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96.7 airing USC Sports

Yeah, you're probably right. The ratings do need to pick up though for 'Shine' to survive. They are quite lower than Buzzard's were. Then again, I wouldn't expect much out of that frequency given the signal issues. Probably a 2 something share max.

Why does this station operate at such low power? Not that great at the engineering stuff..
 
This is frustrating for me in Spartanburg County cause it's so hard to pull in the games on 96.7. ESPN 1400 is the official Spartanburg USC sports station, but they have so many other commitments that they rarely carry the games.
 
Is 96.7 simulcasting WLFJ-FM late at night? They say they have no affiliation with WBZT-FM but I could have sworn I heard them simulcasting it around 12:45AM the past few days. Same thing that's on 89.3 appears to be on 96.7 late nights.
 
carolinaradio said:
Yeah, you're probably right. The ratings do need to pick up though for 'Shine' to survive. They are quite lower than Buzzard's were. Then again, I wouldn't expect much out of that frequency given the signal issues. Probably a 2 something share max.

Why does this station operate at such low power? Not that great at the engineering stuff..
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Greetings!

I can tell you about the technical stuff as I built and take care of this site. WBZT FM is a 6 KW Class A which would be 6 KW at 328 feet above average terrain. Our Paris Mountain antenna is 945 feet above average terrain, so, the FCC requires that the effective radiated power be reduced to make the station the equivalent of a 6 KW Class A. Thus, 700 watts ERP.

-JG
 
I am always telling people: Don't let the ERP of this station cloud your judgement of it because it really has some awesome coverage IMHO. They don't take into consideration how the antenna height greatly extends the coverage.

I imagine this site realizes some electrical power savings over a conventional Class A 6 KW at 328 feet above average terrain. Same bang for less bucks. Maybe Jim can shed some light on this.
 
Oh...thanks, makes since now. WMYI/Hendersonville is another example, I guess, of low power but good antenna height. 19KW ERP at 1811 ft. above average terrain, per Radio-Locator. The signal is very impressive. Their signal, to me, seems almost as good as the area 100KW FMs.
 
carolinaradio said:
Oh...thanks, makes since now. WMYI/Hendersonville is another example, I guess, of low power but good antenna height. 19KW ERP at 1811 ft. above average terrain, per Radio-Locator. The signal is very impressive. Their signal, to me, seems almost as good as the area 100KW FMs.
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Yep, same situation as WBZT. WMYI is a class C1 which would be 100 KW at the maximum 981 feet above average terrain. Since their antenna is at 1811 feet above average terrain they are limited to 19 KW. I have always thought that WMYI's signal rivaled that of the 100 kw stations.

It would be interesting to know what electrical power savings are realized on WMYI and WBZT as compared to a station operating at the maximum power and height for its class. It all depends on the feedline length and loss, and antenna gain as to what actual transmitter output power is necessary to achieve the licensed ERP.
 
It's good to hear someone mention stick height and height above surounding area as opposed to out put power levels. To my way of thinking antenna height is king over most everything else with a reasonable power level. We were looking at buying a station in another part of the country which is mostly flat land. When I looked at their tower height, power out, and frequencies 3 up and 3 down on the dail in that area, I couldn't belive they were running a 400 foot stick with 100K watts erp. Needless to say my first job would be to get a taller tower put in place.
 
Isn't 96.7 the Greenville/Spartanburg market's latest move-in? I believe it was sometime in early 2002. Or is it 106.3? I was out of the area at the time, so I wouldn't know.
I had no idea WBZT was up on Paris Mtn. The coverage is very good to the south. Such a shame...they could be doing so much better.
 
I did some homework....I may be reading the wrong, but it looks like 106.3 was granted its license to broadcast from S'ville on 2/25/2002. WBZT was granted a license on 4/05/02. I don't know when they signed on exactly, but looks like BZT is the latest. Of course those dates don't always indicate when the stations started broadcasting their regular programming.
 
carolinaradio said:
Isn't 96.7 the Greenville/Spartanburg market's latest move-in? I believe it was sometime in early 2002. Or is it 106.3? I was out of the area at the time, so I wouldn't know.
I had no idea WBZT was up on Paris Mtn. The coverage is very good to the south. Such a shame...they could be doing so much better.
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I think 96.7 was before 1063.. could be wrong.

96.7 was Art Suttons WCRS-FM from Greenwood, the sister to the big 1450, WCRS-FM.. with 1KW on a nice 5/8th wave stick just off the main drag in Greenwod on Durst Ave.
 
Maybe it was. Like I said, I wasn't in the area at that time, so I don't really know from memory.

Speaking of low-powered stations with great antenna height...can't leave out 106.9 WMIT in Black Mountain! That outlet is just 36kW ERP but is 3,091 feet above sea level, according to Radio-Locator. The signal is a monster. Covers Greenville, Asheville, Tri-Cities... even goes to Charlotte on the fringe. Bet it's worth some $$$.
 
carolinaradio said:
Maybe it was. Like I said, I wasn't in the area at that time, so I don't really know from memory.

Speaking of low-powered stations with great antenna height...can't leave out 106.9 WMIT in Black Mountain! That outlet is just 36kW ERP but is 3,091 feet above sea level, according to Radio-Locator. The signal is a monster. Covers Greenville, Asheville, Tri-Cities... even goes to Charlotte on the fringe. Bet it's worth some $$$.
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I hardly call that low powered... if it were licensed today, the amx would be a few KW of ERP
 
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