1540 KNR2

[skiwest]

Dale Edwards just bought it as his replacement for WABQ. I can see 1460 AM vanishing into the ether.

And it's going to be a 200 watt daytimer? Hmmm.

 

[MediaLover]

Here's RadioInsight's take on WWGK: https://radioinsight.com/headlines/251336/fcc-report-4-23-translator-transfer-nixed-for-lack-of-common-ownership-with-am-parent/

 

[RadioFixerCLE]

And it's going to be a 200 watt daytimer? Hmmm.

He really would have been better off with the 1540 license. 1 kilowatt, non-directional. Covered the same area as 1000 AM with less fuss (no directional pattern to baby)! 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

[davideduardo]

He really would have been better off with the 1540 license. 1 kilowatt, non-directional. Covered the same area as 1000 AM with less fuss (no directional pattern to baby)! 🤷🏻‍♂️

1 kw on 1540 covers about 25% of the area that 1 kw on 1000 covers (not considering directional pattern).

1 kw on 1540 covers about what 200 watts on 1000 would cover, maybe a little less... assuming similar ground conductivity at different sites.

The axiom is "1 kw on 550 covers the same as 50 kw on 1500".

 

[Rusty Muck]

1 kw on 1540 covers about 25% of the area that 1 kw on 1000 covers (not considering directional pattern).

1 kw on 1540 covers about what 200 watts on 1000 would cover, maybe a little less... assuming similar ground conductivity at different sites.

The axiom is "1 kw on 550 covers the same as 50 kw on 1500".

Maybe the signal was a little bit better back in the day when 1540’s tower was off of E. 55th, but it was moved to E. 80th in Fairfax sometime in the 80s at a former monastery; the bell tower still stands.

(I forgot I even had this picture on my hard drive!!!)

That being said, you couldn’t pick up AM 1540 reliably outside of the city proper in any way. At least with AM 1000 it’d have a somewhat better shot of reaching an audience of some sort, even with a format that’s largely available already on AM 1300/FM 94.5. It’s going to be converted to non-comm and supposedly run as a non-profit, though.

 

[johnbasalla]

Back in the 1969-early 1970s era, AM1540, WABQ, was one of my go-to stations. I picked it up well in Southwestern Cuyahoga County and recall even hearing it on my tiny hand-held transistor radio in eastern Lorain County one time.

 

[skiwest]

Back in the 1969-early 1970s era, AM1540, WABQ, was one of my go-to stations. I picked it up well in Southwestern Cuyahoga County and recall even hearing it on my tiny hand-held transistor radio in eastern Lorain County one time.

I think the old AM radios were made a lot better. During the same timeframe, I used to pick up little WELW 1330 in Garfield Hts on my small portable radio. That station that was sandwiched between WERE 1300 and WSLR 1350.

 

[Rusty Muck]

I think the old AM radios were made a lot better. During the same timeframe, I used to pick up little WELW 1330 in Garfield Hts on my small portable radio. That station that was sandwiched between WERE 1300 and WSLR 1350.

Less electrical interference and better-maintained ground systems in the 1970s also play a role. I doubt any of those stations are operating at peak performance today.

 

[Radio Bob]

In the early sixty's WABQ on 1540 was easily heard in the area South of Sandusky Ohio. That came to an end when WBCO in Bucyrus was assigned 1540 also.

 

[vjm]

In the early sixty's WABQ on 1540 was easily heard in the area South of Sandusky Ohio. That came to an end when WBCO in Bucyrus was assigned 1540 also.

Far less buildings/gadgets/electrical interference and far more open space allows even the smallest of signals to travel further.

 

[radiofollower]

Far less buildings/gadgets/electrical interference and far more open space allows even the smallest of signals to travel further.

Their antenna in those days was right next to the Lake Erie shoreline around E.55th Street, which probably gave them a boost in coastal areas.