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106.9's new signal

J

JerseyShor

Since 106.9 moved from Camden to Philly the signal has been consistently worse here in NJ.

Here in Ocean County, depending on Merlin's "tweaking", the new 106.9 signal has been faint at best and non-existent at worst. Quite a huge difference from the old transmitter site where the signal was always quite strong.

WMMR is co-located, slightly higher up the tower and comes in well all the time. Looks like WMMR is running 16,500 from One Liberty Place and WWIQ is going to be just 9,000 watts AND lower on the tower.

Is Merlin going to settle for such an inferior signal? (7,500 watts less than the Class B maximum)

**One would also think that Merlin would want their conservative talk station to reach Ocean County, one of the most conservative areas in the state of NJ.
 
JerseyShor said:
Since 106.9 moved from Camden to Philly the signal has been consistently worse here in NJ.

Here in Ocean County, depending on Merlin's "tweaking", the new 106.9 signal has been faint at best and non-existent at worst. Quite a huge difference from the old transmitter site where the signal was always quite strong.

WMMR is co-located, slightly higher up the tower and comes in well all the time. Looks like WMMR is running 16,500 from One Liberty Place and WWIQ is going to be just 9,000 watts AND lower on the tower.

Is Merlin going to settle for such an inferior signal? (7,500 watts less than the Class B maximum)

**One would also think that Merlin would want their conservative talk station to reach Ocean County, one of the most conservative areas in the state of NJ.
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1.) Because of the size of Market #1, Northern Ocean County residents are still New York commuters. Too few population in Southern Ocean County where the signal from Philly would be more dominant. Although that changes with development, they still tend to be New York Commuters as a result of the GSP. It's a straight shot to North Jersey.

2.) Ocean County is not in a Philly or New York rated Market.

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!
 
d21ofnj said:
http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/fmq?list=0&facid=20842

Compare the current coverage and the new construction permit coverage. You will see the difference.
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The construction permit your refer to is only for auxiliary purposes (so they might be broadcasting from the auxiliary site at the moment while doing work at the main site):

Licensee: MERLIN MEDIA LICENSE LLC
Service Designation: FS Auxiliary station (backup for the main station)
Channel/Class: 295B Frequency: 106.9 MHz Construction Permit
 
I noticed it was mono signal today. Help me here, WWDB was mono because it travel better. It's it an easier to broadcast than a stereo signal.
 
It appears that the signal is back in stereo. The stereo light is lit on my radio but, it sounds like the same thing coming out of both channels. Are they broadcasting from Philly still or back to Camden?
 
If Manhattan's their commuting destination, OC'ers can drive to an NJ Transit train station in Monmouth Co. and rail it the rest of the way, rather than endure the GSP and TeeP**. :)

ixnay
 
As of this morning, It's back in Camden and in Stereo. All over the dial here 3 miles east of the old Xmtr site.
 
ixnay said:
If Manhattan's their commuting destination, OC'ers can drive to an NJ Transit train station in Monmouth Co. and rail it the rest of the way, rather than endure the GSP and TeeP**. :)

ixnay
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Or the two train stations in Northern Ocean. Bay Head & Pt. Pleasant Beach 8)
 
ixnay said:
If Manhattan's their commuting destination, OC'ers can drive to an NJ Transit train station in Monmouth Co. and rail it the rest of the way, rather than endure the GSP and TeeP**. :)

ixnay
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Obviously a little OT, but I whole heartily avoid the NJT. The tolls have gotten outrageous, even with EZP. Toss in the traffic and all the construction and it's not worth it. I'd rather take a few extra minutes and go a different way.
 
thataveragejoe said:
ixnay said:
If Manhattan's their commuting destination, OC'ers can drive to an NJ Transit train station in Monmouth Co. and rail it the rest of the way, rather than endure the GSP and TeeP**. :)

ixnay
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Obviously a little OT, but I whole heartily avoid the NJT. The tolls have gotten outrageous, even with EZP. Toss in the traffic and all the construction and it's not worth it. I'd rather take a few extra minutes and go a different way.
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Move away from the Northeast, then sit back laughing at everybody else who hasn't figured it out yet.

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!
 
badjef said:
thataveragejoe said:
ixnay said:
If Manhattan's their commuting destination, OC'ers can drive to an NJ Transit train station in Monmouth Co. and rail it the rest of the way, rather than endure the GSP and TeeP**. :)

ixnay
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Obviously a little OT, but I whole heartily avoid the NJT. The tolls have gotten outrageous, even with EZP. Toss in the traffic and all the construction and it's not worth it. I'd rather take a few extra minutes and go a different way.
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Move away from the Northeast, then sit back laughing at everybody else who hasn't figured it out yet.

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!
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Grass ain't always greener on the other side. Living in PA, can't complain about a flat 3% income tax. I've spent time in other regions across the south and midwest... nothing has left me so impressed or running scared, everywhere has + and -
 
106.9 has not moved anywhere. They are still transmitting from Camden. The only difference is they are in mono, which improves their coverage and reduces their multipath.

I expect their CP in Philly to be modified further up the spire, likely above the WMMR antenna but below the 107.9 one on the very top.
 
LA_Guy said:
106.9 has not moved anywhere. They are still transmitting from Camden. The only difference is they are in mono, which improves their coverage and reduces their multipath.

I expect their CP in Philly to be modified further up the spire, likely above the WMMR antenna but below the 107.9 one on the very top.
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Has it been at reduced power in Camden? There is no aux on One Liberty yet?
 
thataveragejoe said:
badjef said:
thataveragejoe said:
ixnay said:
If Manhattan's their commuting destination, OC'ers can drive to an NJ Transit train station in Monmouth Co. and rail it the rest of the way, rather than endure the GSP and TeeP**. :)

ixnay
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Obviously a little OT, but I whole heartily avoid the NJT. The tolls have gotten outrageous, even with EZP. Toss in the traffic and all the construction and it's not worth it. I'd rather take a few extra minutes and go a different way.
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Move away from the Northeast, then sit back laughing at everybody else who hasn't figured it out yet.

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!
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Grass ain't always greener on the other side. Living in PA, can't complain about a flat 3% income tax. I've spent time in other regions across the south and midwest... nothing has left me so impressed or running scared, everywhere has + and -
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But, do you daily commute to The City?

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!
 
d21ofnj said:
Or the two train stations in Northern Ocean. Bay Head & Pt. Pleasant Beach 8)
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Thanks. I knew the terminus was in Bay Head but didn't have my map in front of me so I didn't want to guess the county.

ixnay
 
ixnay said:
d21ofnj said:
Or the two train stations in Northern Ocean. Bay Head & Pt. Pleasant Beach 8)
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Thanks. I knew the terminus was in Bay Head but didn't have my map in front of me so I didn't want to guess the county.

ixnay
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Because of that train station at Bay Head, I used to say my father was only a 10 minute walk to Sa-ra-so-ta!

Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!
 
There is no still no CP to move 106.9's main antenna to Center City, only their auxiliary antenna.
Either way it is mostly pointless to move the transmitter, since the Camden site puts an even stronger signal to the Philly area,
even to the NW of Philly than the Center City Aux site. Also if they transmit from Center City, a potential 250,000 listeners
will be lost due to a much lower power (mostly in Ocean, Mercer) thats not smart if you want to reach (more) people.
(compare the coverage of 96.3 vs 105.9 in NYC when WQXR changed, what a difference as far as miles in all directions).

Center City is just 4 miles from the Camden site, but 8 miles from most other Philly signals, so that's already an advantage.
If they wanna start by digging their own hole, and go down the same road as WEMP and WWWN, this would be a great way to start. ;)
 
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