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1610 to 1710 AM non-exsistant in Ohio.

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Limp73

Am a bit surprised that nobody out there ever considered using any of these AM frequencies...Granted AM is becoming a white elephant these days...but for those who cannot get an FM grant,this may be the only other way to go.

Look it up on Wikipedia...only a small handful of US stations on these frequencies....but nothing in Ohio (aside from a NOAA Weather rebroadcast on 1610 in some areas, 1660 Info Radio in Dayton and Gene Kirby's 1620 Part 15er in Marysville.)
 
Around greater Cleveland, there are several suburban low-power public service stations between 1610 and 1700. Such burbs as Westlake, Beachwood, Strongsville and Lakewood all have these little stations. Most are just loops of a few announcements, and Lakewood rebroadcasts Cleveland NOAA weather radio much of the time.
 
Thanks...was wondering if anyone was out there. Like I said before this part of the AM dial seems to be ignored except for maybe 1690 in Chicago (when it still played "real" oldies)...and a couple of others airing Radio Disney a few years back.

Anybody else out there?
 
There's still lots of older receivers out there that can't pick up the extended band.
 
In Virginia, VDOT seems to like that part of the dial for traffic announcements and roadside information. Not very much commercial stuff though.
 
For a number of years, Malone College in Canton has had a low power student run station at 1610 AM..Havent tried it as of late..
 
Speaking of which (since it just dawned on me) BGSU students ran a similar operation on 1610 calling it WFAL (Falcon Radio) which is now a webcaster and on local cable in Bowling Green.
 
Chicago has numerous X band frequencies in use by metro govs.
Northside frequencies
1610 traffic chicago
1620 traffic suburbs, Village of Besenville info, commercial brodcast in South bend Indiana
1630 O Hare parking
1640 Miwaukee Disney
1650 Village of Skokie info

I think Midway airport info is 1620, but not sure.

The village info loop stations would be better as an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet on the inside of the kitchen cupboard
if you live there. One day of xmit costs for these would far exceed the cost of sending notices to all residents.
Supposing there WERE a disaster, locally, I bet there is nothing in place to make such stations became useful.
No people or facilities to go live most likely...
 
...coulda been. go figure.

Mind you that WULM AM 1600 in Springfield would be right next door to it if it was.
 
Alert! Alert! Alert!

Gene is actually now Operations Manager at WQTT in Marysville. (Yes, the old WUCO). They have just located studio space there, and will be moving equipment in there soon, if it hasn't happened already.

The station, as I heard, reportedly will continue with its True Oldies satellite format, but the new studio space supposedly would leave room for local interviews and news.

I return you now to your regularly scheduled topic....
 
LOL!!!

The address I might add is 113 Main St. in downtown Marysville.

I need a good excuse to drive over that way on some given Friday and see it...along with his Part 15 WMHO.
 
Where is Gene Kirby's Part 15 radio station located in Marysville? Will he shut it down? Union County now has a local voice again
in WUCO/WQTT so it is not needed. He started the Part 15 station when WUCO was sold to St. Gabriel Catholic radio a few years back.

Via Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WQTT

In August of 2011,Gene Kirby,a Marysville resident became operations manager of the station with its studios and offices now located at 113 Main Street in downtown Marysville which now airs local programming segments in addition to the True Oldies sattelite feed. A veteran broadcaster since his beginnings in the 1950s with Armed Forces Radio and later for several stations in the states along New England's Atlantic coastline,in the 1960s at the former WRFD-FM (now WNCI) and today as the owner of Gray Fox Audio Sensations and Commercial Sound, Kirby's commitment to locally owned and operated radio exists once again in Union County. In addition, Kirby also manages WRPO-LP in Russells Point on behalf of its owner,the Village of Russells Point (under the moniker of Gray Fox Broadcasting) which helps aquire funding for the station through local underwriting and donations.

The website's URL and domain is now known as qt1270.com.
 
gabigley1 said:
Where is Gene Kirby's Part 15 radio station located in Marysville? Will he shut it down? Union County now has a local voice again
in WUCO/WQTT so it is not needed. He started the Part 15 station when WUCO was sold to St. Gabriel Catholic radio a few years back.

