1540 RADIO

[PHIL Z]

The License for 1540 WCDC Albany New York, 50 KW Fulltime expires on 4/1/13. I Know Punxsutawney is not part of the Pittsburgh Market , But WECZ 1540 is Owned by Renda Broadcasting.Could WECZ Get Night Service if the WCDC License Expires?

 

[secondchoice]

WDCD most likely will come back. If not WDCD's directional pattern goes away from PA.

http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/23459-22937.pdf

IMHO The best WECZ could get would be some kind of directional at night (very expensive) or less than 100 watts at night.

 

[Savage]

How long has WDCD been silent? It could be another "Brigadoon" station, one which springs to life for a while once a year, just to keep the license from expiring - until Crawford finds a fresh candidate for being trodden by the juggernaut.

 

[PHIL Z]

went Off on 4/1/2012

 

[chas108]

WDCD most likely will come back. If not WDCD's directional pattern goes away from PA.

http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/23459-22937.pdf

IMHO The best WECZ could get would be some kind of directional at night (very expensive) or less than 100 watts at night.

I was living in Brattleboro VT back when Albany's 1540 was "Real Rock" Top 40 WPTR and its star was "Boom Boom" Brannigan...and dating a girl attending SUNY Cobleskill, about 30 miles southwest of the Capital District on NY Route 7.

1540 was unlistenable in Cobleskill. That pattern goes all east.

 

[kenhawk1160]

The License for 1540 WCDC Albany New York, 50 KW Fulltime expires on 4/1/13. I Know Punxsutawney is not part of the Pittsburgh Market , But WECZ 1540 is Owned by Renda Broadcasting.Could WECZ Get Night Service if the WCDC License Expires?

If it happens, it'll be for non-directional night service, if it's worth doing at all. Renda won't likely invest in a major upgrade for this facility.

 

[Jmb 65]

WDCD most likely will come back. If not WDCD's directional pattern goes away from PA.

http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/23459-22937.pdf

IMHO The best WECZ could get would be some kind of directional at night (very expensive) or less than 100 watts at night.

I was living in Brattleboro VT back when Albany's 1540 was "Real Rock" Top 40 WPTR and its star was "Boom Boom" Brannigan...and dating a girl attending SUNY Cobleskill, about 30 miles southwest of the Capital District on NY Route 7.

1540 was unlistenable in Cobleskill. That pattern goes all east.

"Boom Boom" definitely did "boom" into Brattleboro, especially during the very early years when he was doing the evening shift!

 

[chas108]

WDCD most likely will come back. If not WDCD's directional pattern goes away from PA.

http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/23459-22937.pdf

IMHO The best WECZ could get would be some kind of directional at night (very expensive) or less than 100 watts at night.

I was living in Brattleboro VT back when Albany's 1540 was "Real Rock" Top 40 WPTR and its star was "Boom Boom" Brannigan...and dating a girl attending SUNY Cobleskill, about 30 miles southwest of the Capital District on NY Route 7.

1540 was unlistenable in Cobleskill. That pattern goes all east.

"Boom Boom" definitely did "boom" into Brattleboro, especially during the very early years when he was doing the evening shift!

Yes he did, but honestly I only listened to 'PTR when 1520 WKBW/Buffalo wouldn't come in...Boom Boom had nothing on Sandy Beach, Don Berns (later at 'TAE) and Jack Armstrong...

http://rockradioscrapbook.ca/cka-mar17.html

Hot prospects ('KB's new adds) that week included "Black Dog" and "Your Move"/"I've Seen All Good People" by Yes.
Not to state the obvious, but 'KB was never the same after Armstrong left - 40 years ago this month - for 13Q.

 

[Jmb 65]

WDCD most likely will come back. If not WDCD's directional pattern goes away from PA.

http://transition.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/AM_DA_patterns/23459-22937.pdf

IMHO The best WECZ could get would be some kind of directional at night (very expensive) or less than 100 watts at night.

I always felt that Jack would have been a perfect fit to follow Broadway Bill on CBS-FM. I first listened to Jack on WKYC in 1967. I didn't realize until years later that I had watched Sandy Beach (when he was "Jack Diamond") turn over his music show on WWLP-TV to none other than Jack Miller (later of WCBS-FM). Being out of the country in the late sixties, I wasn't familiar with Don until his arrival at KB - although I do like the aircheck of him during his brief "visit" to the Great 98.

I was living in Brattleboro VT back when Albany's 1540 was "Real Rock" Top 40 WPTR and its star was "Boom Boom" Brannigan...and dating a girl attending SUNY Cobleskill, about 30 miles southwest of the Capital District on NY Route 7.

1540 was unlistenable in Cobleskill. That pattern goes all east.

"Boom Boom" definitely did "boom" into Brattleboro, especially during the very early years when he was doing the evening shift!

Yes he did, but honestly I only listened to 'PTR when 1520 WKBW/Buffalo wouldn't come in...Boom Boom had nothing on Sandy Beach, Don Berns (later at 'TAE) and Jack Armstrong...

http://rockradioscrapbook.ca/cka-mar17.html

Hot prospects ('KB's new adds) that week included "Black Dog" and "Your Move"/"I've Seen All Good People" by Yes.
Not to state the obvious, but 'KB was never the same after Armstrong left - 40 years ago this month - for 13Q.

 

[DavidZ]

According to a response on the Albany board, WDCD began simulcasting WDCD-FM yesterday at Noon.

http://radiodiscussions.com/smf/index.php?topic=231756.0

 

[PHIL Z]

In Going Through some old FCC Records WECZ is Listed as Having a 10 watt psa and a 15 watt pssa. Meaning they can be on the Air In April from 6am to 10 pm. Does Anyone Know if they Are?

 

[kenhawk1160]

In Going Through some old FCC Records WECZ is Listed as Having a 10 watt psa and a 15 watt pssa. Meaning they can be on the Air In April from 6am to 10 pm. Does Anyone Know if they Are?

When I was there, we did use the PSRA but not the PSSA. They put in a new (used) transmitter a few years ago, so that situation may have changed.