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95.5 fm, rochester

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i know back in the low/mid 90's...the nerve !!! : )
was theeeeee station for roch-cha-cha...and the
station tagline, was [read fast] 95-1 95-5,da NERVE!!
well, being in the metro buffalo area, i did know and
keep up on (from here, and listening to 95.1 & 107.3
on roadtrips to rochester)..

the 95.1 freq. went to the classic (fox) after the
nerve, lost 'it' SEE: (? spelling )Jocur radio group sale
to Clear Channel..)

anyways, i was wondering - what happened to the 'avail'
freq..95.5 - - - i tuned it in very clear in the
north tonawanda area..however, i know now (humnidity)
is the time, *anything* can come in..soo,
[a] what station did i hear on 95.5fm - any thing is possible,
but most likely what station was it (playing rock/classic rock)..
what did happen to 95.5 after the nerve..left 95/1 FM ?
 
The 95.5 frequency was a Class D translator linked to 95.1. It's calls were W238AB, and it carried quite well at 250 watts at 125m. Clear Channel shut it down when 95.1 moved closer to Rochester, which was before the switch to WFXF. I think it's still licensed if WFXF wanted to turn it on again, but there isn't much need for it now. I'm surprised it hasn't been sold to one of the religious satcasters. Anyway, there is no local signal on 95.5 now that I am aware of. I can often pick up some sort of rock signal there; I'm not sure where it comes from. Perhaps one of the board's more regionally knowledgable posters can help out here?
 
> Perhaps one of the board's
> more regionally knowledgable posters can help out here?

You rang? :)

W238AB is still licensed, but it's been silent for over a year and "should" be deleted. It can't go back on the air, since it would interfere with the primary signal on 95.1 now that 95.1 is on Baker Hill in Perinton rather than the more distant Bristol Mountain site.

The 95.5 that Scooter's hearing is CJOJ, Belleville, Ontario, which puts a decent signal over the north side of the market but is mostly gone south of the ridge.

And WFLR in Dundee has a CP to move from 95.9 to 95.5, which will fill up that channel in the Finger Lakes.

There was once an allotment for 95.5A in Albion, Orleans County, but it was moved to 102.1 to clear the way for the 95.1 move. You can't put a 95.5 back in Albion now, thanks to the 95.1 and Dundee moves.

(To answer the question before it comes up: any new allocation for 95.5 in the Buffalo area would have to protect first-adjacent 95.3 Hamilton on Canadian soil; it would also have to be at least 69 km from WJYE, 115 km from Dundee, 113 km from WPIG 95.7 Olean, 69 km from 95.1 at Baker Hill, etc. I'm pretty sure
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Weren't they required to turn off 95.5 when they were given the cp to move? I remember something like that due to interference complaints, etc.
 
> Weren't they required to turn off 95.5 when they were given
> the cp to move? I remember something like that due to
> interference complaints, etc.

Once 95.1 moved to Baker Hill, the spacing no longer worked to allow 95.5 on Pinnacle. It didn't matter at that point, because 95.1 on Baker is now one of the best signals in the market, quite literally equal to WVOR since it's using the same antenna and power.

(Through a really odd quirk of the translator rules, you CAN have a second-adjacent translator to a full-power station, IF it transmits from the same location as the full-power station and if the translator antenna is mounted high enough on the tower so that the translator's 100 dBu contour never hits any population. But a 95.5 translator on Baker Hill for a 95.1 that's already on Baker Hill would be pointless indeed. And no, I don't believe a 95.5 translator on Baker Hill could have relayed the 107.3 from Bristol, because if I'm not mistaken, Baker is already outside the Bristol 60 dBu contour. Like I said, the rules are strange in this respect.)<P ID="signature">______________
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> > Perhaps one of the board's
> > more regionally knowledgable posters can help out here?
>
> You rang? :)
>

Indeed. How did you know I was talking about you? :)
 
> (Through a really odd quirk of the translator rules, you CAN
> have a second-adjacent translator to a full-power station,
> IF it transmits from the same location as the full-power
> station and if the translator antenna is mounted high enough
> on the tower so that the translator's 100 dBu contour never
> hits any population. But a 95.5 translator on Baker Hill for
> a 95.1 that's already on Baker Hill would be pointless
> indeed. And no, I don't believe a 95.5 translator on Baker
> Hill could have relayed the 107.3 from Bristol, because if
> I'm not mistaken, Baker is already outside the Bristol 60
> dBu contour. Like I said, the rules are strange in this
> respect.)

Not too strange for Syracuse, where we have this situation with W237AY 95.3 FM and WAQX-FM 95.7. These stations are not co-owned and broadcast vastly different programming though.
 
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