1140 WRVA was previously interested in some pattern relief this way….
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1150 WCUE silenced last evening 8 May
- Thread starter NE Ohio RF Monitor
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Does this mean WCUE is going off the air or the transmitter was temporarily off?
WRVA already sends a ton of signal in the general direction of Ohio. Anything this small signal does outside operating on day pattern at night wouldn't affect them in the least, and that might not even affect them.
WRVA already sends a ton of signal in the general direction of Ohio. Anything this small signal does outside operating on day pattern at night wouldn't affect them in the least, and that might not even affect them.
WRVA doesn't protect them now.
WCUE is the red dot.
WCUE is the red dot.
They've always been one of the loudest nighttime signals here ever since I started noticing distant stations as a kid in the 80s. I didn't know they were directional until many years later. Have heard that myself in the DC suburbs ... but yeah I can't imagine this little station hundreds of miles away means anything whatsoever to them. To WIMA, yes. Not WRVA.
One time WCUE's daytime power didn't change to the nighttime wattage and directional pattern. After about a week of this WRVA whined about it. They didn't call the FCC, just WCUE and said they needed to "fix their mess". It was repaired pronto after that call.
Northeast Ohio AM Radio Station Goes Silent - Radio World
In northeast Ohio, 1150 WCUE(AM), licensed to Cuyahoga Falls, has gone silent after owner Family Stations sold the property for its six-tower antenna array.
www.radioworld.com
Say goodbye to WCUE.
There's ZERO chance its going to come back.... 6 towers for 5kw day and 500w night? unrealistic to expect such a cruddy signal to come back
Right on cue.
The real rationale: It was just to hard to get to the transmitter shack to replace the lithium battery in the laptop and it was too damn expensive to buy even an off market brand for it.
I live in Cleveland. The signal was a PENCIL beaming into Cleveland and Cuyahoga Falls.Northeast Ohio AM Radio Station Goes Silent - Radio World
In northeast Ohio, 1150 WCUE(AM), licensed to Cuyahoga Falls, has gone silent after owner Family Stations sold the property for its six-tower antenna array.
Say goodbye to WCUE.
There's ZERO chance its going to come back.... 6 towers for 5kw day and 500w night? unrealistic to expect such a cruddy signal to come back
Theoretically it was supposed to be strongly audible in Cleveland but I only heard a whisper during the day (even less at night).
Maybe they can diplex with WILB 1060 which serves the same area. Or if WILB could apply to relocate to 1150 so they could have a 24 hour signal?
maybe by the 5 old ladies whove listened in the last 40 years that Family has owned it... it was10, but 5 of them died 20 years ago
Wouldn't 1060 and 1150 kHz be too close in frequency to diplex?
No, its been done closer.. but it hurts audio bandwith
Adding.. I knew 2 stations in central Florida 80khz apart that shared a site and shared a tower during one part of the day, i forget if it was days or nights
Probably by some of the more conservative that don't like WCRF and whatever 95.5 is nowadays. Growing up in Mentor I'd have listened to that as well as WGOJ if I could have recieved them. As would my parents and half the church they went to.
I always thought 1150 was am odd channel. An old regional channel with old clear channels on both sides. It actually worked in Chattanooga until the suburbs grew into northeastern Hamilton county.Northeast Ohio AM Radio Station Goes Silent - Radio World
In northeast Ohio, 1150 WCUE(AM), licensed to Cuyahoga Falls, has gone silent after owner Family Stations sold the property for its six-tower antenna array.
Say goodbye to WCUE.
There's ZERO chance its going to come back.... 6 towers for 5kw day and 500w night? unrealistic to expect such a cruddy signal to come back
95.5 is a K love repeater.