Via Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WQTT

In August of 2011,Gene Kirby,a Marysville resident became operations manager of the station with its studios and offices now located at 113 Main Street in downtown Marysville which now airs local programming segments in addition to the True Oldies sattelite feed. A veteran broadcaster since his beginnings in the 1950s with Armed Forces Radio and later for several stations in the states along New England's Atlantic coastline,in the 1960s at the former WRFD-FM (now WNCI) and today as the owner of Gray Fox Audio Sensations and Commercial Sound, Kirby's commitment to locally owned and operated radio exists once again in Union County. In addition, Kirby also manages WRPO-LP in Russells Point on behalf of its owner,the Village of Russells Point (under the moniker of Gray Fox Broadcasting) which helps aquire funding for the station through local underwriting and donations.

The website's URL and domain is now known as qt1270.com.
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Good to hear. Union County (and indeed any county) needs to have a locally-oriented station. Hopefully WUCO/WQTT will fill the bill this time. It didn't for a long time. I'm looking forward to hearing how it will sound ... I really liked how they were back in the early 90s with oldies and lots of local news and sports.
As for 1620, it might not have to shut down but wouldn't Kirby have to wash his hands of it if he's now at 1270?
 
Dublin has a local information station at 1610. It provides residents information on local events, road construction, and parking/road closures for events such as The Memorial Tournament, the city's St. Patrick's Day celebration, or the Dublin Irish Festival.
 
Information Radio in Kettering is licensed as a TIS but operates as a broadcast station on 1660. Play by play and all. Seems they no longer limit the audio as required and may even have added processing
 
schmave said:
gabigley1 said:
Where is Gene Kirby's Part 15 radio station located in Marysville? Will he shut it down? Union County now has a local voice again
in WUCO/WQTT so it is not needed. He started the Part 15 station when WUCO was sold to St. Gabriel Catholic radio a few years back.

Via Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WQTT

In August of 2011,Gene Kirby,a Marysville resident became operations manager of the station with its studios and offices now located at 113 Main Street in downtown Marysville which now airs local programming segments in addition to the True Oldies sattelite feed. A veteran broadcaster since his beginnings in the 1950s with Armed Forces Radio and later for several stations in the states along New England's Atlantic coastline,in the 1960s at the former WRFD-FM (now WNCI) and today as the owner of Gray Fox Audio Sensations and Commercial Sound, Kirby's commitment to locally owned and operated radio exists once again in Union County. In addition, Kirby also manages WRPO-LP in Russells Point on behalf of its owner,the Village of Russells Point (under the moniker of Gray Fox Broadcasting) which helps aquire funding for the station through local underwriting and donations.

The website's URL and domain is now known as qt1270.com.
Click to expand...

Good to hear. Union County (and indeed any county) needs to have a locally-oriented station. Hopefully WUCO/WQTT will fill the bill this time. It didn't for a long time. I'm looking forward to hearing how it will sound ... I really liked how they were back in the early 90s with oldies and lots of local news and sports.
As for 1620, it might not have to shut down but wouldn't Kirby have to wash his hands of it if he's now at 1270?
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Good morning..1610 is the cities TIS station operating with 10 watts from the city building. 1620 received a lighting hit several months ago and was removed from the air. It "was" located on the Union County fairground and operated for about three years. I am too busy with the new WQTT station now, along with WRPO to re-activate the station. WQTT is building a window studio in "uptown" Marysville, with state-of-the art equipment. We will have a live morning show, local sports (football and basketball p-b-p) local news and weather, local guests and local radio voices. The studio is under construction at 113 So Main St..it's going to look big-time..we have a lot of work to do yet, but it's taking shape. Full time salespeople are already on the street. Gene
 
borderblaster said:
Information Radio in Kettering is licensed as a TIS but operates as a broadcast station on 1660. Play by play and all. Seems they no longer limit the audio as required and may even have added processing
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Has the FCC changed the rules for a TIS? If not, sounds like they are headed for trouble...
 
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