1490 AM now LaFiesta

[Radio121]

1490 AM WTAA Atlantic Broadcastings station in Plesentville is now simulcasting WBON Lafiesta Long Island. Same jocks and music, but local breaks. Sounds great. Jocks are talking about being in both markets too.

 

[GSP163]

Didn't back in September 2008 they flipped to Regional Mexican as "La Gran D"......Damn how many formats is this station going to try...So far since the late 90's they have been:

WGYM - ESPN Radio
WUSS - Rejoice 1490 (Gospel)
WUSS - Solid Gold 1490 (R&B Oldies)
WUSS - 98.3 WTKU Simulcast (Oldies)
WUSS - 1490 The Game (Fox Sports Radio)
WUSS - 98.3 WTKU Simulcast (Oldies) *Again*
WTAA - Air America (Liberal Talk)
WTAA - 1490 La Gran D (Regional Mexican)
WTAA - La Fiesta (98.5 WBON Simulcast) *Current Format*

 

[d21ofnj]

hey, maybe Party 105 will encounter WGYM 1580 to simulcast in AC ;D

 

[GSP163]

I guess they can use 1490 as a filler on the South Shore of Long Island.....I do believe the Atlantic City AM's make it quite clearly to South Shore of Long Island.....Doesn't the Long Island AM's (like 1370 WALK-AM) put a clear signal along the NJ Shoreline?....I always forget to check the LI AM's when I'm down the shore.

 

[nd2023]

hey, maybe Party 105 will encounter WGYM 1580 to simulcast in AC ;D

Fat chance of that happening. You're more likely to hear Party 105.3 on the Jersey shore south of Belmar any given summer day.
So does TMO now own an Atlantic City AM station?

 

[d21ofnj]

that is if WDAS doesnt come in and steal the frequency. I did manage to pick up Party when I was working in Perth Amboy in 07 quite a few times, which was weird because I would get all the other philly stations from there and not philly's 105.3, and sometimes I didnt pick up BLI on 106.1. But TMO no longer, it's now JVC that owns the AM in AC.

 

[damian542]

that is if WDAS doesnt come in and steal the frequency. I did manage to pick up Party when I was working in Perth Amboy in 07 quite a few times, which was weird because I would get all the other philly stations from there and not philly's 105.3, and sometimes I didnt pick up BLI on 106.1. But TMO no longer, it's now JVC that owns the AM in AC.

Atlantic Broadcasting still owns WTAA.

 

[nd2023]

I wonder how they're getting the audio from Ronkonkoma to Pleasantville. No microwave STL will go that far and it's impossible to put repeaters in the ocean. A T1 for that distance will be expensive, and the owners are almost broke. So would a satellite uplink.

 

[Zackster]

I wonder how they're getting the audio from Ronkonkoma to Pleasantville. No microwave STL will go that far and it's impossible to put repeaters in the ocean. A T1 for that distance will be expensive, and the owners are almost broke. So would a satellite uplink.

Did you ever hear of "the Internet"? Basically free, generally reliable, some latency, but it doesn't matter, it works.

 

[cawasinnj]

What about the obvious one. A high gain directional antenna pointed at 98.5?

 

[GSP163]

What about the obvious one. A high gain directional antenna pointed at 98.5?

Wouldn't that not work with WKMK so close by?

 

[damian542]

I wonder how they're getting the audio from Ronkonkoma to Pleasantville. No microwave STL will go that far and it's impossible to put repeaters in the ocean. A T1 for that distance will be expensive, and the owners are almost broke. So would a satellite uplink.

You guys are a trip... This company buys a bunch of radio stations for 9-10 million dollars, there are more equity employees there than at equity any more, and the stations sound 100% better and you think the owners are broke? on what observation is the based? I'm just curious..

I get the conversation about how they're getting the signal there, and maybe if they are not using a T1 it's because they're smart, not broke... but my guess would be that its a T1... I think in broadcasting you do what needs to be done to get the job done....

You know what company I'd be betting goes broke... starts with an E and ends with a Y.... and everything in between is DEBT!...

 

[deepstblu]

I guess they can use 1490 as a filler on the South Shore of Long Island.....I do believe the Atlantic City AM's make it quite clearly to South Shore of Long Island.....Doesn't the Long Island AM's (like 1370 WALK-AM) put a clear signal along the NJ Shoreline?....I always forget to check the LI AM's when I'm down the shore.

WALK puts a nice signal into Ocean City. It degrades pretty quickly once it loses the saltwater path--get maybe three miles inland from the Somers Point circle and it starts breaking up. I've pulled in some others from Long Island in OC (probably 540, 1100, 1240 and 1580), but not with signals that the average listener would tolerate.

 

[IknowwhatIknow]

I don't think any Atlantic City groups are doing to go under. Someone will own them and someone will make money. The companies down here can swap employees as much as they like it isn't going to amount to much. Whether Atlantic has Equity's employees or Equity has Atlantic's employees, it is basically jus tpassing the same product back and forth.

 

[cawasinnj]

Wouldn't that not work with WKMK so close by?

With a tight directional antenna, it's possible. Not sure how likely, but maybe.

 

[IknowwhatIknow]

I would also agree. Extremely unlikely but possible.

 

[nd2023]

You could get 98.5 on tropo in AC, it won't be reliable. And whenever the ionosphere acts up, 1490 AM will be simulcasting a station from 1000 miles away.