106.7 Translator In Newark is back on air ?

[Allfirdup]

I was driving through Newark last night and the Translator that the Columbus board of Education had in Newark was back on the air, pumping out NPR programming, this was about 7 pm.

I couldn't get a good signal with out interference on 106.7 WCGX until i was almost in Pataskala on rt 16

Even with the Signal downgrade on WCGX isnt that too close for a translator on the same frequency?

 

[gabigley1]

The reason that may have been back on the air last September was to keep fire up the transmitter
in order to keep the license. They went silent about five years ago when WCGX went on the air.

As of a few days ago, I have heard WCBE announcing they are now operating at 106.3 in Newark.
So, WCBE got a CP to move its Newark translator from 106.7 to 106.3 last September.
More on the CP here:

http://licensing.fcc.gov/prod/cdbs/pubacc/Auth_Files/1512292.pdf

3 ***NOTE TO PERMITTEE***
Notwithstanding the grant of this construction permit or the
expiration date specified herein, your station's license will
automatically expire as a matter of law on September 12, 2013
if the station has not resumed broadcasting before
that time. See Pub. Law No. 104-104, 110 Stat. 56,
Section 403(1) (1996) and Order, Silent Station Authorizations,
FCC 96-218 (released May 17, 1996). See also
Public Notice, Expedited Processing of Applications Filed
By Silent Stations, DA 96-818 (May 22, 1996).

 

[xmusicmatt]

The reason that may have been back on the air last September was to keep fire up the transmitter
in order to keep the license. They went silent about five years ago when WCGX went on the air.

As of a few days ago, I have heard WCBE announcing they are now operating at 106.3 in Newark.
So, WCBE got a CP to move its Newark translator from 106.7 to 106.3 last September.
More on the CP here:

Looks like the CP to move to 106.3 was approved in NOV so they should be on 106.3 now if they have finally moved and it sounds like they have.. This should help with their interference issues in Newark from WCGX.

Of course with their huge signal one has to wonder if 90.5 REALLY needs a translator in Newark. When I consulted out near Rushville I never had issues picking up 90.5 near Newark.

 

[schmave]

What is it with low-powered stations in Licking County taking swaths out of Columbus-area stations' coverage? 104.3, and now 106.7 (I know 104.3 is simulcast on 103.5, but my point stands). The FCC can't do anything about this?

 

[gabigley1]

This took them about six years to have a Broadcast Consulting Engineer to conduct a frequency search for a new frequency. They were either in no hurry or had little funds to pay for a frequency search. They were displaced by CCs new 106.7 Columbus move-in six years ago.

He is the application:

https://licensing.fcc.gov/cdbs/CDBS...?appn=101512292&qnum=5110&copynum=1&exhcnum=1

 

[jhc2010]

Are there no other frequencies that they can translate on? 97.5 FM?

 

[the marv]

Speaking of 106.7. Did WCGX ever move to campus?

 

[xiradiodotcom]

Speaking of 106.7. Did WCGX ever move to campus?

BLH-20121004AAP Lic to Cover ACCPT 10/12/2012

This app from the FCC database shows October. Sounds about right to me.

 

[Nu_Roo_2]

Speaking of 106.7. Did WCGX ever move to campus?

BLH-20121004AAP Lic to Cover ACCPT 10/12/2012

This app from the FCC database shows October. Sounds about right to me.

Their viability in places like campus and the Short North improved a lot with that move. It probably accounts for some of their ratings improvement in February, although I'm surprised it wasn't sooner.