 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 10.6 or 10.8 MHz distant, and since the translator is licensed at 106.5 (having never been granted a license to cover for the 106.3 CP), 106.5-10.6=95.9.
 
as for full powers kicking translators off outside their main contours...
is not that uncoomon.
Here in DFW KXEZ (92.1)and KTFW(92.1) complained about a translator on 92.1,
the translator was forced off the air and moved to 99.9

KLAK (97.5) saw a 97.5 translator open in Dallas, shortly after KLAK was granted a CP to move closer to Dallas. That translator was forced to significantly reduce power.
 
Barry said:
The F.C.C. yesterday granted Apple 107.1 License to Cover, for their 99 watt Times Square translator on 106.3, W292DV.
I do not know how this affects their dispute with WKMK, and whether the owners will now be able to put it back on the air without further modification.

F.C.C. License to Cover: http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1425775.pdf
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Curious to see what happens. WLTW HD2 no longer talks about when or if yhe new station is coming but they do continue to spun the format wheel and give the calls for the translator.
 
Are we sure the translator was turned off due to interference complaints, not simply because they were waiting for their license to be issued to commence broadcasting full-time? Guess we'll see soon enough if the latter is true.
 
Theater of My Mind said:
Are we sure the translator was turned off due to interference complaints, not simply because they were waiting for their license to be issued to commence broadcasting full-time? Guess we'll see soon enough if the latter is true.
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The license was issued on the 18th, and it's now the 20th and they are still not on the air. So that makes me think waiting for the license was not the issue. Since they were already broadcasting pretty much full time for several days prior to the WKMK complaint, you would think they would be in a position to just flip the switch once the license was issued.
 
WLTW is apparently broadcasting this morning without HD. Naturally, as a result there is no WLTW HD2 at this time. It remains common for HD radio systems to be down for days, or even weeks.
When WLTW HD 2 returns, hopefully they will go back to broadcasting just one format, such as country, and stay with it till the translator is ready. The format of the day stunt is getting old. They have only been airing a few of the many IHeartRadio channels, over and over. Management probably expected the stunt to only last a couple of weeks. But it will evidently take quite a while to find a way to get the translator back on the air without generating numerous interference complaints.
 
For those of you keeping score at home ;) ;D (and we know you are :D)

The wheel of formats for the days since last week [I'll only update once a week; just so there's a record of it so when we're old(er) & gray(er)]:

Sun. 5/15/11 Club Phusion
Mon. 5/16/11 Real Oldies
Tue. 5/17/11 Slow Jams
Wed. 5/18/11 Real Oldies
Thu. 5/19/11 Classic Lite
Fri. 5/20/11 Country Road
Sat. 5/21/11 Big Classic Hits
Sun. 5/22/11 Classic Rock (online only - 106.7 HD2 off, as posted above by Barry)

Online stream: http://www.iheartradio.com/mediaplayer/?stream_id=5030
 
AllAccess reports that another urban translator is causing interference complaints from an out of market station, ironically from one owned by Clear Channel. The Oasis, a smooth jazz station that has been on the air for about a month on a Detroit translator is the subject of a complaint to the F.C.C. by the radio giant that it is interfering with their Toledo rock station WIOT.
Martz Radio asserts Clear Channel's complaint against their smooth jazz station has a list of 13 WIOT listeners that have had interference with that station in distant Detroit, not Toledo. But unlike the the case in New York involving WKMK's complaints against a translator carrying a Clear Channel station, Martz has not yet shut down their 250 watt translator. They appealed to the F.C.C. for an opportunity to work put the interference issues first.

Martz Radio Bashes Clear Channel Over Interference Complaint: http://www.savetheoasis.com/
 
Barry said:
AllAccess reports that another urban translator is causing interference complaints from an out of market station, ironically from one owned by Clear Channel. The Oasis, a smooth jazz station that has been on the air for about a month on a Detroit translator is the subject of a complaint to the F.C.C. by the radio giant that it is interfering with their Toledo rock station WIOT.
Martz Radio asserts Clear Channel's complaint against their smooth jazz station has a list of 13 WIOT listeners that have had interference with that station in distant Detroit, not Toledo. But unlike the the case in New York involving WKMK's complaints against a translator carrying a Clear Channel station, Martz has not yet shut down their 250 watt translator. They appealed to the F.C.C. for an opportunity to work put the interference issues first.

Martz Radio Bashes Clear Channel Over Interference Complaint: http://www.savetheoasis.com/
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The problem is that Martz seems to be a one-trick pony: Attack big competition. Their new HD-translator combo in Pittsburgh, an urban reviving the classic WAMO calls (although, of course, not the actual station callsigns), is engaging in on-air anti-CC attacks on Pittsburgh's CHR "Kiss," the obvious choice for the old WAMO audience after the old station went off the air, including shots at Ryan Seacrest (which I hope are not shots at his skin color or alleged sexual preference). And Martz's other HD-translator combo in Detroit, an active rocker posing as a modern rocker, is using as its initial programming strategy attacks on 89X across the river in Windsor for its CanCon commitment and its ownership by Canadian media giant Bell Media. I didn't know how they could work competition bashing into a smooth jazz format, but I see that they've found a way thanks to CC's complaint.
 
104.7 The Oasis should also plug the fact that it can always be heard on 90.9 HD2 even if it is shut down. Smooth jazz fans will be likely to buy an HD radio for their music.

Losing 106.3 in NY serves Cheap Channel right for what they're doing in Detroit. Can't have your cake (in New York) and eat it too (in Detroit)
 
Nick said:
104.7 The Oasis should also plug the fact that it can always be heard on 90.9 HD2 even if it is shut down. Smooth jazz fans will be likely to buy an HD radio for their music.
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Is The Oasis a locally programmed station, or a canned format that you can find online? If it's the latter people should not be wasting their money on an HD radio.
 
From what I understand, it and sister station "The Bone" (another HD-fed translator) are both locally programmed.
 
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