Can anyone confirm that 1560 WINV in Beverly Hills (Inverness) is currently broadcasting?
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1560 WINV
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stereolane said:
WINV is an interesting station in an interesting situation. Over the past few years WINV has been broadcasting for very short intervals only to go off the air for an extended period. Programming wise WINV has been re-broadcasting sister FM station WXOF 96.3 when it is on the air. As far as I know WINV is currently off the air. I surmise The Gull Group is operating WINV with minimal broadcast requirements simply to preserve the license.
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cd637299
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Question---
Old Vane Jones logs had 1560 as WYSE Inverness, but the books had them as fulltime. Was that a mistake, or did 1560 really have nighttime operation at one time (with 1000 watts)?
And what would stop WINV from running fulltime now?
cd
Old Vane Jones logs had 1560 as WYSE Inverness, but the books had them as fulltime. Was that a mistake, or did 1560 really have nighttime operation at one time (with 1000 watts)?
And what would stop WINV from running fulltime now?
cd
cd637299 said:
WQEW, 1560 New York.
WINV also has to drop to 4,100 watts during critical hours because of WQEW.
Not exactly ideal.
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cd637299
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stereolane said:
I never thought of WQEW as a major player here, but i have heard them (even as WQXR) here in south FL.
However, was the WYSE entry a mistake then? or---did an Inverness-area site change the landscape to a point that they could indeed go nights? (BTW I never heard that 1560 at night, during the time the books were printed.)
cd
WINV was originally WYSE in the 1960s, changing to WKIQ circa 1984 and then to WINV sometime around 1989.
The original WYSE did, in fact, have full-time service until sometime in the early 70s when hurricane damage caused one the directional towers to fall. The power was 1kw-NDD and 500 watts-DA-N utilitizing two towers. The daytime power was increased to 5kw-NDD in 1978 when WYSE was owned by Fleet and Fleet, Inc. (Jack and Nellie Fleet). OZ Broadcasting (John O'Donald) acquired WYSE in 1978 following the power increase to 5kw. It was sold to Bob Stohr in 1984 and then to Walter Windsor's Comco in 1985. Comco sold to local resident and former WTRS GM / GSM Jerry Webb in 1989.
The one remaining tower fell circa 1992 forcing WINV off the air for approximately 4-years before Carl Marcocci (The Gull Group a/k/a WGUL-AM-FM) acquired the license and constructed a new tower circa 1996 returning WINV to the air and re-broadcasting WGUL. The AM 1560 signal has operated daytime only since circa 1972 when the first tower fell and was never replaced.
The original WYSE did, in fact, have full-time service until sometime in the early 70s when hurricane damage caused one the directional towers to fall. The power was 1kw-NDD and 500 watts-DA-N utilitizing two towers. The daytime power was increased to 5kw-NDD in 1978 when WYSE was owned by Fleet and Fleet, Inc. (Jack and Nellie Fleet). OZ Broadcasting (John O'Donald) acquired WYSE in 1978 following the power increase to 5kw. It was sold to Bob Stohr in 1984 and then to Walter Windsor's Comco in 1985. Comco sold to local resident and former WTRS GM / GSM Jerry Webb in 1989.
The one remaining tower fell circa 1992 forcing WINV off the air for approximately 4-years before Carl Marcocci (The Gull Group a/k/a WGUL-AM-FM) acquired the license and constructed a new tower circa 1996 returning WINV to the air and re-broadcasting WGUL. The AM 1560 signal has operated daytime only since circa 1972 when the first tower fell and was never replaced.
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cd637299
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Bummer...I started DXn seriously in January 1974!
I suppose the Jones books had it fulltime based on FCC information, maybe hoping one day that they'd go day & night again.
cd
I suppose the Jones books had it fulltime based on FCC information, maybe hoping one day that they'd go day & night again.
cd
Wonder why WINV did not get some flea power at night as part of the "plan" way back when. Since there are not any true daytimers licensed today it is rare to find one without at least a few nighttime watts, unless what was offered was so low it didnt make economic sense to keep the transmitter on at night. However this station could be the poster boy for AM translators.
cd637299 said:
Sometimes the trades and various reference books are rarely updated. I have found that to be the case with many earlier versions of the Broadcasting Yearbook.
WDVH-AM 980 Gainesville also had night service at one time. I believe WDVH was originally 5kw-U; DA-N utilizing three towers. Same as with WYSE, tower damage was sustained due to a hurricane resulting in the loss of night service, and I surmise the original owners were not interested in investing the cost to replace the directional towers.
Sorry to retread an old thread...Is the old WINV tower still standing? It's visible on street view, but not on satellite. Surely it didn't come down during Irma?
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