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1400 The Touch Harrisburg is moving

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got2bfunky

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"The Touch" in Harrisburg is running sweepers saying that they are moving and their Web site has changed its home page to have only a link to their online streaming and a message about their move. Are they finally going to get an FM signal and abandon the horrible signal they and every other station that tried to run a music format on the current frequency?
 
got2bfunky said:
"...abandon the horrible signal they and every other station that tried to run a music format on the current frequency?
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Either you're really young or you didn't mean that. There was a time when 1400 (WFEC) was huge in Harrisburg... a long time ago, but still it wasn't always a loser.
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I remember 'FEC back to the late 60's and I was only commenting that a better signal might have increased their listenership. They have had some decent formats over the years but they will never increase listenership with any format without a better signal. I am hoping that what their "tease" is hinting at.
 
According to an FCC document I found on-line, the purpose of this translator is to simulcast 1400 WTCY, to fill-in supposed gaps in 1400's nighttime signal, due to interference. As such, this FM could not originate programming. Unless something has changed recently, translators are forbidden from doing so. 1400 would not then be freed up, as it is the originating station, not vice versa.

Hmmm. Gotta hand it to 'em. Sounds like a clever way to get another FM license. Wonder how long it'll take for Cumulus to apply for a similar translator in York, to fill-in gaps in 1440's nighttime coverage...
 
Here in lancaster, we are getting a translater for a Christain station out of New Jersey, I cant find where the 95.3 transmitter is coming from. The station name is hope 90.5 wvbv, but translates here in the Lancaster area on 95.3. Anyone know where the 95.3 is transmitter is located in the Lancaster area?
 
paradioguy said:
Here in lancaster, we are getting a translater for a Christain station out of New Jersey, I cant find where the 95.3 transmitter is coming from. The station name is hope 90.5 wvbv, but translates here in the Lancaster area on 95.3. Anyone know where the 95.3 is transmitter is located in the Lancaster area?
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The COL and transmitter location for that station is New Holland. It's another one of those Hope Church of Marlton New Jersey translators, with an ERP of 10 watts. They're all over the place.
 
The Touch is simulcasting now on 1400 and 95.3 but uses the 95.3 ID exclusively now as of this evening. The new signal is still going to be problematic outside of the city but at least it should be better than the AM signal was at night. My old Sony Walkman portable radio is not very sensitive or selective, so I may have to get a new radio to pull it in clearly.
 
Driving north up Route 72 from Lancaster the signal came in well enough to overpower Hope FM's New Holland translator. Around Lebanon it got beat up pretty badly from Bill 95 (WBLJ) in Shamokin. Interestingly, it did come in well enough at a few points where I picked up the RDS info, which read "Hot 92.1".
 
When I was in the area on Sunday, 104.1 HD-2 was running a loop of "the JAM Jingles Song" (don't know the official name of it), and when I drove back through there today, they were simulcasting The Touch.
 
Their new web site - nice by the way - is all about 95.3. No mention of 1400 at all. I wonder how Arbitron will handle a situation in which a translator is promoted as the main station, and will probably get more diary mentions. Will any mentions of the Touch be credited to 1400, as it is the originating station? Will it/can it be listed as a simulcast? Does Arbitron actually list any translators anywhere? This is a unique situation. I wonder how they will resolve it.

Of course, it will only be a unique situation until other people jump on the bandwagon. There are some small town AMs around here with practically no nighttime coverage which could benefit from a low power FM translator. They'd better hurry up and get their applications in, however, before Temple University, Hope Chuch of Marlton New Jersey, and bigger commercial broadcasters suck up every available frequency.
 
Driving East on 283 this morning, 95.3 The Touch comes in great until around the first E-town exit. In fact it was even stopping on the scan button at that point. As you get closer to Mt. Joy, it starts fighting with the 95.3 signal out of New Holland. Both of the translators on 95.3 seem to have great coverage.
 
got2bfunky said:
So now what happens to 1400 and when?
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Since 95.3 is only a translator, and therefore cannot originate any programming, it's safe to assume that 1400 will stay with The Touch.
 
DStroyer said:
got2bfunky said:
So now what happens to 1400 and when?
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Since 95.3 is only a translator, and therefore cannot originate any programming, it's safe to assume that 1400 will stay with The Touch.
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That's not what their GM is saying...telling the Patriot News they will leave it the touch for now, and put something new on there.

I didn't know it's legal for a repeater to be used to repeat an HD 2 signal (The Touch is running as well on WNNK's HD-2.) If so and no one knew, Pandora's Box is open...
 
I think what their GM means is that something else other than The Touch may be put on the WNNK HD-2 channel, not on AM 1400. 95.3 is a translator for AM 1400. John Summers and Dstroyer are right, no translator is allowed to originate programming, it must duplicate its originating station 100-percent. Unless I really missed something, I don't think an FM translator may re-broadcast an HD-2 channel.
 
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